Simple Woman's Daybook

Outside my window...it's snowing: surprise! Doug spent last evening washing both cars, inside the garage, lugging buckets of warm water in and out of the house. Of course it's snowing.

I am thinking...about my to do list. It's long and it's written -- trying to stay more organized. I have limited time at the computer...things to do.

I am thankful for...a return to order and schedule.

From the learning rooms...planning, and some changes. We need to stir things up. The learning became blasé before our break. Maybe we need a change of scenery; definitely something.

From the kitchen...some Sally Lunn bread with dinner -- for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's feast day.

I am wearing...a nightgown, robe, socks, and my new Haflinger slipper clogs. Love the slippers.

I am creating...knitting a white bolero for Peach. On Christmas Eve Day, in an attempt to get her red twirly Hannah Andersson Christmas dress off the hanger, she tore the neck. I could have cried. The tear is not in a seam, and even though I did a careful job of mending, you can see it clear as day. So, I'm attempting to knit a little white bolero for her to wear with it and cover the mend. ;-(

I am going...to take college boy's medication down to him. Of course he forgot something he needs today.

I am reading...Divine Intimacy -- I'm glad to be back.

I am hoping...to get everything done on my to do list, although it looks very daunting.

I am hearing...the room heater and the fish tank. Blessed quiet!

Around the house...the Christmas decorations are all still up. I guess we'll give it all twelve days. Much laundry and ironing to do. I promised myself five loads of laundry and two hours of ironing today.

One of my favorite things...new starts.

A few plans for the rest of the week... planning today and tomorrow, and my procedure on Wednesday will dictate how Thursday and Friday goes. I don't mean to be cryptic about my procedure, but I can't find a link that describes it.

A lingering thought...sent by my mother-in-law this morning:

"One thing Jesus asks of me is that I lean upon Him; that in Him alone I put complete trust; that I surrender myself to Him unreservedly. I need to give up my own desires in the work of my perfection. Even when I feel as if I were a ship without a compass, I must give myself completely to Him. I must not attempt to control God's actions. I must not desire a clear perception of my advance along the road, nor know precisely where I am on the way of holiness. I ask Him to make a saint of me, yet I must leave to Him the choice of that saintliness itself and still more the choice of the means that lead to it."
--Mother Teresa of Calcutta