December 21st

FOR TODAY... from Bev's Daybook

Outside my window... Dawn is here and with it a promise of another mild day of 9 degrees

I am thinking... about about what to do with my granddaughter today

I am thankful for... the mercies and protection and guidance of a 'gracious' God

I am wearing... green jeans later on today for shopping and clogs as they are so comfortable and versitile, for now it is pjs. as this is the first home time i have had in a long time it seems.

I am remembering... a special decoration i made years ago out of pistachio shells around a styrofoam ball with a red ribbon.  i hope i can find it now.

I am going... to make a list of what i have to do today including a baby shower that will be held today at the church.  they will use my pink christmas decorations that we had for womens ministry meeting

I am currently reading... Buyteko Breathing

I am hoping... that my children will be safe today and find a blessing in keeping the Father of heaven in their lives

On my mind... well!  it is nice to write this again after another month and to sit in from the of pellet fireplace enjoying its warmth

Noticing that... i have three kids that were born this week on christmas day---oldest daughter and two years later twin boys

Pondering these words... "She turned to the frost-covered window and scratching a small opening with her fingers, she pressed her face to the pane to look out on Christmas Day. An angry wind swirled heavily falling snow, piling drifts in seemingly mountainous proportions. She could not even see the well at times for the density of it."...Love Comes Softly  i am going to leave this quote up posted by  our host,  just because i love it.

Ephesians 6    And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

From the kitchen... all kinds of sprouts and green salad and biscotti

Around the house... Christmas decorations to put up , general things to do

One of my favorite things~ poinsettias

From my picture journal...this is for gifts to wrap.....

A month has gone by

FOR TODAY...november 16, 2009
i looked at the last entry and a whole month almost has passed and it has been that long since i have a few minutes to sit down and actally write, so here it is......


Outside my window... well between the flowered curtains i can see that it is still dark out--quarter after seven

I am thinking... i have probably said it all this morning but right now i keep seeing shadows move and i am thinking i am going to have to get one of those ultrasonic plugins to scare mice away.  they don't eat the poison anymore. 

I am thankful for... for this week off, my boss has gone to San Diego,  how do you spell that!!, for a seminar, it has been nice to be at home as i am sorting junk and moving it around and trying to get rid of it - threw out a little bit---hahahha

I am wearing... well wouldn't you know it,, its almst like when the phone rings when you are in the tub.......guess....it is white.....

I am remembering...the times when my mom was alive and the times i would phone and dad would answer the phone with OH! Hi Buff,,,,,hey Orlo...its buff come to the phone...

I am going... probably going to Smithers today, that is town about 45minutes away.....and bringing my kids the junk i sorted out so they can throw it away...hahhaha

I am reading...just magazines--Mary Janes Farm,  Romantic Country decorating because it has pink in it  and e-Sword on the computer--a bible platform

I am hoping... that i will be able to read a few of your entries, that i will get a decent paycheck after this month, that God will answer a couple of prayers for today and that each of you wil have a good day full of blessings to put on paper

On my mind... well that is almost the same as i am hoping and remembering and thankful and thinking......

From the learning rooms... the learning rooms of my mind tells me to be careful what and who i critisize, to be more understanding of other people--there is always a reason what they do and to remember the issue behind the action.

Noticing that... it is getting daylight now and there is still the same snow out as was yesterday

Pondering these words... a little clipping my mother had saved---it is funny how you never get too old to learn some new ways to be foolish

From the kitchen...Creamed eggs on toast for breakfast, gren salad with pears, feta, pecans and lemon dressing for dinner and am going to make some hard bread---now aren't i just absent minded for a moment what is it called.........

Around the house... lots of boxes to put away and christmas decorations to sort out and a womens meeting to get ready for, clothes to wash and get ready for work tomorrow

One of my favorite things~ i just love this old couch with white sheets covering it and green pillows with a lace one too

From my picture journal...

even if no one eads it is nice to write this.......

FOR TODAY...October 12

Outside my window...

I am thinking...

I am thankful for...

I am wearing...

I am remembering...

I am going...

I am reading...

I am hoping...

On my mind...

From the learning rooms...

Noticing that...

Pondering these words...

From the kitchen...

Around the house...

One of my favorite things~

From my picture journal...

the simple woman: Are YOU Ready?

the simple woman: Are YOU Ready?

FOR TODAY (which is August 10)...

Outside my window...blessed clouds, it seems so long since it has rained and things are so dry here. Slight wind and coolish--a 52 degrees F today.

I am thinking...i am looking at the temp for Guayamerin, and what a change from yesterday-it was 90 and now it is 65. i am leaving for Bolivia next week and am getting real nervous. Beginnin to wonder the wisdom of booking this trip. But i am going to trust God will take care of me.

I am thankful for...for my property and the scenery around it, had a good garden this year--tons of zucchinis, thankful for the grace of God and what a huge intake those three words are!! God is so good! Makes me take a big breath!

From the learning rooms...(i am just changing jobs and i need to listen to the still small voice that tells me to slow down)

From the kitchen...Zucchini Casserole---slice the veggies and onions and layer them, salt, and pour on diluted tomato soup and top with grated cheese and bake. it is sooooo good. I am wondering if it wil freeze. i am going to try. once it is cooked it should be okay.

I am wearing...PINK

I am creating...a bedspread for a single bed for one of my granddaughters

I am going...to Terrace today to shop for clothes for Bolivia

I am reading...bringing along some recipie books to copy my old recipies for on the plane. i have a two day flight, and my mini computer

I am hoping...that my house will keep safe here, my flights will be good and that someone will meet me at the airport when i get there.

I am hearing...the cold wind swaying the trees, crows talking, train going by, we went to a friends house the other day and the train went by and right after that the coyotes started to howl. Every time!!!!

Around the house...just about got everything organized, a young couple will be spending the weekends here and someone will be waering my plants. Garden is rototilled for the most part. When i come back i will get two loads of manure and have it set for the winter. Still need to get underneath the trailer and insulate a few pipes. i have been putting it off till the last minute.......

One of my favorite things...The pillows i am leaning on!!!!!

A few plans for the rest of the week:.....Work for Wed and Thurs and last minute preps on Friday and make peanut butter cookies to take to my son, pick up pkgs at the post office and buy another suitcase and and and..................................

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

JUST THINGS..........

For Today...

Outside my window... blue sky with few clouds and 50degrees F. Leaves are so still!

I am thinking... it is going to be another nice day, wish i had it at home instead of work, but work is good!!

I am hearing.....music from my blog and somewhere over the rainbow.....

My favorite things...chocolate and a pillow

From the learning rooms... i am learning not to touch big cactus with prickles as they stick in your fingers forever.......how do i get them out??????

I am thankful for... so much for this beautiful country and its peace, for summer, flowers and the ability to do things around the yard, for God who give me salvation every day

From the kitchen... well there is a kale salad with black beans,oranges, parsley, nuts and fresh lemon for dressing

I am wearing... i need to find my brown DAWGS.....

I am reading...need to find another good book, i like true stories, just finished one called the Prisonni where a kings step daughter was imprissoned for 25 years. what a terrible story and ordeal she went thru but what courage they had. goood read.

I am hoping... to get the dry wall and painting done this week and to lay the carpet to the small room by Friday. am painting the walls pink!!!! a very light pink

I am praying... for my children as always that they will love Christ, to be happy in life, for the people in our church and for you who read this, for our work and for a lady who will lose her life to cancer and prayeng that she will be healed to extend her life for her three small children

Around the house... junk piled everywhere from renovations to be done......



A few plans for the rest of the week...well not this week maybe but i have agreenhouse to build for next year, and a trip to Bolivia to get ready for. am leaving August 16 and i am getting nervous. do not like to fly...three days of it.....

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

A GOOD DAY

FOR TODAY (MAY 4)...

Outside my window...it is a cloudy , cool morning of minus 2 degrees, and a very wet one too, but that is okay because things are still turning green. or is that mist?? maybe it will be sunny today

I am thinking...i wonder when the sun will come out, will my bid get accepted today for the house, will curt phone--my son, or my other son-clint

I am thankful for...Grace that it wil always be there even though sin is too just as much, But God is greater---you know that song!!!!

From the learning rooms...(if this applies)humm

From the kitchen...am having asparagas with lemon and cream for breakfast and maybe a greensmoothie

I am wearing...brand new black scrubs

I am creating...a celebration banner for mothers day, it is already hung in the church so will take a pic afterwards

I am going...to work in about an hour and a half but it is nice to sit here and share!!

I am reading...my devotions

I am hoping...well! this sort of goes along with what am i thinking today!! he he he

I am hearing...humm....it is quiet for once except a woodpecker and the birds singing--so nice

Around the house...seems like junk just gets moved from one organized part of the house to th other, i need to throw some things away

One of my favorite things...my camera - finally dried out and is working after i forgot it outside yesterday!!

A few plans for the rest of the week:...every week seems to be about th same when there is work but they may change if the bid goes thru then i will have to visit lawyers and such

Here is picture thought I am sharing...(a very devotd rooster who is looking after his brood! he is the neighbours chicken and comes to visit twice a day, the grss or the bugs i should say are more plentiful /greener/or more !! over here........))

A busy day

For Today...Monday morning 27th

Outside my window...For once on a monday i can write that it is a bright clear blue sky, full sun and a mere warm!!!!!!!!!! -3. well it will warm up today!!!

I am hearing......the loader already--he has started the motor and letting it warm up, pellet stove is running and so is the fridge, the neighbours are walking by talking away !!!!!! and me sniffing my nose from the cold

I am thinking... i have to type fast and get ready for work as it is 7:26am already

From the kitchen... a sink full of dishes i have to do today and for breakfast left over green salad

I am thankful for.....a most loving God who was our Passover and now our Living saviour who has taken our sins and put them in the depths of the sea, He comes into our hearts at a moments notice and gives us joy and peace...

I am praying.....for my children, the place where i work, for me, for my church and neighbors, and you

I am wearing... still in pink pj's but there will be scrubs as usual

I am reading...Bible on Mark 14....

I am hoping...to get the finances settled soon after we put bids in on a trailer, to get my garden plowed, and to get thru this day with no hitches!!!

A few plans for the rest of the week......to go over my Myo tonite, get my housework more or less done, i already cleaned my car yesterday!!!!, clean off my porch, go for a bike ride and do some raking in the yard

Around the house...wow! what a filled question--there is major clearing/burning to do from piles of brush

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

Day after Easter

FOR TODAY (april 13)...

Outside my window...it is pouring rain, high whitish gry clouds--you know the kind that brings more rain and snow on the mountains!!! it has snowed 3/4 of the way down!!! Water is making huge puddles all over the ground with the moss turning greener---what a picture

I am thinking...a good day to stay indoors, i actually have a whole day to look over all the posts everyone else writes!!!

I am thankful for...for the visit i had with the girls this weekend and the grandkids, when they all go it is so quiet, for the visit i had with my son on skype from bolivia

From the learning rooms...(if this applies)

From the kitchen...fresh asparagas soup in a cup with cream

I am wearing...blue pj's of course on a day like this, pink slippers

I am creating...nothing right now but i am going to make a couple more handbags, they are fun to make, oh yes we are dreaming of making a tree house

I am going...no where, jus here going from the kitchen to living room to bedreem to the couch and wandering around the house

I am reading...instructions on how to make a treehouse

I am hoping...that tomorrow will not come for a long time

I am hearing...the birds singing, rain falling on the tin roof

Around the house...cleaning up after company

One of my favorite things...my squishy akea pillow

A few plans for the rest of the week:work, going over myo papers, putting another bid on the house

Here is picture thought I am sharing..

hen gathers her chicks?????

FOR TODAY (April 6, Monday)...

Outside my window...is DAYLIGHT !!!! it is so nice to get up in the morning and go to work when it is daylight and there are just grey cloudy skies but it is warmish out. Snow is finally melting in the chilly air and mud is everywhere

I am thinking...it is finally Spring, i even took the plastic off the windows this morning!!!!

I am thankful for...God who has created the earth is six days and that He is constant and so is the earth there will be no question where i came from or where i will go....

From the learning rooms...well i had the grandkids this weekend and it was a learning experience in patience, they are very sweet girls

From the kitchen...made beetroot, apple, buttermilk muffins---which are very good actually!!!!

I am wearing...Pink

I am creating...doll blankets , maybe a pink dress for the girls, and easter treats

I am going...to work

I am reading...CPR manual, orofacial myofunctional therapy manual

I am hoping...to buy this dumpy house that i love the look of!!!!

I am hearing...the blessed sounds of silence

Around the house...re arranging, painting the back room, dishes, muffins for wednesday

One of my favorite things...this couch

A few plans for the rest of the week:work, planning for my two daughter spa weekend here and things to do together

Here is picture thought I am sharing...() just needing an extra loving touch!!!!

Monday Morning Again

For Today..
Outside my window... daylight is beginning to show and the morning is warm, yesterday the birds were singing from the treetops just in full chorus

I am thinking... back to work again after a day of being very lazy, am i going to be able to work today!!!!
From the learning rooms...
I am thankful for... for the peace and tranquility of my home and for soft music, for the peace which comes from knowing the love of Jesus, and for the care He gives each of us in our daily life. my daughter has just separated and i cry everyday for the children as they have ben separated from their parents\

From the kitchen... just mixed grain cereal for breakfast with hemp milk and bananas
I am wearing...Pink pj.s---What else!!!!!!!
I am reading... my phone bill--there was a credit instead ,well that was nice also am going to get a book called "When all you have is hope" by Frank O"dea
I am hoping...that my daughter will have a change of heart as with the husband, they desperately need it
I am creating... nothing again but i may start on a couple of doll dresses and a matching one for my granddaughter
I am hearing... the washer going and my daughter forgot her cell phone here so it is beeping too. a lot of beeps in this world eh!
Around the house... snow is melting and i need to wash sheets today from company this weekend, dishes are almost done but most of them are mine so will do that tonite too
One of my favorite things...this couch is pretty confortable!!!!!
A few plans for the rest of the week...staying in town this week so that will be nice to not travel
Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

Monday Morning

For Today..

Outside my window... darkness still reigns as it is still 6:30 in the morning

I am thinking... for once it will be nice to go to work today as i have been sitting around the house all weekend from the flu

From the learning rooms...

I am thankful for... for the peace and tranquility of my home and for soft music, for the peace which comes from knowing the love of Jesus, for the color purple

From the kitchen... i got a new blender the other day as the old one broke down, and in the recipe booke there s one for a Spinach Dip.....use half a brick of silken tofu, half a cup of carrots, handful of raw spinach, salt and pepper to taste, tablespoonful of lemon juice, and tsp of tarragon, a little slice of onion and a small clove of garlic. Put this all in your new Vita Mix blender for a second or two and serve on crackers or bread. This is very good!!!!

I am wearing...Pink pj.s---What else!!!!!!!

I am reading... my phone bill

I am hoping... to get my telephone bill settled today as there is a huge mistake on it ---a 800$$$ mistake

I am creating... i have been sewing a couple of bags or purses

I am hearing... chickadees have started their mating calls again, they tried a month ago then quit, but i think spring is just around the corner so they have started again, the dryer just quit, the pellet stove is too silent so i will need to turn the thermostat up, and i love the music on my blog--Thru Pink Curtains

Around the house... signs that spring cleaning definitely needs to be done, dogs have left their tracks , porch needs sorting and i need to order some more pellets. they really are a good thing to invest in.

One of my favorite things...the pink barge on my other blog, i was so excited to see it last weekend

A few plans for the rest of the week... just work,, travelling back and forth from one town to the other, helping my daughter after her decision to divorce, what a stress that is.

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...

what shall i call this post????

FOR TODAY (January 5,2009)...

Outside my window...dark

I am thinking...need to drink more water am sneezing, back to work, i need two more weeks off but i am glad to do somethig besides be in the house

I am thankful for...warmth , pellet stove, car that runs, for angls that protect and safe trip to smithers in the blizzard

From the learning rooms...(that it always pas to wait until the last minute--well sometimes---what ccan be learned from that?? well when i make plans always things change and i have to start over anyway---oh well!)

From the kitchen...green salad for breakfast

I am wearing...black--it looks skinnier after christmas!!!

I am creating...doll blankets

I am going...get ready for work

I am reading...christmas in my heart vol 4

I am hoping...to get all the million things done in one hour today --huh!

I am hearing...fridge um, stove fan and typing clicks--too early for anything else

Around the house...put together my new table, there is josies's cardboard house from the table container

One of my favorite things...this blanket i am wrapped in

A few plans for the rest of the week:thinking about booking my flight to bolivia, getting a one drawer dishwasher--kenmore

Here is picture thought I am sharing...(breakfast roses from bacon--striples actually!--put an egg in the middle and there you have a rose !!! pretty good eh!

Sorry!!! go here for pink saurday