I woke up this morning with a migraine. And I didn't have a post planned. So I decided to post these gorgeous pictures from earlier in the summer, and do a little stream of consciousness.
Peaceful parenting went really well over the weekend. And Monday. Tuesday & yesterday, not so much. I struggle during reading with the kids (yelling at the kids who interrupt me, not the one reading!) and I struggle when I am trying to accomplish anything other than the kids or household chores. (Namely, if I am online, on the phone or working on a project.)
I am hoping now that I know, I can work on it.
My kids haven't been sleeping. They've been up in the fours for about two weeks now. Not always all three, but at least one of them. Today they all slept until 6am. I was so excited, but then I had a migraine, so my excitement drained away. Thankfully I have medicine. It makes me even more miserable for about an hour, but then the symptoms are all gone. So right now it's a waiting game.
I am hopeful that the kids (now that they are well-- no more colds or ear infections) will start sleeping through to morning. Or at least to the fives. Being up in the fours is just wrong!
I am currently reading One Thousand White Women: The journal of May Dodd by Jim Fergus. It's historical non-fiction, and is so fascinating.
I have decided to take scrapbooking off my October to-do list. I had too much weighing on me, and feel that simplifying is in my better interest. So I am spending my spare time reading or journaling. The scrapbooks aren't going anywhere. My hope is that I will be able to work on them while Josh is home for Christmas break with us for three weeks.
Well, I am off to take a shower.
Here's hoping this migraine goes away quickly!
I read One Thousand White Women about a year ago. I agree, it's fascinating, but the way I understood it is that it's fiction, but based on the fact that the Indian chief did in fact ask for 1000 white women when he was in Washington once. I guess I'm going to have to dig it out and read it again!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I love your blog. My husband and I plan to move to Alaska in a couple of years, so it's interesting to read about your time up there.
Just a thought but maybe some kind of talking to the kids about what you need them to do while the one is reading?
ReplyDeleteThe gray cloud pictures are beautiful, yet eery. Do you watch any of the Alaska shows on Discovery? Well, they showed a man take a pot of boiling water and throw it outside and the water flash froze, turning to ice before it hit the ground. When it gets that cold there I'm requesting you please do that and take pictures, haha.
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