For today, June 28, 2010

(more daybooks at Peggy's)

Outside my window… Sunny and hot. Getting used to the humidity again. I see the garbage man emptying the 'bio' can outside (the one for raw food peelings and such)  The roses are starting to fade and the veggies popping up in the neighbors' gardens.  

I am hearing… Lots of MLS from windows and cafe's.  Truthfully, I have never watched a pro soccer game before this year.  I watched my first at an Irish Pub the other night. Ok watching might be a stretch. It was on and I was present <g>   Someone tell me what the buzzing noise is on telecast soccer games please.  Is it audible in person too? 

I am wearing… turquoise paisley skirt and top, new tan leather cork heeled sandals from the very good German variety store. 

Considering these words:  

"This is my dream. I make the path." 

– Alice in Wonderland 2010

I am planning…  A July 4th weekend. It is always a big deal on military bases overseas.  I remember standing under the stars my first fourth here 24 yrs ago, heavy with my first child, hearing the Star Spangled Banner blaring out from the stage on an electric guitar. First time I had ever heard it played that way. First time I had ever seen a crowd jump to their feet in uproarious emotional applause. Never in my wildest dreams did I envision standing here again, nor all that would take place in between. 

I am thankful for… new shoes.  Two pairs! The $60 running shoes, a purchase which made me choke, brought me nearly to tears they hurt so badly. $15 German store brand tennies?  Comfy. You can take the girl out of Walmart, but you can't take the Walmart out of the girl…

I am reading… Blue Ruin, a Grace Livingston Hill novel on loan from Jen. 

from the learning room… Lots of books.  New library, hence new material : )  Plus, the neighbors are avid readers so the boys have been borrowing books from both. 

We read Summer Birds, a picture biography of Maria Sibylla Merian, 17th century German naturalist, which was quite a good read even for the olders. I have always been a life-cycle nut.  

From the kitchen… I have never spent much on meat honestly. I have much to learn about which cuts to use for which dishes. Husband grilled ribeye steaks the first week we were here and its becoming a weekend standby. Also made some grainfree energy bar thingies. There are no health food store treats for me here. Not yet anyway. So I mixed up a batch of nut butter, flax seed, dried coconut, dry milk, raisins, cocoa, and sugar (though honey would have worked too).  Rolled them in finely chopped nuts and coconut and froze them.  They are perfect on the run. 

Around the house… Thursday we move into the 'blonde house' as Tess is calling it. It is a large, butter yellow stucco house with the signature tile roof, on the edge of the next village backing up to a farm.  Please pray for a smooth transition. 

From my picture journal…