Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Simple Woman's Daybook ~ 11.29.12

Because I need more time to compose the next installment of our love story, a little Simple Woman's Daybook...

Outside my window...
darkness; all I can see is my own reflection and an orange streetlight across the way. The moon was gorgeous tonight though--full or close to it, glowing soft through clouds. 

I am thinking...
that I'm glad I kept a journal so diligently growing up. It's a blessing to be able to revisit my past and remember details I had long forgotten. 

I am thankful for...
grace to fight sin and win small victories. 

From the kitchen...
ruby chicken tonight, at Steve's request for "something cranberry." We're (okay, Steve is) going to smoke some turkey on Saturday, which will be delicious with some roasted cauliflower, and then I am eagerly anticipating using some of the turkey leftovers for turkey panzanella on Monday. I'm also itching to make some chocolate chip cookies. I can't even remember the last time I made those. 

I am wearing...
an old favorite pair of jeans that have always been too big in the waist, but which my sister-in-law took in for me last week; a pink Richmond Fire Department t-shirt from my brother over a white long-sleeved t-shirt; pink socks and my old worn-out suede sneakers. 

I am creating...
Christmas wishlists and gifts for family...or at least, I'm *supposed* to be creating those...

I am going...
straight to bed after finishing this post. Do not check Facebook, do not collect $200. 

I am reading...
the aforementioned old journals. It started with pulling out fall of my sophomore year of college, just for fun, but now I've backtracked to high school to research for my blog series about how Steve and I got together. Makes my runs go faster, for sure :) As far as published books go, I'm reading Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near-Death of an American City, which I am finding cumbersome because of the author's annoying writing style. I'm also in and out of Love Walked Among Us: Learning to Love Like JesusThe Great Divorce and Knowing God. Soon I will be picking up an Advent book or two--I bought Behold the Lamb of God last year, and recently downloaded (for free, both of them!) Touching Wonder: Recapturing the Awe of Christmas and Good News of Great Joy

For my Bible reading, I'm in John and almost done with round two of Psalms. Still using my reading plan

I am hoping...
that Jude is miraculously well enough for all of us to go to church on Sunday. He's been running a fever the last two days, poor little buddy. Definitely don't want to spread germs around the nursery. After being gone the last two Sundays, I just hate for one of us to miss again!

I am hearing...
coughing, all the time. Elijah's nasty cough has hung on for a month now, and just when I thought Jude was out of the woods, he started in this week. Ugh. 

Around the house...
Christmas music playing 24/7 - I refuse to put it on until the day after Thanksgiving, and then I make up for lost time :) 

One of my favorite things...
the warmth of Christmas tree lights twinkling in the chill of the early morning, while I curl up in a chair with a hot drink and an afghan crocheted by my grandmother. 

A few plans for the rest of the week...
Tonight began and ended with beautiful women: mentoring with a teenage friend from church, and then calling my own mentor on the way home and catching up with her. Such blessings. Tomorrow I want to enjoy some time outside with the boys, since I think we're supposed to have another warm, gorgeous day. Headed to a friend's baby shower on Saturday, and then having my women's retreat planning committee and their families over for dinner on Sunday night. 

A picture thought I am sharing...
here's a preview of the upcoming love story series. Remember that eighth grade comment about how we always stand together in line? Case in point...here I was probably wishing it was "The Wedding March" instead of "Pomp and Circumstance" :)

 

1 comment:

Zoanna said...

Oh, my. Great minds think alike. We must've been composing our Daybooks at the same time. Gonna save reading yours till later. Too tired to keep my eyes open now!