Monday This & That After Vacation

 We had a great time "yondering" some of the eastern states, seeing family, historical sites like D.C. (crazy crowded!), 

Jameston (first English settlement in America),

Yorktown (site of both Revolutionary and Civil Wars battles),

fascinating and beautiful nature in West Virginia,

and were amused by the legend of Mothman.

We finished up at our alma mater, Cedarville University (College only in our day), where we visited the waterfally at which we got engaged, reconnected with college friends, and visited our nephews/cousins.

And now we're back in the land of snow, which is somewhat disappointing, but we're so glad to be home. "Be it ever so humble (and snowy), there's no place like home."

So, since I got the laundry sorted so my sweet daughter can wash it (it's her tightly held ministry to the family), now I can figure out what needs doing this week.

Homemaking

🏠 Make saurkraut

🏠 Type 4 recipes/day

🏠 Restart indoor salad gardening, kombucha-making, sprouting

🏠 Bake sourdough Monday & Friday

🏠 Care for vacationing nephew's cat

🏠 Deep clean & organize pantry areas

Yardening

🌿 Research which seedlings to start & do it if possible

🌿 Plan the gardens & berry patch better.

Crafting/Sewing

🧵 Get those pants altered already!

🧵 Finish March OMG

🧵 Plan April OMG

🧵 Choose a recipe for soapmaking and make sure I have the ingredients

🧵 Make summer dress that's been cut out for too long

🧵 Mend apron

🧵 Catch up on Everyday Embroidery which did not go with me on vacation

🧵 Continue unrushed knitting of slippers

Self-education

📚 Continue studies in seed-saving and heirloom gardening

📚 Continue using Michael Card's book on Luke as supplement to reading Luke

Fun Reading

🕮 Continue Irish Country Doctor series whose foul language I chalk up to local vernacular         and mostly ignore

🕮 Continue reading a Whittier poem a day

🕮 Listen to audio of The Last Battle by C.S.Lewis as I do mindless stuff

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So, that ought to keep me occupied this week besides helping my oldest daughter get ready to travel to Poland to help care for Ukranian refugees. I'm both extremely proud of her and a little nervous about her safety. So I pray a lot and you're welcome to join me in praying for her.