The Simple Woman's Daybook . . .

 

 

FOR TODAY, April 4, 2018

Outside my window...

Its dark, but the sky is clear, and the moon is still shining.  The morning chorus is just beginning. Have a blood test early this morning, so I am up a bit earlier. A dry day is a good day. 

 

I am thinking ...

Why is there so much swearing on television these days?? Is that how normal people talk?  Has the world changed that much? We started to watch a police show on Netflix called 7 Seconds, but it the language is horrendous and not necessary.  We watch Bluebloods, and there isn't any swearing on that, which proves that you can have an excellent police show without the bad language.  I hate the bad language. We just don't watch if it is way over the top, which is a shame because otherwise it is a great story.  

 

In the kitchen ...

 

 

Enchiladas Calabaza.  A vegetarian enchilada made with butternut squash. We love these. 

 

On my "To Cook" list ...

 

 

From Aunt Bee's Kitchen.  Olive Garden Garlic-Rosemary Chicken. This looks sooo good!  

 

Good to know ...

 

 

She Tried What  How to organize your baking cupboard.  Yes!  I need help there.

I am creating ...

 

 

No source, just inspiration.  Hand embroidery on a white t-shirt.  Beautiful.

 

  

 

Everything Etsy.  Free crochet washcloth pattern, plus free printable gift label wraps.

 

 

Natas Nest.  Free Jam Pot Covers pattern.  

 

 

 

Again no pattern, just eye candy inspiration.  Tea towel by Nana and Co.  I love all she makes.

 

 

Toadstool Needlebook.  Free pattern from Free Quilt Patterns. Cute! 

 

I am reading ...

 

 

The Visitor by Katherine Stansfield 

He turns and waves, twenty feet or so away... she can't swim as strongly as usual. She can taste blood again. Nicholas bobs where he is, letting her catch up. Her nightdress blooms around her like a sail. She reaches him and he touches her arm, very gently. She wants to grab him, hold him tightly in the water. Would he let her?

Cornwall. 1880. Pearl, Jack and Nicholas play among the fishing boats of Skommow Bay, not understanding the undercurrents beneath their games. As they grow older, the choices they make shape the pattern of their lives.

1936 and everything has changed. The fish have stopped coming and the Pilchard Palace is abandoned. Pearl, exiled in favour of holidaymakers, turns to the memory of her great love, and her greatest loss. She's waiting for her own visitor. Will he come for her? The sea's ghosts are stirring. The past can be more alive than the present…

A cliff top romance in the style of Daphne du Maurier and set in a fictional village based on St Ives, The Visitor is a novel steeped in the coast and people of Cornwall. It shivers and flashes with visions as elusive as the fish at the centre of its story.

I just started reading this last night, but its a page turner.

Looking forward to ...
We have a wedding to go to on Saturday. I need to go as I am taking the pictures. I love weddings.

Dreaming About ...

 

Bees on dishes  . . . 

  

Cats on pickets  . . . 

 

A chair to curl up in  . . . 

  

Iron bedsteads and wooden floors  . . . 

 

Floral printed sheers and ruffles . . . 

Something to watch ...

  

 

Re-runs of Roseanne.  Takes me back to when my kiddos were growing up.  Loved this show then, still do. I hear they have released a new series.  I hope that they air it over here.

A quote for the day ...

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Makes me smile ... 

  

Bunny snuggles  . . . 

Corners of my kingdom ...

 

 

Hever Castle in Kent.  Childhood home of Anne Boleyn.  Been there many times. It is fascinating. You can spend all day there exploring the castle and gardens and still not see it all. 

 

And that's my daybook for this week!



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BOOK OF MORMON CORNER 

Today's Reading - Mosiah 29:1-15 

Question - What have you learnt from the reading today? How can you prepare for peace?  

 

Thoughts - Mosiah prepared for peace by changing the way that his country was governed so that it was less likely for the people to become unrighteous. What ways can I change the way my life is governed to make it less likely for me to become unrighteous? I can pray often to keep my will in line with God's will. I can doubt my doubts instead of doubting my faith. I can do my best to keep his commandments. When I do all these things whatever happens in my life I will have barriers that Satan will have to break through if he wants to make me unrighteous and I won't be easily swayed.  Family councils are another good thing.  Sitting down together as a family and making plans together for how you want to conduct your lives, keep your home, etc. To talk about what is working and what isn't, and how you can improve, what needs changing.  Family prayer and scripture reading.  Studying conference talks together and discussing as a family what they mean to you, etc.

 

Tomorrow's Reading (Day 134) -  Mosiah 29:16-32 

Question - Why do you think Mosiah didn't want to have another King over the land? How can this apply to you? 

 

Have a wonderful Tuesday!  I hope the sun shines and you have an extra spring in your step!  I think it is going to be a clear day here today for a change!  Don't forget! 

 

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And I do too!