Monday, July 6, 2009

The Simple Woman's Daybook


For Today... Monday, July 6, 2009

Outside my window... Sunny with a full blue sky...the dogs lay in the sun and the chickens are up in the hutch laying eggs. The gravel longs for another scoop and dump of the wheel barrow, I am thinking what I heard out in the garage this weekend may have been my husband filling the flat tire on the wheel barrow.

I am thinking... Going back to bed after morning lunch duty and sleeping in until 9:45 was just what I needed.

There s a sweet little girl who is just devastated that we are not having the party for Dove.

We gave Dove her choice and she had a skate party during the year with her school chums. On her day in two weeks she chose to do a family thing.

This little one hold the kids parties in high expectation.

We are friends from our home school days.

I cant get that little darling's grief out of my mind but I also can not do the normal big birthday party for Dove either. I usually do a big 12 kid get together with games and a cake and all. She must really love it. Oh I just so want to fix it for her....I do not see how I could possibly do so. Perhaps a play date?

I am trying to think up a way of yet providing this little girl with something to look forward too. I had no idea of how disappointed she was she really wept and opened up. This after Dove ran in VERY Upset and concerned about the fix she felt she was in.

Dove is also a tender heart.

I am thankful for... Rainier Cherries they are a pleasant memory from my childhood. I am grateful for having some things that were a fondness as a child. Being able to work hard and keep my family well fed without wasting lots of my husbands hard work (income ) doing so.

From the kitchen... Fresh fruit for I shopped last night. Counters still have things that need to be put away. Last nights loaf turned out so beautiful and sliced real nicely this morning.

I am wearing... A lavender mid calf cotton night gown. I am starting off slow and easy today.

I am reading... Eldala by Michelle Gregory see her blog Beautiful Chaos

I am creating... Cloth napkins to replace/reduce the use of paper products at least in part.

There are also the scrubbers that I use for dish washing that need to be made.

A clothing inventory list and a list of birthdays and dates with favorite colors so I can add it to the budget sheets and better be on top of it . this way I can have time to begin way before the week I need it. I can have the names and faces before to come up with some thing wrought by my hand.

I am hearing... The ceiling fan whirl and the hum of my computer . The children speak in the other room as they too are having their computer time.

I am going... out this evening to celebrate the birth of a most wonderful woman. She is an amazing mother and friend.

Happy Birthday Lisa

I will make a note later if I can attend at 5:30 or at 6:30 depending on my dear man whether he has to work over.

Around the house... There is a teddy bear/stuffed critter revolt and they are all staged on the floor in the hallway...groceries still need to have a few things put away and the laundry...well hidden in the mounds of my dirty laundry are a few more of the give away things I am sure to sort out into the giveaway box.

One of my favorite things... summer fruit

A Few Plans for the Rest of the Week... One more stop at a Albertsons to cash in on a few smoking deals, a gathering of my dear friends tonight (JOY) ! Laundry An attempt to cash in on a freebie deal to give the kids a day of play outside the home. A play date today and a swim date with the boy at his house on Friday. His Mother returns soon from a trip.

Please pray for Deb she is having closure with her grandmother who is passing

It is her boy I will tend today so that her husband can have a little break time. He will still have a two year old. Hard times for my little family of friends who we care so much for.

Here is a picture thought I am sharing...

burning the night oil

:)

The full moon was a shining on me last night.

I think that is the prettiest loaf yet.

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1 comment:

Denise said...

Your heart is so very precious.

Older women likewise teach the younger women...

• how to love their husbands
• how to love their children
• how to be self-controlled
• how to be pure
• how to be keepers at home
• how to be kind and submissive (not subservient) to their own husbands. (See Titus 2:3-5)

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