Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY
Outside my window... Freeeezing cold, ice and sunshine... :) An acquaintance of mine said that one of the strange things she found about Sweden when moving over here (besides the darkness of our winters) was the fact that as soon as the sun broke through the clouds people would stop in their tracks and lift their faces towards the sun, like sunflowers, soaking up as much as they could. :) I'll tell you there was plenty of that happening today! :) :) I don't think I've ever longed for Spring as much as I am right now.

I am thinking... a) that Spring can't come soon enough for me. b) Feels like I can't seem to get warm at all today. c) Course literature is stupidly expensive!
I am thankful for... Family. ♥

From the learning rooms... Lots and lots on how kids learn to read and write at university right now. Superinteresting stuff!

From the kitchen... nothing inspiring, just the sound of the dishwasher.

I am wearing... A long nude coloured, comfy long sleeved tee and white leggings, my (red, purple, white) argyle patterned knee high socks and grey, warm!, woolly slippers.

I am creating... a better me?

I am going... into the unknown.

I am reading... Strength in Weakness by Gil Skidmore and just bought Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert (I loooved her witty writing style in eat, pray, love) even if the subject itself might not be the best...considering... :]

I am hoping... I'll get back on the 'best me'-path soooon! This thing, right here and now, is not good! :/ Bread and chocolate is not the way to go! I know this yet I'm doing it...not very clever.

I am hearing... Dishwasher's in the kitchen, tv's on in the living room, kiddies playing/fighting with each other and/about the duplo. Little Man is a wis at building robots. :)

Around the house... Nothing out of the ordinary. The usual messy-tidiness, what you'd expect from us. ;)

One of my favorite things... Books! Books! Books! After, or at the same time as, the bread and chocolate, I turn to books for comfort.

A few plans for the rest of the week... A few lectures, get started on my paper due in on Friday (it will not be in on time!) and having Family over to give us a hand on Saturday.

Here is picture for thought I am sharing...


The image is from allposters.com and the quote says:

One's mind,
once stretched,
by a new idea,
never regains its,
original dimension.

-Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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FOR TODAY
Outside my window... Frosty, misty, cold & snowy

I am thinking... I wish Spring would hurry up and get here! :) I hope I don't miss out too much in school whilst I'm home with feverish little miss.

I am thankful for... Little miss just having a stubborn cold and nothing worse. I send Thanks every day for the health of our little ones.

From the learning rooms... Still a bit unsure what 'the learning room' is, but at uni we're currently going through the national curriculum for math, Swedish and English and it's making me realise truly how much little people are supposed to learn in school! :) And I'm going to be the one in charge of making that a reality!?

From the kitchen... Oh! Don't make me think of the kitchen! It's in a right state at the mo! :P

I am wearing... My grey sweats, baby pink tee with white polka dots and my grey sheepskin slippers.

I am creating... more mess by not tidying while little E. naps?

I am going... to take little man to swim class later on this afternoon.

I am reading... lately, not enough just for the pleasure of it. Course litterature can't be classed as 'fun', even if it can be interesting and inspiring.

I am hoping... for a lot of things...

I am hearing... the hot air fans blow (its too cold to go outside to fill up the pellets. MrMan can do that when he comes home!), little miss's snoring and a re-run of ANTM on the TV in the livingroom.

Around the house... Cat hair, always the bleedin' cat hair! :/

One of my favorite things... is to blog in peace, to sit on ponder over my own thoughts and how to convey what I think/feel to others... :)

A few plans for the rest of the week: prepare for my workplacement next week, stress over not feeling prepared enough and meeting family at the weekend. I want to see if I can find some one-on-one-time with my BFF too. ♥

Here is picture for thought I am sharing... Beautiful artwork by Audrey Kawasaki (if nude young women bother you, don't follow the link, but you'll miss out on some amazing art!)

her secret bird
Oil and graphite on wood 19x24
'Mayoi Michi' @ Copro Nason Gallery
2008
I just love it, her secret bird is a Pheonix! (or...! :) at least that's what I interpret the bird to be. :))

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The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY
(or more correctly TONIGHT)

Outside my window... Snow, snow and a freezing wind.

I am thinking... if I've chosen the "right" word for my One Word "challenge" and wondering what Cora's word will be. :)

I am thankful for... my healthy, recently quite trying, children and Life with its trials and glorious moments.

From the learning rooms (if this applies)... not sure what "the learning rooms" mean but I'll interpret it as "lesson's learnt today" and a quote from Albert Einstein sums up todays lesson learnt perfectly. "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

From the kitchen... sound of the dishwasher and the shine of the christmas lights in the window.

I am wearing... my lounge-about-sweats, a pink tee with white polka dots and my grey wooly slippers.

I am creating... Chaos?

I am going... to try and get through.

I am reading... Reality and radiance: The life and autobiographical works of Emilia Fogelklou (in Swedish) by Emilia Fogelklou

I am hoping... I get through and do so without regret.

I am hearing... the children finally fast asleep and (I think) an airplane (or is it a car?) in the distance, the kettle boiling for my evening cup of tea.

Around the house... our semi-organised chaos. Toys, lego and train tracks spread across the floor (I had no energy to get little ones to tidy up before putting them to bed)

One of my favorite things... hearing the little ones sleeping. :) So beautiful, peaceful and innocent...drains me of any lingering frustration after a loooong day.

A few plans for the rest of the week... finish my essay due Friday. Visiting my best friend to view their new house and going to Disney on Ice with kids my mum, sisters and nieces (courtesy of Mum ♥) at the weekend.

Here is picture for thought I am sharing...

(our front yard)

Joined in on this lovely idea I found on Cora's blog. Original idea found at The Simple Woman's Daybook. :)