Pre-Thanksgiving Simple Woman's

FOR TODAY...November 23, 2011

Outside my Mom's window...Six happy children playing in the yard (Abby and Marina are police women, complete with handmade badges and bicycle patrol cars.  Ian and Randy are Indians.  K is practicing his aim with the bow.  Cara is just plain happy).  One happy, happy, birthday celebrating Daddy.  The county lifted its eight month burn ban and half of the property is ablaze.   

I am thinking...about food preparations for tomorrow.

I am thankful for...'tis the season.  I am blessed and highly favored, but I think I am most thankful this year for our little surprise blessing: Levi James.

I am wearing... blue jeans, socks, and a turqois thermal.

I am remembering...this is the house I grew up in, so it is rife with memories.  Just a few minutes ago, peeking out the window watching the girls, I thought about my little sister and I tearing up that same driveway on our bikes.

I am going...to continue cooking a stupendous meal (or at least my half of it) as soon as I post.

I am currently reading...do recipes count?

I am hoping...that my turkey turns out de-lish.

On my mind...cooking, cooking, cooking

Noticing that...My brownies are YUMMY!

Pondering these words... Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better.--William Shakespeare

From the kitchen...Daddy's birthday brownies, turkey, ham, stuffing and mashed potatoes, leavings from Daddy's birthday breakfast (cinnamon biscuits, bacon, and fried eggs), prepared seasoning mix for roasted turkey, and various asundry.

Around the house...Mama (recuperating from abdominal surgery) is watching HG TV and Levi is asnooze upstairs and pretty much everyone else is enjoying the great--if somewhat smokey--outdoors.

From my picture journal: Going to have to pass on that.  Mom's computer does not have an SD port.

Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY...October 17, 2011

Outside my window... a first chilly front is making its way across the region

I am thinking...oh, many deep and troubling things, but I am blogging to de-stress, so I won't go in to those.

I am thankful for... a safe return from a weekend trip to my hometown and I'm thankful that though I forgot Cara's meds for the first time in three years, the W*lgreens agreed to release an emergency dose.

I am wearing... blue jeans and aqua-green peasant top

I am remembering trying to remember...what did I do, when the master and I were dating, to "fill his love account?"

I am going...to drive half-way back to hometown tomorrow to rendezvous with parents and retrieve Cara's medicine. Fun, fun.

I am currently reading... Fall in Love to Stay in Love by Willard Harvey (you might have guessed that from the "I am remembering" section), Secure in the Everlasting Arms by Elisabeth Elliot, and Heroes of Nine Eleven (picked it up at kids' book fair this week for me and Ian to share.  Not exactly sure who wrote it).

I am hoping...that $1,300.00 will fall from the sky so that we can finalize Levi's adoption this month.

On my mind...again, this post is meant to diffuse the burdens of my mind.

Noticing that...not two months into this new gig and I am already neglecting my blog.

Pondering these words..."But if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved."

From the kitchen...tried a new R*chel R*y recipe today: Chicken Cord don blue sandwhiches.  They were o.k., I guess.  Kind of reminded me of something the master and I ate in Russia called Piguant Meat.  I may try it next time with a mushroom sauce.

Around the house...Seven sleepy puppies.  Too sleepy to bark.

One of my favorite things...catching up with an old friend.

From my picture journal...

"What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?"