Monday, November 10, 2008

The Simple Woman's Daybook


FOR TODAY...
November 10, 2008

Outside my window...

it's cloudy and just beginning to rain - a much needed rain. The temperatures today are forecast to be in the 50's. The maple outside my window has lost almost all of it's leaves. It's beginning to look a bit like winter.

I am thinking...
about the holidays. I love Thanksgiving and Christmas! We'll be traveling this Thanksgiving to share the holiday with our families!! I can't wait until we return home and pull out the boxes of Christmas decorations and go to the tree farm to choose and cut our tree.

I am thankful for...
my wonderful weekend away! Lots of fun with fellow breast cancer survivors - some I met at a retreat this summer, some new friends who attended earlier retreats; a full day of fly fishing on a gorgeous river with the leaves at peak color.

From the learning room...
back to regularly scheduled programming (after dad's vacation last week). Reading Jane Eyre with Rachel

From the kitchen...
I think we'll have crock pot chili today - it's excellent on a cold, rainy day! I had intended to make this Friday morning for my family to have Friday night while I was gone but I totally forgot about it in the excitement of getting ready to leave. I called home after lunch to admit I had forgotten and they laughed at me and told me it would be fine as long as I brought home some trout on Sunday - ha, ha!!

I am wearing...
I hate to admit it but I am still sitting here in my warm flannel pj's ; )

I am creating...
a Christmas shopping list

I am going...
very few places this week - yah!!

I am reading...
Jane Eyre with Rachel; hope to get my book day book in the mail this week!!

I am hoping...
to start getting some photos put into books this week. It's a project that's been looming since spring but I keep putting it off. It really shouldn't even take that long - just a matter of tackling it!

I am hearing...
the rain outside my window.

Around the house...
it's laundry day; unpacking that didn't get done last night.

A few plans for the rest of the week...
A fun Mom's RENEW on creative cooking ideas for the holidays; observation at a ballet class

One of my favorite things...
the peace that is found, standing in the middle of a cold stream, fly rod in hand, surrounded by beautiful trees, fishing for trout. God created such an awesome landscape for us to enjoy!!

Here is a picture thought I am sharing...

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1 comments:

Fishwife said...

Thank you for the prayers! It means a lot to me. Your weekend sounds so much fun, I don't know how to flyfish, but I sure would try! I really enjoyed reading you daybook. Have a great week!