A day of delight

Hello, Yesterday I spent the day ( 9a.m.-2:30 p.m.)
Teaching four children to read more effectively.
I had a wonderful lunch with Dove and just really loved it.

The children had a recess and potty break while I delighted in the momentary silence.
This is Doves class room.

I worked one on one with each child . They had a 5 page story of letters written in 1930's by a little girl who had to go stay in the city with her Uncle. She had the gift of gardening. She lived in her beauty and made a dark city street bright with flowers and gave a man who never smiled a roof top garden.
The kids had on average a low 25% score on the comprehension tests. The first child got 90% and the other two got a 100% on the test (the other child did not finish the story for time ran out on the day).

We all had a nice lunch together as all the little girls were little fluttering butterfly's around me.
Dove was so proud to be my daughter that it warmed my heart.
Dash saw me in the cafeteria and ran to hug me and greet me. Many of the other children who knew me from last year also said hello.

At lunch break all the fourth graders played soccer and Dove's class won the game.
It was nice under the shade of the huge trees.

Dove in light pink after a goal was scored.
They all proved to be good sports.

I went on a gathering run last night. I saw on Creigs list a person who had a garage full of stuff from a fabric store that had closed down. I called on the things and made a late night scavengers hunt coming home with a great stash of tremendous bargans.

Tackle It Tuesday

Good Morning!
Well My big tackle from Saturday on has been to "Matter to myself".
I did my hair Sunday and a manicure Sunday and Last night. They are not my own nails but they did turn out very natural looking. I did it myself.
It was very nice Sunday Beloved came in and read the Dave Ramsey book while I did my Beauty treatments.

My sewing center needs to have some attention. I have the bathroom window curtain to finish, also a pillow for the sofa. Dove has been awaiting her star wars cape too.

This is a necklace of a singe mom who had no matching earrings for . I am customizing a pair for her. I need to finish this and get it to her soon.

With a show upcoming in November I have a lot of work to do.
These layouts need to get completed.

As you can see The fourth vertical row has a lot of cards on it.
These are all earrings of fall colors.

All of the work is going onto my cards for display.
Everything being uniform will make for a professional look.

After the kids are off to school the morning chores of dishes and kitchen will get done before I take off to Bible study. Homework got done and so I will be off to fellowship,prayer and class.

By getting help from Mr U. I was able to get the decorations down from the attic. I look forward to getting them set up and festive.

Loving my clothes line yesterday the clothes were cleared after dark. I was tired so they will get folded and put away.
Phone calls to be made and a roast to be put in the oven.
I may offer hospitality to a young single Mother and her three year old, or the class teacher who also wanted to come over for tea.

Menu Plan Monday, and misc stuff

Home made taco's

I made a new column on the menu board for "I matter to me" plans.
This will remind me to fix myself a healthy meal for lunch and to think about before the last moment. I also want to remind myself to take good care of "me"!

Other stuff :)

I found the fabric used in my last home. It matched my china I picked out years ago. I have had the china in the hutch from when we were selling the house. So with it in there on display...and the drapery I made gone... I hung this this week end . I love it! The house feels so much warmer in character. I really have loved this print.

I also found these scraps of fabric from the old kitchen. I am going to make a pillow for the sofa.
This is a larger, bolder pattern than the drape. I love the colors and character of it. These are the flowers on my china dishes.

Science experiment tonight. Dash asked me to do this with him. We got Daddy man in on it too. Then Dove had her curiosity whetted and it was all fun!

We taught about air taking up volume.

Daddy poked a hole in it and the towel got soaked and fell out.
The laughter was a delight.

My Beloved came in on me giving Dash a breathing treatment this weekend, he said I looked so beautiful. He ran over and grabbed the camera. He said don't move! The photo was a little different than he saw. I felt so adored the way he did that.

Dash had to have two breathing treatments this week. I am somewhat concerned for him.
He is so dear to my heart. I just hate to see him suffer.

For days there has been an ongoing game of manoply on the table. I had it put away today and they got it back out tonight.

Well the garden is watered and the laundry all hung. I love the clothes line. I worked on the budget spread sheet for three hours today. We are getting closer to our goals. We are reading our Dave Ramsey again. It looks like we could have some fun next year if we work hard to conserve and plan. I am so happy to have the responsible attitude and the follow through happening jointly. We must stay determined and see our dream come true.

It s late and I need to rest a while.
I did my homework with the kids tonight so I am ready for Bible study tomorrow.
I hope to have a better attitude about the click stuff.
My sister is settled in the nursing home tonight and should be staying there untill next week or so.
She is in a bad way with pain. Please remember her in your prayers.
All of you who are still out there are dear to me. I have lost my momentum on the blog a bit.
I might do a tutorial soon or write something. Just been a full month. My head swims with all that is required of me right now.
I am so loving it.
I will be doing service work at the kids school on Wednesday. Two hours with each teacher.
I really like Doves teacher her and I get along well and she was really moved when I thanked her for all she did for ALL of the children....
she said "Wow appreciation, that felt nice..."
Remember to thank your kids teachers tomorrow.
You home schoolteachers remember to show your own self some appreciation.
You are making a difference!

Sunday Smiles

Picture day and Garden tour

I took a few shots of the kids yesterday morning.
I did not tell them or let on, but I was trying to give them a chance to practice the image that they might want to use for picture day. This was first pose...

She critiqued the images and them came up with this pose as the favored look.
She is so grown up!
She borrowed some pearls to match her top.
She wanted to look feminine like her friend.
It is wonderful to see her enjoy her beauty.

Dash got in on the act and I was please to see his interest.
He tried this pose and I said if you open your smile you might be able to see your teeth.

Tricky Mommy, He did and loved the look (as did I).

"I come to the garden alone...."

This is growing by the compost bin. The golden (dog) loves it.
Does anyone know what it is?

The green beens are really loving the compost tea they get. These are more than twice the size of the other ones.

Arguable the prettiest most delicate flower I have here.
If you even barely touch them they fall (as does the fruit they become)

Yellow crook necked summer squash!
Too cute!

The cantaloup is thriving and I have now found a few maverick plants around the garden.

The radish sprouted. So tiny if you click on the image it will enlarge.

This straw bed method is really good for the tender young plants.

The peas will need to be trellised soon. I had a wonderful time last night giving my beloved a garden tour. I was as giddy as a school girl showing him all the joy of each plant and flower.

These are the peas they are slow growers

This is the last of the tomatoes outdoors, but I have a few yet to re-plant at the kitchen sink. I thought I would give it some time to have the straw bail rot a little bit more.

This is Angle and she is wondering what's going on.
She gave me a pose ...

Is this a better pose...?

Maybe you'd like me to scratch and pick.
The hens are going well and will lay pretty soon I hope. They are so cool to have.
I think that they make good pets.
pearly is in the back ground she is the dark gray one (I love Tahitian pearls)

The kids have been exercising the use of hammer and nails. They built these signs and then placed them on each corner of the lot.

See the freezer box in the back ground? The kids are loving it! I placed a compost bin over the place the pomegranate tree will someday be planted. There are a couple of tomatoes still over here on the bails but this spot gets too hot I think, and I made an error in judgment by placing clay mud on the bails. It did not allow the water to get in well enough. I thought that it might hold it in. It was also sorta fun to rub the mud all over the bail. It needs to have just potting soil on top of the bails. Good lesson. I will replant these also.

Untill I find the box with my clothes pin bag...I have recycled this old laundry jug to hold them. Leaving them in the sun is not the best way to treat wood here in the desert.

This is the bottom of the freezer box. We are going to make a garden gate out of it with the screen that the folks shared with us.

The garden at the front door is thriving. I spend a lot of time here when I come back from walking the kids to the bus in the morning. Notice the hanging pots...They came from the dollar store as did the ferns in them.

See my pretty little rose that my dear friend gave me.
The flowers are so happy. I have wonderful orange flowers for fall!
The little plant was in a six pack last spring look at him now! Over 20 flowers await in bud.

The perfect fall flower!

This is doing so well and the hanging plants will hopefully overflow as well!

Look at the lamp...A hard hike...

This is too cute. The conqust of the lamp! Tackleing the light...

This guy lost.

I pulled this out of the garage and Dash has it hung now in his room. He has a schedule like mom.
It is cool to see him copy me in the organization. He had a note on his report card that he had a problem with organization, maybe this will be a good help.