I am a work in progress . . .

 I am a person who believes that we should never stop learning or evolving and with that in mind I wanted to share with you a few things I evolved or learned about myself in 2014!



You are never too old to develop crushes on pop stars.   I discovered One Direction this year, well this album (Four) . . . they are cute, talented and ahem  . . .  if I was 13 I would totally be in love and kissing their pictures goodnight every night before I went to bed.



You're never too old to learn a new skill.   This is my latest needle-felting creating. It is a Giraffe.  Albeit a kind of funky giraffe.  I am really enjoying this new hobby.  Who knows how it will develop.  But my fingers are itching to get back into my artwork now that Christmas is done and dusted.   We'll see what happens.



I have a portfolio to finish first.



Broken hearts never totally mend themselves . . .  but they can hurt less than they used to hurt.  Most of the time anyways . . .  and maybe that's a good thing that they never totally mend themselves.  A gentle reminder that we are only human once in a while is not a bad thing . . .



To follow the promptings of my heart  . . .  even if my heart begins to beat faster and I feel afraid . . .  just jump and let the Lord work His magic.  To trust my feelings and prompting and then rely on the Lord to carry them through.   We had been challenged at one point this year to do something by the Missionaries, and I remember thinking at the time . . .  yeh, sure.   My heart wanted to do what they had asked but my intellect was telling me . . .  never gonna happen.   And then a few days later, I had a prompting to do with what they had asked and even though my palms got all sweaty I followed through on it, with pretty amazing results.  We had been challenged to invite someone to be taught in our home by the missionaries and that is totally out of my comfort zone.  We agreed and  accepted a time limit.   One day I just had this prompting to invite this friend of mine on FB to come and talk with us and the Missionaries about Eternal families.  I never thought she would accept, but she did.   And she actually showed up  . . .  she learned a little bit more about what we believe and  I learned to trust in the promptings of my heart.



This might seem like a really difficult thing to do, but it's not impossible.  When we train ourselves to see the best in people, the world becomes a nicer place.  I haven't quite perfected it yet . . . I still have a way to go, but I am making progress!



This is the first Lord Grosvenor.  He is entombed in the Chester Cathedral and this is his tomb/coffin, or whatever you call it.  This year I discovered he is an ancestor of mine.  This was  a really exciting discovery.  It's really cool to be able to go and see a stone replica of one of your ancestors and think that the same dna that ran through his body is running through yours.



You CAN step out of your comfort zone and actually enjoy the process.  I really enjoyed going down to London last week for the screen test and I don't even care if I get picked to go on the show or not.  I probably won't but for me that isn't and never was the best part of having a screen test.  It was about being brave enough to do it and enjoying the process while I was doing it.   How can I expect others to love me if I don't love me.  I have learned to love me as I am.   Yes, I would love to lose a bit of weight  . . .  but more for health reasons than anything else.  Take me as a I am.  Love me as I am.  If you can't . . .  well then you are the one who is missing out because I am pretty awesome!  A beautiful daughter of God, with talents and abilities that go beyond awesome!  I can do and be anything I want to do or be.  The only thing holding me back is . . .  me!



Joy is found in small and simple things.  Often they are things we take for granted.   Joy is all around us if we look for it and have eyes willing to see the glass as being half full rather than half empty.  I have always known this and have always been a positive person, but I think that as I get older I am becoming aware even more so of this simple truth.



This life we have here on this earth is far shorter than we have imagined.  We never, ever know when it will end and  . . . what is to follow is magnificent and glorious for sure  . . .  but while we are here we have to enjoy all that we are given . . . don't waste a single moment of your precious life wanting to be someone else, to be someplace else, to do something else.   Take joy in the moment and in being just where, who and what you are. And yes . . .  enjoy a tea cake now and again . . . without guilt.



It's okay to love yourself.  Loving yourself doesn't mean you are conceited.  It doesn't mean you are selfish.  It just means that you appreciate who you are and celebrate the wonderfulness and magicality  that is you.



A new box of crayons still smells good and is still filled with every bit of promise now as it was when you were five years old.

A thought to carry with you through today  . . .

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Life is a process of surrendering,
Make the decision to let go of what no longer serves you,
or makes you feel good.
Know that you are worth more and
something better will arrive once you create the space.
~Jenni Young
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In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Cauliflower Cheese Pie.   Scrumptious.   

It snowed last night.   When we went to take our friend home it was just starting, snow mixed with rain.  By the time we got to Wales and where she lived there was about 3 inches on the ground and it was pretty scary driving, but we got her home safe and sound and we got us back here safe and sound!  Phew!  What a relief!  There is none here on the ground today, but I expect there is still some in Wales and on the Clywdian Hills.  So now quite Christmas Day . . .  but still during Christmas. 

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Have a fabulous Saturday!  Be safe and know you are loved and precious in His sight and mine too!

Christmas 2014

So here we are the day after the day  . . .  I truly hope you each had a day filled with plenty of joy and blessings and most important of all . . .  lots of love.   We had the Missionary Sisters here for the day.   It's always nice to have young people around at Christmas.   We feasted on our Christmas lunch and then they wanted to watch The Santa Claus.



Christmas Day is really special to the Missionairies for a couple of reasons.  First of all, it's the celebration of the Saviour's birth,  but second of all they get to let their hair down and relax a bit . . .  they are allowed to spend the day doing a few things they are not allowed to do the rest of the year such as watch films or play video games and they also have one of their twice a year only skype dates with their families back home.  Modern technology is a wonderful thing and these skype calls are really important to them.  They are each allowed an hour for them and I can tell you they really look forward to them.   The only other time they are allowed to communicate physically with their familys in such a way is on Mother's Day.

WE spoiled them of course with a huge dinner, and cookies, candies, clementines etc.   It was nice.

I found out by accident yesterday that a friend of ours was alone this Christmas.   It was too late to have her over for Christmas Dinner and she had already accepted an invite elsewhere for lunch yesterday, but we will be going to pick her up today and bring her and her pooch back here to spend the day with us.   It will be leftovers and Monopoly, but at least she will not be on her own.

Reaching out to others.  It's a good thing.




This is our Bruce and his partner Sara.   They look pretty happy.  Love this photo of them.  It was taken yesterday.   I heard from all of my children with the exception of one this year.  I was not really surprised not to hear from the one.  It would have been more of a surprise if I had heard from her, but oh well . . .  I did not let it spoil my day.

I got to read a story on Christmas Eve to our Doug's three little men.



Josh, Jon and Jacob.  What a wonderful visit we had via the iPad.   They were pinging off the walls with excitement of course, but it was fun.  I am not sure Doug was quite as enthused with all of their energy of course, but this grandma sure was!  They are delightful little boys.



I also got to watch our Anthony and Anne's Luke and Gabriel wake up on Christmas Morning and begin to open their gifts via the iPad.  It was just lovely  Somehow we got to talking about the sock monkeys I had made the boys and how well loved up they were getting and Anthony was telling Luke that I had created them.  Luke was amazed, but he was even more amazed when I told him I had made his dad and that his dad had once been in my tummy.  The look on his face was priceless and then he wanted to know if I had made his mummy too.   Of course that got a big laugh!

Children . . .  that is what Christmas is all about.



My brother facetimed us on the iPad as well, last evening.  I got to speak to him and all his girls.  It was really nice.   He had a really big turkey cooked and was waiting for family to arrive for their big feast.   My niece Allison was showing me a cookery book she had received and she already had all of these pink flags marking all the recipes she was planning on cooking.   She has plans to come over here to the UK and us cooking together.  Can't wait.  I hope it really happens.



This is a picture of the Christmas Dinner my sister cooked for herself, Dan and my parents.  It does my heart good to know that my parents are no longer alone and that my sister is taking good care of them.  Of course I got to speak to them on the telephone as well.  It was really nice.  It made me feel a bit homesick, but I'll be okay.  ☺



Spoke to these two on Christmas eve.  That's our Eileen and her Tim.   They already have over two hundred dollars saved towards their trip over here to see Todd and I.   I commend them on their efforts and I know if anyone can do it, they can.   They think they will be doing it next July and who am I to say they might not make it by then.   They are both like the little engine that could!



Todd enjoyed kitting himself out in all of his Christmas presents and then posing for the camera on the ipad.  He got a new pair of slippers which he desperately needed.  He has a problem with his feet always being cold no matter what.  I got him a pair of isotoners hoping that they will help.  He also got a nice cardi and toque/scarf/mitten set.  As you can see he was well pleased!



Our little nurse, Ariana had to work yesterday, so we gave her her presents on Christmas Eve.  She is working today also.  I know it must be difficult for her to be so far away from her family at Christmas, but she is going home to Spain in about a week and a half and spending three weeks with them then, so that will be nice.   She said she had a nice day at work yesterday.   There were lots of goodies about and she said she will have to starve herself today to make up for it!  She is working again today.  There will probably be lots of goodies around for them to eat today too.  It's Christmas.

I take my hat off to all the people in emergency services who work despite it being a holiday.



WE also had time to fit in the Queens Annual Christmas Message.  This year it was on reconciliation.  Wouldn't be Christmas without her in our living room.  ☺



Of course we also had the crew from Call the Midwife in our home . . .



And the bunch from Downton dropped by as well . . .

And that was our Christmas.   Today we will be having our friend over and enjoy some time together with her . . .  and that will be that for this year.   It always amazes me at how quickly the holiday happens upon us and then at how quickly it passes.  All that preparation and it is gone in a *poof*

I know that Christmas is a sad day for a lot of people, and my heart and prayers have been with each of my friends who has experienced great loss this year over these past couple of days.  I do so hope that they were able to feel of the Saviour's love and that it brought a modicum of comfort to them in some way.  I just always wish I could reach out and gather each of them into my arms and give them a big hug . . .  but I can't.  It's the thought that counts, but still . . .

Happy Boxing Day people

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My Christmas Wish . . .

 

One of my deepest prayers each Christmas is that the children of today will grow up to find a tomorrow free from War and Strife, Hunger and Sorrow . . . and  a world filled with joy and peace and most important of all . . .  LOVE.  I am told there has never been a time in the world's history that has been free from War or human struggle, but I live in hope.

The science of War has reached a point now where the entire world could be demolished just by the push of a button held in the wrong hands . . . slowly we are destroying the planet by over-use of our resources and greed.  In a world where so many have so much, there are still multitudes who have nothing at all and who suffer greatly at the hands of their fellow men.

To an outsider looking in . . . it could look very dire indeed.  But there is good news to cling to and with Christmas comes the promise that the hope of all mankind rests in faith  As a man thinketh so is he . . . and nothing much happens unless you believe in it.  In believing there is hope for the world, we find a way to move towards it.

"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angels a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying . . . Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."  

Today as we light our Christmas trees and candles . . . as we open our gifts and  share the loving company of family and friends, may we recognize the favour of God's blessings upon us,  and remember the reason for the season and ponder it in our hearts . . . for this is not just the season of Christmas . . . it is the season of hope.



Merry Christmas to one and all
from Marie, Todd and Mitzie.
May your day truly be Merry and Bright,
and filled with love, peace and . . . hope.
God bless you each and every one.

Thoughts on Christmas Eve . . .

I think most people have a love of tradition, and that is never felt more so than it is at this festive time of year.   We all have our favourite tree ornaments, and our favourite Christmas foods, cookies and desserts.   In my family we have always had fish chowder for supper on Christmas Eve, Turkey for Christmas Dinner and meat pies on Boxing Day.  The Cards are always strung up on a string for us to admire . . .  the Queen's Message always watched after Christmas Dinner as we loll on the sofa and think about the plum pudding we didn't have room for and the turkey sandwiches we will be enjoying a bit later on.

When I look through the rose coloured glasses of my memory I have come to realise that the things which have mattered most through the years have not been in the trimmings and tinsel . . . or even in the gifts beneath the tree . . . but in those things which are enduring and built upon the Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh of familial love and kindnesses . . . there are probably very few Christmas presents I received as a child that I could tell you about  . . .  but I can tell you how wonderful it felt to sit next to my father in church on Christmas Eve, the only one of us three children invited to attend with him . . .  or the flavour of my mother's stuffing and date squares . . . the joy of sitting around a table on Christmas Day and playing word games with my brother, sister and our father, as my mother sat on a stool and watched . . .  she isn't in to games,  but we were and are a family . . .



There was never ever a lot of money about . . .  not when I was growing up, nor when I had my own family, but there was always plenty of love, and that is what I remember most going back through the years in my mind.  I love this picture of my oldest son glorying in this small tree sitting on top of the buffet in my parent's home.   My first marriage had broken up and we were back living with them.   His wonder at everything that year is so magical and I can see it in this photograph and I can feel the blessing I had of having a family that I could always come home to and know that I would be safe and loved and cared for . . .

And of course I got married again and had more children and we never ever did have a lot of money for presents, but we brought into our home the traditions that we had grown up with and they mingled together and we created traditions of our own through the years and I hope that my children have happy memories of those times.  I know I do . . .

One year we saved up our pennies to rent a sleigh ride for the whole extended family on Boxing Day.  My ex's family came from Toronto and Windsor, and my sister came from Windsor and my brother from Ottawa . . .  my mother was with us from Nova Scotia and there ended up being no snow so we turned it into a waggon ride.   I can remember looking at my mom being a good sport sitting on the back of that waggon . . .  this woman who never had a hair out of place and hated being cold. . .  but she was having a good time and so were all the children and their cousins and the sisters and brothers and in laws, all of us together  . . .  and it began to snow and by the end of the ride we were in a winter wonderland . . .  all was Merry and Bright.  We went back to ours and had a huge buffet with my Sister In Law's Lasagna, and my Brother in Law's Cabbage Rolls and German Potato Salad that he used to get at a great German Butchers . . .  and all of my Christmas Baking and it was all just a very wonderful day . . . the best part being we were a family and we were together and . . .  yes, Love was there.  I hope the children have fond memories of that day as I do.



There were years when we had plenty and other years when we didn't . . . one of our things as a family had always been putting together a Christmas Box and delivering it anonymously to someone in need on Christmas eve.  One year we had very little ourselves and were going through Bankruptcy . . .  but we knew a family who was even worse off and so we gathered what we had and gave to them and then worried about what we were going to do for ourselves later.  I remember sitting at our dining room table in the dark on Christmas eve . . .  next to the old Mennonite cook stove which we used to heat our home, looking out the window at snow falling.  I watched a car struggle up the drive and then saw a man get out with a box and watched him tip toing up to our doorway to leave it.  Inside was everything we needed to make our own Christmas merry . . .  a turkey, vegetables, goodies for the kids and an envelope with some money in it.  God was good.  And we felt of His goodness.

It wasn't in the tinsel and the holly.  It was all in the love.  That was always what mattered and counted the most, and I have been blessed through the years to have always had it in abundance.



That first Christmas after my marriage broke up, I found myself living alone in a rented bedroom in a stranger's house . . .  it could have been a very sad Christmas, but it wasn't.   My sister sent me a lovely gift that I know she probably couldn't afford to send me and it was wrapped in love . . .  I will never forget that simple act containing so much love and compassion for me . . .  nor will I forget the love of a good friend from church who had me over for the day to spend Christmas with she and her family so I didn't have to spend it alone . . .  again the milk of human kindness.  And then . . . just a year later Todd and I were enjoying our first Christmas together as a family  He who had spent twelve years on his own hating Christmas and eating hamburgers for Christmas Dinner would never be alone at Christmas again . . . and I, who had for the most part had years and years of Christmas's filled to overflowing with noise and people and activity, have learned to enjoy the blessings of being us at Christmas and whilst this mother's heart still misses the presence of her children and the grandchildren . . .  I still feel the blessings of being safe, and cared for and loved . . . oh so very loved.

And I share it with whomever I can . . . because . . .  it truly IS in the giving that we receive.  And that is what the spirit of Christmas is all about.



There is a carol service tonight at the chapel, and a story telling date on Facetime afterwards to look forward to.  Ariana has to work tomorrow . . .  boo hoo . . . but we have the Missionary Sister's coming over to help us celebrate the blessings of the day.   Can you believe they had no place to go?  I know!  I expect everyone thought they were spoiled for choice!  We will be blessed in having them.  Plus I always cook dinner for Doreen and Billy.  Doreen cannot cook for herself anymore and Billy is not much of a cook so I am really happy to be able to do this for them.  I do it every year.  They used to come here, but Doreen's mobility isn't so great anymore and Todd will take it over to them instead.  My mom will call tomorrow and I'll get to speak to everyone at the house.  



God is still good and we are still blessed.    Joy is found in making the best of the hand you've been dealt  . . .  and then in sharing it with someone else.

  
A thought to carry with you through today . . .

 


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"It is only fitting that we  . . .
like the Wise men, Shepherds, and Angels . . .
take time to rejoice and celebrate
that first Christmas Day."
~Dieter F Uchtdorf
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I'm sharing the whole Christmas Feast over in The English Kitchen today  . . . 

Happy Christmas Eve.   Time to relax now and enjoy the festivities as best you can.
You are loved.  Always.   If I had one wish for each of you, it would be to know that this simple truth . . . is real.  God is real. You matter.  You count . . .  and you are loved more than you could probably ever know.

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The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY, December 23, 2014

Outside my window ...
It's still very dark.   The days are getting longer now though.  We haven't noticed it yet.  It will be weeks before we do.   Yesterday was very mild.  We actually still have roses blooming in the garden and geraniums.   It's crazy.

I am thinking ...
I have a date to read three of my grandsons a story on Facetime on the iPad on Christmas Eve.  I am looking forward to that and have been practicing voices and am thinking what a wonderful thing this modern technology is that I can do that!

I am thankful ...
For modern technology!

In the Kitchen ...
 

Gingerbread Granola!

On my "To Cook" list ...

Maple Nut Fudge from Mom on Time Out.  This looks sooo good!

I am creating  ...
I've been doing lots of sketching, but no actual painting.   The light has been so poor here lately. Very dark and overcast and of course by the time I have time to go up into my craft room, the day is almost spent.  Looking forward to brighter days!

 I love this half moon crochet shawl I found on Lion Brand.   It looks easy enough to do. Not sure I would use green, but white or black come to mind.

It's a sock monkey finger puppet!  I love it!  From The Yarn Box.

 These Rice Filled Owl Heating pads are really cute!  From Modern Mrs Darcy. 

Fabric Covered Suitcases.  so pretty.  From Bright, Bold and Beautiful.

I am going ...
We are going to the Christmas Carol Service at our Ward on Christmas Eve and then we are having the Missionary Sisters for dinner on Christmas Day.   Other than that we have no plans for the week.   Quiet is good.

I am reading ...

The Photographer's Wife, by Nick Alexander
The Photographer's Wife is an epic tale set in two eras, a tale of the secrets one generation has, rightly or wrongly, chosen to hide from the next.

Barbara – a child of the Blitz – has more secrets than she cares to admit. She has protected her children from many of the harsh realities of life and told them little of the poverty of her childhood, nor of the darker side of her marriage to one of Britain's most famous photographers. With such an incomplete picture of the past, her youngest, Sophie, has struggled to understand who her parents really are, and in turn, Barbara sometimes worries, to build her own identity. When Sophie, decides to organise a vast retrospective exhibition of her adored father's work, old photos are pulled from dusty boxes. But with them tumble stories from the past, stories and secrets that will challenge every aspect of how Sophie sees her parents.

I am hoping ...
We had a bit of trouble with our car the other night and weren't able to get to the church for the special Christmas Truce presentation.  I was so disappointed.   The steering wheel locked and we could not get it to turn on, or move the steering wheel.   Then just as suddenly as it had begun, it stopped and fixed itself.  I am hoping it doesn't happen again.

Makes me smile ...



 This photograph of Todd and Mitzie makes me smile.   He's so "Look at the Camera!" and she's so "Whatever!"

I am learning  ...
When it comes to cookies, potato chips, chocolate . . .  I have no self control.  I need to master this weakness, or it will kill me.

Around the house ... 

 The Top 58 more Creative Home Organizing Ideas and DIY Projects found on DIY Crafts.

Handy and inventive uses for Baby Powder around the house, from The Creek Line House.   Some of these are very useful.

 30+ Dog Toys you can make from things around the house.  I am so going to do some of these.  Lucky Mitzie!  From Tips For Women.

 Twenty Top Secret Spots for Storage around the house.   From Woo Home.  I could sure use some of these!

I am pondering ...
With all of the signs which are appearing around us on a daily basis, why more people can't see we are living in the Latter Days?  Filling my lamp with oil so I will be ready.

A Favourite Quote for today  ...



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"There is a magic in Christmas. Hearts are opened to a new measure of kindness. Love speaks with increased power. Tensions are eased... "Of all things of heaven and earth of which we bear testimony, none is so important as our witness that Jesus, the Christmas child, condescended to come to earth from the realms of His Eternal Father, here to work among men as healer and teacher, our Great Exemplar. And further, and most important, He suffered on Calvary's cross as an atoning sacrifice for all mankind.

 "At this time of Christmas, this season when gifts are given, let us not forget that God gave His Son, and His Son gave His life, that each of us might have the gift of eternal life" 
~Gordon B. Hinckley, "The Son of God" 

One of my favourite things ...



I Love, LOVE our bedroom.   It is one of my favourite rooms in the house.



 I love the serenity of it and my Tolipop girls.  It's just a peaceful place.

 A Peek into my day  ...

 

Each of my days is filled with hope and promise.   It's a choice I choose to make each day of my life.  I will always hope and believe in promises to be fulfilled.

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Wherever you go and whatever you do I hope there's a wonderful day planned for you! 

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PS - I changed my music back.  Those Christmas Songs were driving me crazy!  I prefer my peaceful restful music.