On this last Monday of 2024, I'm taking a few minutes to join Sandra for this link party over at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.
The Weather:::
At 9 am, it's an unseasonable 42º and cloudy, with a gentle rain falling. The rain has been heavy at times overnight and is predicted to end by 2 this afternoon.
As I look outside my window:::
We
already had a decent amount of snow, so our driveway is now a combination of slush and mud. The roads are bare but wet. There is still plenty of snow on the ground, and a light rain continues to fall.
Right now I am:::
Working
on a blog post.
Thinking and pondering:::
About so much from Glad & Golden Hours, which I am continuing to work my way through. Here are a few lines:
"It is a worthy care to keep the family gate, admitting only that which contributes to the well-being of those within. There are plenty of things that we cannot control in life, but the atmosphere of our living spaces is entirely in our hands."
That last sentence was both a jolt and an encouragement.
On my bedside table::: A lamp, a book, 2 pens and a tube of Blistex.
Listening to:::
The rain dripping from the eaves.
On the Breakfast plate:::
I
do intermittent fasting so don't have breakfast. Lunch will be a salad
of leaf lettuce, cubed turkey, and cheddar cheese or pepperjack.
On the dinner plate:::
Kielbasa roasted with onions, peppers and Brussels sprouts
On the menu for this week:::
A few meals on my menu plan:
Hamburgers, cauliflower mac'n'cheese
Pork chops divan
Taco pie, green beans
On my reading pile:::
On my to do list today:::
Spend time cross stitching
Begin work on pillow quilt
Make a couple of freezer meals for my local daughter
Weekly home blessing
Crochet a square for my temperature blanket
We plan to stay at our little camp tonight since the temperatures are so mild
Plans for this week:::
Ironing
Blogging
Start a pillow quilt
Make some fudge and no-bake cookies for kitchen gifts
Begin decluttering our paperwork
Work in zones 5 and 1
Update my Christmas notebook
Begin planning menus and groceries for a ministry team
What I am creating:::
⛄ Winter cross-stitch projects⛄ Pillow quilt
⛄ A granny square temperature blanket
Above is progress on the temperature blanket, which I started February 1, 2024 -- so it won't be finished until the end of January. Counting the extra squares which are needed to help this blanket come out square, I have 35 more squares to add.
Bible verse, Devotional, Quote:::
A thought-provoking quote from Spiritual Mothering:
"Kindness is foundational and should characterize our relationships both in and out of the home. The dictionary defines kind as warmhearted, helpful, tolerant, charitable, considerate, thoughtful. Paul gives further definition to kindness when he says, 'When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, no because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy.' (Titus 3:4-5) God extended kindness to us when we neither deserved nor appreciated it. To emulate our Savior, we are to take kindness to the same level in our relationships -- to those who do not 'deserve' it and appear not to appreciate it."
On my prayer list:::
Friends & family
Church family
Missionaries
Our country
Those in North Carolina and parts of Tennessee still displaced by the results of Hurricane Helene.
I will be sharing an entire post about this tomorrow.
And there's the Happy Homemaker Monday for this week!
I think we are expected to get a big cold dip even into Florida in January. I am bracing myself:)
ReplyDeleteI too and just setting my goals for the next few weeks and months. It is sunny here for now.I have been outside walking with the dog while it is sunny.
We are having warm winter weather as well. I wish we had some snow. The quote you shared from your book is a good one!
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