I had a lot to get done today. I was looking down the barrel of my overfilled day, this morning, and I just knew that I was going to get stressed and take it out on my poor innocent kids. So after we got all loaded up in the car, I told Jack we were going to say a quick prayer; I prayed for guidance in choosing which things to do, and help in staying patient and cheerful. I had a great day :D The things that didn't get done were the laundry and dishes and tidying. The things that did get done were the car repair, the playgroup, the La Leche League meeting, the reading to Jack, the playing with Jack, the playing with Lily, the grocery shopping, the dinner cooking, the cookie making (more about that later), and the German neighbor and his Japanese wife coming for dinner. Oh, and the blogging :D
I'm so glad I went to the LLL meeting! Not only was it fun, and nice to get to meet with a bunch of crunchy moms again (I don't get my crunchies from the moms in my ward, sigh), but as we were leaving I was talking with the leader in charge, and she said "You'll fit in a lot better once you find a good homeschool group." She said I just looked like a homeschooler, and she loves her group and would love to see me on Wednesday afternoons at a park close to me where they meet! I checked them out online and they seem like a good group: Mid-Peninsula Homeschoolers. I've hesitated to go seeking a group, first b/c of the sheer volume of groups out here. Seems like I'm not the only one who rejects the "great" schools out here :P I get overwhelmed with too many choices sometimes! But also, the one mom in my ward who used to homeschool but quit last year, said that the groups she saw nearby were just "weird." (I keep forgetting that I'm "weird" to most people, so I shouldn't be scared by that description!)
Our neighbors downstairs are quite international. On one side, we have a mom who's half Mexican and half Persian. On the other side, we have a couple who have the husband from Germany and the wife from Japan. (And our next-door neighbors are an interracial couple with two kids. I have to admit I do love the diversity here!) Since Tim is going to Germany in 5 1/2 weeks, I thought it would be neat to ask our neighbor to teach us som German. Tonight they brought us dinner, which I thought was hilarious b/c we're the ones who wanted them to teach us, so shouldn't we owe them dinner? But it was yummy and WAY different from our usual fare! Rice and edamame with tofu, then tomato cucumber radish salad with peanut butter vinaigrette dressing. Craziness! The rice was delicious, the salad was just different. Hey, it wasn't nasty! I happily ate it all and was grateful for it :D
I discovered how to not overeat my delicious chocolate chip cookies (made with organic butter, organic evaporated cane juice, and M&Ms): WEEVILS. That's all I need to say.
Tonight's photos!
The end of a little creek emptying into the ocean. It was tons of fun to wade across!
There was a driftwood teepee that was just right for taking pictures in!
These are from San Gregorio Beach, one of the beaches near us. We went there on a day I was feeling pretty homesick; Tim said "You need to see the good things we live near!" and took us all to the beach :D It was beautiful! And COLD! We laughed at the one person we saw there in a bikini :P And happily snuggled in our sweaters :D
Tomorrow is our 6-year anniversary! We're planning on taking another trip to the beach.
What a pretty view. :)
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