Outside my window...It is chilly and dark. The quiet is broken by a steady stream of traffic going back and forth between two small towns.
For today...I am resting as well as getting the paperwork and clothes ready for about three errands or appointments that need completion by tomorrow.
I am thinking...of many friends and relatives and the individual struggles and choices they are going through now.
I am thankful...to a co-worker named Lori who thought of me by giving me some bags full of clothes she was no longer wearing. Sometimes just even a few items can make such a positive change in your wardrobe and outlook.
In the kitchen...it is still simple items such as bananas, eggs,and sandwiches.
I am wearing casual clothes...however if I was wearing pajama's i wouldn't say it. Pajamas and robes make me think of unwashed, musty bodies...not being ready for the day...sorry...
I am creating...a plan for conscious choices I want to make.
I am going...to have to push myself a lot harder then my current speed to achieve the goals I have been thinking of. Say the word PROCRASTINATION anyone?!
I am wondering...about future blog posts. I consider this as an encouragement blog for myself and others and not therefore just being all about myself.
I am reading...lot and lots of blogs. I am learning so much about blogging! For example, I have come across National Novel Writing Month (which is abbreviated something like Na No Wri Mo). This is a project where in the month of November, people can sign up for the challenge of writing a novel in only 30 days. I would like to participate next year! Na No Wri Mo sounds like a definite plan to help people get those novels and stories written without the luxury of procrastinating!
I am hoping...that the people and leaders of the United States of America will be able to work together to find and implement the needed solutions to a better economy. I believe that it is possible.
I am looking forward to...all the new things I will learn each day as I study and research on my own as well as learning a lot from other people I meet in the course of daily life.
I am learning...that people should not be arrogant or think themselves better then others but should realize instead that some circumstances are a matter of just being plain fortunate.
Around the house...things are fairly plain and simple. Nothing too fancy...but then I don't have any furniture payments either! I believe furniture exists for the comfort of people and not to show off.
I am pondering this picture from National Geographic.com that shows hand prints of cavemen on a cave wall. Let's call it the original social media "wall". Humans love to express themselves and to communicate and that is why Humans adore the Internet. And even after all these centuries our basic lives are not much different then the prehistoric cavemen who sought the most important things of food, shelter, and love.
A favorite quote for today...are words from a song..."and Grace will lead us home..."
One of my favorite things...are older people like my 89 year old grandmother who has worked so hard her whole life. She doesn't know how to use the Internet but she does know how to cook a feast, how to cater a party, how to decorate a home, how to sew, how to have a garden, how to can vegetables and make jam. She is still using many of these artistic capabilities at the age of 89 and recently decorated a 3 tiered cake for my parents 50th anniversary celebration. I wish I could say that I could do as much as her!
A few plans for the rest of the week...involve getting a very short list of Christmas Cards and thank you notes out.
A peek into my day...this small picture of the angel figurines on a corner hutch.
Merry Christmas to all as well as Happy Holidays.
Sources: thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com, nationalgeographic.com, and the quote is from the hymn "Amazing Grace" which is not written by me! Picture of figurines is mine.
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.__Proverbs 4:25 HCSB
