This Week At Home, 2012, No. 45

Little notes written in order to remember each precious day...

Beautiful sunrise Sunday morning. 

Monday...

Today was all about water, or lack of!  Last week, plumbers came to fix a leak and discovered that the 50 year old pipes had sprung  not only a leak, but were needing replaced.  So for the past weekend, we had only one working bathroom and shower, the least liked bathroom.  Today they are back and had to turn off all water,except the kitchen sink.  They had to take out the old and put in new, which is no easy task.  And now the pictures of before...

One other exciting thing about Monday was that we got our first snow!  It was a trace amount, but so pretty coming down.  The sun came out and it all melted.  And, yes, between all the noise of plumbers plumbing we got half our school work completed.  I took the kids to Mom's house after lunch so they could have a bathroom to use.  I came back and baked bread for dinner while I waited for the plumbers to finish.

Tuesday...

Aw, Tuesday!  I think this has to my favorite day of this week, because I did not have to go anywhere and no one was coming here.  We were able to get caught up on our school work, too.  We're almost through George Washington's World by G. Foster.  I read about 20 pages out loud each day to get through the whole book in a reasonable amount of time. 

I am loving the time period we're studying in history so much that it inspired me to get a biography about Abigail Adams, which I am loving!  I think I have found my winter reading plan, biographies.  I love having a winter reading plan.  It makes choosing books easier. I don't like thinking about what to read next.  Usually, I pick an author and read everything I can find by that person.

Tuesday evening, Jeff spent a little time working on our 12 year old Orek vacuum, despite it being late, and it now works wonderfully.  You may remember that I won another Orek a few years ago.  Let's just say, I like my old one better.  The "new" one is so heavy and currently is not working  well either, and I don't want to spend money on getting it fixed.  Jeff is going to take a look at it soon. 

Indulgences. 

Wednesday...

Morning lessons, an early lunch, off to art class, a stop at Target, rest time before AWANA.  That's our typical Wednesday. Of course, I had a great time with my girls in AWANA and came home exhausted.

Thursday...

The plumbers came back to install a new whole house water filter and water pressure tank.  Another guy came to size up the holes in the drywall and will let me know if he's coming back tomorrow or next week to fix them.  I voted for tomorrow, in case it mattered to him. 

Once again, we got our work done with an audience.  That's OK. We just keep rolling along, no matter what.  Speaking of rolling along, the kids are keeping up with their NaNoWriMo goals.  It's great that they are still motivated. How can we change this to NaNoWriYear? 

The Cat Whisperer and his victim, who doesn't like to be held. 

Friday...

Hooray it is Friday!  I think our lessons are all caught up, except for Grace's math.  There is a book on hold to pick up at the library.  We need bread, too.  I want to stop at Good Will on the other side of town since I have to drop Trevor off for a birthday party this evening.  I'm making a big pot of chili for dinner.  And we need to get the house tidy for the weekend.  The drywall will not be fixed today, most likely Monday. 

Used some birthday money to replace his charger that is lost. The two brown dots on his face are chocolate, by the way. 

Indulge me with one more of Dorothy Dumpling, our sweet little photogenic friend. 

So that is a look at our week.  This weekend we have small group, church, a choir performance for Trevor, and hopefully a little disc golf. 

Have a great weekend!
Jenn