A Day Book . . .

 

FOR TODAY, November 18th, 2024

 

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OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ...

It's still dark outside and it is cold and wet, with a light rain. It is supposed to be rainy all week this week.  That's November, dismal and grey and wet. It could always be a lot worse! It could be frigid and snowing!  I'll take the rain!

I AM THINKING ...

This was back in the day. Early Coronation Street.  I started watching it when I was a young teenager, not quite as early as this episode, but it was still in black and white, and it fired in me a desire to visit the U.K. someday, as if the Beatles hadn't already done so.  I watched it for many, many years and then I stopped when I was living in the U.K. as a certain someone didn't like it very much.  I probably wouldn't recognize it or the characters that are in it now.

 

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I AM ALSO THINKING ...

My church is having a turkey dinner with games, etc. on the 30th of November. We can bring guests if we want to.  I would like to bring my father as I think he might enjoy it, and I would also like to invite Eileen and Tim.  They wouldn't come, however. Nobody from my family has ever been to my church except for my mother. I don't know what they are afraid of.  My mother came once, just to the sacrament meeting part of it.  When she went back home my ex-husband met her at the door all anxious and worried that something bad might have happened to her for going to my church. That is why nobody in my family will go to my church. We live in the Bible belt of Canada, and they all think that Latter Day Saints are on the fast track to hell. And that if they went to my church even once, they would be in danger themselves.  I see other people at church with their families all the time. It is a very family-oriented church. That is the hard part of being a member of this church when you are on your own.  I think my dad might come, but I will see. There is no harm in asking.

IN THE KITCHEN ...

A delicious Vanilla Buttermilk Cake.  This is a six-inch cake and one of the best Vanilla cakes I have ever baked and eaten. It's simply fabulous. It's a good thing it's not any larger than that or I would be in big trouble, lol

ON MY "TO COOK" LIST ...

Italian Venetian Soup.  From 2 Sister's Recipes.  This looks simply fabulous!

LOOKING FORWARD TO ...

We are all going to the Big Scoop for supper on Wednesday night, even Dan. That will be fun. They have a new rotisserie now to do chicken. I might give it a go!

 

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SOMETHING NICE ...

I love Anne of Green Gables. I have watched all of the movies a few times. I watch them every chance I can get.  The old one with Megan Fellows in it.  I also like the series on Netflix, Anne with an E.  A friend had gifted me with the whole series when I was in the U.K. and I loved it.  I will re-gift myself with it one day. 

 

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SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S NICE ...

White wooden furniture with a distressed finish. If I had the money, I would replace all of my dark dining room furniture with white furniture, but sigh, I am old and will make do with what I have.

SOMETHING THAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE ...

I cannot refute this.  I live it every day. It can sometimes take years, but eventually . . . He will save us and turn our lives around for the better.

I AM WANTING TO CREATE ...

 

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Natural decorations for my tiny Christmas Tree . . . 

 

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My fingers are itching to paint  . . . 

 

Tiny bottle brush trees . . .  PixieHill

Knitted bows  . . .  Source

Crochet Santa Badges . . . Etsy 

 

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OH MY GOODNESS ...

A nest full of baby otters.  So cute.

 

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NOW THAT'S A CHEERFUL SIGHT . . . 

Pristine white, all decked out in red and green.

I AM READING ...

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats, by Carolyn Meyer

At the age of nine, Cynthia Ann Parker was captured in an Indian raid and taken to live as a slave with the Comanche. Twenty-four years later, she is the wife of a chief and the mother of a young warrior destined to become the great chief Quanah Parker. But in 1861, Parker and her infant daughter are recaptured and returned against their will to a white settlement. This moving story is a riveting examination of the conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers.

THINGS I LOVE ...

 

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Hot spiced apple drinks  . . . 

 

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Flea market treasures  . . . 

 

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The smell of cinnamon  . . . 

 

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Stamps  . . . 

 

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Hugs from the ones that I love . . . you can't beat them!

SOMETHING TO WATCH ...

I've been revisiting the series Olive Kitterage on Crave.

A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU ...

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It is the idea of something
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And that is my daybook for this week!  Thanks always for being here!

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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!