A Day Book . . .

 

FOR TODAY, April 7th, 2026

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ...

A mix of cloud and sun, it's cool. Some snow is expected tomorrow. A chilly day is expected today.

I AM THINKING ...

Eileen took the card from her sleep machine into the Sleep Shop to have it checked yesterday. Apparently before the machine she was stopping breathing on average 19 times an hour. Now it's only once. I think that's amazing.

 

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I AM ALSO THINKING ...

I can't wait to see some color in the yards. Everything is still quite dismal.

 

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I AM GRATEFUL FOR ...

My home. I am so grateful to have a roof over my head and the ability to pay for it. It is a special blessing from God.

I AM ALSO GRATEFUL FOR ...

This time I have to help Eileen get back on her feet again. We are going to work on menu plans and grocery lists. I cannot see where she will be able to afford to feed herself with only $80 a week. Yesterday she went with her worker and bought a loaf of bread, some popcorn, some soda, some water, some sugar free candy, sanitary napkins, some fruit and a few other tiny bits and it came to over $85. She had $10 on her rewards card so that came off, but still.  Groceries are so expensive. I am really concerned. I think I will have to completely kit her kitchen out before she even begins.

Speaking of kitchen  . . . 

IN THE KITCHEN ...

Easy Hawaiian Hash Bake.  A vintage recipe from a vintage cookbook. This was incredibly delicious with cubes of ham and sweet potato baked beneath a sweet and buttery pineapple brown sugar topping.  Not only did it smell amazing while it was baking but the taste was absolutely incredible.  We both really enjoyed this. It was a great way to use up some leftover ham.

ON MY "TO COOK" LIST ...

Southern Eats and Goodies.  Quick Pickled Celery. This sounds really good.

THIS I BELIEVE ...

Its the only way I could have gotten through what I go through.

 

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SOMETHING THAT IS NICE ...

A well manicured garden. I wish.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS NICE ...

Homemade bread. I need to make some. 

I AM WANTING TO CREATE ... 

 

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Crochet poppies  . . . 

 

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Crochet potholders  . . . 

A crochet table mat. Very pretty. No pattern that I can see, but very pretty all the same.

 

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Little lemon pouches  . . . 

 

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Crochet key chains  . . .  cute.

SOMETHING I ENJOY ...

 

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Finding random feathers in unexpected places.  Angels  . . . 

SOMETHING ELSE I ENJOY ...

 

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Illustrated quotes  . . . 

I AM READING ...

IN THE GREAT QUIET, by Laura Vogt

A pioneer unwaveringly endures the Oklahoma frontier in an epic adventure about a woman haunted by secrets and searching for home. 

 A cannon booms at high noon, and the race begins in the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. 

 Amid the crowd is Minnie Hoopes. Tenacious and fiercely independent, she is determined to endure the brutal frontier and create a life of her own. Guarding her solitude, she distances herself from bordering homesteaders and finds peace under the starry nights of the vast frontier. But this is outlaw country, and Minnie soon has the blood of two gunfighters on her hands. After a renegade outlaw named Stot discovers her secrets, she forms an unlikely friendship with him. With each passing season, Minnie’s past grows more haunting and threatens the future she has risked everything to build. Minnie raced into the Wild West alone, but her grandest journey in the frontier wilderness is one she never saw coming. 

 Based on the true story of the author’s great-great-grandparents, this sweeping and transportive survival story explores a woman’s connection with the land, her reconciliation with the past, and her elemental search for home against all odds. 

 Settle in, I’ve stories to tell.

I love stories based on true stories.  This is really good! I am about halfway through now.

THINGS THAT CATCH MY FANCY ...

 

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A pretty butter dish  . . . 

 

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Birds and Blooms  . . . 

 

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Blue and White  . . . 

 

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Vintage stoves  . . . 

 

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Spring flowers  . . . 

MAKES ME SMILE ...

 

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Happiness is looking at the little faces of pansies  . . .  love them.

SOMETHING TO WATCH ...

 

Netflix . . . 

A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU ...

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*Stop trying 

to calm the storm.

Calm yourself.

The storm will pass

And that is my daybook for this week!  Thanks always for being here!

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⋯ ◯ ⋯ Take time to enjoy the small *´¯`.¸¸.☆

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Have a beautiful day!  Don't forget!  

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And I do too!