Monday, October 11, 2010

The Simple Woman's Daybook For Today - October 11







FOR TODAY ... Monday, October 11, 2010

Outside my window... the sun is shining again, and it's going to get warm again; gosh, I sound like a broken record - but I can't complain.  I love this weather (although we definitely need some rain -- our yard and our newly-planted dog wood need it).

I am thinking
... that I'd better get to JoAnn's in the next couple of days so I still have time to order 2 yds. of red felt if JoAnn's doesn't carry it (surely they do!!!!).  He wants to be a red M&M; I found instructions on how to make an M&M costume online - seems easy enough.  

I am thankful for
... my sweet hubby; it's too easy to focus on the little negatives but to be honest, there are waaaaaaaaaaay more positives that I need to focus on.  Besides, it's not like I'm not without my flaws - after all, I'm still a work-in-progress.  LOL

From the kitchen
... breakfast dishes are in the sink.  I may be a morning person, what with getting up earlier than I would have imagined pre-retirement and with enjoying the peace and quiet of the early morning hours, but that doesn't mean that I get moving very quickly.  It takes me a good couple of hours to get dressed and get busy. 

I am wearing
...my usual:  River Otter's T, pants, sweatshirt; I'm trying to determine if I ought to wear shorts or long pants today; I guess I'll go with the pants since it's liable to be on the chilly side in the church building this evening

I am creating
... a quilt for DSIL; I'm still working on it ... and will be for quite a while so don't expect much change in this topic ;-)

I am going
... talk to my friend/neighbor Lois about a road trip to the quilt shop in Hannibal, MO


I am hoping...
to fix my cutting error on border #1 on DSIL's quilt, add the outer border and start basting.  We'll have to go to the church building where I can grab an empty classroom, push together enough tables to create a large enough working area where I can lay out my backing, my batting and my quilt top to baste the layers together.  As much as I want to get the quilt ready to start quilting *NOW*, I'm going to wait to do that this evening as I don't want to miss the Blues game (on TV) this afternoon.

I am hearing
... bricklayers and roofers working on the house across the street

Around the house
...the clothes hamper is starting to overflow - I need to do laundry (but first, I might need to fold the laundry that's overflowing in the clothes basket in the laundry room).  I don't mind doing the laundry - it's finishing the job that seems to be the problem.  :-o

One of my favorite thing
s... caramel apples.  I'll definitely stop at Bobby's on my way home from basting my quilt to get one.


A few plans for the rest of the week/weekend…
tomorrow night is quilt guild, Wednesday night is our Sunday School class's turn to prepare the meal for WWF, Friday is T#4's first birthday and Captain Hog's BBQ at the Gun Club

I can't begin to describe just how much contentment I've been feeling the last several weeks; when I stop to soak it all in, I'm just about moved to tears.  God is so good ... I pray that I never take Him or His blessings for granted. 

5 comments:

  1. Love your post - makes me wish I was in your neck of the woods!!

    Thanks so much for stopping by The House on the Corner ~ I'm a new follower!

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  2. You sound like me on that last part. I just am soaking in the joy.

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  3. AMEN! My daughter and I have been talking about the joy so much lately. It's a shame that most of the time we are all so busy go, go, going that sometimes we forget to stop and live the moment.

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  4. You sound like me on that last part. I just am soaking in the joy.

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  5. AMEN! My daughter and I have been talking about the joy so much lately. It's a shame that most of the time we are all so busy go, go, going that sometimes we forget to stop and live the moment.

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