Here it is Friday already - at our house it's a free day because we homeschool on Mon.-Thurs. This morning I was trying to figure out if I should get the girls mopping or pulling weeds - big jobs that need to be done before we have Ukrainian guests from the Kiev symphony this weekend. (Not to mention that for three days prior to their coming, we have two very active little boys staying with us while a friend vacations, and book signing on the day they leave and the Ukrainians come!)

It's supposed to rain today, so Vash decided we ought to mop this AM and weed tmorrow when the ground would be soft. Smart girl. It helps so much when I let the kids help decide.

We're off to visit my elderly aunt this afternoon and to do some grocery shopping and errands. How we need quiet days full of ordinary stuff! Our Bible study group is doing Being a Mary in a Martha world, and we had to compare ourselves to some inanimate object to show how we're feeling about our life. I said I felt like I was being pulled along at the back of a rocket ship, hanging on for dear life. Every day is a whirling, spinning world of activity, and the challenge is to keep our eyes on God in the midst of it. Not all that easy on many days.

Hoping to fit in a date with the husband this weekend. Why do those always have to be "squeezed in"? Looking towards some planned time away before we head out of the country in November. If you're the praying kind, please pray that the donations will come in - they're just a trickle at this point, and we need to buy airline tickets in the next few days for at least five people. As always, only God can manage our needs.

Well, off to simpler things! Enjoy your weekend, everyone, and enjoy your families. They grow up too fast!