Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

We had a very full, very busy day today.  Saturdays are full of outside chores for the boys, lots of laundry for me, baking and cooking for Dani and I for our Sunday meal(s),  and many household tasks.   I fell behind a bit on all the watering and irrigating this week, so that had to…

     The boys and I got a late start on our shopping trip today.  Every two weeks I determine that we will get an earlier start, but we just never do.  By the time we’ve had our pancake breakfast and taken care of the morning chores, it’s usually quite late in the morning.  We do…

Frugal living is a tricky thing.  Sometimes we can be penny wise and pound foolish.  I have found this old saying to be true over the years.  Here is just one example. When my husband and I were married, the girls on the drill team that I was directing pooled their funds and bought us…

My grandbabies did not come for their library day with Grandma today.  We were all so disappointed!  My oldest grandson has an easily disturbed tummy.  Boy was it disturbed this morning!  It’s really not anything to cause too much worry.  His momma was the same way when she was a little girl.  I prayed that…

It rained here overnight.  That’s out of the ordinary for July in my part of the country.  The day dawned  with a lot of clouds in the sky and even a sprinkle or two early this morning.  By afternoon, the day was sunny, bright and a lovely 78!  There was a wonderful, cool breeze all day. …

I’ve been admiring linens lately.  Embroidered linens.  Vintage linens.  Newer linens, too!  Linens neatly folded and stored in a linen closet.  Linens piled high in a wicker basket.  Linens hanging from a clothesline. I was given a few of Grandma Nora’s things awhile back to choose from, and I quickly pulled out the seven handkerchiefs that…

I was up early this morning to make the most of the cool of the day.  I enjoyed my first cup of tea while everyone was sleeping and while the whole house fan worked to draw the cooler outside air into the house.  I even made the Monday morning waffles that my husband usually makes!…

I changed things up a bit on our menu this week.  We’ll have several rather hearty breakfasts early in the week, followed by lighter fare for  lunch.  Dinners will all be cooked in either the electric skillet, on the grill or in the roaster oven in the garage.  Wednesday’s dinner will be cooked on Dani’s new panini…

What a difference a day, or two, makes!  Thursday it was 107, and today our high temperature was about 87! We were able to give our air conditioner a rest today.  The temperature in the house never hit 80.  A small fan running on low speed was sufficient to keep the kitchen cool while Dani…