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The weather outside is //
As I look outside my window // We’re preparing for a big week here on the farm. The weather looks to be warming back up, so I have lots of transplanting and sowing to do. Also on the docket: more construction on the duck house, prep work for the second batch of broiler chicks’ arrival next week, and most important….a pig farrowing!
As I look around the house // Time to get to work on my Spring Cleaning list! The lack of balance between maintaining both the inside and outside of the house has been a major source of stress for me, but I’m trying to give myself grace without giving up. I’m picking four tasks for the week (see below) and will go from there. Baby steps!
Brainstorming // for my second annual list for summer projects! I didn’t finish more than half of my projects in 2022 but I liked putting the goals to paper anyway. Hope to have something to share soon.
On this week’s to-do list //
– prep for baby piglets!!
– set up water splitters
– clean out junk drawer
– clean/tidy under the kitchen sink
– tidy/vacuum crumbs from the utensil drawers
– wipe down kitchen cabinets
Currently reading //
Feeling a bit restless with my reading these days, so I have a ton going at the same time:
- Fiction: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Kishiguro & All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
- Nonfiction: The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt by William Nothdurft & The Forever Witness by Edward Humes
- Religious: To Know Christ Jesus by Frank Sheed & The Secret Diary of Elisabeth Leseur
On the menu this week //
Monday: roasted chicken quarters and potatoes
Tuesday: teriyaki beef rice bowls
Wednesday: cajun chicken pasta
Thursday: Refrigerator Cleanout Night
Friday: bean and cheese burritos
Oooooo…Elisabeth Leseur! She had the most PHENOMENAL interior life and reading her story helped me to recognize/cultivate my own interior life. Also, her story gives me so much hope and peace. My husband, though he is a Christian and wonderful, God-fearing man, is no longer a practicing Catholic, which has been a huge source of pain and contention in our marriage. Reading Elisabeth’s story helped me see that it’s not my job to change my husband – it’s God’s – but I can love my husband and practice my faith as I believe God calls me to, and that can bear much fruit.
God bless you!
Melisa
I’m only about 30 pages in and am already tabbing quotes! Such beautiful advice for feeling alone and/or misunderstood.
That is the most adorable picture ever <3
He really is SO darn cute!
Are you part of Schole Sisters? They have a podcast but also a free platform for chatting about books In the last few months I have really enjoyed reading about women who love to read. I always look forward to your lists of books and it has in part inspired me to read more broadly. I am bookmarking the Leseur book too!
I haven’t heard of Schole Sisters but will check it out, thank you!