Reminscing

 This morning the headlines were

Helen Reddy dead at the age of 78.

I teared up......

There are very few songs that I can say touched my life...... but "I am Woman" did.  I remember how deeply that song affected me way back in the 70's ... I remember vowing I would help my girls grow to be independent strong women........ (bet eldest daughter doesn't remember me dancing with her in my arms singing I am Woman - hoping it would somehow imprint on her soul)

I like to think that the woman I am today is because of that song....... and why I am submissive.  Confused? strong woman and good submissive in the same breath? yes!  I honestly believe a good submissive must be a very strong person......... but that's a debate for another day......... 

Today is for remembering a strong woman who touched my life and I am sure many other lives................... 

Energy

 

 

I woke up today and almost didn't recognize the feeling....... ENERGY!

 For the last few weeks I have been dragging my ass... everything felt off... every lil job felt HUGE... life looked dreary .. I had started to accept this was my new reality... it was depressing but there just didn't seem much to be done ......... and on the weekend I started a low grade headache that wouldn't go away.. a sore throat ... icky tummy... and in the back of my mind was one word - C O V I D !

BUT this morning I woke up with no headache.... no icky tummy... no sore throat... and feeling bratty!!  B R A T T Y!!  wow I can't remember the last time I felt bratty!  This morning when Sir Steve kissed me goodbye he groped my boob and I didn't pull away - didn't shut him down....... I actually wiggled my ass at him (grinning) - YEAH I am feeling more like myself again!!

Life is good when the energy returns........  

New Tenants

 

 

This weekend we took the last run up to  the trailer to winterize it.  Well we don't actually do the winterizing our service guy does it....... a huge load off our shoulders!

It was a gorgeous weekend !!!  Sun shining..... warm temperatures and the trees have started to change.  

 

the road to our site 

our road

Sir Steve finished packing the lawn furniture into the shed..... and I swept out the trailer...  

On Friday I had made some cheese danish - they were our very last blue plate special.  

 

We took a break around noon and shared them with eldest daughter and SIL. 

Sir Steve opened a 'box' that is under our bedroom cupboard and houses our hot water tank -  getting ready for winterizing and I heard Sir Steve let loose with a string of swear words...... I thought 'oh god the hot water tank is leaking' ... but no ..... it wasn't leaking.. no no!!  instead my nemesis 'the red squirrel' had started moving in while we were in the city.

 

Sir Steve threw them all out the door ......... and cursed some more... I can't wait to see what the spring brings!!!

(oh and I did mouse proof - and hopefully squirrel proof - by spreading moth balls in all the cupboards - around water pipes  - and the slide outs.  We already had stuffed the cracks with steel wool which obviously didn't deter the squirrel one little bit)

Life is good when Mother Nature paints the trees and the wild life find winter homes.

Sunday Sentiments

 

 

Week 2 of Synchronous Learning

 

We're completing week 2 of home schooling.  In these past 2 weeks there have been a whole mess of new terms to learn - like synchronous learning.  That's what we're doing....big term simple meaning - the lil one sits down at her desk at the 'bell' and all of her learning from 8 - 2:30 is online - just as though she was in her class at school. (we love it!! well I do - takes a whole lot of pressure off me)

Then there's digital asynchronous learning.... which is some learning on line - most of it is done on their own on their own schedule.

Then there's asynchronous learning - which is basically no online time - packages of work are picked up/dropped off at the schools on Monday mornings.

The lil one finishes school at 1:35 (basically).  Her school has set the breaks at weird times (if you ask me).  They have a break at 9:15 for bathroom.........another at 10:30 for 35 minutes - a recess....... and then lunch break is at 1:35 for 40 minutes and the day ends at 2:25 so basically the lil one's day ends at 1:35.  That leaves a whole whack of unscheduled time to fill before dinner.

I came up with the idea of setting up Play Dates on Teams (the program they use to log into school..... video and mic capabilities) So on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 - 4ish the lil one and her best friend hook up on our Team's channel and 'play' together.  Now if you had asked me before if this could work - I would have said NO......... but it has worked amazingly!! Yesterday the girls were playing Barbies - laughing and talking - and sorting out the world's problems (grinning)

On Monday and Wednesday I try to find extra activities for her to do...... She received a terrarium from youngest daughter for her birthday - so we have planted it and watched it grow.................... (which compliments their science curriculum "Plants")

 

And Sir Steve and I gave her 3D doodle pen for her birthday.....  

Now to be honest - I opened it before her birthday and tried it....... cause I thought if I knew how to work it - it wouldn't take so long to teach her ya know??

Well I couldn't work it - and was so frustrated!!  I thought it was probably a waste of money.  Because of my negative attitude towards this 3D pen - it has taken a couple of weeks to drag it out and let the lil one have a go with it.  

The lil one didn't have ANY problems getting it to work...... well once we figured out a couple of small things - like how to 'anchor' the liquid plastic.  The first thing the lil one made was a spider web and spider - Halloween decorations........... 

 

Then yesterday she pulled it out and set it up without me......... and OMG look at what she created!!  We're gonna add pins to the back so she can pin them on..........  

So all in all it has been a good 2nd week doing synchronous learning! 

Life is good when we can keep our lil ones safe and healthy and challenged!