My Heart's at Home Daybook~July 11

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I've really enjoyed The Simple Woman's Daybook. It's nice to focus at the beginning of the week and stretch my brain just a wee bit to think about certain things every week. I find myself referring to it in my head as I move throughout the week. So, when I saw that Kara, at everyone's favorite crunchy blog, has a daily daybook, the wheels started turning. What would a daily daybook look like? Too much minutia? Too boring? Too binding? Maybe, but it's my blog and it could be whatever I wanted it to be, because my blog is one of the few things in my life over which I retain an illusion of control. So, I thought I'd take a stab at a daily daybook of my very own. If I could set about at the beginning of every day with some of those intentions in front of me, perhaps I'd get dressed every day rise to the occasion. Or maybe not. But it could be fun to try.

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Outside My Window ...the pansies have truly petered out and do need to be pulled. My children are very attached to them and have protested every time I suggest that we yank 'em.
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Towards a daily rhythm ... I've learned that the  daily schedules I created just last week are going to be rocked to the core. So...I'll ponder the revised version for a while. Can't re-write yet; too many variables still to be decided. But the nice thing is that iCal is like virtual post-it notes. Just keeping dragging and dropping 'til we get it right. And it might look a little differently every week if early movement is any indication.
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I am thankful for ... wise counsel.
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From the kitchen ...
for breakfast:
Blueberry scones using Gluten-Free Pantry mixes
farm fresh poached eggs
Lunch:
Grilled cheese
and for dinner:
 Spiced Pineapple Rice from Vegetable Heaven
Firecracker Beans also from Vegetable Heaven
Mixed Green Salad with Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese (my new obsession)
Fruit Salad of Watermelon, Canteloupe, and Blueberries

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To live the liturgy...On the Feast of St. Benedict
God our Father, you made St. Benedict an outstanding guide to teach men how to live in your service. Grant that by preferring your love to everything else, we may walk in the way of your commandments. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. .
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I am wearing ... a white eyelet skirt, a CAMISOLE (necessary for all maternity shirts these days), a pink shirt and strappy pink sandals.
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I am creating ...a cookbook for Michael to take with him when he lives in an on-campus apartment this year.
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I am going to breathe deeply ...20 minutes on the stationary bike today, while listening to talks from the IHM conference.
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Bringing beauty to my home ...I'm seriously considering painting my kitchen yellow tomorrow. Going to bring home paint swatches today. And (shh...don't tell my husband) I might not stop with kitchen.
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I am hoping ...for the house to stay as tidy as it did this week. It almost looks as put together as it did when we had company last Sunday. Almost. It's amazing how much more is possible when one feels a bit better. My glucometer is my friend. It's hard to function when your blood sugar is perpetually low.
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Around the house ... I need to touch up spots Michael missed when he painted the basement.

One of my favorite things ...watching ten minutes of Sports Center in the morning with Nicholas so we can see yesterday's top ten plays and the morning's top headlines, all before Daddy, the sports producer, awakens.

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A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Day: I'm going to finish curriculum shopping at the Northern Virginia conference. I've just found out Gracie will be with us again this year, so I need to find a few things for her. And then I have a wee bit of list for the rest of us, too;-).
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Here is a picture thought I am sharing~

Pointeshoes

These things wear out very, very quickly.