Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A Sunny Wednesday

Just got back from taking the majority (6 of them) of the kids to the library.  My favorite part is getting home, seeing them wolf down their lunches, and then looking around the house at all of them with their heads stuck in books.  I do love that.  The washer chugs along, clothes are hanging out in the sunshine, the dogs nap in various spots, and all is quiet.  Good stuff.

And I'm so enjoying Laurie Colwin's Home Cooking that arrived in the mail yesterday.  I paid pocket change for it over at Ama*zon, and surprisingly, it's a first edition.  Robert Farrar Capon's The Supper of the Lamb was engaging as well, but I like Home Cooking more.  She's very approachable in her writing, and her humor and ability to cook with make-do utensils endears her to my heart.  I'm not a gadget hound either, so her book appeals to my oftentimes slapdash way of doing things.

Deep breaths.  Feeling a tad anxious and I need to relax.  Be thankful for this day and focus on that.  No real worries, and even if there are some issues that prick my calm, surely if the Lord allows certain things into my life, then it's alright.  He's God and I'm not.  Remember that (talking to self).

Naptime.

(painting is lady in a garden by victor gabriel gilbert)