The Simple Woman's Daybook . . .

 

 

FOR TODAY, November 21, 2017

Outside my window ...

Its dark and cold.  Yesterday was quite mild however, at least outside.  There were even little bugs flying around.  I think it was colder in the house than it was outside! It quickly cooled down when the sun set however.

I am thinking ...

I wonder when Eric Clapton is coming over for dinner. Haha.  Dream.  I have very vivid dreams and sometimes they carry on all night.  Last night I dreamt I went for a Job interview at this place and it ended up being a recording studio and Eric Clapton was in there with his drummer from Cream and a large black woman and they were recording a record of some sort.  Fair enough, then later on in the evening I found myself on a bus with him sitting in the seat next to me.  I was trying not to look at him.  I missed my bus stop because I didn't want to ask him to get up.  I went home and carved a pumpkin that said, I was on the bus with Eric Clapton.  A bit later I was on the bus again, with this pumpkin and who should get on the bus and sit with me again.  Eric Clapton.  I thought to myself, this is too strange and so I told him that we had met before at the  job interview and on the bus, and I showed him my pumpkin and he thought it was cool and I ended up inviting him for dinner.  I dug my address book out of my purse so he could put his phone number in it so I could call him to set up the date.  Then I told him not to expect anything fancy, probably just bangers and mash or something like that because I don't cook fancy at home, and he was okay with that, and I woke up.  haha!  What a dream.  I wonder why I have such vivid dreams??  Truth be told, he was starting to look more like Keith Urban by the end of the dream, but it was supposed to be Eric Clapton. I could even hear him singing Tears from Heaven.

In the kitchen ...

 

 

Root Vegetable Tian. Could this be one of the sides on your holiday table this year?  Its a simple bake. As simple as peeling and slicing some veg, blanching it and layering it in a baking dish with a bit of olive oil, seasoning and parsley.  Pretty to look at and very tasty.  Healthy too!

On my "To Cook" list ... 

 

 

 

The View from Great Island.  Spiced Apple Cake, with a nutmeg glaze.  This looks fabulously delicious!

Good to know ...

 

 

A guide to baking pans and their sizes, what to use them for, etc.

 

I am creating ...  

 

 

 

I finished the shawl for my mom for Christmas.  Now I just have to buy some picky bits and post it off.  At least this won't be too heavy!  I love how it turned out. I hope she does too.  It should keep her shoulders warm this winter.

 

  

 

Poppy and Bliss.  Tunisian Feathers.  I love the candy colours.  Complete tutorial. Free Pattern.

 

 

Easy Peasy and Fun.  Yarn Wrapped Christmas Trees.  Simple.  

 

 

 

The Craft Patch.  Free printable Christmas Treat Box.  Cute!

Creativities.  Printable city advent calendar.  I love the little putz houses. This would be great done up like those.

I am reading ... 

 

Lisette's List, by Susan Vreeland

In 1937, young Lisette Roux and her husband, André, move from Paris to a village in Provence to care for André's grandfather Pascal. Lisette regrets having to give up her dream of becoming a gallery apprentice and longs for the comforts and sophistication of Paris. But as she soon discovers, the hilltop town is rich with unexpected pleasures.

Pascal once worked in the nearby ochre mines and later became a pigment salesman and frame maker; while selling his pigments in Paris, he befriended Pissarro and Cézanne, some of whose paintings he received in trade for his frames. Pascal begins to tutor Lisette in both art and life, allowing her to see his small collection of paintings and the Provençal landscape itself in a new light. Inspired by Pascal's advice to "Do the important things first," Lisette begins a list of vows to herself (#4. Learn what makes a painting great). When war breaks out, André goes off to the front, but not before hiding Pascal's paintings to keep them from the Nazis' reach.

With German forces spreading across Europe, the sudden fall of Paris, and the rise of Vichy France, Lisette sets out to locate the paintings (#11. Find the paintings in my lifetime). Her search takes her through the stunning French countryside, where she befriends Marc and Bella Chagall, who are in hiding before their flight to America, and acquaints her with the land, her neighbors, and even herself in ways she never dreamed possible. Through joy and tragedy, occupation and liberation, small acts of kindness and great acts of courage, Lisette learns to forgive the past, to live robustly, and to love again. 

 

I am looking forward to ...

Tina and Tony are coming for lunch today.  I love having them over.  They will be leaving in a couple of days to go to Australia for their daughter's wedding and Christmas. I will miss them while they are away! 

 

Dreaming about ...

 

Oh to be young again  . . .  

 

  

 

Laura Ashley  . . . 

 

 

A corner to write in . . . 

 

 

Bumble bee charm  . . . 

 

Just because  . . .   

Something to watch ... 

  

I've just started watching this.  I finished Gossip Girl.  I was disappointed there was only two seasons of GG.

A quote for the day ... 

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   Imagine no limitations on what you 

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Makes me smile ...

  

They look like good friends . . . 

Corners of my Kingdom  ...

  

 

Hadrian's Wall   . . . dividing Scotland from England . . . 

And that's my daybook for this week!


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BOOK OF MORMON CORNER - Today's reading - 1 Nephi 21:1-21 
Question: What have you learnt from the reading today? How has temple work blessed your life?  

 

What I learnt -  This chapter refers to the gathering of the lost tribes of Israel, and how, in the fulness of times, they will build up zion in the last days. The prisoners who sit in darkness are those who have died and have been redeemed through temple ordinances. The Lord never forgets his promises but fulfills them every jot and tittle. The purpose of temples is to gather the saints.  

 

I love to go to the temple with questions. I love to ponder every word and deed of each session. Who is speaking, who is being taught, the relevance of everything received. I know the Lord delights to teach us. There isn't anything we can not know if we ask in patience and faith. "Ask, seek, knock". Line upon line we can be taught in the Lords house. Our homes are a place of learnng. Learning how to live the gospel. I'm trying to pattern my home on the temple, to be clean, orderly, pure, filled with love, peaceful and prayerful that the Lords spirit can dwell here too. How blessed we are especially, here in the UK to have not one but two temples on our doorstep. There are many places in the world where they have to save for a lifetime to be able to visit the temple even just once and it is a long journey of great sacrifice to get there.  We need to go more often.  We should go more often.

Tommorrow's Reading (Day 33) - 1 Nephi 21:22-22:10 

Question - What have you learnt from the reading today? When have you had the chance to be an everyday missionary?

 

Have a wonderful Tuesday!  Don't forget along the way of your day  . . . 

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and I do too!