A Busy Day

Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 08:58

I feel like we accomplished quite a bit today.  I baked a batch of Amish Cinnamon Bread, and a batch of chocolate chip cookies.  We got all of our usual schoolwork done, plus read a big pile of library books that we checked out yesterday.  I canned some red beans and some navy beans.  My dh went to town and bought supplies to patch the cracks that had appeared in the plaster of some of the rooms.  He got the dining room patched, and tomorrow we will paint.  Then, we will work on the living room, kitchen, and so on.  We have lived in this house for almost five years, and have never painted, so it is time!  The people we bought it from had painted everything before we bought it, but it's nice to pick out our own colors.  The kids are full of great ideas- "Let's paint the ceiling like an American flag!" and "I like this bright blue."  I think we'll actually go with a shade of yellow called "Gold Coin" in the dining room.  When dh started taking down the border so that he could begin patching, our 6yo dd came running to tattle.  "Mommy, daddy's taking down the hearts!"  Thank goodness, it's about time!  I couldn't justify re-painting when we first moved in, because it had just been done, but the colors and borders weren't really my style.

On a completely different note, we watched "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" for the first time over the weekend, and I loved it!  I'm not usually a movie/tv type of person.  Maybe that's because we never had a tv in the house when I was growing up. . .Anyway, the whole family loved this movie.  It's the first movie I have seen in a long time that was fit for children and adults.  Lately, they've slipped so much "adult" humor into even the cartoons that it's almost impossible to find a good film, but this is one that we'll watch again.

Speaking of movies, dh is waiting for me to come watch one with him now.  The kids are in bed, so we get to have a little quiet time together.

Good night ladies!

Sara

Movies

Posted by boonefam on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 09:15 - Link

I don't like movies, either, so maybe I'd like that one? Have you seen Evan Almighty? It's really cute and my kids loved i!