LIFES LITTLE GARDEN: The Simple Woman's Daybook

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Simple Woman's Daybook

For Today: Feb.16, 2010 from my journal.

Outside my window................it looks damp and cold.

I am thinking.....................of everything I have to do today.

I am thankful...............for today and how I am learning to embrace everyday as it is and as it comes.

I am wearing...................blue jeans & red shirt.

I am remembering........................Spring time, open windows, my gardens, grands playing outside. (Sigh).

I am going...................to take pictures of 2 houses and get them listed today along with many more things.

I am currently reading................The Prodigal by Beverly Lewis.

I am hoping..................that my shoulder doesn't hurt today.

On my mind...................is the project that I am working on.

Noticing that...................when Mom challenged me to do 30 minutes a day in my sewing room, that it does make me get things done. I see progress.

I am creating..........a baby quilt for a sweet friend and having way too much fun doing it!!!

Pondering these words....................HE has it all under control.

From The kitchen...............chicken, potatoes & carrots, green beans & homemade bread.

Around the house.................today is my bathroom cleaning day. How FUN is that???

One of my favorite things....................4 little blessings....my grands!

I am wishing..................that everyone could be happy and content.

I am praying for..................my family.

From my picture journal...............I bought this massage chair several years ago for a fathers day present for my sweet hubby. Even though he has back problems, he never ever sits in it, but I DO!! Happy Fathers Day to me! I LOVE it. Ha!

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14 comments:

My Colonial Home said...: Hi Val,
I love your journal today.
And I see you listed the book you are on....these are just the best aren't they?

Oh that chair looks wonderful...we have a HOMEDIC pad that we use. It is the full length of your body and heats and vibrates and feels soooo good. Imagine what a chair can do! sigh!!!

Hugs, Karen; February 16, 2010 at 10:27 AM
Amy said...: Love your journal.

I wish for a chair like yours. I am suffering from sciatica in both legs. So I am up and down because I can't get comfortable.

Have a blessed day!; February 16, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Julie said...: I love reading your day journal. I hope you have a blessed day. I have read all of Beverly Lewis's books. I love them.; February 16, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Amelia said...: Journal thoughts are great...perhaps a bit of worry in some of the postings - but you have the faith the Lord will guide you down the path.

Enjoy the week.; February 16, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Alice Grace said...: I am sighing also from all this cold wintry weather! Thank God for the promise of spring! Have a blessed day, honey.
Love
MOM; February 16, 2010 at 1:21 PM
Allie said...: Love your daybook sweetie - praying for your family too!; February 16, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Carole Burant said...: I so enjoyed reading your journal and oh yes, isn't cleaning the bathroom just so much fun? NOT! lol I think we're all starting to want Spring to come around sooner than later...having my windows open is one of the things I miss the most. Just feel so closed in all winter long. Don't you love it when you buy something for someone and you end up using it? hehe xoxo; February 16, 2010 at 4:59 PM
Pat said...: Oh...I need to try to imagine the windows are open...and the birds are chirping.....and the skies are blue with a bright, shining sun. AHHHH.....soon.....RIGHT????; February 16, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Jocelyn said...: Val, thanks for sharing about your day today. Hope your shoulder is better.
Blessings,

Jocelyn
http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/; February 16, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Anonymous said...: I enjoyed reading your daybook.

I need to do that 30 minute thing because lately, I've not been spending any time sewing or hand quilting. I have been cross stitching, though.
Mama Bear; February 16, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Anonymous said...: Hope your shoulder is feeling better. Funny how sometimes the gifts we choose others end up being just right for us! The chair looks wonderfully comfortable. Can't wait to see the baby quilt you are working on.; February 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM
Connie said...: I enjoy your blog today, hope your shoulder get better, I had my grands, today no school in the county where they live.Maybe spring want be long off, i sure hope not. If God bring you to it ,he will bring you through it. God bless Connie; February 16, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Love the journal!!! Your chair is great!!
Hugzz; February 17, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Anonymous said...: hi, I just popped over from My colonial home.

I love your site and your dedication to your family.

Take care; February 17, 2010 at 7:51 PM

Our Prayer

Lord, help us to PLAN, PREPARE, & PLANT what you would have us to. Help us to WEED out of our lives what should not be there. Lord, help us to GROW through you in our relationships, our attitudes, and our lives, always being in your will. Help us to always walk with you. Help us to get our priorities straight and choose joy. Let us always be thankful and content even in the storms because we all know it’s going to rain. Help us to be ready. We also know that sunshine follows rain and joy comes in the mornings. Thank you Lord.

In Jesus name,

Amen.

I Work For A King

I Work For a King

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

Flylady Routines

Morning Routine

Have you made your bed?

What's for supper?

Get dressed.

Unload dishwasher/Wash dishes

Laundry

Swish & Swipe

Afternoon Routine

Declutter 15 minutes

Do something fun just for you!

Bedtime Routine

Pick up house before going to bed.

Plan for tomorrow today so we will wake up and smile.

Focus on Me.

Daily Schedule

Monday:

Home Blessing Hour/Catch up Day

Zone: Laundry room

Tuesday:

Free Day

Zone: Bathrooms

Wednesday:

Desk Day

Zone: Living areas.

Thursday:

Gofer Day

Zone: Bedrooms

Friday:

Baking Day

Date Night

Zone: Craft room/office/Kitchen

Saturday: Play Day

Sunday:

Church/Rest

Some Of My Favorite Movies

*The Bridges of Madison County

(My all time#1 favorite movie)

~Clint Eastwood & Meryl Streep~

*An Affair To Remember (My #2!)

~Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr~

*The Notebook (Top 3)

~Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams~

*It's A Wonderful Life (#4)

(Excellent-Never gets old)

~James Stewart & Donna Reed~

*Something's Gotta Give (Top 10)

~Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton

*Love Story (1970)

Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'neal

*A Walk To Remember

(Romantic, Heartbreaking, Emotional)

~Mandy Moore & Shane West~

*The Bridge over the River Kwai

~War Movie~ (Excellent)

*Brief Encounter

(Oldie but goodie Love Story 1945)

*To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

~Gregory Peck ~

*Sorry Wrong Number (Horror 1948)

Barbara Stanwyck & Burt Lancaster

*One Flew Over the cuckoos Nest

WARNING Rated R but very good!

~Jack Nicholson~

*Gone With The Wind (Wonderful)

~Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland~

*Cool Hand Luke (We both love this one!)

~Rated PG Paul Newman~

My New Years Resolutions

To be content
To give thanks in all things
To take joy
To give grace
To receive peace

For from Him
And through Him
And to Him
Are all things.
To Him be the glory
Forever.
Amen.
~Romans 11:36

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Study to be quiet.
Mind my own business.
And work with my hands.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
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To be a better Wife, Mom, Gran, Granddaughter, Sister, Daughter, Aunt, & Friend
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To take every opportunity to be quiet.
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To slow down and smell the roses
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Me Time
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To Show Myself Friendly
Proverb 18:24

Granny's PERFECT Quilt

It is PERFECT. Perfectly PERFECT. Oh I don't mean perfect stitches, or perfect seams, or perfectly square. It is PERFECT for snuggling under on a rainy, dreary day. It is PERFECT for wrapping up a grandchild who is spending the night. It is PERFECT for making a house when draped over a chair & an end table. It is PERFECT for winding around and around a doll. It is PERFECT for covering up in the car when the air conditioning is on full blast. It is PERFECT for laying on the carpet and putting a baby down for his nap. God has touched Granny's heart and her hands, and her life. He has made her an artist. He has given her the gift of PERFECT quilts.

Written by Marlene B. about the quilt she bought from Granny. (Excerpt from Oct. 7, 2009 post on her blog)

www.stitchinbythelake.blogspot.com

Thank you Marlene for blessing Granny!

Stay At Home

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west,
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;
O'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.

Longfellow (song)

"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller