Daybook for Third Week of July

For today...

Outside my window...

it's a little overcast, hot and muggy. The rain we had yesterday seems to have cooled things off just a bit. The birds and squirrels are quiet this morning. I wonder if it's going to rain later this afternoon.

I am thinking...

about Orthodoxy (written by G. K. Chesterton). Yeah, I'm still mulling that book over in my mind. It's full of food for thought.

I am thankful...

that Boo is eating this morning. He's eating cinnamon oatmeal this morning and drinking sugar free Swiss mocha coffee with protein powder added.

In the kitchen...

is a new, properly functioning refrigerator. That's such a nice a feeling.

I am wearing...

really old clothes---a black t-shirt, pink plaid capris and bare feet. I know that's an awful combination, but I'm planning to deep clean the living room floor as soon as I'm through with this post...and I'm dressed for the job!

I am creating...

simple crocheted pot holders. When Boo is agitated and needs me just to sit beside him, I can crochet. I put away the shawl I started because it required too much thought and I couldn't talk to Boo and crochet. These pot holders are so simple they are almost impossible to ruin.

I am going...

to take a long walk later today...I hope. If it rains, I guess I won't.

I am wondering...

about the connections we have with people, especially those from our childhood. I've reconnected with several friends from many years ago through Face Book. There's a certain comfort and freedom in “talking” to those who knew me way back in the dark ages. There's a shared history that just can't be reproduced. After all, they know things about me that no one else does...and are willing to use that knowledge in devious ways. Yeah, that shared history is a mixed blessing!

I am reading...

very little on my own lately. I'm still thinking about Orthodoxy, of course. I am reading The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle to Boo. The language is challenging to read aloud, but he enjoys the story line as long as I read slowly to allow him time to digest the language and story.

I am hoping...

to find some recipes for sugar free jelly. That is, recipes that actually jell. I don't know enough about jelly making to know what isn't working. Jelly that doesn't solidify as it should makes wonderful syrup, but I only need so much syrup.

A favorite quote for today...

“Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love."   St. Therese of Lisieux

One of my favorite things...

is listening to The Andy Griffith Show reruns with Boo and Boudreaux. They're funny and contain morsels of folk wisdom. Besides, they remind me of childhood summers. I used to run into my Aunt Tina and Uncle Leach's house, grab a cold biscuit, a glass of iced tea and settle in front of their TV to watch Andy Griffith with Uncle Leach. Afterward, I'd sit on his foot stool, a small cotton bale, and talk about my day. Wonderful memories...

The Simple Woman's Daybook