The Simple Woman's Daybook ...

 

FOR TODAY, October 31, 2017

Outside my window ...

Its dark. Its cold. Its dry. Its Halloween!  BOO!

I am thinking ...

I wonder how many trick or treaters we will get this year.  Last year I think we got about 10.  When I first moved over here we got zip, so things have improved. In Canada, we used to get hundreds!

In the kitchen ...

 

The perfect meal to end a cold day on, Chicken & Corn Chowder.  Fabulous! 

On my "To Cook" list ...

Bowl of Deliciousness.  New England Baked Haddock.  This looks fabulous!  Also very simple.  I am all for simple!

Good to know ...

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I am creating ...

Working on a piece of art, a commission. 

 

The WHOot.  A collection of Crochet Women's Slippers. 

Debbie Shore, Felt Applique Chicken Tea Cosy.

Habberdashery Fun.  DIY quilted chicken bread basket.  

Smashed Peas and Carrots.  DIY Beginners Sewing kit.   

Crochet Mini Stocking Advent Bunting.  From How to Crochet.  This is really cute, even if you don't use it as a calendar, just as bunting! 

I am reading ...

FAITHFUL, by Alice Hoffman  

Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tragedy changes her fate. Her best friend’s future is destroyed in an accident, while Shelby walks away with the burden of guilt.

What happens when a life is turned inside out? When love is something so distant it may as well be a star in the sky? Faithful is the story of a survivor, filled with emotion, from dark suffering to true happiness, a moving portrait of a young woman finding her way in the modern world. A fan of Chinese food, dogs, bookstores, and men she should stay away from, Shelby has to fight her way back to her own future. In New York City she finds a circle of lost and found souls, including an angel who’s been watching over her ever since that fateful icy night.

Here is a character you will fall in love with, so believable and real and endearing, that she captures both the ache of loneliness and the joy of finding yourself at last. For anyone who’s ever been a hurt teenager, for every mother of a daughter who has lost her way, Faithful is a roadmap.

I have just started this book, so its early days, but so far so good.  

 

I am looking forward to ...

I have another appointment at the Docs this morning. This time to see the nurse.  Apparently she is going to fit me with some sort of appliance that I will wear for 24 hours to test my blood pressure over that period of time. It was really high again yesterday when I went to the Docs and he checked it three times. I am looking forward to getting this sorted. Its very disconcerting.

Dreaming about ...

Pretty  rings  . . .  love all of these but the rosebud best of all . . . 

 Silk scarves by hermes . . . 

  

Sigh  . . .  can you imagine?  

Pretty mirrors  . . .

 

 Greengate spoons  . . .

  

 Something to watch ...

 

The Work and the Glory. You can watch it on Netflix.  There are three films.  We have them on DVD and have watched them at least six times.  They are based on the series of books by Gerald Lund.  Excellent.

A quote for the day ...

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No one of us is less treasured or cherished of God than another.

I testify that He loves each of us. Insecurities, anxieties, self image and all.

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Makes me smile ...  

  

Our lounge last evening . . .  cosy, cosy . . . we switched our livingroom around yesterday.  I quite like the new look. 

Corners of my kingdom ...

 

 Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales.  I love Wales.  It is such a beautiful country. I would love to live there . . . 

And that's my daybook for this week!


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BOOK OF MORMON CORNER - Today's Reading - 1 Nephi 9:1-10:10
Question -  How can remembering that "the Lord knoweth all things" help you in your life?  

What I learned - A quote I like about God came to my mind as I read the verses today - 'I dont know what He's doing but I know who He is'.  For Nephi, knowing WHO was asking him was enough for him to accept and obey, he didn't need to know the 'WHY' behind the command/prompting as well. Nephi had constant trust in God and His plan. I can also take comfort in the truth that everything God asks of us has 'a wise purpose' ,  to uplift us, to teach us, to change us, to bless us, to bless others.  Whatever is raging around us,  because we know there is a God and a Saviour,  we can feel peace and protection.

Tomorrow's Reading (Day 12) -  1 Nephi 10:11-11:11

 Question - What is Nephi teaching us about the Holy Ghost? How has the gift of the Holy Ghost blessed you in your life? 


Wherever you go and whatever you do, I hope there's a great day ahead of you! Don't forget!


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And I do too!!