Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY

Outside my window...

crisp and cool but sunny. Its looks to be a beautiful day. We have had such a wet winter since 2013 started and it has rained almost everyday so I am hoping for a dry day.

I am thinking...

of doing a big cooking/baking day soon to make a bunch of freezer meals to last us a month. I am in a slump with cooking right now though I do love it. I just am tired of shopping for the food, planning what to make with the food, etc, etc.

I am thankful...

for a patient husband who is worthy of his calling, loves me and all my craziness, and is good to me even when I don't deserve it.

In the kitchen...

It's a mess, well not a total wreck but it is a mess. I am thinking of split pea soup for dinner since it's easy and hubby loves it. Wyatt doesn't but one of the reasons I am in a slump with cooking is because of him and his pickiness. It's hard to put work into something and have your son all the time put his nose up in the air for it and then ask, "Can I make pasta?" The rest of us can't eat pasta like he does it's quite frustrating and burns you out fast on cooking.

I am wearing...

barefoot, hair in a scrunchy bun, a tshirt that says I love Books from a used bookstore in Knoxville, and jeans that are getting baggy since I have lost some weight.

I am creating...

my creative juices are sluggish right now but they sometimes can be this time of year as the days warm up and we spend more time outside they kick in.

I am going...

to Time Out For Women in a week in a half with my daughter and a friend. We are having a girl weekend. I have never gone and am looking forward to this little trip. We will be in Memphis, Tenn and the boys will be keeping the fort down here at home with lots of activities planned. One being dressing up like an indian and introducing a cub scout troop to the Order of the Arrow. If anyone has any quick sight seeing things to do in Memphis let me know.

I am wondering...

Why my anxiety has reared its ugly head again and then also thankful for the right lesson that I needed to hear in Sunday school to answer that question.

I am reading...

a spattering of things and nothing of real importance. At night to relax my mind, let it liquidfy thru the cracks I am reading The Hungar Games a page or two before my eyes slam shut. Lots of herb books at work.


I am excited about...

our chicks arrived yesterday and we have 46 little peepers in the brooder in the barn.

I am learning...

that today is the day to focus on, tomorrow will come soon enough so why worry so much on what you can't anticipate, but put your energy into the moment.

Around the house...

DOGS.... we have 4 dogs, 2 little ones and 2 big ones and because of the wet in the air etc I smell dog all the time. No one else seems to but I do. My smelling capiblities were heightened when I was pregnant with my daughter....19 years ago and since then I smell things much clearer than most and I can smell things most don't. I wish my hearing would have been heightened instead since that seems to be dimishing. :0)

I am pondering...

not to much just living each day to the best of my ability and trying not to get caught up in all the news of doom and gloom. My bosses listen to the news every night if we don't have a customer in the store so Mondays and Fridays I hear it. I think the news is all about stirring people up, scaring them, causing anger and discontent. I am trying to keep my beliefs and my individuality in check to keep me going everyday.

A favorite quote for today...

Elder Dallin H. Oaks: "I have met persons who told me they have never had a witness from the Holy Ghost because they have never felt their bosom "burn within" them. What does a "burning in the bosom" mean? Does it need to be a feeling of caloric heat, like the burning produced by combustion? If that is the meaning, I have never had a burning in the bosom. Surely, the word "burning" in this scripture signifies a feeing of comfort and serenity."

 

President Boyd K. Packer explained: "This burning in the bosom is not purely a physical sensation. It is more like a warm light shining within your being."

One of my favorite things...

volunteering and helping those around me. I love to help those who most turn their backs on, the ones who people choose to forget but know they are forgetting them.

A few plans for the rest of the week:

seminary, going to the temple, youth, school, work, postal match for shooting sports, and enjoying my family even when I want to curl up and hide.

A peek into my day...

 

A panoramic of my messy house today...Well not messy but lived in :0)

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