The Simple Woman's Day Book

FOR TODAY
Outside my window...it is COLD & pouring down rain, and it is ugly, unlike the beauty the snow brought Sat morning…the kids are rushing to get to class on time…not good on a wet road…look out for ice tonight…

I am thinking ..how did the folks survive without hot water in the tap years ago…I am so happy it is Monday and we can go to Perkins and get a new hot water heater, mine busted Sat and I have had to heat water on the stove..I’m convinced I’d not made a good pioneer woman…lol..

I am thankful …..for all the beauty God sent my way this week end…I am thankful for my loving family …

From the kitchen...for breakfast it’s hot coffee, Cream cheese buns for Charles for me oatmeal and bananas.
Supper home made chicken and rice soup with homemade bread for Charles and what ever box I grab from the Nutrasystems shelf and a big green salad..

I am wearing…a pink nightgown and large comfy red & black plaid bath robe with white socks..I know not very matchy-matchy but mighty warm..

I am going…to be busy again this week, today helping DH hook up new hot water heater and finishing getting my gifts that I ordered site to store from Wal-Mart. My Bible study class is making home made soup to put in qt container and freeze then we will deliver it to the shut-ins in our Community Weds night. Have to make soup today so it will be frozen by Weds.

I am creating... Finished painting stockings for gifts, now have to finish 3 glass block night lights for my DILs Mothers, Christmas presents.”

I am reading...Beth Moore’s study of Daniel.

I am hearing...the heating system kicking off and on, the chirping of my smoke detector, time for new batteries, must add to list, it is getting annoying….

Around the house...need to finish decorating Christmas tree so I can put boxes away and get living room clean, have to find strings of lights first…aghhhhh…where did he store them? He can’t remember, If I told him once I’ve told him a thousand times put them in the same place every year and you can find them….he just takes it all to his shop and sticks them in every corner…so unorganized….but I guess I love him anyhow…lol…

One of my favorite things...the sounds, smells and sights of the Christmas Season....

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Monday…go to town finish shopping, help DH install new hot water heater, make big pot of home made soup for Weds night. Wash dishes..finally….

Tuesday…decorate Christmas tree and clean living room.

Weds….get some painting done on night lights, go to Bible Study and help deliver soup to shut-ins.
Thurs…paint some more and hopefully the rain will be gone so we can get outside decorated..finish painting night lights…a must….

Fri. …pick up Redman to spend the night and we’ll take him out to eat.

Sat…spend the day with Redman, he wants me to help him paint 6 ornies for his favorite teachers for their Christmas happy…he is a very good artist and I am going to have a ball helping him.

Sunday Church and hopefully a day of rest…..

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

My beautiful Nativity Scene has a home...A friend found it for me in Jackson and brought it to me yesterday...isn't it lovely, DH is going to put me a lighted star on top.
Hope everyone has a happy and Blessed week...

Blue Monday

 Good Morning fellow bloggers and dear friends...It is time for Blue Monday over at Sally's house. Please visit Smiling Sally by clicking here

For my blue Monday I wanted to share a few more snow pictures with you, I took these Sat Evening when my 2 grands came over to spend the evening while their Mom and Dad finished their Christmas shopping.

They loved the snow and wanted to build a snowman, ...but got too busy having a snow ball fight with my black Lab, Levi and of course he was in hog heaven...lol...

I love the soft blues formed by the snow shadows and their clothes were different shades of blue...

They started off by making (trying to) a snowman on the truck of DH's car

Then Levi decided he wanted in on the action...

MooMoo had forgotten to bring her gloves so she used a pair of white cotton gloves I had...lol..didn't fit or help much

I love this color of blue on RedMan...

MooMoo had on several different shades of blue and was making her snow balls, ready to fight...oh yes, the truck is also blue...

LOL, she brushed up against this little tree and was instantly covered with falling snow..lol..she was saying "bad tree, very bad tree".....

Levi was doing his dancing bear trick all morning, he'd rather walk on his 2 hind legs than on all 4s.

and still dancing

Snow ball fight...was on..

oh, he was playing dirty, waited till she bent over and whammmm...

bulls eye

doing the first snow waltz....the snow was already starting to melt....

I just love the shades of blue that nature provides, no man made shades can equal them...

Happy Blue Monday everyone and Merry Christmas, can you believe it is only 18 more days...

First snow and Christmas card picture...

Good morning my friends, I have had several comments on my beautiful new header, I was so awe stricken Sat morning when I woke up and saw the beauty of my world in the first light of day. So I had to grab my camera and save the views if only in pictures.
Friday night it started snowing in South Mississippi, I snapped a few pictures because I figured it would be lite and would be gone by the next day..you can check out those pictures here...I was so wrong...I am posting some of the beauty I saw Sat. morning...
As I think about the beauty of that morning, I realized, the first snow of the year is much like God's love for us, this beautiful scene was not so beautiful Friday before the snow, winter had started turning everything drab and the bushes and trees where loosing their leave, just like our hearts that are filled with sin has turned dark and cold, but his love is like the snow it takes and turns our ugly sin filled heart beautiful, with a love that makes it as white as snow...his love covers our heart, just like the snow covered the ugly landscape.

Looking out my front door...

a picture of the slider in day light

looking out front door toward the pasture

my patio, just as the sun is appearing over the arising

a closer shot...of my azeleas and grape abor...

awww my poor Sweet olive is heavy with ice and snow...

The moon could still be seen...

sun rising a little higher in the Eastern sky

it looked like a giant ball of fire against the white snow...

my perfect Christmas card and header, this was taken at 6:30 am..and the sun's red glow lite up the Eastern sky...

the 3 pictures above are looking out my bedroom window at the pasture beside my house, you can see the snow clouds slowly moving north...

my grape vines and azeales and bird house...

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my snow picture, will do a post later on the Grands playing and building snowmen and having snowball fights....I also realized the squirrels that where scurrying around in my yard last Sat. click here to see that post..knew something we didn't, that it was time to lay up stores and snuggle down for a long winter's nap....God is amazing.

Re-Run Sunday

It's time again for Sunday Favorite Re-runs, a new Meme hosted by Chari over @ happytodesign http://happytodesign.blogspot.com/ It is so much fun to go back and re-run some of my favorite post.

For this weeks rerun I wanted to repost  a post I wrote on 1/07/2009  I believe it is fitting this close to Christmas...

My Kid's Christmas Presents

This year for Christmas I wanted to give my Children something special for Christmas. I have always loved to paint, doing people is one of my most favorite things to do. But...I've never really done a person that I had to make look like someone special. So my year was filled with trail and error attempts to do these. Here is the final results....

 Keifer and Marissa, Son of Ronnie and Daughter of Ronnie and Mindy Smith

 

 Lance and Teresa, Son of Charles and "ME"

 Connor and Morgan Son and Daughter of Chuck and Lori Smith

 Karter Smith Son of Missy and Kyrk Smith

 I have also done a couple more portraits and canvases of people.

Oh Holy Night...

Click here to visit Brittany Sweet Nothings for Praise and Worship Sunday...BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN AND TURN MY PLAYER OFF FIRST.......
Today my Praise song is one of my favorite Christmas songs....