Monday
I was rather sleepy this morning... Mum ended up waking me a bit past seven. I am usually up by that time but I can account for this morning. Poor little Elise was rather unwell during the night and kept me awake with her coughing and shivering. Eventually (a bit past 2:00 am) I got up and realized she was running quite a high fever. This is not unusual for her when she gets any sort of bug, and it always hits her very hard in the form of high fevers, back aches and extreme headaches. And it is usually in the middle of the night. This means that I have to help her upstairs to the couch, take her temperature and wake up Mum to offer comfort to the little sufferer. I don't mind too much (after all, I'm the one who's planning to do nursing...) but it does make me rather tired... and tired me can result in one of two versions of me:
- The crotchety, cranky me; or
- The giggly crazy me
The concerning thing is that not even I can say which version is going to come out throughout the day. It can change. I must admit that when I got up with Elise, it was cranky me. I tried to be the sweet nurse I can envision, but maybe it takes three years uni to master that... (I wish... LOL!)
It took a cup of tea and a chorizo sausage with a couple of eggs to get me going. That and this morning's breakfast music. I sat down at the table next to Annie's high chair, and she asked, "Can we listen to Annie??" (Now do remember that her name is not really Annie, so this makes much more sense in it's real context. What she was referring to was the new movie of Annie released at the end of last year. We love that movie - the soundtrack is awesome. I have a movie review coming soon. :D) So we kids all sat around the table and between mouthfuls sand songs like Tomorrow, Easy Street, New York City, Opportunity, I Think I'm Going to Like it Here, Maybe, and so on, and so on. It's so much fun singing together - those of us who can pick out parts do so, and it sounds really nice.
But all fun and nice things come to a close eventually and before we were ready to stop singing our little hearts out, it was time for us to all disperse and tend to our duties for the week. I am on vacuuming this week and so I did a quick tidy of the lounge and dining rooms and vacuumed them. In winter it is also my 'job' in the mornings to get the fire going. James would gladly do this for me (the little fire-bug!) but it never gets going for him. I have tried to tell him that piling the kindling on top of the logs will not ignite the logs, but never mind. When he gives up I enjoy setting it up (properly!) and getting the house nice and warm. This morning I got a bit of a scare when a burning stick rolled out of the fireplace on to the hearth, sending a spray of shattered burning coal bits onto the carpet and my skirt. Thankfully, nothing actually ignited. The carpet is somewhat scarred now with ugly black pits, but I am rather thankful that we still have a carpet and it didn't go up in smoke.
At 9:30 is our come together time where we read the Word, pray and read our read-aloud book together. This morning's Bible reading was Joshua 11 where a whole gang of kings come together to fight Israel but in less than 24 hours, the Lord helps Joshua and his army wipe the entire lot of them off the face of the earth. It's amazing.
Our Read aloud book at the moment is Jonny Tremain. It is the story of an intelligent, arrogant boy whose dream of being the best silver smith in the American colonies is shattered when he is permanently injured by a spiteful practical joke. He eventually finds himself swept up in the emotions and politics of the Revolution and meets some of the high up persons that shaped America to what it is today.
Our reading time lasted about an hour and then everyone went off to do their book work. For me, this means biology and for this module, that means memorizing the anatomy of a crayfish. I know. Go figure. A crayfish. Last module it was the anatomy of a an earthworm. I can't wait to get to vertebrates.
Lunch. Lunch is getting a bit tricky for me as I seem to have become (to some extent) gluten intolerant. I usually go digging through the fridge for some left overs. Today that came in the form of a chicken drumstick and beans and a bit of pumpkin. I made a mushroom sauce to go on the chicken (because if you can add mushroom to anything, why on earth wouldn't you??) and I must say it was really yum. ^_^
Mum decided that Joy would help her do the lunch clean up today, and so Jess and I took Rosie and Annie to the park next door. Our version of minding the girls in the park is to let them run where they want (within reason of course - they are not allowed ANYWHERE near the road) while we sit under a tree and read, glancing up every now and again to make sure we know the whereabouts of our little sisters. When we came inside again and Mum put the little girls down for their afternoon rest, Jess, Elise and I all sat around the fire and read for a good half hour. It was lovely. I am currently reading several books (as you would know if you follow me on Goodreads =P) but I am concentrating on The Book Thief. It is an amazing book. The imagery Zusak uses is astounding. I am really enjoying it, and am proud of myself for being well over halfway through it. This may not sound like such a wonderful feat except that it is more than 500 pages long. XD
At 3:00 mum had a 'music meeting' with our pastor and the other music leader (Mum being one music leader and Curtis the other). She dropped Joy and me off at the library on the way down as we meet with a lovely librarian friend of ours every month. And so, after hanging at the library for an hour, and then chatting with Lee for an hour, we went home with a few more books than we returned. (Please tell me we are not the only ones who do this!!)
By the time we got home, Grace had dinner on and before long, it was ready. There is something rather homey about meat and veg. Add to that the lively chatter of a family of ten and you have one of the most beautiful things in the world, in my opinion.
After dinner, we were on the go again (I told you this week would be busy!). Mum, Dad, and Joy went to music practise at church (Grace and Elise weren't well enough to go tonight) and I went to town band. Town band is a 'new' thing for me, as in I used to go but last week was the first time in five years. I am really enjoying it and having an outlet for my flute playing gives me an incentive to practise. I know a lot of the people in the band, and most of the flautists. Tonight there were six flautists but I am under the impression that all up - intermediate and senior band combined with no people away - there would be 17 flutes. Wow! That's quite a number of shiny metal tubes, I can tell you! The people down at the band are really lovely and I love playing with them.
So here I am now, typing this out for you all to read - a bit of a window into my day. I am the only one up now and my eyes and head are begging me to put away the bright screen and go to bed. So I think I will. But I am going to leave you with a verse from my personal Bible time from 2 Corinthians.
It took a cup of tea and a chorizo sausage with a couple of eggs to get me going. That and this morning's breakfast music. I sat down at the table next to Annie's high chair, and she asked, "Can we listen to Annie??" (Now do remember that her name is not really Annie, so this makes much more sense in it's real context. What she was referring to was the new movie of Annie released at the end of last year. We love that movie - the soundtrack is awesome. I have a movie review coming soon. :D) So we kids all sat around the table and between mouthfuls sand songs like Tomorrow, Easy Street, New York City, Opportunity, I Think I'm Going to Like it Here, Maybe, and so on, and so on. It's so much fun singing together - those of us who can pick out parts do so, and it sounds really nice.
But all fun and nice things come to a close eventually and before we were ready to stop singing our little hearts out, it was time for us to all disperse and tend to our duties for the week. I am on vacuuming this week and so I did a quick tidy of the lounge and dining rooms and vacuumed them. In winter it is also my 'job' in the mornings to get the fire going. James would gladly do this for me (the little fire-bug!) but it never gets going for him. I have tried to tell him that piling the kindling on top of the logs will not ignite the logs, but never mind. When he gives up I enjoy setting it up (properly!) and getting the house nice and warm. This morning I got a bit of a scare when a burning stick rolled out of the fireplace on to the hearth, sending a spray of shattered burning coal bits onto the carpet and my skirt. Thankfully, nothing actually ignited. The carpet is somewhat scarred now with ugly black pits, but I am rather thankful that we still have a carpet and it didn't go up in smoke.
At 9:30 is our come together time where we read the Word, pray and read our read-aloud book together. This morning's Bible reading was Joshua 11 where a whole gang of kings come together to fight Israel but in less than 24 hours, the Lord helps Joshua and his army wipe the entire lot of them off the face of the earth. It's amazing.
Our Read aloud book at the moment is Jonny Tremain. It is the story of an intelligent, arrogant boy whose dream of being the best silver smith in the American colonies is shattered when he is permanently injured by a spiteful practical joke. He eventually finds himself swept up in the emotions and politics of the Revolution and meets some of the high up persons that shaped America to what it is today.
Our reading time lasted about an hour and then everyone went off to do their book work. For me, this means biology and for this module, that means memorizing the anatomy of a crayfish. I know. Go figure. A crayfish. Last module it was the anatomy of a an earthworm. I can't wait to get to vertebrates.
Lunch. Lunch is getting a bit tricky for me as I seem to have become (to some extent) gluten intolerant. I usually go digging through the fridge for some left overs. Today that came in the form of a chicken drumstick and beans and a bit of pumpkin. I made a mushroom sauce to go on the chicken (because if you can add mushroom to anything, why on earth wouldn't you??) and I must say it was really yum. ^_^
Mum decided that Joy would help her do the lunch clean up today, and so Jess and I took Rosie and Annie to the park next door. Our version of minding the girls in the park is to let them run where they want (within reason of course - they are not allowed ANYWHERE near the road) while we sit under a tree and read, glancing up every now and again to make sure we know the whereabouts of our little sisters. When we came inside again and Mum put the little girls down for their afternoon rest, Jess, Elise and I all sat around the fire and read for a good half hour. It was lovely. I am currently reading several books (as you would know if you follow me on Goodreads =P) but I am concentrating on The Book Thief. It is an amazing book. The imagery Zusak uses is astounding. I am really enjoying it, and am proud of myself for being well over halfway through it. This may not sound like such a wonderful feat except that it is more than 500 pages long. XD
At 3:00 mum had a 'music meeting' with our pastor and the other music leader (Mum being one music leader and Curtis the other). She dropped Joy and me off at the library on the way down as we meet with a lovely librarian friend of ours every month. And so, after hanging at the library for an hour, and then chatting with Lee for an hour, we went home with a few more books than we returned. (Please tell me we are not the only ones who do this!!)
By the time we got home, Grace had dinner on and before long, it was ready. There is something rather homey about meat and veg. Add to that the lively chatter of a family of ten and you have one of the most beautiful things in the world, in my opinion.
After dinner, we were on the go again (I told you this week would be busy!). Mum, Dad, and Joy went to music practise at church (Grace and Elise weren't well enough to go tonight) and I went to town band. Town band is a 'new' thing for me, as in I used to go but last week was the first time in five years. I am really enjoying it and having an outlet for my flute playing gives me an incentive to practise. I know a lot of the people in the band, and most of the flautists. Tonight there were six flautists but I am under the impression that all up - intermediate and senior band combined with no people away - there would be 17 flutes. Wow! That's quite a number of shiny metal tubes, I can tell you! The people down at the band are really lovely and I love playing with them.
So here I am now, typing this out for you all to read - a bit of a window into my day. I am the only one up now and my eyes and head are begging me to put away the bright screen and go to bed. So I think I will. But I am going to leave you with a verse from my personal Bible time from 2 Corinthians.
Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
(2 Corinthians 2:10-11)
Goodnight all, and God bless! :)
Loved reading a bit of your life today, honey. Hope you have a blessed one! Love you! xx
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