Last day of September

It's Monday evening and boy am I tired.  Yesterday was an extremely busy day.  The to-do list was neverending.  With the help of some little birds, we made two apple pies(from the apples we picked),food prepped for the week, shopped, and worked on lots of school work.  Unfortunately, now I am pooped out and yet I still don't feel prepared for hate week ahead!  

School is very busy right.  Conferences are coming in a few weeks and with all that is going on with our school district, it is difficult to stay focused, yet I try so hard for the kids.  It's not their fault.  

Next up, some marching on the boulevard, a visit to see our oldest at college and hopefully some R&R.  

Mama Bird is still feeling a bit under the weather.

Need Some Time

"Then summer fades and passes, and October comes. We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure"--Thomas Wolfe

Usually I feel all of these things in Fall, plus the feeling of motivation that Baby Bird is experiencing this year, but mostly right now I feel the "sadness and departure". I lost a good friend last week and though I know she would rather I not feel sad, it is overtaking me right now. So be patient with me Baby Bird and some of those things might need to wait until next Fall.

Fall Motivation

Why aren't I as motivated in the summer as I am in the fall?  Something clicks on in September and I just want to craft, decorate, bake/cook and clean.  All the while trying to get my 36 kid classroom up and running like a well-oiled machine.  Whew!  Lots to do, but somehow I feel invigorated and excited instead of tired and unmotivated.  Come on Mama Bird!  We've got flowers to plant, recipes to try out, crafts to make and a basement that needs some TLC.  And don't forget the Grand Birds, husbands and the menagerie of animals that need us too. 😊

Shock, Mama Bird is Right!!

Mama Bird is right!!! Wow! Once in a while anyway! Baby Bird wants to decorate, plant mums, make stew and also lasagne, not to mention chicken salad and help Grand Baby Bird with a project. Chaos (mild) reigns, football games on two TV's, husbands talking, Grand Baby Birds chirpping. I like the idea of getting something accomplished, but I also would like to just sit and read.  It's too warm for a almost fall day. Mama Bird is cranky and I am sure I am right about that too. But gotta go make Garlic Mashed Potatos.

Not Enough Hours Continued

Boy is Mama Bird right!  There is never enough time in a day.  What's especially tough is fighting this end of summer cold that snuck up on me.  I was hoping to get a little house stuff done, but somehow walking the dog, grocery shopping and running errands took up most of the day.  After a very unseasonably cold two days, with even a sprinkling of snow,  we are now back to more moderate temps in the 70s.  It was absolutely gorgeous today.  As the sun starts to set over the mountains the late day sunshine is trickling into my family room along with a light breeze.  As the leaves dance, I am reminded that in a few short weeks, they will have all disappeared leaving us with nothing but bare branches for many months.  I love the fall..the colors, the sunshine, the blue sky, the pumpkins, etc.  

Not Enough Hours in a Day

Roberta BryantSeptember 9, 2014 at 8:51 AM

Everyone says it now and then, "not enough hours in a day" and today is certainly one of those. Where we live, September is the most beautiful month, the light is liquid and golden, the air cool, but I can still wear short sleeves or no sleeves, the sky is blue, blue, blue and there might be some puffy white clouds drifting by. I can't decide what to do first, pot those plants, bake some zuchinni bread, pull up the crinkly cucumber vines and harvest the cukes that are left? Sit and read a book, finish the recipe/scrapbook I have been working on, start a whole new project, take a walk? If it were possible, the answer would be all of the above! All in one day, but there are just not enough hours.

Mama Bird

Mama Bird Here: I am sure that not all our chirping will be meaningful but hopefully something we post will be of interest to someone now and then. We inhabit the same nest along with two husbands, two teenagers (and another off to college and home during vacation), three cats and a sweet, sweet dog and there are bound to be some differences, but we usually manage to resolve them or agree to disagree and move on. I guess this blog is really for us, hoping to have some fun along the way.

Leaving the Nest-Maiden Voyage

Our first flight into the "blogosphere" is bound to be filled with turbulence.  So fasten you seat belts and enjoy the flight of fancy. These two birds will rarely agree and possibly come to verbal tweets, but in the end we always agree to disagree.