Daybook - Second Week Of Advent

Outside My Window - the usual December drear, rain with a slight breeze. Rain means more time indoors to face my home life that currently requires a tidying.  I tend to ignore these things when the weather is bright and I give in to the siren song of mother nature. Today the rain is forcing me to stay home and clean. I'm not angry about it.

I'm Listening To - My Advent/Christmas playlist on Spotify.  I have many but this one is mostly original Christmas music themed music.  There's a classic here and there but mostly modern stuff.  One of my faves is Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Meredith Andrews.

The Week Ahead - The usual craziness of my homeschool/brick and mortar school hybrid life. The highschoolers are preparing for exams before Christmas break so there will be a lot of studying, stressing out, and possibly late nights.  As mother my job this week is to soothe frayed nerves, provide some tasty meals, hold my tongue, and practice the kind of love that I usually preach.  Pray for me lol. Oh, and that Christmas shopping list need to be worked on. And did I tell you some of my Fall decorations are up and Christmas is still in boxes?!  Definitely pray for me.

What's Cooking - so my husband is coming home from a business trip in the foodie continent that is Asia.  He has had some of the best meals these past few weeks.  How exactly will my cooking compete with five-star establishment menus?!  I may need to bring him down to reality that is meat and potatoes!  But I'm just so excited for him to be home. I don't know how those of you whose husbands travel regularly do it. I am giving him the biggest kiss at the airport today! 

Mom Treat - I'm planning to drink something alcoholic this week lol.  I hear my husband is bringing me some strong stuff from the motherland.  I must admit to being an alcohol snub which means I hardly indulge unless it's the good stuff because the good stuff is outside the scope of my Excel budget spreadsheet. It's looking like a good week for mom treat. Let's drink to that!

Prayers - oh girl...so much to pray for!  Advent always brings these petitions out of the woodwork.  But I've also focused my prayer life towards thanksgiving. The good, the bad, the ugly, they are all tempered through tge lens of gratitude.  The Lord is merciful and worthy to be praised.r

'Tis The Season - baking and playing with friends this past week

exploding snowman experiment

the makings of a scientific discovery

caramel makes a really good glue for graham cracker house