Week in the Life 2014: Sunday

Sunday: The Lord's Day. Sunday is a day for a little more introspection. A little more story.

Sunday is a mix of work, rest and play. The children rest and play. The husband leads worship and teaches an adult Sunday School and an evening class for middle school age through young adult. Sunday's always feel rushed and over long to me. The kids rushing off to Sunday School and Children's Church then off to play with friends for the afternoon, then back to church again for the evening. My husband's schedule only differs slightly: rushing to and fro, teaching and prepping.

Sunday's feel lonely to me. Lately I have been staying home from church while all my family rushes off. I think I am done rushing and just need a true day of rest.

We have a new minister at our little church on the hill. He just happened to grow up in the same town as myself. I am finding it hard to make any connection other than this. He is an inspiring speaker and very kind but I am feeling very reserved. I am suffering such ambiguity about church right now. I am tired of smiling sweetly at people I see once a week if that, and nodding hellos. I am tired of all of the falseness of it all. Everything done on cue. Everyone safely in "their" pew. The same songs over and over because someone made a comment about the songs once upon a time. I told someone last week, as I choked up with tears, that I have actually come to dread Church...what kind of person dreads the Bride of Christ? It has me tossed and torn.

Teaching.

Playing.

Partaking.

Leading.

Meditating.

Week in the Life 2014: Saturday

Saturday was deliciously relaxed. My girls and I snuggled on the couch, ignoring the laundry pile, laughing hysterically at a game on Fidget's tablet called My Talking Tom. It was so silly. We would laugh, Talking Tom would copy our laughter and we would laugh more. It was totally ridiculous!

We managed to squeeze in a few house chores. My two favorite shots of the day are: the one above where my youngest child slavishly washes the hand wash items (at this point in the photo he's been "working" for nearly an hour and  has washed 4 items, I caught him making farting noises), and the one below where my youngest daughter has been "cleaning" the bathroom for an hour and when I checked on her this is what I found.  Mercy.

My hubby brought me home some newspaper clippings. I think he'd like some soup :)

Hunting caps left  on the dining room table.

I think I have a drinking problem. I had three different beverages sitting at my elbow: lemon ice water, OJ, and a Ginger Beer. I don't like soda pop, it always leaves a nasty chemical taste; I do love fizzy drinks and this natural Ginger Beer is soooo tasty.

Fern had a babysitting gig so it was just the little's, hubby and I for the evening. It was such a rarity that we made an event of it. The little's chose dinner and picked a special movie. 

Fidget and daddy made dinner. In my opinion, the best dinner is one I don't have to cook! We had loaded taters, chicken sausages and salad. 

After dinner, the two youngest, hubby and I snuggled down for a Hobbit marathon. 

Ah...Hobbit feet.

Week in the Life 2014: Friday

The morning was ushered in with a homemade breakfast treat of biscuits and gravy made by the man of the house whilst the lady snoozed-cozy in her bed.  After the house was roused and the bellies filled, the boys left for a hunting excursion. Us big girls caught up on our current favorite T.V. drama (Reign-who could resist seeing "Anne" actress Megan Fellows play an evil queen?) and Fidget played.

We all napped the afternoon away and too soon it was time to dress for Harvest Halloween fun!

This was an abnormal Halloween. Normally we help set up and attend our local Harvest Party hosted by our little church.  This year as we have new leadership this event fell by the way side. All was not lost, new venues were sought out, we caught up with old friends, ate too much sugar and had an all around good time.

Also abnormal was the clear weather. After the torrential downpours earlier in the week it was nice to have a break from the dreary wetness.

Altogether it was another nice day.

Week in the Life 2014: Thursday

Today was such a low key day; just the two youngest, the itchy dog and I. The little's played card games of all sorts and carved pumpkins and I made bread, tried to remember to drink my water and cleaned the kitchen. I loved listening to the little's conversations as they played and made lunch together. I loved listening to the rain pound the roof and spatter the windows. I did not love hearing the dog snort, grunt and chew her hot spots all day. I loved listening to my Spotify playlist. (These are the current favorite tunes at our house: The boy likes "Zombie" by Family Force Five, daddy likes "Ten years gone" by Led Zepplin, Fidget's favorite is "All about that Bass" 40's version, Fern likes "Rivers and Roads" by The Head and The Heart and I am singing along to "Wayfaring Stranger" by the Nashville Cast.)
At the end of the day we all ate fresh warm bread with butter, drank tea and daddy shared funny videos with the kids. I loved hearing all the laughter.

Calm days are my favorite days to remember.

Week in the Life 2014: Wednesday

I started today with the intent to remember where our days take us. I tried to notice places: the places we occupy, the roads we travel on. Most of the places we traveled today were not our normal everyday places.

The story of today involved waking in the dark and traveling the scary road to Big Town. We had the dreary task of shopping, running several errands and an orthodontist appointment in the works for our day. It was a dark and stormy day but we managed to squeeze in a trip to Dutch Bros (always a highlight), St.Vinnie's (our favorite book store), the health food store, the pun'kin patch, Dollar Tree (to fill Christmas Shoe Boxes), The Walmarts and Taco Bell. We were caught photographing signs by Daddy and had the rare treat of a brief visit with him during his work day.


When we returned home I was determined to take pictures of different places around the house, things I don't normally photograph. Case in point the ball of my own hair left on the side of the sink as we rushed out this morning. I love our weird sink with its worried "face" in the background. I am very conscious about my hair loss of late. It really freaks me out how much hair I'm loosing in this phase of my life; it's worse than after childbirth hair loss. To add insult, the regrowth of hair is all WHITE!

Making homemade toothpaste is a new development for me. Trying hard to eliminate toxins by making some of my own products. The toothpaste is less than tasty and the kids beg me to buy the old stuff.

Wednesday night kids church...I love these kiddo's.

My BFF Joy made me one of her secret recipe cupcakes. She has that special touch with baked goodies and this beauty was splendid. This was a lovely way to end a long dark day.