Middle March

 

St. Patrick's day was two days ago. I came across this prayer that is ascribed to St. Patrick of Ireland. I love it, because it really is all about Jesus. Every facet of a Christian's life should flow out of their relationship with Jesus, Savior, Lord, and Friend.

Last week, I didn't do formal school with the kids because I was finishing up my latest book. (And yes, first draft IS DONE!) Rose decided to make a carnival in our living room, with little games made out of paper and cardboard. She is super creative.

A few days ago, we got snow. Not a LOT of snow, but I was still indignant.

By the way, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (where I went to undergraduate) they had three feet of snow over the weekend. With 60 mph winds. INSANE!

Rose got a cute dress from Goodwill.

It feels like we have been busy but I am not certain why. The kids are doing a lot of coming and going, so the house feels like Grand Central Station sometimes!  But it is all good.

As I said, I did finish the first draft of a book. Kevin is currently doing his edits, and then I do edits, and then he does two more rounds of edits, and we have to get the cover made and all that...

and then we can publish!

Warm and windy

 I do like spring!

Of course, it is only March and we will have cold dreary days ahead of us, but today it is supposed to be upper 60s with sun. I love it so much!

Our pool is not "open", but it is open.

:-)

Seriously, we need the liner replaced so Kevin pulled off the winter cover this week so some people could come out and measure the pool carefully. So now we have thick, murky water outside our back windows.

It is not attractive, but that's Ok. I understand the liner will be replaced mid April, probably.  

Then we will fill it with water and... who knows? Maybe actually swim early? We do not have a heater but we do have a solar cover and our children are pretty tough. Maybe by early May it will be warm enough to swim for some crazy people.

Not me. I don't do cold water.

Kevin and I attended a wedding last weekend. It was held, oddly enough, in a Native American Museum that is only fifteen minutes from our house.

I thought it was great. The scenery was interesting and the chairs they brought in were comfortable. It was lovely seeing a young man and woman exchanging vows.

I dressed up so much that I actually brought a purse to the wedding instead of my usual belly pack. I am all about FASHION!

What else is going on? Well, this week I hope to finish my latest book. I am in the "I am sick of it" phase.

And the weather is nice, as I said before. I hope we will all be able to run around outside.

Spring is here!

Early March

 Spring is coming! Spring is coming!

It really is.

Today it is cool and rainy. Tomorrow it will be warmer and rainy. Friday it will be 70+ degrees and... rainy.

Yes, we are being rained on very thoroughly this week. We live on top of a hill so don't get flooded, and I am grateful.

This year we are having our pool liner replaced because the old liner is definitely worse for wear. The poor pool liner is exposed to the sun's rays AND a lot of chlorine so yeah, it doesn't last forever.

The whole thing is kind of exciting. The pool will be drained and workmen will put a new liner in.

I am about 75,000 words into my new book and I am getting tired of it. I am still a decent way from an ending, though. Obviously this book is gonna be LONG.

It seems like not a lot has happened the last few weeks. People go to work. I write books. The younger kids do school. Kevin is nobly tackling our complicated taxes. He does every year and I am SO grateful. We have a small business and kids and this and that...

But yeah, mostly things are calm, which is good.