Good morning!
Up having my coffee and the last of the pumpkin bread. Earl wasn't sleepy last night so he stayed up way too late and now he is sleeping in. The kids are having some Amazon cartoons.
We have a huge iron sleigh bed frame that we bought when we moved to this house and bought our king-size mattress. It's beautiful and I have loved having it, but a design flaw is that there is a huge gap between the top edge of the mattress and the headboard. We stuffed kingsize pillows in the gap after losing our pillows into the "black hole" one too many times and have done that for several years. Basically, the headboard and footboards cause us to lose at least a foot of space, probably more. Plus it's a tall bed so we lose vertical space which doesn't affect our storage but makes the room look smaller (it's 11 x 11' so not huge to start). So, the other night we discussed putting our oversized (super tall) mattresses on the floor for a normal height bed until we find something we like and can afford. We're also thinking of rearranging the room today. Regardless, I know I have canned potatoes under there, an extra box of our laminate flooring, and who knows what else?!? We were going to tackle it last night but decided to do it today so it has time to clear out before we sleep. This type of project tends to aggravate my asthma which is kicking up lately anyway.
I am in purging and cleaning mode, always a good thing. Wanting to start a new semester of homeschool off with a clean house and better schoolwork organization.
Other than that, I got my Territorial Seed Company catalog yesterday, yay! Another fun one to browse through, though I will most likely buy from Baker Creek again. This year, I've been throwing out all the "regular" seed catalogs since I won't be ordering from anyone who hasn't signed the safe seed pledge (pledging not to knowingly sell genetically-modified seeds). I really have plenty of most types of seeds, but need a few odds and ends (breen beans, etc...) and would like to try a couple exotic varieties as well.
Also, Maddy will get packed up for the Winter Retreat she leaves for tomorrow. She is so excited about this! We started going to a different church a couple of months back and found that the people who own and run the campground now attend there. They are also a homeschooling family with five kids (though theirs are 14-23 and one is now married with a child of his own) and people we feel very comfortable leaving Maddy with. In fact, Brian, the dad, pulled her first tooth when she was there for camp in 2007. They will do laser tag, archery, go-karts, a maze, swing dancing lessons on New Year's Eve (taught by another friend of mine), and just have a blast. There topic is about "comfortable" sins...the things we are lulled into forgetting are sin, which seems very appropriate.
Janice, glad your daughter is doing okay!
Mandy, enjoy your alone time.
Have a great weekend!
Catherine
