A Day Book . . .

 

FOR TODAY, March 25th, 2025

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ...

It was bitter cold yesterday, well it felt bitter cold anyways, and we did get a bit of snow, but that turned to rain overnight.  The sun is not up yet so it is still dark, but starting to lighten up, and the puddles are on the ground from last night's rain. It is above zero so quite a bit milder than yesterday.  I can see that the grass is starting to look a bit greener. Even in the dark.

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I AM THINKING ...

I have already told myself that today is going to be a good day, and I have no reason to believe otherwise!  Positive thinking.  My glass is half full already!

 

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I AM ALSO THINKING ...

It was nice to get to spend some time with Eileen and Tim yesterday. Love my daughter very much. We broke bread together and had a few laughs. It was rather expensive though so maybe next time I will just bring them here for a meal. Not that they aren't worth it, because they are, but by the time I paid the tip it was over $70. We had to eat early because I had forgotten about my Financial Self Reliance Course, which is on Monday evenings beginning at six.  They didn't mind though, so that was good.  I was back here in good time.

IN THE KITCHEN ...

Giant Molasses Cookies.  I did a small batch of these yesterday. It should have made only a dozen, but it made 18 big cookies. I had enough to give Cindy half a dozen and Eileen and Tim half a dozen and I had half a dozen to keep for myself. They are delicious. Can you ever have too many molasses cookie recipes?  I think not!

 

ON MY "TO COOK" LIST ...

These air fryer chips look really tasty. I have done chips in the microwave before and they were nice. I want to try these ones in the air fryer from Taste of Home. 

 

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SOMETHING I KNOW TO BE TRUE ...

It's all about perspective. You create a life by the choices you make and how you look at things. It is not so much what happens to you that counts so much as it is how you react to the things that happen.

 

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SOMETHING THAT'S NICE ...

Pancakes and syrup.  Very tempting . . . 

 

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SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S NICE ...

A Flock of Paper birds.  Origami.  Can you imagine how long it took to hang all of those birds up?

I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE ...

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Forget Me Nots  . . . 

 

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Pipe cleaner pets  . . . 

 

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Small worlds  . . . 

 

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Felted robins  . . . 

 

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Little paper mice  . . . 

 

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SOMETHING I ENJOY ...

Writing and journaling . . . .

SOMETHING ELSE I ENJOY ...

Creating little characters. It's been a long time since I have done so . . .  I lost a lot of my spark four years or so ago  . . . 

OH MY GOODNESS ...

Nutmeg giving me his "love" eyes earlier this morning.

 

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I wish that I had the space in my bathroom for a cabinet like this  . . .

I AM READING ...

THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM, by Philip Hensher

The Corner That Held Them is a story of many small lives lived both with small hopes and grand dreams. It is the story of the convent of Oby. It was founded in the 12th century by a man 10 years after he discovers his wife in bed with her lover and righteously slaughters the lover. We meet the nuns 200 years later and peer into the intimate details of their lives. We find that the location of the convent is not the most advantageous – its farm land is frequently flooded. It is in a swampy location. The prioress is the CEO of the convent, scheming to attract novices with good dowries, planning on how to maximize its income, enticing a new priest, meeting and mingling with the worldly most particularly those who can or may help the convent with its affairs, designing a magnificent spire to increase its prestige and wrangling with her fellow nuns. It is the same whoever the prioress is, whoever the nuns are. They make little economies, they make large economies, they say their offices every day, they are political and they are religious and they are domestic. They fight and bicker and quarrel like any small community. They survive the Black Death, the changing of bishops, a priest who is not a priest and mad nuns. They survive being robbed and being oppressed. There are side stories and stories that illuminate their surroundings. It is brilliantly done and a marvelously realized world.

THINGS THAT CATCH MY FANCY ...

 

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Sheep . . . 

 

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Gazebos . . . 

 

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Wooden spoons  . . . 

 

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A room with a view . . . 

 

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Patchwork quilts  . . . 

 

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I AM GRATEFUL FOR ...

Flowers.  They add such beauty to any place  . . . 

 

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ALSO GRATEFUL FOR ...

Sunshine  . . . 

SOMETHING TO WATCH ...

1883 on Netflix . . .

A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU ...

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 *.If you want 

to live a happy life,

tie it to a goal, not

to people or things.

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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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