Paper Airplanes!

My parents sent James a stack of paper airplane sheets from a daily calendar they have. He was THRILLED to receive them and folded up EVERY SINGLE ONE. Here he is working on one of them and then with the bin full of the cute little planes.

And yes, he is wearing a cape. That's the norm around here.

From 05-19-2009

From 05-19-2009

From 05-19-2009

I think this is the calendar.

Simple Woman's Daybook - May 11

For Today... May 11, 2009

Outside my window... the kitty-corner neighbor is building some kind of huge play structure out of wood, Sun is shining, grass is growing (long), and the sky is blue.

I am thinking... about camping! I made reservations for us to attend our church's Family Camp for 8 days at the end of June. We went three years ago and I'm looking forward to it again. Plus we'll do homeschool camping at the end of August and hopefully at least one other camping trip mid-summer.

From the learning rooms... lots of procrastination on the students' parts today. Even some crying. And foolish giggling. And time wasting. It's too bad they didn't buckle down and work so they could go out this afternoon.

I am thankful for... God's promise to strengthen me and fill me with joy.

From the kitchen... The kitchen fridge has stopped cooling. It's a good thing we have the other (newer) fridge as a back-up. I had to empty the kitchen one into the other one (in the back room) and we are hoping that defrosting the inoperable one will repair it. If not? Then Bob has to redo the cabinets to bring the taller fridge into the kitchen.

I am wearing... Pink "Life is good" t-shirt, jeans, white socks, white house shoes, hair blown dry, no makeup.

I am reading... Sex God by Rob Bell about the relationship between spirituality and sexuality. I'm about halfway and there's nothing earth-shaking in there so far.

I've been watching... Lost in Austen, a BBC series that puts a time-traveling twist on Pride and Prejudice. Also, a DVD viewing of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I saw in the theater.

I am hoping... Emily can mow the yard this afternoon. Bob is teaching her. And I guess David gets to learn to weed whack.

I am creating... a stack of class proposals for our next co-op year. (If you have a proposal, please get it to me soon! I need more!) Also a weekly menu. Life runs so much more smoothly when I have that planned out.

I am hearing... Bob explaining something to James.

Around the house... the above-mentioned fridge issue, clothes hanging on the clothesline, the leftover sale stuff stacked in the back room

One of my favorite things... Going to the movies. I'm sure you had no idea about that, did you? LOL

A few plans for the rest of the week... Lessons Monday-Friday, Writing when I can fit it in, Soccer Tu/Th/Sat, Chess Club Tuesday.

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you.
Here are a couple pix of a card I made at a friend's craft night. One shows all the pieces separated and the other shows it put together.

Glitter Shoes

Here is a craft we did in the Glass Slipper class I am teaching at our homeschool co-op.

My creative friend Michele saw these shoes at co-op being given away free and suggested I nab them for my class. I thought, "Excellent idea!" So, I went to Walmart looking for something to embellish the shoes. Found some spray-on glitter and doused the shoes with it, making them very very sparkly. I bought some stick-on gems and let the girls go to town! It seemed like all the girls enjoyed this craft and afterwards they tried walking in the heels, which was a challenge! lol
































Here's Suzy (green shirt) with her shoe.

Ripped jeans and then....

I ripped my favorite comfy pair of jeans this week. Bummer, right? Well, I always leave the ripped jeans sitting around a day or two with the idea that I could do some sort of craft from them.

Here's a cool idea for making Christmas stockings out of old blue jeans. I think I could do this! At least in my mind I can.... Don't dissuade me! (Check the entry above this one for a photo of one.)

I got that idea from THIS page which offers 25 things to do with old jeans. Sounds like a co-op class to me! LOL And I'd ADORE having a quilt made out of old denim. Hmmm.....

Oh, and WOW, check out this Flickr group based around the same idea - reusing old denim. There is a quilt there that is to DIE for. And a basket made of old denim and piles of other great ideas too!

My sewing machine is not working right. Time to take it to the sewing machine repair. My husband, handy as he is, doesn't seem to want to tackle that project. Maybe if I tell him how much it will cost....

Oh my, am I getting CRAFTY now? What is the world coming to?