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I want to fall asleep to these sounds.  Like, now.  A heavy quilt, this sweet sound, and a smile upon my face.  Good-night.

Today

FOR TODAY
Outside my window  I still hear kids playing- evidence of spring break.

I am  thinking...about the miners and families in West Virginia, about their hard scrabble life and the fear of accident that they live with all of the time.

I am thankful for...feeling better finally.  I just woke up feeling normal yesterday.  What a long week!

From the kitchen...tonight there were baked potatoes FROM MY OVEN!!!  Just fixed today.  Can’t wait to really be able to cook this weekend.

I am wearing...black.  My favorite color for clothing.

I am creating...some simple notecards for a friend as a surprise.

I am going...to have all of my kids under roof this weekend!!  Yay!  I am never happier, and it’s been wayyyyyy too long since I’ve gotten to look my son in the eye.

I am reading...getting ready tonight to pick something from my Christmas stash.  I think it will be The Girls From Ames.

I am hoping...to do something fun with K on Thursday.  She hasn’t really done anything fun for spring break.

I am hearing...everyone in my house doing their own thing.  DH has a tv show on, K is on the computer in the kitchen, Herbie is grumbling and wanting to be held, and Willow is smacking her lips in her sleep.

Around the house...is a general lazy feeling.  I just feel so dang good to feel good.  The house needs some attention, but I’m thinking maybe I can get away  with crying “sick” for a day or two more?  Probably not.

One of my favorite things...is that once the weather is warm, the neighbors are all back out on the porches at night.  Had a great porch session with my neighbor Mr. Al  and my nephew on Sunday.   In the early hours of Saturday morning I stood out on the porch and looked up and down my street and wondered if anyone loves their neighborhood as much as I love mine.

A few plans for the rest of the week……..a vacation day on Thursday and then on Friday the gathering in of my little chicks.  Already making the grocery list.

Here is picture for thought I am sharing…..

Symbols of God’s love- in green!

Today I have joined with other women who are choosing to linger on the simple things on Tuesdays through The Simple Woman’s Daybook.

Dancing to the rhythm of the resurrection song

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Easter isn’t over until I hear this song or see these sweet people.  Only thing that could have made the day better would have been if C had been able to be with us.

Good Friday

It pulls at some deep corner,

this scene of mother holding battered child,

cradling a son, become a worm.

The hair she had combed,

blood-matted,

the silken skin, gashed.

"What have you done to him?"

turned to "At least you can do no more."

Blackened nails, limp arms willingly pinned,

energy drained from one who feared he could not do enough all

lost to the weariness of the long dying.

In crushed silence, we enter the empty night

of those who murdered God,

vowing we will not add another splinter

to that cross.

Good Friday Kathy Coffey

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Wednesday Link Love

This time of year never passes that I don’t think about the year I awoke to a baby chick in my Easter basket.   Recently, good friends of mine have been hosting 5 little chickies in their living room and it has brought back some of those memories.  I happened upon this the other day, and may I say that I would so gladly live in Heathe'r’s chicken coop?!!

Check out this $5 challenge.  Pretty cool, huh?

I’ve thought of this paint by number mural all week!

Interesting article on Embracing Abundance

On that great and glorious day when I have an oven again (don’t even ask) I will make some of these!

Today’s beautiful weather makes me want to fix a pitcher of this and sit on my porch for hours.

And maybe I have found my niche……..not camping, but glamping!

Today

FOR TODAY
Outside my window is a bright full moon, leaving a shadow on my window sill

  I  am thinking...of trying this format for Tuesdays.  What do you think?

I am thankful for...antibiotics and pain meds after feeling horrible this weekend, and for the rest that I was able to get to restore me.

From the kitchen...not much is happening these days with my oven being out of commission for almost a month!  It’s supposed to be fixed tomorrow.  I do have a big pan of eggs on the stove though to make curried egg salad for my lunch tomorrow.

I am wearing...my “house dress”- which is most likely what I will say every Tuesday at this time with the only variation being if it’s the red one or the blue one!

I am creating...in my head.  Like always.  But I am I am I am going to make a tiny something tonight for my friend Charlotte, and on Friday I will be with my muse Beth and I know I will want to get back in the saddle after being with her.

I am going...to my sister’s this weekend and can’t wait to be with my family.

I am reading...Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons and re-reading My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

I am hoping...to be able to prepare great things in my oven after tomorrow…

I am hearing...dogs snoring and people settling into sleep

Around the house...is a lot of dog hair.  I’ve been down for the count for a few days.  A FEW DAYS.  If you have pets, you understand the severity of that.

One of my favorite things...my old time potato masher I found at the thrift store with a red wooden handle. I’m about to “mash” eggs for egg salad with it.

A few plans for the rest of the week……..biggest and best is that lunch plan with Beth

Here is picture for thought I am sharing…..

Today I have joined with other women who are choosing to linger on the simple things on Tuesdays through The Simple Woman’s Daybook.