Tuesday DayLook - October 20

For Today: October 20, 2009
 Looking out my back porch... it's still very damp from all the moisture.  The soybean field remains untouched...

I am thinking... will this be a normal day??  Will we get back in our routine today??

I am thankful for... making it through another very busy weekend and that I'm one more week closer to delivery of the next Lahlum baby. 

From the sewing/craft room… not a whole lot!  But, that's okay.  There'll be plenty of time another day for sewing and crafting.

From the school room... yesterday was shortened.  Today is a full day.  Angelina shared a bit of her piano playing and poetry with her great-aunts and grandparents.

From the kitchen... I'd like to get a few more meals into the freezer before baby arrives.  My plan is to double both the Tater Tot Hotdish and Italian Sausage Soup (found in this OAMC e-book).  Both freeze well with great results.

I am reading... I'm desperately trying to catch up on reading my StAR (St. Austin Review, co-edited by Joseph Pearce and Robert Asch) magazines!  I read a couple last week, but am still behind by about 4 issues.  A person just cannot rush through these articles, they need to be savored...

I am hoping... for a calm week with gorgeous fall weather.

I am hearing... the sounds of the kids finishing up breakfast and getting ready for the day.

State of the house… not bad because we were gone all weekend.

 A successful moment… we decided not to take the top carrier, hitch carrier or electric cooler on our trip to MN this past weekend.  It was surprisingly easy to get all of our belongings in the mini-van.

A few plans for the rest of the week…
Monday: My parents and two of my aunts, one from CA and the other from OR, stopped out for a visit to see our home.  We ate dinner/lunch together and visited for a while before they headed out to visit my brother in Bismarck.  They'll arrive back at my hometown for a short visit before flying home after attending the wedding this past weekend. 

A college friend dropped by because she was in the area.  While here this summer, she missed seeing the house because we all got busy visiting with old friends.  This was an unexpected, but pleasant visit.

Tuesday: Nothing special planned.  I'd like to just rest and catch up on laundry today. 

Wednesday: Nothing special ... maybe Dash or Angelina will feel like baking; I have quite a few bananas in the freezer and banana bread would taste wonderful about now.

Thursday:  Shhhh... don't tell anyone that this day is ALSO blank on my calendar!  A FREE DAY!

Friday/Saturday/Sunday: My hubby may take all the kids and go to the Bison FB game on Saturday - provided there is no harvesting.  My attendance is up in the air.  Usually I wouldn't miss these game days, but at this stage of pregnancy, they do wear me out and staying home alone is so appealing. 

A look at my day, in pictures...

I have absolutely NO pictures to show you from this weekend.  I took pictures, but they are on my SIL's camera.  I'm sure she or other family will forward a few to me and then I will share a shot or two of the wedding.  Pat & Anna's wedding was beautiful and full of memorable moments.  Fr. Ehli, newly ordained just this past summer in the Bismarck diocese, was the celebrant and this was his first wedding (he's a college friend of both Eric and Pat, two of my brothers).  His homily, both toward the congregation and the couple, was great!

Dash served during the wedding.  He did a very fine job, and he helped more than he has at past family weddings.  I guess they normally don't have altar servers for weddings at the Basilica ... I was very surprised.  People are always so surprised at how formal he is during serving, but that is what he's been taught.  To me, he is less noticeable because of his formality ... that's as it should be.  The Knights of the Altar program for alter servers at the Cathedral of St. Mary is wonderful and we hope to keep our boys active in the group as long as we can manage.

Believe me, at this stage of pregnancy, it's enough to get four kids and myself looking put-together for family pictures.  Eric took the kids out for a walk around downtown St. Paul on Saturday morning, so I actually had time to style my hair (this NEVER happens).  I was complimented ... that was nice.  At least it kept the attention upwards to my face and not toward my overly swollen ankles and legs!