Simple Woman #73

For Today . . . January 25, 2010

Outside my window . . .  winter is back!  It snowed a few inches this weekend and the ice is now covered with a fluffy white blanket.  The temperature was -12 degrees C and it was a dull, grey day.  I left for school before the sun was up and the car lights made the snow crystals sparkle.

I am thankful . . .   for groceries to replace the empty containers and spaces.

And I also am thankful . . .  for safety while driving on winter roads. 

I am praying . . .  for the people of Haiti as they try to recover and move on after the last 2 weeks of chaos and heartbreak.  I'm also praying for the relief organizations who are trying to quickly and efficiently distribute food, water and supplies.

I am thinking . . .   about pictures I want to uphold, print and hang in our home.

I am creating . . .  order out of chaos in the basement :)

I am celebrating . . .  my aunt's and Bob's sister's birthdays yesterday.

From the kitchen . . . I was working today so it was leftover Spanish Rice for lunch.  For supper we had baked salmon with peach chutney, perogies, and tossed lettuce salad.

 I am wearing . . .brown cords, brown turtleneck sweater, beige sweater vest, brown loafers and topaz earrings from Krakow, Poland.

I am reading . . . Matthew 18 - Unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven. . . . Whoever welcomes in my name one such child, as this welcomes me.  Earlier I saw a news item on a local family who just welcomed their 2 adopted Haitian children - God's words in action, for sure!

I am hoping . . .  that the paperwork waiting will do itself :)))

I am hearing . . .  the whistle from my new electric kettle - our old one started leaking and died last week.

I am going . . .  to finish the dishes as soon as this is done.

Around the house and yard . . . not too much on the go this week.

One of my favourite things . . . phone calls to our family. 

A few plans for the rest of the week . . .  2 more days of subbing, pyjamas to sew, friends for supper, Bible study, and our church's annual meeting.  

Here is a picture thought I am sharing . . . my fabric for the "On the Road to Spring Quilt-Along" coordinated by Randi at I Have to Say.  She is also the owner of Fresh Squeezed Fabrics.  Come over and join us!

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