Life at the Quinn Home: April 2007

Friday, April 27, 2007

Laundry Day

Today was/is my day to work in the laundry room. Wow, it has gotten in such a mess!!

This is what I've done so far...

*sort our clothes (me, Artie, Stephen, Bobby and Terry)

(Brian, Troy, Brenda and Emily are responsibile for their own)

With nine of us and 8 beds - laundry is a huge undertaking each day!!! I wouldn't know what to do if I ever got caught up!!!

*hang out Brenda's sheets (it was her day to wash her's this morning before school)
*wash colors
*hang colors on the clothes line
*wash jeans
*hang jeans
*wash more colors
*hang more colors
*wash towels and twins' sheets
*sort all Brenda's clothes

hang towels and twins' sheets
wash third load of colors

sort Emmies' clothes - colors, reds, jeans

gather Brian and Troy's dirty clothes for them to wash

sweep laundry room

throw away all trash and put empty laundry bottles in the recycling bin

clean between washer and dryer and move back together

hang colors on the line

Brian - washed his work clothes (Brian's clothes all washed!!)
hang Brian's clothes on the clothesline

wash second load of towels (yeah!! the towels are all washed!!)
hang out towels

wash whites (whites are all washed!!)
hang out whites

dry socks in the dryer (waaaaayyyyy to many to hang out)
wash forth load of colors

everything taken down from the clothesline is folded waiting to be put up.

If you walked in my living room right now and saw all the clothes on the couch and the love seat - you'd wonder why haven't I been working all day??? :-)

Right now, I'm taking a break from cleaning off the top of my dryer!!! How does so much stuff get piled there?

Okay, back again...

hang out colors from earlier
wash fifth and final load of colors!!
dryer cleaned off and stuff put up

one last load of leftovers to wash
one new burgandy shirt to wash alone
and one bathroom rug left to wash!!

YEAH, I'M DONE!!!!

The Dirty Clothes Bus

The Dirty Clothes Bus
Originally uploaded by j.rice.

I guess I'd better keep the dirty clothes under control or they may start spilling out of the car - or we might just have to buy a bus to hold them all!!!!

My Current Favorite Homeschooling Book

Real Learning by Elizabeth Foss

I found this book at one of my favorite blog sites - By Sun and Candlelight - http://dawnathome.typepad.com/by_sun_and_candlelight/. I get so much inspiration from Dawn's writings and pictures I wanted to see where some of her inspiration came from. She says this book never leaves her night stand.

Mrs. Foss is a mother of seven, I believe - must be the connection I feel!! :-) She is a Catholic, homeschooling mama. I am learning a lot about the Catholic faith, but mostly her emphasis on the home and family.

I can't wait to start implementing some of the ideas when school starts in the fall!!

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Valentine's Day

Here's a picture of the roses and card my sweetie gave me for Valentine's Day. There's also a card from Brian and Brenda. It was a nice surprise. (I'm just a little behind posting my pictures!!)

Bobby's Computer Coloring Page

Stephen and Bobby maybe? :-)

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Gaffney's Middle Schools' Honor's Chorus

The honor chorus sang at the High School for the Art's festival. They sang three songs (one from the Rent musical). It was a nice evening. This is Brenda's first year in the chorus at the middle school. They will be performing in the musical Aladin coming up in the spring.

Emily's Seventh Birthday Party

Emily enjoyed her birthday with friends from school and girls from her Girl Scout troop.

Emily skating at the skating rink with her birthday balloon.

Wow, look at all those presents!!! Mrs. Sandy always give the best presents!! She gave Emily some cute outfits and pj's!!

Stephen and Terry at the skating rink. They liked the video games better than skating.

Brian and the birthday girl.

Gwyn and I went to our first triple sale this week at Lowe's Foods in Gastonia!! We did very good for a first time I think. I got $231 worth of groceries and spent $42!!! That's $189 worth of free groceries!!! Just in case anyone is wondering - I think it will be a while before I run out of Ziploc bags, tomato sauce or any type of rice!!!! :-) (Next time I will take a better picture!!)

Welcome to Life at the Quinn Home.

We are a family of nine - daddy, mama, and seven little one (who aren't all little anymore!! - 3 are taller than me!!), one cat - Princess (the cat formally known as Prince) and the newest member of the family - Toby, Brenda's PomChi. We live in a small town in South Carolina.

This blog is for my family ~ that they might know my heart for them during my life and after I'm gone. After my mama's death when I was young, I so wished I had some writings about her life. This is my attempt to leave some for my family, especially my girls...

I found an old post from Elizabeth at Real Learning today and decided to try it for myself.

I am from Count Chocula, Spaghettios and Little Debbies, shopping at malls and eating Chick-Fil-A and Long John Silvers (anywhere in a day's driving distance), grabbing a quick chili cheese a plenty from the Beacon (where my mama and daddy use to date) and listening to Elvis.

I am from bike riding, Girl Scouts, dancing and gymnastics. Reading more and more books, the older I get, the more I love them.

I am from a two story white house trimmed in brown, with a room of my own and a play room beside (one of the benefits of being an only child) with a piano in the living room waiting on me to practice!!

I am from a old fashioned Baptist Church - filled with my family and friends and stained glass windows on the sides.

I am from a little southern town, full of yes mam's and ya'lls. Summers spent toasting my body in the warm Myrtle Beach sun, watching the leaves change in the fall and even every now and then enjoying a little snow (even here in South Carolina!!)

I am from THE USC - a converted gamecock through and through.

I am from the USA, my daddy and grandfathers all serving in different branches of service, with my son blazing straight ahead to follow in their footsteps (against all his mama's better judgement!!).

I am from my nanny and papa's house, the one you had to get to by driving up the road covered in trees. I loved to look at the sunshine peeking through every time I road up the hill, sleeping in my papa's night night shirts and helping my nanny cook chicken pot pies for his lunch (we knew there were green peas hiding there - shhhh!! papa doesn't know) and then later playing nurse to my nanny as she was sick and dying.

I am from my Mimi and Grandy, who moved back home to help take care of me when my mama died.

I am from the Oxendines - the most loving people I have ever known, always good for a laugh and a hug, always make you feel better about yourself than you know you really are.

I am from the Clarys - strong, sturdy, God fearing, always there.

I am from my Carolyn, who always stood by my papa's side - even though she wasn't always appreciated for all she did by everyone - she has all my love and respect.

I am from Daria, who taught me what it looked like to love Jesus on the outside of your life.

I am from my daddy, a hard worker with a big heart.

I am from Artie - we grew up together. Picnics at Miliken, days at Carowinds, nights eating tacos and watching movies, hours upon hours planning our lives together (seems like there was talk of having a baby or two?), :-) lots of smooching in a little white Celica. :-) I am who I am because of him.

But most of all, I am from my mama. My heart and soul. My desire. My example.

Looking back over my life as I write, the coolest thing is seeing everyone who made me who I am - all love Jesus. I have been so blessed with such a godly heritage. God is good!!

Life at the Quinn Home