Tuesday Daybook (with a surprise ending!)

In the garden...

...it's a gray day in central Ohio. It's been gray for days and days. It was warm and rainy for a couple of days, but today it's colder and dry. I hear it is supposed to get pretty cold again this weekend, so we might get snow.

If I could tolerate the temps for long, I would benefit from the sound of my "water feature." I should record the sound of my babbling creek in the backyard. 

On my way indoors, the kitty followed me. She wanted in and the dog wanted out.But once the dog went out she changed her mind and went with. They are an odd couple.

I'm thinking about...

...how long it's been since I did a Daybook -- almost a year. I have really embraced my departure from FB, but I do miss my friends and family. I'm afraid I've received no requests for my phone number so I could get precious kid photos on my phone instead of my feed. It feels lonely, but it also feels more peaceful. Social media has become a peace-thief, and I need peace like nobody's business, so I'm keeping the deal I made with myself.

I am wearing...

...black v-neck, black leggings and socks, and a khaki skirt. And, of course, my apron and head scarf because it's Tuesday and I'm cooking!

I'm so grateful for the apron that Jessica sent me years ago because I wear it every time I cook and it has not worn out!

I am reading....

...nothing; I was reading You Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg from the library, but a few pages a night was not enough to finish it before it was due back. I need to try again so I can finish it. 

I am creating...

...A baby blanket for a baby shower this weekend. My brother commissioned it last week as a gift from his wife and daughter (they are in Maryland so can not attend), and the yarn arrived on Thursday. I'm about 2/3 finished, so I think I'll make it. It's a pretty stripe of white, flamingo pink, and blackberry in KnitPicks Comfy Worsted.

In the kitchen...
...today I cooked three dozen Porcupine Meatballs with sauce, 10 pounds of mashed potatoes, made teriyaki marinade and marinated 26 chicken drumsticks, and made two steamers of white rice all for my customers.

Around the house...

...the laundry is almost finished until Saturday, but the bathrooms could use a scrub. It's not too hard to keep things picked up these days with Noah and Faith gone most of the day. The kitchen gets the most use and I have the dishpan hands to prove it!

Plans for the rest of the week...

...meal delivery tomorrow and laundry customers all day Thursday and Friday.

A few of my favorite things...

...news that I haven't shared here in this little corner of the world -- one of my very favorite things and something I've been waiting for:

I'm going to be a grandma! My Joshua and his wife, Taylor, are expecting! 

I'm over the moon excited, and even though baby is not due until end of July, we're planning and thinking about it all the time!

Prayers sent heavenward...

...for my husband and children, to do God's will every day
...for contracts for my husband's business and clients for mine
...for that sweet little grandbaby
...for all priests and religious

...all babies whose mothers are contemplating abortion, for a change of heart

...for friends who have asked for prayers