Life before 2008 24 Jan 2006 09:27 am
the sun is here for a visit….
Oh beautiful orb, how I”ve missed you!!! I watched my old sentimental favorite, Singles, which takes place in Seattle. I observed the joy on a child’s face at the seemingly endless chance to indulge in splashing in a mud puddle. I noted the stark brightness of a cardinal on a bare and dripping branch against a grey sky. I meditated on the greater depth of tones and hues in an otherwise hurredly descirbed “greyness”. But I’m a wee bit over it and ready for some BLUE sky, YELLOW sunshine, tender GREEN shoots from the bulbs…
Which, is not to say, I”m hankering over Florida’s current warmth. Turning on my AC in January would have had me in a stewed knot. 
It’s just a lazy tuesday here today. W is going around singing “Stand up Oh God, be present now” and wobbling a red pillow on his head. Every now and again he reminds me he’s a woodpecker and demonstrates his “pick, pick, pick”. A is at the table doing grammar and vocabulary, growling over using the words, “fragrant, absorb, and trample”. C is in her room doing phonics quietly and in relative peace. No one’s dressed yet but that will soon change; today we are headed to the library.
Breakfast fajitas were on the menu for breakfast but as we had regular fajitas for dinner last night, I switched to waffles. My waffles have been a bit blighted lately, sticking to the iron or turning out tough. I think I’ve solved it with a about a tablespoon of oil added the batter and a bit more buttermilk. That batter shouldn’t be runny but a dry waffle seems to stick more than a more moist one. It throws me to have “off” waffles or burned food…something I’m doing more of lately. I feel like Stella needs to get her groove back….
W has added a wooden spoon to his red pillow head and is now a warrior.
I dreamt in “blog” last night, woke and thought to myself that I should get up and jot down a few notes, figured that I wouldn’t think it such a great post in daylight, and went back to sleep. This morning I have no idea what it was about.
On the to do list: at the library get Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, to try to read quickly through for a book discussion next week. When Metropolis and I, Robot come in from Netflix, watch and do a comparison/contrast analysis for a film discussion with the same group of friends. Enter the subject plan for this semester on the homeschooling site I’m a member of, for grade reporting later. Decide what curriculum I need to purchas this spring, and also do a clothing inventory, so I can set those funds aside from the tax return. Read to the kids and finish the math books to the point where I”m okay with pitching them when we’re done. Soak the beans for dinner. Take A to violin lesson today and ice skating tomorrow.
And, if the sun shines upon us for more than one day, lay in it. Bask in it. Drink it in and feel it soak into my pores. Chances are, rain will be back for the weekend.
on 24 Jan 2006 at 10:52 am 1.Lori said …
I found your site through another blog. I enjoy reading it, and love your take on things.
I had to speak up because guess where I live…FLORIDA. By the way I do NOT have my air on, hehehe. In fact I am in a sweater (ok so here at work they have the air conditioner on, but I am freezing, ha!)
Here in Florida we have warm weather a few days and then suddenly it gets really cold and we have a hard frost. This is why we are always sick.
Oh well this Floridian just wanted to say hi. Keep up the good work.
Blessings.
Lori
on 24 Jan 2006 at 12:48 pm 2.Tia said …
Nice to meet you Lori! Glad you like my blog. We just moved from FL 7 months ago, and I probably wouldn’t have my air on either…though with the humidity in our area I probably would be in the minority. That same rollercoaster pattern seems to exist here though we never would have thunk it ;-).