It's Sunday but I'm out tomorrow

Oops! made a blunder, overtyped last diary and changed date but obviously it didn't do what I was hoping it would so it looks as if I've lost my last post with pic of Olivia. You learn by your mistakes.

Outside my window... The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day.

I am thinking... A big thank you to everyone's lovely comments on my blogs.

I am thankful for ... this beautiful day for this is the day the Lord has made, let us be glad and rejoice in it.

From the learning rooms ... The tongue. Now this small thing can bless God and and praise his name but so often I'm saying sorry Lord as I've gossiped about some one or said something that wasn't quite the nicest thing to say so, I'm learning to guard my tongue, my every word.

From the kitchen ... I'm thinking don't look out of the kitchen window the garden is like a meadow with grass as high as an elephants eye.

I am wearing... bath robe as I've just showered but thought I'd do this before going out.

I am creating ... oh I'm not at the moment but I need to be so will see how the week goes.

I am hearing... doors banging, cars going back and forth, as the fair is in town and they park right opposite in the park.

A few plans for the rest of the week ... Being at my little craft unit, visiting my family up north and hopefully if it's fine while we are there, take the boys to the beach.

I think you may have seen this one but there'll be other soon and I'll add them later so drop on by again.

Simply Monday

Outside my window...
I can see the park but it rained through night and their are puddles on the ground. Hopefully the sun will come out for this May Bank Holiday - no school today

I am thinking... once again of all the jobs Ihave to do around the house and I daren't even think of the garden. My son I'm sure does a rain dance because everytime he's going to help - it rains.

I am thankful for ...
my family and for the new baby growing inside my daughter in law's womb. I am also just waiting for the arrival which should be anyday now.

From the learning rooms ...
Ps 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven time. My words too need to be pure and as the Lord refines me each day I see just how pure they need to be.

From the kitchen ...
Nothing much is happening today as breakfast is being skipped - I'm picking a friend up from the bus station and wanted to do my day book first.

I am wearing...
black jeans, grey and white top and my lovely black and white pendant that I made.

I am creating ...
not a lot either at the moment but thoughts wander in and out of my head for how I'd like the rooms in my home to look.

I am hearing...
ringing in my ears, I think I'm getting tinutus.

Around the house... Jobs, jobs and more jobs - I'm beginning to sound repetitive and one day the jobs will all get done.

A few plans for the rest of the week ...
Hopefully seeing my new grandchild if and when she arrives. It's back to school tomorrow and that will be me for the rest of the week, work and sleep.

Here is picture thought I am sharing...
This is one of the horses in the fountain when I was away in York. It was just amazing and they looked so real. I wonder how long it took to make them. Hope your week is one of joy and laughter and all good things.

My Thursday Simple Woman's Day Book

Sorry this is Thursday but I am away at the weekend and back to work on Monday so here is a Simple Woman's Thursday day book

Outside my window...
it is overcast and foggy looking but ...


I am thinking...
that just maybe the sun will come and it will be warm. It thundered yesterday.


I am thankful for ...
the help my 5 year old grandson gave me in washing the car on Tuesday. It was very patchy but he did a good job. When we started I asked him to do the wheels but he said "Nana, can I do the car please because I did the wheels with my dad, he wouldn't let me do the car and I'd like to do the car part" what could I say but yes.


From the learning rooms ...
I am in Exodus at the moment and yes I'm learning that with God, all things are possible.


From the kitchen ...
bacon for breakfast with tomato sauce (my treat for the week as I don't normally do breakfast oh maybe I'll just have cornflakes instead)


I am wearing...
jeans and a pale pink sweatshirt


I am creating ...
drama faces, the ones where one is happy one is sad. I'm going to try and enamel it, hence the reason for aching arms today as I was cutting out the design in copper yesterday and as I'm not the most fit of persons my arms always ache.


I am going ...
to York tomorrow for the weekend. Staying somewhere that I just can't remember the name of. It's the enamel guild conference and there's workshops. I'm really looking forward to it.


I am hearing...
not a lot really just the whirring of the computer. The double glazed windows keep a lot of the noice out which is sad as sometimes I don't even hear the birds.


Around the house...
Still plenty of spring cleaning to do, throwing away the things that haven't been used for years but that I keep ... just in case they come in handy for something.


A few plans for the rest of the week ...
It's back to work on Monday, so I'll be too shattered to do anything by the time I get home but it's nearing the time that Sam's baby is due and she had pain yesterday so baby may come early ... watch this space.


Here is picture thought I am sharing... it's Ben and Tom's handprints. Sam did this with them a while ago but I think it is just a fab idea and one that I might try and enamel one day.

Simple Woman's daybook and - chocolate!!!!

Outside my window...
it is a dull day but I've seen sparrows, pigeons and other birds flying around and I've just seen a beautiful blackbird with his bright orange beak sitting on my fence. Mama blackbird is hopping around, I'm guessing looking for a healthy breakfast of worms.

I am thinking...
Chocolate!! yes not the healthy breakfast for me I'm off to the chocolate factory with my grandchildren and son and daughter in law. Mmmm yummy! Well maybe not quite breakfast but I may eat a lot :o)

I am thankful for ...
my family and how the Lord protects us. It's been a tough few months with one thing and another and maybe I'll write a list one day of all that has happened.

From the learning rooms ...
Keep on praying. I may have said this before but prayer is our lifeline and I for one will keep on praying. There is just something about prayer. I'm never as close to the Lord as when I'm praying and I should spend more time doing it.

From the kitchen ...
there's only one word for it - mess. It's been a busy week and it's the first thing on my to do list.

I am wearing...
sort of denim blue trousers that come just above the ankle, a grey vest type top and my lovely grey and black cardigan with the big button. The button is fab, probably the nicest thing about the cardigan but it's a chilly day so I'm staying warm.

I am creating ...
not much at the moment, oh a lady wants me to make a pendant and earrings for her daughter's prom so I'm creating those. She brought the most beautiful burgundy dress in and showed me the burgundy and gold pins she'll have in her hair so I'm trying to create something around that.

I am going ...
to Cadbury World - chocolate mmmm

I am reading ...
Exodus, nothing else at the moment.

I am hoping ...
the sun comes out and it gets a little warmer now that Spring is here.

I am hearing...
the whirring of my computer as it's just told me it needs to fix lots of things and that I need to do a back up which I keep forgetting to do. I think one of these days it may just crash and then where will I be.

Around the house...
Easter hols so no school and just plenty of clearing out and tidying up to do.
One of my favorite things...
spending time with the family, and today is one of those days. Even better when chocolate is part of the day too.

A few plans for the rest of the week ...
to buy some new clothes for my weekend away. To tidy the house and maybe get into the garden. I'm doing a poem at the youth group on Friday and need a costume, bibilical lady ... but where to get one. I'll just have to have a look to see what I have at home.

Here is picture thought I am sharing... Ben and Tom at the park, just over the road from my house.

Simple days

Outside my window ... the sun is shining and again it is Sunday as I never have time Mondays to post. .

I am thinking ... I should be doing something else instead of sitting at the computer, I've been here for almost 2 hours.

From the learning rooms ... We serve an awesome God and he is teaching me daily that I am to leave things in his hands, to walk with him, not run on ahead.

From the kitchen ... no nice smells of bacon cooking or coffee on the boil - that's the worse part of being on your own no one else to give you a Sunday morning treat and an extra few minutes in bed, you get the extra few minutes but still have to put the kettle on and make your own breakfast

I am creating ... an enamelled heart for a lady at my studio. She wants one for her sisters wedding with the verse - 'this blue heart is just for you, to brink you luck when you say I do'

Around the house ... oh I hate to think of around the house and it's not just the inside but the outside too that needs a good spruce and a much needed spring clean

One of my favorite things ... just chilling, enjoying the fact that I don't have to get up early and go to work.

A few plans for the rest of the week ... not much doing next week. A meeting at work, youth club on Friday and some time with Ben and Tom.

A photo I am sharing is of Ben. I took this just before Tom was born and did as a scrapbook page. My 2 grandsons are just adorable but I got to take more pics of Ben as he came over and stayed more often. Hopefully now that the lighter nights are here they can both come over and stay and we can visit the park which is just over the road and take lots of pics.

Outside my window ...
it is bright and sunny but it is Sunday morning not Monday so I'm doing this a day early as I'll be at work tomorrow.

I am thinking ...
and praying that my grandson will recover soon from asthma, and that my friend Diane will soon be well.

From the learning rooms ... Genesis and creation vs evolution. Genesis and creation win hands down.

From the kitchen ... so desperately need to get those walls plastered so I can decorate

I am wearing ... grey skirt and grey and black top, usually it would be jeans and a tea shirt but I go to church straight from the unit and can't get home to change so do try to look respectable sometimes.


I am creating ...
thoughts in my mind of how I'd like the house to look once I start to decorate or should I say if I start as it's one of those things that I put off

Around the house ...
so much to be done not enough time to do it but the vacuum cleaner that my friend gave me after mine blew up on me is a good one and picks up everything. Thanks Ri

One of my favorite things ...
spending a few hours playing with my grandchildren. Tom is becoming chatty now in his own way and Ben just talks none stop and tells me lots of interesting things like Ben 10, is real now nana he's not just a cartoon. Sort of reminds of my own son when he was younger.

A few plans for the rest of the week ...
a back massage tomorrow evening. It truly is relaxing after sitting over the computer at work for so long.

A photo I am sharing ... my two lovely grandsons. Their mum had just picked Ben up from school and Tom wanted to walk with him, he was only a year old at the time. Ben took his hand and walked with him. The photo is just simply titled - "He's my Brother"

Thoughts

Outside my window ...
it is bright and hopefully not as cold as recent days.


I am thinking ...
I hope Ben is enjoying his first visit away from home on his own. He's in London with Sam's sister until Saturday (he's only 5 but wanted to sleep over at his cousins house)


From the learning rooms ...
The Lord is in control - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Rom 8:28)


From the kitchen ...
Thoughts of full English breakfast, but no I'll stick to cereal.


I am wearing ...
Jeans, mauvey coloured jumper and three rollers in my hair just to give is some bounce (not a pretty sight)


I am creating ...
small enamel panels. I've just finished one that has an angel and the saying .. Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have forgotten how to fly.


I am reading ...
Genesis and the Decay of the Nations by Ken Ham and my Bible


One of my favorite things ...
The first sign of spring and I'm hoping this brighter day is it


A few plans for the rest of the week ...
Off to help at the church youth club tonight and babysitting on Sunday evening so wont get to go to church as Marc and Sam's shifts clash.


Photo I am sharing
... my lovely 83 year mum. I love this photo of her taken at one of my nieces weddings.