FOR TODAY...Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 11:00am
Outside my window...it is 14 degrees, up 9 degrees from when we got up this morning and expected to reach 23....this is unusually cold for our area......but hey, the sun is shinning and the Birds are out looking for food....I'm inside where it is warm
I am thinking...that I am blessed with a garage to park my car in so I don't have to go out in the cold and melt the frost off my windshields and warm the car before I go to work in the morning....blessed not to have to go out and work....
I am thankful...that we have a warm house, plenty to eat, and love to share
In the kitchen...yesterday I cooked a pot of pinto beans and one of rutabagas for Honey Bear to eat with cornbread and slaw...the slaw is all gone so I've put on a pot of Spinach to go with the meal for lunch today..........I've started a pot of Potato Soup for dinner...we could eat that with some Sour Dough Bread my friend makes and gives me......
I am wearing...an Auburn tee with some knit pants
I am creating...Oops! Well, I'm creating sorted files and agenda for a planning meeting next week......plus this Blog post.......and I've started my 2014 Journal
I am going...out this afternoon to pick up the Princess at school and take her home....
I am wondering...how long this change in weather will last....I know it is supposed to be in the 40s on Thursday......won't that seem like a heat wave after these frigid days...
I am reading...Command Authority
I am hoping...to continue clearing out and organizing......January is always a good time to do this.........I'm putting the pantry on my list....
I am looking forward to...all the things God has in store for us this year.......
I am learning.....to appreciate the simple things in life more.....
Around the house...laundry as usual........still keeping the doors closed on the spare rooms so can't get in there until it warms some but there is lots of sorting and clearing out to do in there.......sun is shinning in the window and door.........
I am pondering...I always have problems with this prompt....isn't pondering the same as thinking?
A favorite quote for today..."God has given us memories so that we might have roses in December...J M Barrie" ....saw this one over at Susan Branch's blog.......do you follow Susan, her posts are all about living in New England in a big old house.......
One of my favorite things...eating, I'm afraid, I've managed to gain quiet a bit this Fall and Winter which I'm going to have to lose.......woe is me....
A few plans for the rest of the week:Lunch with my friend Rene tomorrow......Book Club at noon on Thursday and then a meeting that night.....busy week coming up, too...
A peek into my day...
a picnic by at an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Smokey
It has been unusually cold here, too - it was 1 degree when I got up this morning and only 12 when I went to the store. I was thinking, too, that 40 will feel good after this. I am so glad for our garage, too, and that my husband and son let me put my car there.
ReplyDeleteStay warm. I can't believe how cold it is ... everywhere else. ;) Sending you much Aloha!
ReplyDeleteIt was a chilly day, wasn't it? At least the sun shined most of the day though!
ReplyDeleteI loved the pictures that you shared, this week. A picnic on the Blue Ridge Parkway sounds nice...
Sounds as though you are having a bit of the chill as well. although not as much as some. It is hard to imagine it being so cold.
ReplyDeleteHugs Kay