The Simple Woman's Daybook . . .

FOR TODAY, January 26th, 2016

Outside my window ...
It's still dark, a bit chilly and also windy.  We are supposed to get that storm which battered the East Coast of North America, except of course with rain instead of snow.  Sigh  . . .

I am thinking ...
 

Make every day count.  It's a day which will never come again.  Enjoy it for what it is.

I am thankful for ...
Little texts my husband sends me when he is out and about without me.  For instance (not to embarass him or anything) here is one he sent me yesterday when he had gone to the tip.

"Thanks 4 all you do for me and 4 keeping me grounded."

Special.  I am a lucky woman.

In the kitchen ...


Chicken Tikka Masala.  Very tasty.

On my "To Cook" list ...

  

Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken, from Carlsbad Cravings.  Looks fabulous!

 I am creating ...




I am so excited to show this to you.  Here is my recipe album so far!  This is the front cover, and inside the front cover.  That is a pocket page, to put loose recipes, etc. Also the spine and the back cover.



Two of the inside divider pages and their back sides.  So excited because I got to use my MS Lace Punch and I love how they turned out.



These are the other two divider pages and I love how they turned out as well.  Also pocket pages.  I only have to do the individual pages now, which will be a work of progress over time as I add recipes to it, etc.  I just love these Graphic 45 papers, Home Sweet Home.



I just love this Warm Hug Hat.  A free pattern from Jessie At Home.

 

This is my next project.  Charlotte Fox from Cynthia Treen Studio.  A little girl in my family is turning five at the end of February.  I have tried to make her a special felt doll every year, and this year will be no exception.

 

Loving the mug cosy from Ravelry.

 

These Fabric Bowl Covers are really nice.  From Sew 4 Home.

I am reading ...
I am still reading the book by Francine Rivers, A Lineage of Grace.  Stories of four great women of the bible . . . Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary. I have added  . . .

 

The Signature of All things, by Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert’s first novel in twelve years is an extraordinary story of botany, exploration and desire, spanning across much of the 19th century. The novel follows the fortunes of the brilliant Alma Whittaker (daughter of a bold and charismatic botanical explorer) as she comes into her own within the world of plants and science. As Alma’s careful studies of moss take her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she loves draws her in the opposite direction—into the realm of the spiritual, the divine and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose is a Utopian artist. But what unites this couple is a shared passion for knowing—a desperate need to understand the workings of this world, and the mechanism behind of all life.

The Signature of All Things is a big novel, about a big century. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, this story novel soars across the globe—from London, to Peru, to Philadelphia, to Tahiti, to Amsterdam and beyond. It is written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time. Alma Whittaker is a witness to history, as well as maker of history herself. She stands on the cusp of the modern, with one foot still in the Enlightened Age, and she is certain to be loved by readers across the world.

I am loving it thus far!  (Only just started)

Looking forward to ...
 I am doing a small presentation at Young Women's on Wednesday night.  It is supposed to be foreign food and I am going to do a presentation on the cooking of the ancient North American Indians.  Should be fun and not something they are expecting I imagine!

I am learning ...



Getting no for an answer ALWAYS tries our patience and can be very disappointing.  But I am learning that if we will be patient, there is always something better up ahead.

Dreaming about ...
 

I am always dreaming about having our own chickens . . .



Holidays in Provence  . . .

 

Polka dot fingernails  . . .



Jane Austin hair and pretty white underthings . . .

 

A kitchen large enough to stretch out in  . . .

A favourite quote for the day ...

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The key to enjoying cooking is embracing simplicity.  
Simplicity in food is honesty, warmth, pleasure,modesty, even fairness.  
Simplicity in cooking is ease and grace . . . 
Simplicity  . . . is not a compromise but a treasure.
~Mark Bittman 

One of my favourite things  ...

 

Pretty beaded curtains  . . .  love them . . .

A peek into my day ...



I wish   . . .  the positive bit about looking in the mirror.  I seldom, if ever . . .  like what I see.  But thin women feel the same.  Maybe it is a woman thing.  We need to stop it.  To stop seeing only the bad things about ourselves, and embrace the positive things about ourselves . . .


And that's my daybook for this week!


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Wherever you go and whatever you do, I hope there's a great day ahead of you! Don't forget!

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And I do too!

Small and Wonderful Things . . .

"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But who gets excited by a mere penny?...It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. what you see is what you get." ~Anne Dillard 

A few of the small and wonderful things which bring untold joy into my life. It's the small things in life which truly mean the most. Simple abundance . . . it's the best.

 

It is Winter.  I am warm, and dry and comfortable.  So very many are not.  I am blessed.  Sometimes I wonder why am I so blessed when other's are not?  I think a part of the blessing is in knowing I am blessed thusly.

 

Spending time with good friends.  This is Tony and Tina.  They are very good friends of ours.  We met about five years ago when they moved into our Ward from Australia.  From the minute I met Tina, I knew we would become good friends, and we have.   They were to us on Saturday night for supper and we had a lovely time.  We always do.  They recently went through the stress and angst of downsizing from a lovely full sized private bungalow into a tiny council owned seniors bungalow. Tina is going in for her second knee replacement op today.  She had the other one done last year.  She is in her 70's (and so is Tony).  Please keep her in your prayers that all goes well.

 

We had our annual Ward Conference yesterday.  (A Ward is the  name we give to our local church congregation.)  It is at our Ward conference that we (as a Ward) sustain all of our church leaders at a world, area and local level.  We have special presentations given to us by our Stake Leaders that are particular to just our Ward.  I always love Ward Conference.   Yesterday was no exception.  We were all very well fed spiritually.  You can tell  you have been well fed when you come away inspired to become a better you.

 

I was reading this talk by Gary B Stevenson yesterday afternoon.   In it he talks about how World Class Athletes train for a lifetime so that they can participate in the Olympic Games, training for hours, days, weeks, months, years for a competition which might only last four minutes.  Critical years which can set the course for their lives.  This time here on earth is my "four minutes."  I trained for years in the pre-existance to come here and learn the things I wanted to learn and to become more like my Heavenly Father so that ultimately I can return back into His presence having fought the good fight.  This is great food for thought.  I love how these small and simple talks teach and inspire me.  Each time I read one, I come away with something more and feeling like a better person than I was before I read them.  They inspire me to change in small and simple ways.

I thought to myself after all the spiritual nourishment I took in yesterday  . . .  Eighteen Months.   That is all I have been asked to give in Service to the Lord as a Senior Missionary.  It is not very long . . .  in the scheme of a lifetime.  Six months of it have already disappeared in a puff of smoke. I am inspired to be better at what I have been asked to do and to become a better Missionary.



Belly snuggles and snuffles.  I love them.  

 

Sunday evenings spent with the Midwives of Poplar.  I love this show.  No spoilers, but stock up on your hankies girls, because so far this season all the episodes have been wonderfully inspiring and touching.

This is entertainment worth watching.

Actually between Call the Midwife, War and Peace and Endeavour, we have been spoilt for choice on Sunday evenings.  Thank goodness for being able to record things so that we don't miss any of it!

And that is my small and wonderfuls for this week.  Oh yes, there is a whole lot more, but I don't want to bore you do I?


A thought to carry with you through today  . . .

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We sometimes think that being grateful 
is what we do after our problems are solved, 
but how terribly shortsighted that is. 
How much of life do we miss 
by waiting to see the rainbow before 
thanking God that there is rain? 
~Dieter F Uchtdorf
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Spiritual Enlightenment



In The English Kitchen today  . . .  French Onion Cottage Pie.  Dust off that slow cooker/crock pot!

May the week ahead of you be filled with loads of small and wonderful things! Don't forget . . .

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And I do too!

In This Together . . .

"We are all in this together.  We need each other.  Oh, how we need each other.  Those of us who are old need you who are young.  And hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old.  It is a sociological fact that women need women.  We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other.  These friendships are a necessary source of sustenance."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Oh how I adored Sister Hinckley. She was such a marvelous and caring woman and she always made me laugh, and had so much wisdom to share with us.  Sister Hinckley had a real heart for women, and we all loved her right back.

What she said about women needing other women is so true.   Men, they seem to be alright without close friends . . .  but we women really do need someone to confide in and to share with, both in good times and in bad times.  Only women understand other women, and only women know what women need when it comes to laughter and tears . . .  and everything in between.



"Tis friends who make this desert world
To blossom as the rose;
Strew flowers o'er our rugged path,
Pour sunshine o'er our woes."
~Unknown  

I have been greatly blessed in my life to have always had friends.   True, they have not always lived in the same area that I have lived . . . oftimes they have been thousands of miles away.  But thankfully, with the aid of modern technology, they have never been more than a few seconds away.  I have friends that I talk to every day, and that is so special and such a blessing to me.  I have other friends that I only get to talk to once in a blue moon, but when we do it is as if we had never been apart and we are able pick up exactly where we left off as if no time had passed.  That is the mark of a true friend and a true friendship.

 

I have some friends whom I have never met in person, but it doesn't seem to matter.  Our hearts touch and connect and the hope is there that we will one day have the opportunity to meet. Pen friends I guess is what they would be called in the olden days, but now they are virtual friends.  Is that the name you would give them?   Nevermind . . .  friends, that's what they are . . .  plain and simple.  Our world has become a much smaller place than what it used to be, and we are able to connect now with people all over the world, and forge special and unique bonds with them.   What we have together is no less special than what we have with our friends in real time.  Like is drawn to like . . .  hearts to hearts  . . .  and I firmly believe that everyone I have in my life now, be it here in the UK,  or across the world . . .  we were great friends in the life before this one, and are blessed to have been able to find each other in this life . . .  and those friendships will continue when we pass on into the life beyond.



When, if by some miracle (and I believe in miracles), you are finally able to meet in person . . .  it is a most wonderful occasion.  I think on those few weeks Tatiana spent here with us at Christmas time and my heart smiles.  We talk every day, and if we are not able to actually speak, we leave messages for each other.  There is a bond there, which was forged via the wonder of the world wide web, and it is very special, maybe even more so . . .  for the fact that we live so far apart that, when we are able to get together, we make the time count in a special way.  I am closer to Tatiana than I am to my own daughters . . .  which is kind of sad in a way.  It's not because I don't want to be close to my girls.  I do . . .  very much . . .  but it is not a feeling which is reciprocated.  It is what it is . . .  and I decided a while back that, whilst it does make me sad at times, I cannot spend the remainder of my life mourning the loss, or dwelling on it.

This life is very short and we must make the most of it while we can.

 But the point is . . .  friendship is a two way thing.  It takes work, on both parts.  You both need to make an effort and to care.



Of course my first and best friend ever was and is my sister.  We share something so very special with each other.  I know it is not like that with everyone and their sisters, so I am especially grateful for the relationship I have with mine.  We share a bond that doesn't exist with anyone else, save our brother . . . for we have a history that we only share with each other . . .  there are things about each of us that only each of us can possibly understand.  She has been there for all the  high points and all the low points in my life.  There was a time when she was the only person in my life who was there for me.  When my life was at it's very lowest ebb, and whether she approved of my choices or not, she was there for me, supporting me, and helping me get through what I had to get through.   I will always be very grateful for that.  I hope she knows . . . and I hope that I have been there for her when she needed me most as well.  Family is  . . .  well, family . . .  but when they become something more than that, it's very special indeed.

"Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest and some by souls."
~Jeremy Taylor 

 

I have tried to do this.  To fill my life with those who light my path . . .  and I have tried hard to be a light to others.  I hope that in some part I have succeeded.  In being a light.  Of course I also have a great friend in my husband.  He is also my best friend, but in a very different way.  Because he is a man, and I am a woman . . .  there are levels we will never ever be able to quite connect on.  For instance . . .  another woman would never, upon discovering my chocolate stash . . .  eat it.  Todd would, and has.  There are things and times and seasons in a woman's life  . . .  which only another woman can connect with.

"The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame." ~Unknown

If you are reading and understanding what I have written right now, I hope you know, I consider you to be a a friend, and I am greatly blessed by the part you play in my life, no matter how large or how small. I thank you very much for that . . . and for the light which you bring into my life.

I remember seeing a sign in a pub where Todd and I once shared dinner, and it said.  "There are no strangers here, only friends we have yet to meet."  I loved it then, and I love it now.  It is the byword of my life.  In fact . . .  I think I will add it to my sidebar.  Today.

 

Cooking in The English Kitchen today   . . .  Apple and Cranberry Baked Oatmeal.  Deliciously healthy.


May your Sunday be richly blessed with love and with joy.   Don't forget, no matter what . . .


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And I do too.

How to Spend a Week

My weeks always get off to the best possible start with church and our Sacrament Meeting, where we get to partake of the sacrament.  This is such a perfect beginning to the week.

"And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." ~Matthew 26: 26-28

The Sacrament is more than just partaking of  the emblems . . . it is a re-enactment of that covenant which the Saviour instituted with his Disciples in the upper room on the last evening of His mortal life.  When I take the Sacrament I am renewing the covenant I made with Him when I was Baptised.  When done in the proper way and with the proper attitude, you can be filled with the Spirit and made anew, fit and ready to face the week to come. It is a covenant experience, a reminder and a renewal of the covenants the Lord has permitted us to enter into with Him.




It is my favourite part of the week.  I love the prayers.   I love seeing the young men practicing their Priesthood in the blessing and passing.  I love the sacredness of it all.  I love the feelings of renewal which accompany it . . . and the tenderness of the Saviour's love for me which I feel when I partake of these sacred emblems, and divine covenants.

Ordinances and covenants are the building blocks we use to construct our lives upon the foundation of Christ and His Atonement. We are connected securely to and with the Savior as we worthily receive ordinances and enter into covenants, faithfully remember and honor those sacred commitments, and do our best to live in accordance with the obligations we have accepted. And that bond is the source of spiritual strength and stability in all of the seasons of our lives.~Elder David A Bednar

 

On Monday which should have been our prep day for the rest of the week, we travelled up to Manchester with Elder and Sister Johansen to attend a Senior Missionary Training Meeting, which was also a Pot Luck Lunch.  It's always really nice to get together with the other Senior Missionary Couples and hear how they have been doing.  I love seeing them and spending time with them.  They are all such special people.  I also learn a lot at these meetings.  We had some IT training this week, which had a lot of us scratching our heads.  IT comes so easily to young people, but when you get a bit grey and wrinkly, it's not so easy, so training is always welcome!  I know that the young people who were teaching us probably had a good laugh at how inept a lot of us were, I know I sure did!  What fun!  Of course there was lots of tasty food to enjoy as well,  ham and cheese sliders from Sister Hilam which were fabulous, a gorgeous salad from Sister Latham, Cheesy Potatoes from Sister Johansen (my three favouritest things of all that was there).  It was all very good.  You don't get to be our age without being a good cooker!  We were exhausted by the end of the day with all of that travel and eating and learning.  It was a great day.




We had all of the Elders from our District coming for supper on Tuesday so I spent a goodly part of the day preparing for that.  (Elder Judd, Elder Lolesei, Elder Hollingsworth, Elder Singsam.)  We were going to be losing Elder Singsam on Wednesday to Southport so it was extra tender and special, this time we had together. I cooked a bang up meal for them of Beef Enchiladas, Baked Chicken Breasts, rice, broccoli, sweet potato/carrot mash, and for dessert, chocolate cake and banana fudge pudding cake.  The nicest part of the evening was their singing to us accapella, which was just beautiful.   We gave Elder Singsam a new suitcase as his was all beaten up and falling apart with broken handles, etc.  I could not have him trying to struggle on and off of trains with a broken suitcase.  He wrote in our book.  We wrote in his book.  Tears were shed.  We will surely miss him.



Sister Gregson and Sister Holmes also popped over in the afternoon so that Sister Gregson could say goodbye to us, as she was off to Crosby Ward on Wednesday and a new Sister came in to replace her here.   Again, she wrote in our book and we in hers, and photos were taken, tears shed.  We will miss this feisty young woman, but know she will do well on the remainder of her mission and feel confident in knowing that our District gave her a great start and foundation to begin on.



Wednesday was transfers.   They have now done away with the Transfer Meetings we used to have every six weeks.   I will miss them.  It was so much fun getting to see the Missionaries that were leaving to go home, welcoming the new Missionaries coming in, hearing the leaving Missionaries bear their testimonies, etc.  They were such uplifting meetings.  However they are now a thing of the past.  Missionaries now have to go straight to their new areas and companions, etc.   Since this was the first time this was being done here in recent years, there was lots of action and confusion.  Many of the Senior Couples drove the Sister Missionaries to their new areas rather than have them struggle on and off of trains with all of the luggage (in many cases consisting of two heavy suitcases and a carry on bag).  We were supposed to be meeting two new Sisters coming into our District to the Wrexham Ward, taking them to their flat in Wrexham, and then taking them to a Worldwide Missionary Broadcast in Rhyll for 5 pm.  We did  not make the Broadcast in Rhyll.   They never even left the mission home until four pm, and then by the time they got to Chester, and then to Wrexham, it was gone 5:30 and we still had to lug all of their cases up stairs to their flat.  Then we got into the flat to realise they had no electric and no gas, so no heating and no lights.  Sister Wilcox had brought them a bag of groceries so that they would at least have something to eat, and some lanterns were found, etc.  But it was a very long day of waiting and confusion. Hopefully the next transfer will pass a lot more smoothly!

 

After such a mixed up day on Wednesday we took Thursday morning off.  Todd had to go into town to do some banking.  Jose (Ariana's husband) came and took Mitzie for a walk and I did their laundry for them in exchange.  In the afternoon I had my Cooking for Diabetes Class.  I am really enjoying this class.  I am getting to meet some really nice new people.  There are only six of us in the class and our instructor, who is really lovely.  She's Asian and so nice.  This week we were talking about the different types of sugars and carbohydrates etc.  A lot of people think that low carb is the way to go, but we need carbs.  That is where we get our energy. We just need to choose low GI carbs wherever possible.  Things such as whole grains,  or natural sugars.  Most things have small amounts of sugars in them, but they are natural sugars such as the ones in fruit.  The more processed the fruit is however, the higher the sugar content, so it is best to have them in as raw a state as possible, and not pureed, etc.  Juices, for instance, are very high in sugar.  Better to eat a real apple or banana (on the less ripe side) than to drink the juice.  We also baked some oatmeal cookies which were sweetened with banana, had very little fat in them, and were actually very tasty.  Although not that good looking I will admit.   Low fat things are not necessarily that great for you, especially in processed foods.  They take out the fat and put sugar in to make them taste better.  Reading labels is very important.  Life changing actually.  In any case I learned a lot.

 

Todd had some stuff to do in town yesterday morning, so I took advantage of his being out and I started working on my Home Sweet Home Recipe Album Project.  I have gotten all of the outside cover done and three of the inside pages.  It's working out really nicely!  I will take some photos later if I get a chance.

 

I just love, LOVE these papers.  They're fabulous.

We had bought two tall bookcases earlier in the week to use as shelving in the kitchen so that we could organize it better than it was and Todd spent some time putting them together and then we organized the kitchen and it is sooooooooo much better than it was.  I will have to take some photos of that also!  I am so amazed at the difference.

Then the Johansens stopped by in the afternoon for a visit and it was so nice to spend some time with them.  I love Kathy so much.  She has become a dear friend. We will really miss them when they have to go home in the Spring.  *sniff *sniff*  But I know we cannot keep them forever.  Mitzie loves the Johansens.  Well, Mitzie loves everyone.

Then we went out and got some groceries, and also we did some Missionary visits to some of the people in our care and fell into bed exhausted with good books at the end of it all.

Today we have a Missionary Street Display in Chester.  Also Todd is going to help Billy (remember Billy, I was teaching him to read a few years ago).  He had a car accident earlier this week.  A hit and run, and he needs some help with the insurance, etc.  We are not sure if we can do anything, but Todd will try.  Billy did not report it on the day, but there should be CCTV footage of where it happened. We'll see.  I just have to say there are some really rotten people about.  This lady ran right into his car while he was in it, and just took off.  Wrote Billy's car off completely.  And of course, Billy being the way he is, and in shock, didn't get any details.

Plus we are having Tina and Tony over for supper.   Tina goes in for her second knee replacement on  Monday, so this will also be our meeting with them as Ward Mission Leaders for their Ward.

So another busy day is in the offing and I best get at it!  A thought to carry with you through today  . . .

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"Be obedient, remember the times 
when you have felt the Spirit in the past, 
and ask in faith. Your answer will come."
~James B Martino
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Spiritual Enlightenment 



In The English Kitchen today  . . .  Polka Dot Crispie Treats.  For the kiddies.

Hope your Saturday is as special as you are!  Wherever you go and whatever you get up to, don't forget!


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And I do too!

My Friday Finds . . .

A few of the things I find each week which strike my fancy and I hope that they strike yours also!

 

How CUTE are these chicken footstools!  I love them!  From The City Farm Girl.  (They're not cheap.  I'd have to win the lottery first, lol)


  

Homemade Gum Drops.   From Hoosier Homemade.  What fun!

 

A Tutorial on how to make a Papier Mache Doll.  From Juna Art.  A lot of work, in another language, but great photos.

 

I love this cute little crochet purse.  You can find all the directions, ready to download, here at Wonderful DIY.

 

Easy Tricks to Organize a Closet.  From Simple Practical Beautiful.  I wish they had closets over here.  They don't.  You need to buy wardrobes.

 

20 Uses for Baking Soda.  I wish you could buy it in big bags or even boxes over here.  You can't.  I use it for a lot of things.  These tips come from Surviving the Stores. Saving Money, Healthy Living.



How to make paper look vintage.  From Cottage In The Oaks.

 

This is brillliant.  Easy no sew Fleece Blanket.  All you need is 1 1/2 yards of two co-ordinating fleece fabrics.  From Sewlicious Home Decor.

 

DIY Conversation Starter Napkins.   Easy to make and fun!  A great way to get any dinner party off to a good start with great flowing conversation.  From Stone Gable.



How to make a fun Flower Fabric Brooch.  From Molly Makes.

and finally  . . .

 

Make your own DIY Polymer Clay Buttons.  Aren't they cute!  From Artistic Life.   These are easy, easy!

And that's my finds for this week.  I hope you found something useful here!

A thought to carry with you through today  . . .

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"Take the first step in faith. 
You don't have to 
see the whole staircase, 
just the first step." 
~Martin Luther King JR.
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Spirtual Enlightenment




Cooking in The English Kitchen . . . BBQ Beef Croissant Pie.  Probably the easiest pie you will ever make.  Not to mention very delicious!

Have a fabulous Friday. Wherever you go, whatever you do, don't forget!

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And I do too!