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Outside My Window…there is a birdbath that needs to be filled. Lately the afternoon showers have been keeping it full and fresh but it did not rain yesterday. I see five birds stopping by for breakfast but a Blue Jay just swooped in and claimed both feeders as his own.

I am thinking…I have to teach the equivalent of three classes in one class tonight. They were re-roofing our building on campus last week and the smell was just too overwhelming. Therefore I made an ‘academic/executive’ decision and let the class go home early. We will ‘pay the price’ this week but we will ‘git ‘er done’.

I am thankful for…Walgreen’s. They were running a ‘ten cent a print special’ this weekend for digital print orders over a hundred. I was able to get all my digital prints done to complete Miss Sam’s Age Twelve scrapbook album. I am considering going completely to digital scrapbooking for her Age Thirteen album and putting them on DVD slideshows. I am on the bottom end of that learning curve but it would fit nicely into my ‘wellness’ plan of learning something new every month.

From the kitchen…Nothing. We spent the day swimming yesterday with friends and made a ‘pit stop’ at Taco Bell after. Looks like leftover hamburger helper for supper tonight…this time with meat (grin).

I am wearing…my favorite pink robe. I get up between 5:30 and 6:30 every morning to let the dogs out. If I am not wearing my pajama pants, I throw on my robe until I get the dogs situated, get my coffee brewed, and decide to take a shower mid-day. I always keep my Mondays and Wednesdays  uncomplicated because of my teaching schedule. I don’t get home until about 9:00 pm.

I am creating created…three cards from my Quilling class this weekend. By the second card I was beginning to feel as though it was rather tedious and and also very taxing on my neck and shoulders (which give me a fit due to an auto accident several years ago). I almost made the decision to not do the third card (which is the flower one). Yet, as you can see (by the picture below), I did complete it and am thankful that I did. By the time I completed this third card I was hooked. I already have a project ‘percolating’ that will include quilling, my photography, and perhaps a bit of scripture. Stay tuned.

I am going…to pick up Miss Sam’s book, The Animals of Farthing Wood, from Barnes and Nobles today. If she is not reading mangas, she is reading every book she can get her hands on which have animals that talk. If anyone has any recommendations I would love to hear from you! We have pretty much exhausted Redwall and Warriors.

I am reading…Janet Evanovich’s Lean Mean Thirteen. Stephanie Plum is one of my favorite characters. Not to mention Ranger (swoon). As always, I am never disappointed in this series and have been trying to find snippets of ‘down’ time to find out what happened to Dickie. Yet, I do it hesitantly because I always hate for her novels to come to an end.

I am hoping…that all my blogging friends are doing well and that y’all are having a great summer.

I am hearing…the sound of quiet out in the living room. Pretty much at this time in the morning the dogs want to play. However, last night Snickers decided she wanted to play at 2:00 in the morning…the first time in three weeks that she has not slept through the night. My guess is she is moving past her ‘skittish’ stage and her true puppy personality is beginning to surface. After her 2:00 am rendezvous outside, she did not want to sleep in her crate. Since Mr. John’s and my bed is Marbles’ domain, I camped out in Miss Sam’s bed attempting to acclimate Snickers to sleeping there. It took Snickers about twenty minutes for her to wind back down but then we all fell asleep at about 3:00. So, I have not heard a peep out of any of them this morning (Miss Sam included).

Around the house…not much is going to get done because I am definitely going to take a nap this afternoon due to the puppy high jinxs that went on earlier this morning.

One of my favorite things…is that I am able to be home. We are dirt poor because of this decision but we are happy.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week: scrapbooking, swimming, therapy, Miss Sam’s techno class, and hopefully I can move out of my comfort zone and call the lovely lady who has offered to teach Miss Sam to take care of her horse and eventually learn to ride him.

Here is picture thought I am sharing…