Woman's Daybook

For Today...Thursday, September 2

Outside my window...  It is a beautiful fall (ok, I know it

is not officially fall) day.  But, it feels like fall is in the air.

The temperature is about 70 F. which I'm loving!  The

blue sky is cloudless.

  

I am thinking...  How nice it was to take my lunch outside

and eat on the patio.   It was very quiet with all the neighborhood

children in school.  So very peaceful!

I am thankful for...  A good neighbor and friend who is

doing the up-dating on my bathroom.  Although we are 

moving a little slower than I'd like, I'm grateful to have 

someone I trust and know will be fair with me and do a

good job. 

I am wearing...  Tan slacks, white shirt and flip flops.

I am remembering...  Sweet memories of my daughter's

early years as I work on her books.

I am going...  To spend the evening with my children

and grandchildren.  I look forward to our Thursday FHE

nights when we can all be together.  Think I will make

rice krispie treats for our treat tonight.

I am currently reading...  All my reading has been

put on hold so I can work on my children's books and finish

some fall projects.  Once I get into a good book it seems 

everything else goes by the wayside.  So, I told myself

the only time I can read is at bedtime and lately I seem to

fall asleep before I get started.

I am hoping...  That I have made the right choices for

my bathroom.  It is always so hard looking at small samples

and trying to pull everything together.  

On my mind...  My sweet daughter in law whose 

birthday it is and hoping our package made it to New

Zealand in time. 

Noticing that...  I've got a few more tomatoes

ready for picking.  Maybe now I'll have enough

to make some chili sauce.  I love the smell of

it cooking and it always brings back fond memories

of time spent with my mother and grandmother

canning.  The recipe was my grandmother's and is

so yummy!

Pondering these words...  "Fifty was my favorite age.

It takes about that long to learn to quite competing--to

be yourself and settle down to living.  It is the age I would

like to be through all eternity!"  ...Marjorie Pay Hinckley 

From the kitchen...  Ingredients for treats tonight waiting 

to be mixed together.  Nice not to have to worry about

cooking as we take turns each week.

Around the house...  Bathroom is looking so bare

with the counter top pulled off, toilet gone and floor coverings

pulled up.

One of my favorite things...  Cool nights and warm (not

hot) days and opening the doors and widows.

I am wishing that...  My local Smith's store still did

photo's.  The girl there was so good at helping me restore

some of these old photo's.  Now I have to find another

place.

A few plans for the rest of the week...

1.Work, work, work! (I am working 6 days a week for

awhile.  The lady I job share with fell and broke her

right wrist (she's right handed), damaged her front

teeth and scraped up her face.  She had surgery on her

wrist a couple of days ago, but don't know when she'll

be back.  I'm sure I'll be there at least a couple of weeks.

It really isn't bad as we do the bookkeeping and

banking and can leave when we're through.  I usually

am out of there by 11:00 or earlier.

2.  Get bathroom counter installed tomorrow

3.  Harvest tomatoes and make chili sauce

4.  Yard work and house work Saturday

5.  Church on Sunday

From my picture journal...

Recently made this purse as a gift.  It was so easy.

I had seen some Terry had made and posted pictures

of on her blog:  Terry's Treasures.

She kindly gave me the link:  http://www.allpeoplequilt.com

Think it would make a great bag for sewing projects

with the six outside pockets.

Well, I'm off to make our snack for tonight.

Hope everyone's having a super day!

Nola