November 24, 2008
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Simple Woman’s Daybook Monday 24 November 2008
Outside my window….. the sun is trying to shine and it is 35 out. There is snow covering everything. The weatherman is calling for another 3-6 inches tonight. I am glad that I don’t have to pick up any college students until tomorrow morning. I know that I can count on my snowplowing son to keep the roads clean for me. (my road anyway)
I am thinking…… how nice it is to have one more of my children in the house, P Obrien came home yesterday to surprise us, and tomorrow I will have two more home. A full house if balm to heart and soul of this mother. It goes a long way to lift the darkness that has been covering my heart.
From the schoolroom….. the door is closed and classes are cancelled this week. We are celebrating Thanksgiving in a big way and celebrating most of us being together again for a short while anyways. For all of you out there, when your family grows up it doesn’t happen that often that you are all together.
I am thankful for…….. so many things that I cannot list here. I am thinking of an old song from when I was young…..”my cup runneth over with love”
From the kitchen…….. I have a turkey and a spiral ham thawing. We are going to friends for Thanksgiving but we will cook them here also in order to feed this crew throughout the week. I think I will freeze some for meals after I have my surgery too.
I am wearing……. jeans, green tee shirt, warm fuzzy slippers. I think I need to build a fire in the stove.
I am reading……. finishing up Let Me Be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot
I am hoping…… to get the last of my Christmas presents made this week and get them all wrapped by Saturday. I like to have it all done by the first Sunday of Advent. I am feeling the crunch now that I have a date for my pre-ops and for surgery.
I am hearing……. silence!!!! Matthew is on his computer and the sergeant is getting dressed to go outside.
Around the house…… laundry is washing, sewing is getting done.
One of my favorite things……. going to bed at night and knowing that my family is near and that most of them are safe and sound and near by.
A few plans for the rest of the week……. get Mk from school and help her get her Christmas shopping done, have Matthew get his wrapping and sewing done so we can clean up the dining room. Finish all of my projects and commissions and get them out of the house. Make some plans for Doug and Matthew’s meals for when I am in the hospital and after I come home.
A picture thought that I am sharing with you……..
The bull that we borrowed named Jason, with his head in the chicken coop door eating the hay that is stored in there. Matthew almost panicked when he saw him there because he thought that his head was too large for the door and he would be stuck in there. Fortunately he wasn’t and he was just innocently eating the hay that no one had discovered.
Comments (13)
I love when you do these kinds of entries. I’m so happy to hear that you’ll have a full house for the holiday, too!
That picture is hilarious!
That bull– hysterical.
I pray that this time is a balm to your soul.
Glad that you have a full house. Every day this week will be Thanksgiving.
I am impressed that you do your Christmas shopping/wrapping so early. I wait until after Thanksgiving.
When is the surgery. I’m praying for you.
It sounds like a wonderful week for you all.
See you tomorrow.
@ugotafriend - The surgery is on the 15th. I haven’t processed it all yet.
Yo. How’s it going?
Prayers and good wishes to your family… wishing you a wonderful thanksgiving!
@MlleRobillard - all of God’s choicest blessings on you and your family this Thanksgiving. Give a special hug and kiss to Tante Ruth.
I love these entries too. You’ve inspired me to try it on my own end of the universe!
Ok, put you on my “list” for the 15th. Glad kids are gathering home. Sounds like you’re going to have a hectic fun time in the next few weeks.
@TheSunnyC - the kind of hectic fun that a mother likes. At least this mother does. Hubby came home tonight with the assurance that he is able to take a few days off when the time comes. I have never spent any time in the hosp without him yet and I don’t plan on starting now. This will be my 15th surgery and I am a little nervous about this. Don’t want to do it without him by my side.
Lovely Daybook entry.
I agree. It’s balm for a mother’s heart when older children come home!
Great shot of the Bull. At first I thought it was a skunk, lol