The Simple Woman's Daybook

(with some editions from Elizabeth)

For TUESDAY, October 28, 2008 (yes, I'm late this week!)

Outside My Window...

The sky is a gunmetal gray, and the leaves are all gone, except for the bight scarlet ones on one tiny tree. 

I am thinking...

that it's a good day to read!

I am thankful for...

my friends

From the kitchen...

no idea. But I just got the new Barefoot Contessa cookbook, so maybe some ideas from there. 

To live the liturgy...

Magnificat, daily Bible reading.

I am wearing...

a light pink sweater (with some brown undertones, so it's really like a dusty pink), a brown and cream checked skirt from Ann Taylor, brown tights and brown boots. 

I am creating...

new stories, new music. 

I am going to breathe deeply ...

and take it slow. 

Bringing beauty to my home ...

vacuuming. It never ends. 

I am going...

to stay awake! This weather makes me so sleepy. 

I am reading...

Truth and Tolerance (B XVI); The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories (Tolstoy), Bleak House (Dickens, which is really good, even if it is like 700 pages long!)

I am hoping...

for a good week.

I am hearing...

NOTHING because the CI battery died--AGAIN 

Around the house...

Vacuuming. Yeah, again. 

One of my favorite things...

sleeping. :) 

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week:

Wednesday: choir

Thursday: lunch with dad

Saturday: Outdoor Stations of the Cross

Sunday: 8:30 Mass, but it's more like 9:30! (thank you, DST!)

Here is picture thought I am sharing...

This is from Andrea and Tom's wedding on the 18th--I am the fourth from the left. Sean is on the left and Troy is on my right (over my shoulder). 

And yes, The Bride is sitting on a blanket and not the dirty bench!