We are coming down from a week of busy- busy- busy. It feels so good to just stay home and *watch the celery grow.
By coincidence (more like divine synchronicity) two of our friends, Rin and Holly happened to be visiting us here in NY from Cambodia during the same week. They both work with an organization called Water of Life. That's how we met them. Water of Life is a church and an orphanage in Pnom Phen. A couple of years ago my church began visiting and helping to support Water of Life. Through our close contact visiting and working together on various projects these folks have been knit into our family.
Rin had never been to NY before so of course we wanted to show him a good time. Central Park, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the B'way production of Les Miserables were some of the things crammed into our week together. On top of that we had to show them the natural beauty of NY State. So we climbed a mountain...and had to climb back down. Whew!
Add to these activities VBS (Vacation Bible School) every day. My daughter signed up weeks ago to work at VBS, so we couldn't very well back out now. Our crazy week finished up with my big girl's 15th birthday. By then neither of us wanted or needed to plan a celebration. The whole week was a party! A friend suggested that a bunch of us gals could meet at our favorite tea room for a no stress/ no work birthday tea, so that's what we did.
It was a wonderful and memorable week, but I'm really happy that I have no plans or obligations this week. The only deadline I have is to make a dress for my young one to wear to the Ren Faire this weekend. Ahhh.
* The celery thing is fun to do with kids and you get some bonus food. It's a kind of recycling. My young one likes to measure and document the growth. Just take those cut base ends of celery stalks and put them in water. They will not only grow roots, but they will grow more celery. They won't get as big and as thick as they once were but they will grow.
That's how my whole summer has felt! I've only had 5 days "off" all summer, including weekends. I'm praying that our family will get some much needed rest this autumn, and I'll pray the same for you.
ReplyDeleteThat celery thing is so fun! You can also try it with romaine lettuce.
Whew! School started last week for my younger three kids--high school starts after Labor Day for my oldest in high school (and how the heck did he (and I, for that matter!!) get so old?? Where did the summer go!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the celery tip. I need to do this. I think I remember doing stuff like this with carrots and potatoes, but I can't ever remember using celery. But then... you've got more celery. ;)