All Creatures Great and Small was a book written by James Harriot eons ago. It was made into a small tv series that my family watched every Sunday night without fail. Oh it was bliss. I remember always being so sad when each episode ended. My friends never really got why we liked it so much, but our little clan did. All of us, huddled around the one T.V. that was tucked away in mom and dad's room. Making sure our blankets and pillows all fit, we were a cozy crew for an hour, enjoying the tricks, trials, and triumphs of the Scale Dale house.

Recently I've watched most of the seasons over again. This is probably the second or third time in just as many years, and I'll tell you, I love it just as much as I did then. The simplicity, the kindness, and overall politeness is a missing part of our society I think. It makes me want to drink more tea, and eat scones, and sit around a fire and read. To have friends over, or to stop by the pub for a pint as I'm coming or going. To cook more at home, instead of just sticking with the boring salad or cereal because its late and I don't feel like dirtying another dish. 

Oh, to be sure, they are running around at all hours of the day or night, having their own trials and fires to face. They do it with such a joy for each other though, and a love of things that are good and honest. They sit to breakfast in the morning together. Try and gather for dinner again at the evening. Mrs. Hall is busy about the place, cooking, cleaning, and generally looking after them all. The men are all in and out about the dales as duty calls them, and Helen is busy working, cleaning and helping where she can.

Anyway, if you haven't had the chance to watch it, then you must try it. It's one of those that you can't help but like. I find myself putting it on as background as I grade pages, or do things here and there. Try it, and may your life be simpler for the watching.

This week was a week. Praying a lot that God would teach me. Friday was probably the best day I've had all week, and I almost cried at the start of it. Praise the Lord for His calming presence, love, and continued instruction and training in righteousness. It's such a blessing to think that God rested from His work. Happy weekend everyone :)

What are we doing....well...

So much is going on that I keep forgetting to post. And then nights like this come along and I just want to avoid doing all the work that I should be doing. So I'll post...for my 3 fiends that read this. Hi Laura. Hi mom.

Mom's lamenting that the kids are gone again. What do you do when you go from a house of 7 to none? I think you should write a book. Seven to Zero could be the title. How to transition from mom to me....or something witty like that. Haha! It can be all about jam, jellies, Susan Branch blogs, etc. It could be super cute!

Laura, my second fan had her first day of college this 2013 year. Hope it went well. The first week back is always fun, but hard. Hard because you have to actually get out of bed and go to class. Fun because you get to see all of your friends agian.

Me? Well, I was really thinking I was doing well. Getting papers graded. Spreading the work load out all week. Well that is until I read my e-mail this morning and saw a check list of things that they want to look at for my Teacher Evaluation. Very thankful that my grading pages has gotten caught up. Now I can focus a bit on getting my work done. Oh, and I got observed today. *sigh* I got so nervous, the powerpoint that I looked at on the weekend, and the night before went completely out of my brain. I taught the whole lesson before going through my powerpoint. ARGH. I just got nervous and really just wanted it to stop. I prefer to be observed in my pajamas on Pajama Day like I was last time. It was so funny, I just laughed and kept teaching. Hmmm...I think this means I need to wear PJ's every day.