Sale on soup...

Went to the local WalMart today. They are having a great sale on Campbells Cream of Chicken and Cream of Mushroom soup: 0.58 a can! Regular price is $1.26. Stock up now!!!

Art

Go to Yahoo, and put this in the search engine: Bowman's Hill Folinsbee. Click on the first link you get for the James A. Michener Art Museum.

Oh, the oranges and golds! And the deep, deep blue in the upper left that accent the browns so lovingly. And the light! How it reflects and resonates...

I love this painting. I must have a print of it someday...

Reading Material

O is very useful.
You use it when you say:
"Oscar's only ostrich
oiled
an orange owl today."

Dr. Seuss, ABC

Life Today

It has been a day so far. The kitchen is clean, I boxed up a ton of old magazines, and 2 out of 3 kids are bathed. I glanced at myself in the mirror around 9am, and decided that, for today, I do not want to look like Shabby Mom.

I took a shower, dried my hair with an actual hair dryer, and put on some makeup. Then I decided to put on a long skirt and decent blouse. And some earrings.

Feeling pretty good so far. I have my piano lesson in a few minutes, then I need to do science with the children. We need to work on our knitting as well, being that we have our final knitting lesson later this afternoon and we have made practically No Progress on our projects since last months lesson.

Leah is fussing. Better go put her to bed.

In which Michael makes a decision...

On our trip to Monterey, Michael had an epiphany.

You see, my dearly beloved leaves our warm, cozy home before the children rise, and he comes home in the early evening when they are worn out and in the process of winding down. On weekends, he normally must spend several hours cloistered in his office working, or perhaps called away for several hours to shoot pictures. And on Sunday, we go to church all morning, where everyone must be quiet and calm.

And so he rarely must experience being 'with' 3 healthy, active children for longer than a few hours at a time.

And with this trip, he experienced children 24/7 for 4 days straight.

He has decided that he does NOT want to be a stay at home mom when he grows up.

Weekend

Well, we got back last night from Monterey Bay. What a lovely time! I hope to post some pictures tomorrow. We left Sunday afternoon and spent 2 lovely days on the beach.

A visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on Monday was so awesome! Hannah's favorite thing was the seahorses. It was such a great exhibit. So many sizes and colors! And the leafy sea dragons were so cool!

My favorite are the octopi. I just love these critters! Unfortunately, they were crowded, so I only got to look for a minute. One of them was suctioned to the front class of the tank, so all you could see were suckers. The other guy was squashed way up on the front left corner of the tank, but you could see his red lumpy skin and one eye.

I asked Nathan what his favorite thing was and he said "the hotel". Go figure.

We played on a lovely, protected beach on Lover's Point. You must go there! We saw ginormous sea lions on the dock. A couple otters. Lots of birds - one of them stole Hannah's sandwich when she put it down to get a drink.

Michael says he loves the ocean. Something inside him feels 'at home' on the seashore. We'll have to go again next year!

Monday Busy Blues

Today is going to be very busy. Breakfast, clean up, school, then off to Hannah's art class. The weather man says it will start to rain about then. Drop her off, then go to Costco and Winco, and hopefully squeeze in JoAnne's fabric store. Pick Hannah up, then home for lunch and putting everything away.

The afternoon should wind down a bit. I'll do Nathan's schooling around 2pm, then it will be clean up time again, and starting dinner. I need to get some ironing done in there somewhere too.

Looking forward to tomorrow when I just have my Bible Study and school.