Word Filled Wednesday

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The Simple Woman Daybook

FOR TODAY ...February 15, 2009
Outside my window...I am pleased to see the sky is brightening through scattered clouds and it is 6:45 am. A single crow is squawking "it's good day".
I am thinking...we have enjoyed Amanda and Joshua's goodbye visit so much, but only 2 days to go.
I am thankful for...this time we have had with them as they prepare to move to Boston on Wednesday.
From the kitchen...the smell of fresh ground, brewing Arabica coffee is wafted up the stairs. There is another thing for which I am thankful. Lynn grinds and brews the morning coffee every morning !
I am wearing...I'm still in my robe, but I will be wearing jeans and my green sweater set today!
I am creating... I have purchased some new elements that I am going to use to create a new spring door decoration this week. I am anxious to begin my spring decorating . That will give me something to focus on besides the kids' leaving.
I am going...to be also concentrating on the church prayer ministry plans with our team much more in the coming weeks. It is time to be focusing now on the developing the Upper Room prayer sanctuary in our church.
I am reading...2 Samuel for Sunday School, and Thinking like a Christian, my Christian world view handbook for Bible study
I am hearing...Lynn rustling papers in his study now that he has brought me my coffee!
Around the house...I am taking down all that remains of the winter decor this week. I still have the snowman figures and papaphenalia in the sunroom, and will be reworking the mantle to put the valentine decor away.
One of my favorite things...are roses. Lynn gave me these beauitful red roses on Friday.

He has always given Amanda yellow roses,... she got these!

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Today we are going with the kids to Charlottesville to meet a couple of their good friends to have lunch and say goodbye and mom and dad are having us over for dinner tonight. we will probably play our favorite card game as well.
Tuesday we have a few last errands to run and take my dad to the doctor for his final test to determine why he has congestive heart failure prior to our big meeting with the cardiologist on Thursday.
Wednesday the kids leave really early for their 12 hour drive and I will take my mom to Bible Study. Lynn and I have fellowship dinner and our CV class wed evening.
Thursday I take mom and dad to the cardiologist to hear the outcome of his testing.
Friday night I have a woman's ministry dinner and a movie at church. We are watching Love Comes Softly, which I love!
Saturday the prayer team meets for prayer and then we are going to Colleen's home for coffee and a teaching on effective prayer.
Here is picture thought I am sharing...

We had my parents over for a Valentine dinner and it was so sweet having Amanda to help host! I don't have to tell you how much I am going to miss them. I just have to give it to the Lord!

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Pink Saturday

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My Husband Rocks, Friday

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This week Katy shared a link to Focus on the Family which has listed the top Ten Secrets to a Successful Marriage. I hope you will visit this list and take it all to heart! How we view our spouse and how we are willing to change daily, what I believe is actually dying to self, is what keeps marriage new and fresh after 37 years.

Amanda tells me" Mom, you have got to stop catching dad on camera unawares. He looks like a deer caught in the headlights!" I think he's cute!

#10

"A crisis doesn't mean the marriage is over. Crises are like storms: loud, scary and dangerous. But to get through a storm you have to keep driving. A crisis can be a new beginning. It's out of pain that great people and marriages are produced."

I love to drive, not I like to be the controller, but actually it mostly started because I used to get rather carsick. Now I see that just keeping driving, keeping the marriage on the road, heading on down that rocky road together is so very important. The road can really throw you come nasty curves, but then it smoothes out and the view is breathtaking~~ something one just does not want to miss! So keep driving!!!

(Karen's Whimsey's)

Show and Tell, Friday

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Today for Show and Tell in order to celebrate Valentine's Day, I have created a collage of all the valentine's I have received thus far.

What is wonderful about this collection is that everything I have received so far this year has been from dear folks I have met online. Depicted here are the valentines from my dear friend, Gina of Simply Heart and Home as well as my Valentine blessing from my secret pal from the Mitford forum. And the rest are components of the Vintage Valentine Swap of Foxgloves, Fabric, and Folly. This demonstrates the wonderful benefits of blogging- the friendships forged here between like-minded souls.

Happy Valentine's Day,

dear friends!

Favorite Family Foto Friday

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I ran across these photos this week! So for FFFF I would like to share the alpha/omega photos of my formal education beginning in 1956. This was my first grade foto attending Washington Heights Elementary.

I remember that darling wool jumper my mother made for me. It was a beautiful brown plaid with a sweetheart sweater. I always loved it!

Then my senior picture in 1968- remember the flip?

I remember we worked so hard to get that flip to hold. (At least, I had to!)

Skywatch Friday

Twilight is such a beautifully, calm part of the day, when the hectic, sometimes frantic, hours of the day give themselves over to the evening rest! There were so many days I would be dragging myself home from a frenzied day at school to reach home just at twilight!

~A coming home time~ Sounds so good, doesn't it!