The Simple Woman's Daybook . . .

 

 

 

FOR TODAY, February 4th, 2020

Outside my window...

Its dark. Its cold. Its windy, and the birds are starting to wake up. I would love to be a bird on a sunny day flying through the bright blue skies, but on a day like today, I am rather happy that I am not. 

 

I am thinking ... 

Not thinking about a lot really. We have a jam-packed week. I have a lesson to prep for Sunday. There was the dog groomers tomorrow, but thankfully that's been cancelled until next week.  I have the Back Doctor on Thursday.  Doreen's funeral on Friday and I am doing a reading. You know what they say, "There's just no rest for the wicked!" 

 

I am thankful for ...

That I keep babying this computer along. Its like an extension of myself. So far so good. Hoping to baby it until my son gets here in April and then maybe he can help me with it, help put a new battery in it or whatever. 

 

 In the kitchen ... 

 

 

Cheesy Chili Jacket Potatoes for Two, because some days I just get lazy. 

On my "To Cook" list ... 

 

Homestyle Chicken Curry.  BBC Good Food. Oh, I do so love a good curry. 

Good to know ... 

 

I am creating ... 

  

Maggies Crochet.  Basic Towel Toppers Pattern.  Free.

 

 

 

 

 

Mom's Crochet.  Free pattern for a crochet clothespin angel.    

 

 

 

 

Atty's.  Crochet Valentines Bunting.  

 

 

  

 

Play Dr Mom. Make your own worry dolls.  

 

 

 

 

 

Star Wars. DIY Clothespin Couples.  

 

 

 

I am reading ... 

 

 

 

 

Miss Austin, by Gill Hornby

A wonderfully original, emotionally complex novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister, Jane Austen – an act of destruction that has troubled academics for centuries.


1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family’s friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she is desperate should not be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane’s history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane’s reputation? Or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity …


Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.


I have only just started this, but it is touted to be the best novel of 2020 so far. 

 

Dreaming About ... 

 

 

 

Spring  . . . . 

 

 

  

 

Piano Music  . . . . 

 

 

 

The perfect ponytail  . . . 

 

 

  

 

Beach toes  . . . . 

 

 

 

Hand knit sweaters  . . . 

 

 

Makes me smile ... 

 

  

 

 

Hitching a ride . . .  

 

 

 Something to watch ... 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent.  Rene Zellweger is fabulous.  

 

 

A thought to carry with you  ... 

 

 

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 *Think of your closet as valuable real estate.

Don't let items linger without paying rent.

If you don't love it or wear it,  evict it.

•。★★ 。* 。•。★★ 。* 。•。★★ 。* 。 


 Corners of my Kingdom ... 

 

(source)

Llanddwn Island Light House  . . .  Anglesey, Wales 

 And that's my daybook for this week!



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⋯ ◯ ⋯ Take time to enjoy the small *´¯`.¸¸.☆
  ⋰ ⋮ ⋱ blessings in life.*´¯`.¸¸.☆ 



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Have a beautiful day!  Don't forget!   

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And I do too!