Outside my window... a porch still to be cleaned off b/f next week when we list the house.
I am thankful for...my hard, hard-working husband who has done almost all the manual labor to get the house ready, inside & out; a Lent that has included a real purging of the house; a baby in utero who appears to be growing and healthy thus far, though the Momma has been more sick (exhausted, weak, nauseated, crampy) than ever before.
I am hoping...that one of the first showings results in a good offer...and to think about something else soon!
On my mind...long-term plans for home educating and being at home FT again. Lots of good reading & plans made for an eclectic Montessori/classical/Mason-esque curriculum next year. I need to focus on home organizing, MEALS especially. This house of men & boys eats constantly! And the early sonogram was showing signs of another boy. It looks like we will stay a "testosterhome!" 20 week sonogram in another month will probably clear up any doubts.
Noticing that...my life has become incredibly simple with this pregnancy. Survival. I've cut out anything non-essential. I have stopped expecting to feel better. Or at least am trying to b/c that is when I start to feel desparate!
A few plans for the week...my husband leaves in less than a week for a week-long Board Exam prep course in NYC. I am in denial. Just going to focus on my little part in getting the house ready to list b/f he leaves. And continue making plans to pack up the kids and take them to my mom's for the first weekend of showings...b/c that will surely be more do-able than keeping the house clean w/ them all at home by myself, right? :) I don't have the strength to do either...
From the book shelf...I've finished the home schooling books I have on hand: Catholic Ed., Homeward Bound & Real Learning (both borrowed years ago from a dear friend- I wonder if she is still waiting for them?!), also Natural Structure, and CHC and Emmanuel catalogs. Boys are reading more Cam Jansen, Ralph S. Mouse, and we're almost finished #2 of the Winnie the Pooh series.
In the kitchen...left-over cavitini casserole, or as I call it to get the kids excited- pizza bake. The one thing I did yesterday and I collapsed afterwards. My husband told me I looked terrible- "you have huge circles under your eyes."
On the home church calendar...the boys and I are listening to the Bible on CD this Lent, a project of our Archdiocese. We're still in the OT, on the book of Joshua.
No photo to share...I am horrible at down-loading them, though I will definitely try to post pics of the house when we finish. It looks so much nicer than when we really lived in it.
