I'm Listening To - husband and middle child discussing basketball, modern medicine, Ancient Rome, underwear (don't ask!), the periodic table, etc..all while child is doing homework.
What's Cooking - currently, a Filipino favorite - pork adobo. I find cooking after a big holiday to be challenging. After we've had all the good stuff I just want to eat veggies for until I get tired of it. Unfortunately, my household will not approve of that.
The Week Ahead - getting back to routine. Some of us, especially those who are still recovering from illness, are struggling. We hit a rough patch right after Christmas day with taking turns being sick. I went to New Year Mass by myself. Anyhow, Christmas decor will be put away to make room for what I will call the Barren Winter look. I'm looking forward to the muted palettes after the reds and green. Our real tree was shedding like crazy so we took it down. The fake tree will stay up until we get to it. My priority is putting away the Santa collection and the Christmas dinnerware. Lots of purging happening and it's not even Spring yet!
Homeschool Is Cool - unlike my high-schoolers, my homeschoolers were up to the task of going back to school. We have Confirmation this year so we are eagerly digging into the life of St. Martin de Porres, the official Confirmation saint of child number four. We are also reading what Victorian England was like for children, small book but lots of interesting facts. I do need to tweak my plans to cater to these voracious learners.
Mom Treat - scaling back after a season of treats. It was fun while it lasted but now it's time to exercise the "movie-marathons-and-cheesecake" bod. Ugh.
Prayers - I'm trying to insert more silence in my prayer life. My current state of life is fraught with decisions, big and small. In the frenzy of decision making it's hard sometimes to discern the will of God versus my own. The older I get, the more decision-making tires me but decide we must! Prayer, on the other hand, energizes and calms me. As the British would (not) say, keep calm and pray!
Ordinary Time - photos to share, as usual
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| not sharing my Christmas present |
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| out to see Christmas lights, can you tell which one was feeling sick? |
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| an unusually warm December day |
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| a new lantern that I promptly dropped and broke right after Christmas |
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| New Year's Eve nails |
