I recently got back in touch with an old friend and we made plans for her to come over yesterday for dinner. I cleaned like a person possessed (Michael always says this when I clean. Hey, I know I’m no June Cleaver but I do occasionally take a mop to the kitchen floor even if someone isn’t coming over! *smile*) and discovered that a sticky lint roller works wonders at getting in those hard to reach places that the vacuum cleaner doesn’t always fit in.

For dinner, I roasted a plump Perdue Oven Stuffer chicken, made a side dish of potatoes, carrots and onions cooked in the crockpot with a bit of broth, butter, fresh thyme leaves, salt and pepper, baked a fresh loaf of Honey Wheat Oatmeal Bread (if you have the Breadman Corner Bakery, in the recipe book, change the Honey Oatmeal recipe by substituting one cup of whole wheat flour for bread flour…tastes fantastic!), and for dessert baked a cream cheese pound cake. The house smelled wonderful and I didn’t even have to light a scented candle! *smile*

But life happens and my friend got sick and had to cancel. I coped with my disappointment by eating 2 slices of the cake first followed by 2 slices of the bread drenched in butter. The boys thought the dinner was great and lavished praise which made me feel better too.

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Quinn’s “I Can Do It” lapbook is finished! I think it really turned out nice and he really seems to like it. (The little book in the top left hand corner shows pictures of Quinn washing and brushing.) Instead of adding a poem I decided to do little Quinn-isms…funny things he says. All children say cute things but except for the ones that have stuck and have become family words or sayings they are usually forgotten. Now I have a documented reference to Quinn’s fondness of saying…

“You’re cute, Daddy!” Or his famous knock, knock joke…

“Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
I am!
I am who?
I am Quinn!”

Or calling our dear, sweet Msgr. Lizor a “dummyhead.” Thank heavens, Msgr. is hard of hearing! *smile*

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My brother-in-law was having high blood pressure problems and some chest pains yesterday…please keep him and my sister and her family in your prayers.

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Autumn Things/Blog Notes:

The 39th Carnival of Homeschooling: Autumn Edition is up.

Dana at Jaguarwoman.com has, on sale, beautiful autumn graphics for you to decorate webpages and scrapbooks.

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Autumn Wind

When autumn wind goes running
It does some magic things.
It gives the shadows dancing shoes,
It gives the bright leaves wings -
When autumn wind goes running.

It curls the bonfire’s tail of smoke
And shares a little whispered joke
With cornstalks who delight to prattle,
It turns a seed pod into a rattle -
When autumn wind goes running.