We just dropped my inlaws off at the airport. On the way home I got sick and threw up all over myself and the car. Now I'm resting on the sofa not feeling well. I'd like to sleep, but it's just a few hours til bedtime (and my hair is soaked from needing to shower) … Continue reading Spewing
Exhausted
My inlaws have been here a week. I hope they've had a good time. I love my inlaws, but honestly one week of having guests has been a lot. Stressful. Today I just wanted to hide in the art room to read and collage awhile. I wasn't feeling social. It was nothing personal. But my … Continue reading Exhausted
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Who are you most inspired by? Baudelaire/Emily Dickinson/ Lorca. Baudelaire was the first poet I fell in love with in high school. I bought his Les Fleurs du Mal in high school when I wasn't supposed to be buying books. I hid it in my dresser under my jeans and read it at night by … Continue reading 4
Father’s Day, Monday
The first of C's Father's Day gifts arrived! It's a lego set where you build a gumball machine. I hope he loves it. He's already starting to build it. His second lego kit is supposed to arrive on Thursday, the day my inlaws go home. I love to see him happy. I try not to … Continue reading Father’s Day, Monday
Inlaws Are Here
My inlaws are here. Day 2. I haven't been at my best, or really been the best hostess. I'm antisocial, moody, and tired. I'm stressed out. Why can't I relax? Having C home for the week is nice. I wish it were time with him with just the immediate family. But I'm glad he's getting … Continue reading Inlaws Are Here
Personal Curriculum Plans
It is midway through June and I still don't have my summer curriculum set up, so the one I create might bleed into the fall. I've decided I want to study Spanish so that I can communicate in Spanish to L and to A. A has been taking Spanish lessons online. I'll probably use the … Continue reading Personal Curriculum Plans
Family Visiting
My inlaws are arriving for a visit this afternoon. They'll be here a week. Hopefully it doesn't rain the whole time. It's pouring today. They're staying someplace else. I wouldn't have minded if they stayed with us, but it would be pretty cramped because we don't have a guest room in this house. Well, we … Continue reading Family Visiting
Writing Free Verse
For the first time in awhile, I wrote a poem I posted on Windchimesandstars.com that wasn't a prose poem! I still remember how, believe it or not. I have fallen in love with the surreal prose poem. But sometimes I thirst for white space. I want to experiment with it and let it set the … Continue reading Writing Free Verse
Bible Journaling, Giant Cookie, Catechism
This morning I have been Bible journaling in the book of Daniel. Daniel had so much faith. I need faith like that, to count on God. It felt good to get my purple Bible journaling bag out and use my scented highlighters and all my other gorgeous supplies. I want to do more Bible journaling … Continue reading Bible Journaling, Giant Cookie, Catechism
My Journey to Catholicism
Although we have already confirmed, Father C has asked my little OCIA class to come to the first day of the new class and talk about our journeys to Catholicism. Although I just took OCIA this past year, I debated and considered Catholicism for years. Coming from a Protestant background, I felt deeply uncomfortable with … Continue reading My Journey to Catholicism
Cherished Rainbow 