Simple Woman's Daybook: September 1st

For Monday 1st September

Outside My Window ... washing hanging on the line and skies turning ominously grey.

I am thinking ... about the new season that begins tomorrow when the big girls go back to school and it will be just Little Cherub and I at home again.

I am thankful for ... a husband who is happy for me to be a stay-at-home Mum.

From the kitchen ... leftovers from two cooked chickens I bought yesterday to use up.

I am wearing ... blue jeans, pale blue short sleeved sweater, dark blue Crocs, necklace (mother of pearl disc on a leather thong)

I am creating ... a cross-stitched lavendar bag. I haven't cross-stitched for a while and wanted a small project to take on holiday last week.

I am going ... to tidy up my Toodledo to-do list (abandoned over the last month) and Google Calendars. I also want to flip through First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos for ideas I can use with Little Cherub, and make a list of simple gardening projects we can do. And believe me, given my black thumbs they need to be really simple.

I am reading ... In Defence of Food: the Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating by Michael Pollan. Though in my case food and the pleasures of eating don't need much defending.

I am hoping ... that Hurricane Gustav doesn't cause the same havoc as Katrina.

I am hearing ... a door creaking, the washing machine whirring and Little Cherub snoring on my lap.

Around the house ... piles of washing. How can one week away produce so much?

One of my favorite things ... snuggling a snoozing toddler.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week ... not much. A quiet week as we get back into term-time routine.

Here is picture thought I am sharing ...


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