Inspiration
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.
Colossians 3:23
Reading and Learning
Housekeeping requires knowledge and intelligence as well, the kind that is
complex, not simple, and combines intellect, intuition, and feelings. You need
a memory good enough to remember how things are done, where things are, what
the daily routine requires, what everyone in the home is up to as it affects
housekeeping, the state of supplies, budgets, and bills. You have to be able
to decipher insurance policies, contracts and warranties, manage a budget, and
master the technical language of instruction manuals for appliances and
computers. The ability to split your attention in several ways and stay calm
is essential. You need exercise creative intelligence to solve problems
and devise solutions: efficiency measures that save money or time;
psychological or social measures to improve cooperation; steps to improve
physical comfort; analysis of why and how some routines break down.
Housekeeping comprises the ability to find, evaluate, and use information
about nutrition, cooking, chemistry and biology, health, comfort, laundry,
cleaning, and safety. Above all, housekeeping must be intelligent so that it
can be empathetic, for empathy is the form of intelligence that creates the
feeling of home. Good housekeepers know intuitively what needs to be done in
their homes because they know how their homes make people feel.
pg. 10
Michael learned about replacing door knobs today. There were a few false starts, and lots of trial and error, abut we now have a functioning door knob on the living room door. Yay Michael!
Kylin learned about patterns today.
I can never get enough of watching Carson look at books!
Outdoor Fun
I didn't gt any pictures of the little kids outside today but I did enjoy some time on the front porch with these crazies.
My garden loves me and gave me turnips and is growing lots of little baby green beans. And my chickens love me because I gave them fresh turnip greens!
In The Kitchen
A chicken biscuit and tomato slices for breakfast, ground turkey and rice with veggies and applesauce for lunch - Yum!
The Creepy Spider
For the last week or so Amanda has been complaining about a spider in her room that she couldn't catch. Now, neither Amanda or I typically mind spiders. We enjoy watching them and Amanda has had several pet tarantulas and still has one. But this spider was bothering her a lot. She said it had bitten her twice, and although the bites weren't terrible painful, they were itchy and annoying. One day she saw it on her bed so she pulled all the sheets and blankets off and I went through them and shook them out but we couldn't find it. This evening I came in from outside and found a bin of her clothes in the hallway outside her room. She said she had seen the spider in that bin, but that it had crawled down inside and she wasn't going after it. So I went through all the clothes, twice, shaking them out, looking inside sleeves and pant legs, and I couldn't find the rascal anywhere. However, as I was almost through the second time, I thought I felt something on my head, and out of the corner of my eye thought I saw something at the side of my glasses. I yelled and swatted at it, which made her scream, but a closer investigation did not turn up a spider. At this point we were both getting creeped out and jumpy. She decide to put all the clothes in the dryer. Actually she decided maybe I should put all the clothes in the dryer. So, after creeping her out a little more talking about brittle little dried out spider legs, I put them in the dryer for her and started the cycle. A few minutes later I heard her yell from the hallway that she found the spider. And sure enough there it was in a box in the general area where it would have landed if what I swatted on my head really was a spider (and I think it was.) So I went after it. It was fast moving spider. And every time it moved she screamed, which made me jump, which made the spider run faster, and I would lose it. Eventually, I caught it in a piece of paper. Now that I had it I wasn't sure what to do with it. Normally, we carry spiders outside and let them loose to do whatever it is that spiders do. But we decided this one had caused enough trouble so we sent it for a swim down the toilet. And, just to be on the safe side, I flushed it a second time. We looked it up and found out it was a Parson Spider. It was interesting to read about but I'm glad it's gone now!
Today's Quote
Once you begin watching spiders, you haven't time for much else.
E. B. White
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