FOR TODAY, January 12, 2021
Outside my window ...
The sun is fully up. I am late getting started. I spent some time in my bedroom lost in Instagram. You know how it goes. Before you know it an hour has passed and you never meant to spend five minutes on it if that. The internet can be a great time waster if you let it.
I am thinking ...
Yesterday I was told I was a wallowing narcissist who cares only for myself and who begs for money and gifts. A whiner, a whinger, demanding that other's save me. If this is what people really think about me, then I need to re-evaluate why I blog. I actually had thought that by sharing my experiences I might help someone else who was going through the same thing or something similar. I actually had thought that sharing my feelings and thoughts about what I have been through might be a way of helping me heal, and in the process help others as well. I guess I am incredibly naive.
I am thankful for ...
My family and my faith. I am not sure exactly where I would be without either of these things, but I can tell you that I have lost the will to go on and to live several times through this whole process and were it not for cowardess and these two things I would not be here. I am grateful for a family that has always been there for me just as I have always been there for them. That's what family does. Family. They love and they care. Forever and for always, no matter what. My family asked me to come here. Before all of the kaka even hit the fan, they wanted me to come here. They wanted me to leave and to come home as soon as. Because that is what family does. I did not ever demand any help or even ask for it. Not ever. But I was very grateful for the offer. And the wallowing narcissist that I am accepted their help.
In the kitchen ...
Sharing my mom's favourite Coconut Cream Pie.
On my "To Cook" list ...
Hungarian Mushroom Soup, by Little Spice Jar. This looks yummy.
Good to know ...
From Martha Stewart. I rmember learning most of these in school.
I am wanting to create ...
I've been working on these in my bedroom nights while I watch Neflix on the laptop. I brought them in my suitcase with me. I had already done the Christmas pudding one in the UK. It was light and so I popped it into my suitcase at the last minute. I am glad that I did. I only need to trim the shapes now and embroider around the edges, attach some hangers and away I go. I got the pattern here on Pretty Fabrics and Trims.
I really love this cardigan. Love the length and the pockets. From Ravelry. Not free, but not expensive either. Downloadable PDF.
Shabby Chic Cath Kidston knobs using paper napkins. From Kaela Elliot.
Cupcake coffee cup cosies. So cute. FromTwinkie Chan.
I am reading ...
The Confession Club, by Elizabeth Berg
In
this uplifting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The
Story of Arthur Truluv, good friends discover that the things we fear
revealing to others can be the very things that bring us closer
together.
When
a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly supper
club, they get more than they bargained for. The plan for congenial
evenings—talking, laughing, and sharing recipes, homemade food, and
wine—abruptly changes course one night when one of the women reveals
something startlingly intimate. The supper club then becomes Confession
Club, and the women gather weekly to share not only dinners, but
embarrassing misdeeds, deep insecurities, and long-held regrets.
They
invite Iris Winters and Maddy Harris to join, and their timing couldn't
be better. Iris is conflicted about her feelings for a charming but
troubled man, and Maddy has come back home from New York to escape a
problem too big to handle alone. The club offers exactly the kind of
support they need to help them make some difficult decisions.
I am really enjoying this! I will hate it when I get to the end! I have always loved Elizabeth Berg's books.
Dreaming About ...
A Cottage in the woods . . .
Pink glass cake stands . . .
Shabby Chic cases . . .
Pretty bowls . . .
Cute little kitchens . . .
Something to watch ...
The Judge, Netflix. Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall
A Quote for the Day ...
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"I have had countless prayers answered. Not a day has gone by that I have not communicated with my Father in Heaven through prayer. It is a relationship I cherish—one I would literally be lost without."
~Thomas S Monson
I loved President Monson.
Makes me smile ...
Window stars and tea towell curtains . . .
One of my favourite things ...
Tiny boxes filled with things . . . small vignettes . . .
Corners of my kingdom ...
Seen on the Port Hawkesbury hiking trail.
A thought to carry with you ...
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*.˛If you could see the
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*.˛If you could see the
size of the blessing coming,
you would understand the
magnitude of the battle
you are facing . . . •。★★ 。*
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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