A Day Of My Own
Written by admin on December 29th, 2009I’m off work today. (Big happy sigh.) It’s hard to understand what a feeling that is unless you work. 
Yesterday was a work day, but look who kept me company.
Annie sometimes sits in my lap while I type, but most often she snuggles up behind me, so that I have to scoot up in my chair. I don’t mind sharing my chair, though, because — like I said — she’s keeping me company. That’s a treasure.
I also don’t really mind working. My job is such a blessing to our family.
I was out early yesterday morning feeding the bunnies (my little walk before work starts) and I tried to get a picture of Boomerang for you, but the sun was just too bright. After seeing the picture, I though you might just enjoy seeing the bright morning sun on our shoulders.
Basil likes to chew on pieces of what appears to be Timothy hay growing around the cage. I suppose that’s what it is. We now have a lot of bunny droppings and some accidentally spilled seeds all around the cages. I have noticed bright green patches of a grass growing which I have never seen before. It looks like the Timothy hay, only not dry. 
Anyway, the bunnies love it.
Poor Midnight can hardly open his (her?) eyes, the sun is so bright. You can see just how black Midnight and Boomerang are. Coco looks so small now that her babies are getting bigger.
One of my favorite things to read about on other blogs is when people share their ideas for feminine dress. What do you reach for to put on in the mornings? I love to grab a dress and then layer something pretty over it, if it’s cold. I usually put on an apron and tights or leggings and try to find some pretty way to put my hair up for the day. Lately I’ve been test-driving the brooches that Michaela and I are making.
Today is cold but bright again. I hope to get some lesson planning done today. We simply must start back to school in earnest next week. We’ve really been slacking off the last few weeks. Hopefully I can work on a few more pins as well. I also need to get out into the garden and remove some dead, unsightly potted plants left over from the summer. Enjoy your day.
for you to leave a comment, but you can also e-mail me at lynn AT thehealthyhomeschool.com
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Hi Lynn, You won my tea cozy give away! wont you send me your postal address so that I can pop the cosy in the mail. velsshirley@yahoo.com
Blessings
Shirley
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Ohhh, how exciting! Thank you so much. I’ll e-mail you most definitely. I’m so excited.
Lynn
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Dear Lynn,
How nice to have animal companions to make the days go smoother; they give so much love and ask for so little in return.
How nice that you will have perpetual feed growing under your rabbit hutch soon! Isn’t nature wonderful?
The brooch pin is so very pretty~I need to get mine out and wear them more. Little details like that add so much to our appearance!
It’s harder for me to dress pretty in the winter time, when my main goal is to keep from freezing to death! Really, some year I’m going to make lots of flannel petticoats and a find a nice, wool dress! I look for them at the thrift stores, but they seem to be in short supply
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A blessed day to you, dear friend,
Marqueta
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I admire your grace about working (I am afraid I would not be so graceful) you are such a blessings. Well do I also confess I love to be in my nighty when I am at home. I have a new red plaid flannel nightie with beautiful deep red lace trim and tucks. I wear that with a red wool shawl I knit, a pretty pin, smart wool socks and polar fleece pants underneath to keep me warm. Our house is sooooo cold. I have been wanting to make some flannel undergarments to keep me warm. But sewing clothes soo stress me,. We will see. Clarice
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Marqueta, animals really do give a lot and ask so little. I love my “creatures” great and small. Even the spiders and beetles and flying things in the summertime.
It is so much colder where you are. You are a braver girl than I am. I would freeze! It is harder when it gets cold, and I layer, layer, layer. I’m a cold natured person anyway.
Clarice, I can just picture your beautiful red plaid flannel nightgown! It sounds lovely! I like things like that too. I always check the nightgowns when I’m out thrift shopping, for some of them can pass for petticoats and slips and I love to find them like that! You know, one of the advantages of my job is that it’s right here at home, so I could work in my nightie if I wanted to!
Lynn
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You look beautiful Lynn.
We are about to embark on a bunny adventure. My Matt, our animal lover, is saving up his money to buy a hutch and rabbits. He is very determined.
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Hey MamaHen! Thank you.
Bunnies are not always cuddly. They can be nervous and hard to hold, but I love our bunnies. Some like to be held more than others. I hope you get a cuddly one. And if not, they are still fun to care for and feed.
Lynn
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Hello Lynn. To be honest, I would love to dress in a more feminine way, but can’t seem to make the switch. I blame my size or my lack of funds to buy many clothes, but really, where there is a will there is a way. My daughter loves to wear dresses and leggings. I always try to tell her how much I love it when she wears them. I should try to be a better example to her. I have never felt very feminine and I know my appearance needs attention. Perhaps there are baby steps that I can take like trying to find some leggings or stockings and then look for a long skirt. They can be so expensive and I cannot sew. More excuses, I know.
Thank you, once again.
Jenn
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Oh, Jenn, I hope my post has not been worrisome to anyone — to you. I didn’t mean to make anyone feel badly. I think many types of clothes can look feminine.
I do so love dresses, though! I find a lot of nice things at thrift stores, but I make it a point to shop in them regularly and that way I find nice things along the way. It does take time, and sometimes I don’t find anything. I love leggings and have found some very useful ones on clearance at Wal-Mart, of all places. For me, it’s a daily fun thing to pick out clothes in the mornings and sort of live in another time. I guess I have a big imagination. 
Lynn
PS – I don’t have time to sew much, so we are in the same boat on that one!
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Lynn, not at all. I only have a longing to dress more feminine myself and needed a reminder to spend a little more effort on this, myself. I do appreciate your posting on this topic. In fact, my grandma called yesterday, asking if I needed a new outfit and so now I will have one new long skirt to start with.
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Jenn, thank you so much for leaving another comment.
That’s exciting to start the new year with a new long skirt. I do love long skirts with blouses — I especially look for long, white, romantic blouses when I’m out thrift shopping! Happy New Year! It’s a work day for me today (New Year’s Day) so I better move to my “real” desk, though I don’t want to. I hope you have a wonderful 2010!