January 9, 2012
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The Simple Womans Daybook 9 January 2012
Outside my window…the sun is shining, sort of, and it is quite chilly out. I think I need to wrastle with my mind about going out and taking a long walk to work off the cake and cookies that I ate yesterday.
I am thinking…that spending time with family and friends is the best medicine for all kinds of ills. All the aches and pains and sadness were all still there yesterday but there was no time to think about it.
I am thankful for…the visit from my niece Caiti. She slips into her place in this family as if she had been born here. She feels like the daughter that I never gave birth to but was somewhere else waiting to be with us.
From the kitchen…left over chicken and gravy. I think I will make biscuits to go along with that and a green salad for the side.
I am wearing….blue long johns and a blue sleep shirt.
I am creating…healing for both my heart and soul.
I am going…nowhere today. Matthew can take my car to work and leave me no way to leave this house. I want to stay home with the warmth of home wrapped safely around me.
I am reading….Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain
I am hoping…that the lawyer calls today to announce the closing date for our sale of land.
I am hearing….Matthew making his breakfast, Melissa and MK discussing the quilt that is in progress, and Layn playing with his blocks.
Around the house…there will be a great upheaval. Now that the Christmas season is officially over we will be (sadly) taking down the lights, garland, Christmas village, and other sundry ornamentation. I need to deck the house with something cheerful for winter in the interim between now and Lent.
One of my favorite things…mismatched dinner plates and uncoordinated table linens.
A few plans for the rest of the week….undeck the halls today and get some cleaning done today. The rest of the week will be spent in blessed normalcy (such as that is around here)
Here is a picture thought that I am sharing with you…
The birthday cake in progress that Caiti did for MK yesterday.
