Because I can't post my real post ...

I took pictures for a real post today.

But I realized after I imported them, and after I put everyone down for quiet time (well, sent the older ones) that I didn't write down the names of the *things* that I needed for the pictures.

So you'll have to wait.

In the meantime, here are some space filling rambles:

1.) my friend Nicole (Hi Nicole!) reminded me that I still haven't really read or blogged about the Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe. And that's because A.) the book will make me cry and B.) I really do believe some of them, so I feel overwhelmed thinking about someone trying to convince me otherwise.

2.) The Pit Book - remember those posts? I'm too lazy to hunt them down now. But the short story is, I still think highly of the book, but I haven't gotten out of my pit yet. Partly because I'm no longer doing what she suggested. Not that I don't agree with her approach, I think it's solid and Biblical. But I grew weary and let that turn to defeat. I feel like I'm the one who's not going to ever get out, and in the end I'll have no one to blame but myself.

3.) Here's some good news! After over FIVE YEARS of having our living room and family room windows painted shut, I got the two opening ones (the others aren't made to open) OPEN! I still need to wash the windows well and repair / replace one screen before they're USEABLE, but I'm so much closer than before. I left the big heavy storms leaning against the house and this morning two of the six were face down in the yard. Yikes! Fortunately that side of the house is spongy moss instead of grass, and they didn't break. So I carried all 6, one at a time, way around the house and then down into the basement today. It was a lot of work!

4.) Um ... Oh, I ordered a 2nd squirrel spinner, so i can protect the suet and the seed both. There's plenty of seed on the ground for the squirrels. I don't mind squirrels, I like the cute black ones, but they sure are gluttons that drain the seed so the birds don't get much. But I haven't received my 2nd spinner yet, I'm still waiting.

What else? I'm sure there was more I was going to tell you in my long absence where I was just blogging in my head. But now it's a blank.

Do you read The Grand Lunar's blog? He made me laugh this morning.

Well, I guess it's time for my nap. You didn't expect me to stay awake all DAY, did you?