Maybe it’s just me, but is there anything more precious than a little girl in a dress with her hair put up, with soft little baby wisps hanging down around her neck?
Princess of the Universe had to read about Apollo and Daphne yesterday. (Yes, we did revisit Ovid and Greek Mythology, in hopes that the information is retained.) She then had to do one drawing to illustrate what happens in the story. Poor Daphne, turned into a laurel tree!
I can assure you that none of us are great artists here – at least not yet, but it was most delightful to see Miss Priss and Big Joe comparing notes on how they sketch trees.
Yours is better.
No, yours.
Yesterday really flew by. How do my days off do that? Between school work and appointments and getting supper ready, before I know it bedtime has rolled around.
But suppertime brought around a situation that I love.
Frugality. One of the things I love about planning menus for the week and following through with eveything is that it’s usually only one or two meals into the week before there are enough leftovers to make something like soup or a casserole and thus saving one of the planned meals for the next night.
Last night we had homemade vegetable soup with cabbage, crushed tomatoes, the leftover butter peas and pork tenderloin (finely cut up) and corn. We spiced it up with some thyme, Italian seasoning, ground pepper and sea salt. Then Princess of the Universe made little cornbread pancakes in the iron skillet to go with the soup.
Hubby says that cornbread pancakes are a poor man’s food, but we think they are a rich man’s food.
Actually, Miss Priss was quite domestic all day long. I figured there were visions of dollar bills floating around in her mind, and I was right. She washed the windows and mirrors in several rooms and then swept and mopped the kitchen floor.
At one point she came to me explaining that she had hurt her finger. “But, mommy,” she said, “there’s no need for you to cry. My cleaning service does accept tips.”
I gave her a dollar and two quarters.
We continued reading Hamlet yesterday, and finally the story is beginning to take form in our minds. It took a couple of scenes for things to make sense, but now we are getting into it.
We are stumbling over some of the words, but have found ourselves amazed at the richness of the language and Shakespeare’s way with words. It’s a worthwhile project.
One last thing. I’ve entered into a pact with my FIAR girlfriends to get on the the exercise wagon again and do my Pilates at least three times a week. More on that later.
Lynn
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Dear Lynn,
I love the “school” pictures-little domestic scenes that make a mother’s heart warm!
The days do tend to be somewhat of a blur, don’t they? I have to keep a journal so I remember at least SOME of what I do every day.
Oh, and if you would like, I’d be more than glad to send you some of our “Moldy but Goody” books, since I know they’d have a good home. It may be years before we can re-bind them!
Love,
Marqueta
I love her hair up.What a cool clip!
My P hates having her hair up or
pulled back at all.
My husband is quite proud of his ‘poor man’s French toast’ = toast with maple syrup on it. I’m all for frugality in cooking. Sometimes I think it’s easier to use leftovers for dinner rather that cooking a ‘new’ meal. I just get distracted sometimes and forget to take meat out of the freezer in time to property defrost – and sometimes those are the nights that we have a ‘breakfast dinner’. I’ll make pancakes and sausage, eggs and toast and the kids just love it. It’s very convenient and we get to enjoy a breakfast meal together.
Have a great day!
Liane
Here hair does look so pretty up like that. I love your kitchen and I love it when your daughter asked to be paid for her “cleaning service.” Sounds like my 7 year old daughter.
Lynn, You always inspire me so!
You accomplished so much today… I bet you could make a meal out of a piece of corn and bread.
Patricia
Hi Lynn,
Sounds like you have really applied, “Carpe Deim”!
I am glad to hear that you are both beginning to get into Hamlet.
It is an intriguing story that takes Prince Hamlet on a quest for the truth. The language is truely rich and can be challenging but the quest to understanding is so worth the investment! You may find that as you get deeper into the story you will have a hard time putting it down!
Frugality-some look at it as a burdensome necessity but you make it look like a reward! There is nothing as satifying as being content to live within our means making the best of the blessings we have recieved.
Have a wonderful day,
Diane
Lynn, your Princess is certainly a hardworking one – helping with the housework is so nice to hear about, too many girls (and boys) are no longer taught how to keep house……which is why many of them live like slobs when adults!!
Your kitchen scenes of the children working and learning warm my heart – and the contents of that soup pot in the background was certainly perfect for the cool misty day.
Yes, Shakespeare makes some deep thinking necessary but well worth the effort!
Sunny day at last – I may walk over to the duck (actually goose!) pond – enjoy!
Hugs – Mary.