Author: Mae @ Rainydayinmay

Desert native who claims the Pacific Northwest at home, while currently residing the Northeast. Lifecoach, Podcaster, PR writer, essay author, imaginary poet and every day dreamer...

à l’examen…

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Can you believe it’s the last day of January? it blows my mind how quickly time moves when you are into your adulthood… 
Today is a good day! 
Today is the birthday of someone who is, and will forever be, very dear to me. Not a year passes that i don’t think of this person and the amazing gifts they have- and send them good thoughts and love when this day comes… 
Today is also the birthday of one of the MOST INCREDIBLE women i’ve ever know… Her name is Joan and she truly is the most amazing woman on the planet… 
Last, but not least, today is the day that my Lucas is en route to the US, from Germany, for his pre-deployment leave! WOO HOO! Even having him on US soil will do my heart ridiculously good! 
In review of my January goal list, i didn’t do awful. I didn’t drink “no soda”, but it was a rare thing. {Very rare} so I’m not too upset about it…

And, I had to change a few things up in my photo challenge, for the month. Like, the fact that there were NO icicles, and that there was no bundling of children because the one day it was frigid enough for such fun, we were trapped at home… 

 Pajamas… 
first meal… {sort of…} 
 Something new… Chw shaved his Goatee of 15 years and poor Genny was NOT pleased.
 Cup of tea and books to read… 
 Winter reading… 
 first snow of the year. {that’s as good as it got, folks…}
 our Tree… January. 
 Cup of steaming soup… 
 Baking… 
 Happy Birthday, Kaileigh… 
And a bonus… :) 

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The post where I talk a bit about fish and movies…

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As anyone who reads this blog knows, I love movies… 
LOVE them! 
And whenever possible, I try to watch them. (i.o.w- constantly) 
Next to movies, I adore movie trailers. I do! Sometimes it is the BEST part of going to the movies. 
That being said, I am really excited to share the following movie trailer with you… It belongs to a project that you’ll be hearing more about, on my blog, because I’ll be doing a bit more with it… 
Anyway, it looks INCREDIBLE and I hope you enjoy: 
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Categories Art

On tender…

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There is this way in which is hand reaches for mine, this way in which love courses through his fingers as they intertwine with mine. A way in which he kisses my gently, that breathes more life into my sometimes tired spirit than any thing else alive… 
The tenderness that comes from him is something that doesn’t just blossom when boy meets girl. It does not simply click on when vows are taken. It is a thing of wonder that comes with forever of knowing one another. 
There was a day, hands around throat- tempers raging our already stormy seas- when I believed it not possible. 
Such days were early. Young. 
Today is old. Not quite rockers-on-porches old but easily paving the way towards even more tender. 
Surely there’s a reason growing old is categorized under tender… 
wrinkled mouth kisses, frail hands, palm to palm. 
I am happy for today, our somewhere tender in between. 
Grateful, even more so. 
Stop.
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journaling {week two}

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IN MY LIFE THIS WEEK… 
It was a good week, over all. Monday started rocky but we got some good news, (major answer to prayers) and so that was a good thing. 
I also got a few fun freelance opportunities. 
We celebrated the second birthday of my amazingly beautiful miracle niece, Kaileigh, which was great… And then there was lots of chaos and going…  
IN OUR HOMESCHOOL THIS WEEK… 
I decided to go easy on myself and get over the self imposed guilt and pressure… and though still a big rough- there was definite improvement! 
We studied time management and I think keeping a time journal was a good way for Genny to see how incredibly long she takes on things. A typical day would have her moving through school at a defiant, turtle pace and then getting angry at me because she finishes so late and I give her too much. The journal motivated her to get through things well, with no “corrections” and she found she could be done by lunch, or soon there-after… 
I AM INSPIRED BY… 
I have some really lovely people in my life. I have a friend whose mother is fighting breast cancer and both mother and my friend have been incredible sources of inspiration for me. 
We found out, for certain, about our daughter Amanda’s ship out date for boot camp. Her eagerness and excitement inspires me, as well as scares me. With Lucas preparing to deploy this spring it is all a lot of overwhelming fear junk for my heart, but still, when I am honest with myself I realize that both of them just BLOW ME AWAY… 
They make me take notice of the present in a powerful way. 
PLACES WE’RE GOING, PEOPLE WE’RE SEEING… 
We have a field trip to the aquarium today, which we are looking forward to. We had went to a local coffee place for chai and no bakes while we read our literature book and wrote letters. It was amazing. We went swimming, Genny had two basketball practices and a game tomorrow. Looking forward to family date night tonight. Going to pizza and to see a movie. 
MY FAVORITE THING THIS WEEK WAS… 
It’s a tie…
1}On Tuesday night Genny’s basketball team had team photos. Since she’s part of a community sports league this meant that there were literally hundreds of kids, (of all ages) conglomerating in groups of their team t-shirts, awaiting their turn. It was a long, tedious evening. As Chw and I had nothing to do but sit at a table and send stupid text messages back and forth. We discussed philosophical things such as frozen yogurt and displayed our mad-skillz making many emoticon faces. At one point he says to me, “we’re so lame.” 
2} Roughly a half an hour later we are home, and he (wearing contacts) picks up the pair of eye glasses on his  nightstand and says “I really need to order new glasses. These are all scratched up, I mean-” He then puts them on his face to further point out their flaws when he jumps back AT LEAST a foot and shouts “WOAH! WHAT THE HECK?!?!?” I immediately start laughing. Wearing your contacts? His slight “oh, yeah.” reassured him nothing catastrophic had happened to his vision. 
Lucky for me, i’m a little less lame. :)
THINGS I AM WORKING ON…
A few freelance projects coming on. Looking for inspiration for my Smash Book, so I can get it started. Planning a couple of small parties… Nothing too major. 
I’M READING… 
Trying to read (still) Lost by Greggory Maguire. I don’t know if it’s that my last book was so real life/sad that this tale is losing me, or what the deal is really… Hopefully by next week it will be a DIFFERENT tale! 
SHE’S READING… 
Treasure Island. :) 
I’M COOKING… 
Macaroni and Cheese; Fish Tacos; Fresh Baked bread… Nurture, nurture, nurture… 
I’M GRATEFUL FOR…
So, so much. Healthy husband. Healthy kids. Heat and roof over my head. A passion for writing. A handful of amazing friends. My camera. 
I’M PRAYING FOR… 
My kids… Lucas is getting ready to come home on leave and Amanda is getting ready to leave for basic. Genny is really struggling and I feel like i don’t have it in me quite often… 
My sister’s health is a gigantic mess. I miss her so much, I feel in so many ways like I’ve lost one of my best friends. She just isn’t able to be there for me anymore and though I totally understand- i miss her something awful. 
A PHOTO, LINK, VIDEO OR QUOTE… 
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what wednesdays were made for…

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I’ve had a lot of homeschool moms, over the years, comment on how luxurious and easy my life must be, as I only educate one child at home. 
Folks, it’s not easy. In fact, I think it’s harder… Plus, i’m starting to wonder if this one child-centric routine we have, isn’t a bit unhealthy on said only child. She knows that the course of my day, and what I can accomplish revolves around her and that gives her quite a bit of power. 
It causes quite a bundle of problems. 
Let’s just say that though with great power comes great responsibility, the result these days seems to be great wickedness and a huge attitude of selfishness. 
So, since I have the luxury of only educating one child at home, and said child is old enough to behave somewhat reasonably in public- i’ve decided to mix things up a bit. 
Three days a week will be entirely home and education focused. For the whole of those three days, there will be little else occurring. These are the days where my laundry or household chores will mostly occur. These are the days where my bread {and other} baking, will occur. If time appears, on said days, for writing or what-have-you, than fantastic! If not, no loss as that’s not what these three days are for. {plus, lets face it, I am an adult who makes my own schedule. I can easily get up earlier or stay up later.} 
It’s the other two week days I am excited about. 
On these two days Gen will have school work that she can do independently, without me. Since we do a lot of unit studies, it will be lighter loads on these two days. These are also the days though, when we’ll rsvp for field trips or go swimming. These are the days where a movie may fit in with what we’re doing- or not. Maybe I’ll just want to watch a movie… These are the days that maybe we’ll devote an entire afternoon to reading and sipping tea- or escaping to my favorite coffee place for a steaming cup of chai and uninterrupted time to write overdue letters. 
This is today… 
These days, like today, can be loosely scheduled- or completely free. 
These days can include hanging out with friends or working on art/craft projects all day. 
These days can include pajamas and tivo, or nature walks, or home spa days, or _______________… 
I kinda think i’m going to love days like today! 
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