Simple Woman Monday

 

Today... cloudy day and humid, typical for Iowa in July. Cucumbers are cucumbering, tomatoes are tomatoeing... I wish the weeds were weeding.

What I'm wearing... Black middy skirt, black and white blouse with tiny checkers, black apron with pockets.

What I'm listening to... Listened to an old Amazon tunes playlist this morning with lots of nice, upbeat music. I don't listen to music often enough! It's a wonderful way to brighten up a day!

On the menu... Skipped breakfast, as usual, fasted util around 1:30 or 2, then had leftover Mediterranean chopped salad with a little bit of steak added. Will set out charcuterie for dinner when Dan gets home.

What I'm reading... Working on a study guide for the GK Chesterton essay called "What I Have in My Pocket." 

What I'm making... I juiced some lemons and ginger for Dan's tummy this morning, then, of all the goofy things, after making my bed, sweeping, and washing the dishes, the magnetic poetry set I got from Gavin for Christmas caught my eye. Dan (I think it was Dan -- it must have been Dan... 😐 ) had pieced together a line -- so I poked around in the magnets looking for a good combination of words to add to his line to create a poem -- without much luck. But, I didn't give up! Remembering the old set we used to have in the big house when the children were still all home, I went on a hunt -- and actually found the additional magnet words (what are the odds??) -- and spent probably more time than I should have organizing all the words into parts of speech and putting them on their own little white boards, categorized grammatically. (Does it make me weird that I thoroughly enjoyed this exercise?) Then I added to Dan's line, of course. To wit:

We get true, unshadowed, unmisty happiness in heaven!

What I'm planning... I'm hoping to have a week free of events and appointments and running around so I can just concentrate on Lit Studies and maybe a Feast Day Quick Take. (Who would be the patron saint to intercede for me to have a very nothing week for once?)

Picture Thoughts for the day:

                   How These Two Smile for Pictures

"Smile!"

Both boys (I guess I should probably call them men, huh?) are currently in Idaho serving as Camp Counselors at the annual extravaganza in Rathdrum. Br. Simon (formerly known as Gabriel, child number 9) is following his vocation as a lay Brother in CMRI; William (our youngest, now 19) will be entering the seminary here in Iowa in September to test his vocation to the priesthood. We'll see what God wishes for him! They are both, as you can see, just as silly as they've ever been. Anyone passing by, please pray for them to discern their vocations!

(These photos from April when we had a visit from Br. Simon -- and a bazillion other people here for Ordinations~)