Little Jack's CornerThe Life & Times of Jack-Evan and Family

…my sweet lil’ hubby is snorrrrrrring.

Ok, well, maybe not, but he is sleeping on the couch.  It’s 8:26 pm and a storm has just started outside.  I am curled up in our brown recliner by the window and Jack-Evan is asleep on my lap.  Pup Pup is laying at my foot dozing.  So all the males in my life are fast asleep.

The rain outside sounds so lovely.  It’s nights like this that I wish we had a tin roof.  You know, that wonderful pitter pattering on a tin roof is enough to make even the most crazed insomniacs turn into Rip Van Rinkle.   A huge lightning strike just flashed outside.  The lightning seems to be more sheet lightning than anything, but the thunder sure is loud.

The only lights we have on is ……………

::::::::::::::BAAAAANNNGGG::::::::::::::::::::::

Holy Cow!!!  That strike was right on top of us. 

I believe it struck something outside.  It sure did sound like it, and the lightning was very bright, followed by an instantaneous (and HUGE) thunder bang. 

…It scared my so bad that I just screamed and woke Kevin up.  Jack-Evan was startled too, so now he’s awake, looking at me with eyes that seem to be questioning his current safety level.

…..Whew….

Anyway.. as I was saying….

The only lights we have on is our dining room light and utility room light.  There is no noise (no TV, no radio) right now, ‘cept for the sounds of the storm outside.  And actually, that’s even beginning to let up.  Storms never last long around here – 15 minutes usally at the most then they’re gone.  The heaviness of the rain has now dissipated and the time between the lightning flashes and sound of thunder is lengthening too, which shows the storm is moving away from us. 

Today went well.  In between feeding and caring for the baby, I spent the day cooking and experimenting in the kitchen.  I made pinto beans with rice, and homemade cornbread muffins for supper.  I also made some more homemade yogurt for this week, as well as indian cheese / rasgulla and indian flatbread for a snack (which Kevin helped gobble down right after work!).  It was the first time I made anything from another culture….I was quite excited with it.   Jack-Evan spent his day in his high chair watching me cook.  I love talking to him and explaining what I’m doing.  Even though he can’t understand me now, it helps expose him to language, and introduces him to sequencing and thought progression.  He gets an especially huge kick out of it when I smell the ground coffee jar.  He think’s it’s quite hilarious. 

And being the nutty mommy that I am, I smell the coffee quite a number of times because I absolutely adore hearing my baby giggle with delight. 

Well, Jack is getting anxious for one-on-one attention now, so I better go ahead and post this.  By the way, it’s now 8:48 pm and the storm is completely gone.  I don’t even think it’s drizzling anymore.  That’s the way mid-SC storms are….here one minute, gone the next.

Goodnight!

Good morning everyone!  It’s 9:40 am here in mid-South Carolina and what a happy, cozy day it is.  Around here, Friday’s are the start of our weekend since Kevin works four 10 hour shifts.  I absolutely adore getting to sleep in with my hubby beside me on these days. 

We slept in til around 8 am this morning.  Jack-Evan woke up for a while and we played and giggled with him for a bit, and we all had some wonderful family time.  Now we’re up and beginning our day.  Kevin tends the lawn at our church, so he’s outside right now hooking up his trailer and mower.  I’m in the living room sipping some fresh brewed coffee.  My laptop resides in a basket beside our brown recliner, so it’s pretty handy to just sit back and type away.  In the background, I hear the pitter patter of little feet…. not Jack’s… our dog Pup Pup is walking down the hallway.   A load of laundry has already been put to wash, and another one is drying.  Jack-Evan is in his swing, taking his first nap of the day.  As you can see, I’ve already begun decorating for fall!  It’s exciting to think of all the pretty colors coming our way soon. (Notice, I didn’t say “cool weather”.  South Carolina is not known for cool weather until around late December). 

It’s very peaceful in here.  The first thing I do each morning when I get up is open all of the blinds in the house.  I do so very much hate being cooped up in a dark house.  Opening the blinds and letting the daylight stream in is so refreshing!  Also, even though we live in the city, we’re situated where we only have one neighbor on the side of us.  Looking out of our front, back and other side windows, all we see is dense growth of pine trees.   I absolutely love having such wonderful privacy!  Right now, the sky out of my living room window is very over-cast.  It’s one of those skies that is a dull, light grey as far as the eye can see.  The wind is gently blowing the tall pine trees across the road.  Rain looks like it could start drizzling any moment!   Kevin is hoping it will stay dry for the next couple of hours at least, so he can get some of the church yard mowed.  If not, he’ll be able to do it tomorrow.

I’m not quite sure what I’ll be doing today.  The house is pretty clean, although I guess I could always work at organizing something.  I don’t cook on Fridays - we usually go out to eat with my parents or just heat up some leftovers that I store in the freezer throughout the week (In fact, I’m about to go heat up some homemade chicken noodle soup).  I do have some clothes that I would like to take to the consignment shop…. 3 huge basketfuls actually.  They were going to go on Ebay, but when I thought about having to take photos of them all and prepare a listing, I backed out of that idea.  I’ve never actually taken anything to a consignment shop though, so that might be more trouble than it’s worth as well.  I dunno…. have any of you even taken something to a consignment shop?

Anyway, I think I’ll go heat up that soup now.  Plus, Jack just woke up and he’s hollerin’.  Hope you all have a great day!