Fridays are my Mondays.  Anyone who works and has their days off in the middle of the week will know what that means. 

So I get the Monday blues on Fridays — when I happen to get the Monday blues, that is.  I didn’t yesterday.  Most of the time I enjoy getting to work because I love being immersed in the whole natural foods and body care world.  I learn something new every night and I always shop for our next day’s needs on my breaks.  It’s a great setup for us right now.  (And don’t forget there’s a thrift store in the same shopping center.)

Anyway, my work week has started out good and I feel good about all I accomplished during my days off this past week.

I stopped in the thrift store last night and picked up a few books.  A couple of the books appear to be from a very nice series:  Volume Library.  They are each about 800 pages.  One of them has a CD in the back.  Both the CD and the entire book are about geography.  The book is fairly new and is just a great resource.  My second son and I spent about half an hour or so last night just going through the books and reading to each other.  It was fun to look at the flags of the world and of all the United States.

More books that I just had to get.  They were practically new, except the George Washington book.  We already have a copy of that one somewhere, but it’s such a good book, I wanted another for the kids to have if they want it.

I was reflecting this morning on laundry.  Our children help, but I just don’t think children can fully appreciate the money, time and labor that go into such a large chore until they are out taking care of it on their own.  This is the boys’ laundry basket that I found when I went upstairs.  Yes, there are two blankets on top, but it’s mostly clothes.

I had to get behind it and take a picture.  I mean, even after packing it down it’s nearly as tall as me!!  My boys would not let me take it downstairs alone.  They took it down.  (As they should.)

I am thankful that another work week has started off good.  Potu (princess of the universe) and I will play dolls this morning.  I will get some food started in the crockpot so husband doesn’t have to cook tonight.  (He cooks on the evenings that I work and have not started something in the crockpot.)

The one other thing that I accomplished last week was replacing our world map with a nice new one.  We keep it on the front of a curtain that hangs over a very large shelf in the kitchen.  It gets a lot of views in this location. Also, attached with clothespins like it is, it’s easy to take down and put on the table for a closer look.

One last note is that I am working on a writing program that I will make available later.  I think it will help dyslexics get over the last hump of bringing together spelling and writing after they have begun reading well.

Lynn