General thoughts this week

Friday. Ugh. For a lot of people, the day is a blessing. For me, it is always a hectic day. This is banking, post office, grocery, and general errand running day. It is one of the busiest days of the week for me outside of my home.

I have spent the last several days canning and freezing food that we have purchased from other local farmers. Our garden is not producing well. Mother Nature has not been kind to our garden this year at all. It has been too hot and too dry even though we have watered the garden on a daily basis.

It is quite here right now. My son is sleeping. All of the dogs are sleeping. All of the cats are sleeping. My husband has gone to work. The only noise I hear is my parakeets chattering and the typing of the keyboard. Pure bliss! I don't often get peace and quite.

We have finished organizing our school room for this year. We added an old kitchen table to the room to use as a desk or work area for projects. We cleaned out an old file cabinet to keep track of all of the paperwork that we need for school. We only have to find a couple of chairs that are in decent shape to add around the table to complete our school room. It will be in the sun room so that we have plenty of light even in the winter.

My next task is to try to convince my family to adopt a lovely child that I have ran across through a local agency. She is only 8 and really needs a loving and stable home. She is a low IQ ADHD child. I am up for this, even at the age of 45, but I am not sure my children or husband really want another child around here. Especially one that has ADHD like the rest of us. My argument is .... well...who better to love and teach her than a family full of people with like problems? We shall see how that goes. Call me crazy or call me a saint. I love kids, but the grate my nerves often times. LOL!

I will have company coming in tomorrow. A friend that I grew up with, but lives in Nashville. It is always nice to see her. We've known each other since...well...I can't remember a time that we haven't known each other. Our grandmothers were close friends, so we have been around each other probably since I was 2 or 3. I can remember her being at my 4th birthday party. Whether we knew each other before I was 4, I do not know.

Well, off to begin my errands and prepare for my company. Let us hope that I get everything done today so that I may enjoy my friend when she arrives tomorrow morning.