The Simple Woman's Day Book

The Simple Woman's Day Book

for today, Monday, April 13th, 2009 ...

Outside My Window... It will be a sunny day with a light breeze. On an early drive to the airport this morning the sun was just barely starting to come up over the beautiful Wasatch Mountains with a gorgeous red sky and fluffy white clouds. It made me think to enjoy today, because a storm is coming in tomorrow. My grandma taught me, "Red sky in the morning sailors take warning, red sky at night is a sailors delight!" Mr B. is in California this week. I always miss him when he is away. Next week he will be going to El Paso, Texas...

I am thinking... About the wonderful weekend we just enjoyed attending Stake conference which happens twice a year. Ours happened to fall on Easter Weekend. After the Saturday night session, Mr B and I were in charge of an Ice Cream Social for our Young Single Adults we get to shepherd in our stake. There are roughly 400 Young Single Adults in our Stake. They are such awesome kids.

On Easter we enjoyed a very spiritual meeting. The music and talks filled my heart with love and gratitude for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

I am thinking how much I missed having our family with us on Easter. We were not able to be with three of our children or any of our grandchildren this Easter and we missed them.
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We were happy though to have our youngest son, Kevin fly in from VA, before he headed Sunday night to Colorado. He is working this week in the Dental office, he will be practicing in, after his graduation next month.

I am thinking...it is a blessing to raise wonderful children, to give them wings to fly, but still my heart wants to keep them close to home and not spread so many miles apart... I think I will always want to be that Mother Hen!

I am so thankful... for sunshine, flowers, music, family, and my faith which brings me so much peace. I am thankful for the Bible and the Book Of Mormon which is another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is an actual record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fullness of the everlasting gospel. It speaks to my heart of absolute knowledge about life after death. What a comfort this is.

From the kitchen... I am happy for the laughter that happens. My sister and I fixed an Easter dinner yesterday and I will be eating left overs while Mr B. is away... I will probably share some Honey Baked ham with others. I am not planning on baking this week.

I am wearing... comfortable jeans and a T Shirt! My feet are barefoot and cold. I need to go put on some socks;}

Around our home... I am cleaning and putting away my Easter decorations and decided to leave my spring decor out... since Spring is just starting to appear.:)
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This cute Bunny is something a very special friend Kathy,

made for the me, the year before she passed away.

It always welcomes guests at Easter.

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This is another gift from another sweet friend.

I love all the detail and love which went into each stitch. I love the whimsy of the flowers, bees and bunnies

and is something I will always cherish!

I am reading... A new novel by Annette Lyons, I bought last week. It is very good. Annette has become a blogger I enjoy visiting.

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I really enjoy listening to and reading Glenn Beck. He makes a lot of common sense. This is a touching story and in many ways a story of his own life.

I am hoping... Spring Flowers will soon arrive! We are seeing lots of signs with buds ready to burst on the trees and some already in bloom. I also hope to walk each day this week and try to get in shape to wear summer clothes before out trip back to the East coast in a month!

I am going to try to purge! To clean out some closets while Mr B is in California. I will be taking things to DI or Good Will. I have a problem of saving too many clothes for years and which do not fit anymore.;-) arrggg... LOL

I am hearing... Marie's song list playing quietly on my computer. It is lovely music and is bringing a peaceful feeling to our home. Oops, it is the phone again! ( Since, I have been doing this post, my sweet FIL has called three times asking me about his different medications!) No complaints though, I am grateful for each and every day we can have with him and my own mom. Her phone call was a gift this morning:)

Around the house... Now don’t laugh....I am trying to clean.... to prepare for a luxury I have so enjoyed having... a house keeper who is coming on Wednesday! :-) She comes every three weeks and it is such a treat!

Do any of you have a cleaning lady? Do you also clean before they come??? LOL (I really want you to answer this because my husband laughs at me!)

Around the House ...I enjoy having my sister and her daughter Miss P Mc Call living with us, so I am truly not all alone when Mr B travels.:-) It is fun to have a teenager here again. Miss P Mc MCall turned 13, three weeks ago!

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...
I am also hoping to spend some time with my daughter and her children.

I am planning on going to the pool for physical therapy.

I want to catch up the family history dates for my parents and all their posterity with the dates of new births and etc.
I have a party to go to with friends and my sister which should be lots of fun!
I plan on doing a bit of sewing...
Oh, and I need to make a dreaded appointment for a colonscopy! YIKES;) If I share it here then I will have to do it!


Here is picture I thought I 'd like to share...

Mr. B, His dad and sweet baby at an Easter party at Grandpa's Senior Living Center.

Love, Beth