FOR TODAY (June 19, 2008)...

Outside My Window . . . Clouds are building. I hope it rains.

I am thinking... Today seems to be passing so quickly. I don't think I've accomplished as much as I'd hoped to.

I am thankful for... the air conditioner. It's very hot and muggy outside.

From the kitchen...Soon there will be the aroma of chicken and veggies baking with a few fresh herbs from the garden. YUM.

I am wearing...shorts, tee top, no shoes.

I am creating...listings for eBay. Too much stuff in our house.

I am going...NOWHERE.

I am reading...a guide for small group leaders for church.

I am hoping...for a quiet evening with my husband.

I am hearing...the dryer buzzing, telling me my laundry is dry.

Around the house...an unfinished scrapbook page seems to be saying, "Hey, how 'bout me?"

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week...Finish filling out the Love Drawer packet from Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover.

Here is picture thought I am sharing...Aren't tea parties fun? The girls in our family got together for this one last Fall. I think it's time for another one. Yep, definitely!

I'm so glad to be able to participate with the others in this Notebook entry. You can visit The Simple Woman's blog

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FOR TODAY (June 9, 2008)...

Outside My Window . . .A female cardinal is having a breakfast of black oil sunflower seeds, wet from last night's rain.

I am thinking... about my friend, Cora, and the scary week she is facing.

I am thankful for... the fellowship of believers, and for our church family.

From the kitchen... nothing yet except the aroma of the now empty coffee pot.

I am wearing... shorts, tee top and flip flops.

I am creating... scrapbook pages - from 2001! I don't know how, but these pictures were overlooked for, well, seven years.

I am going... to run errands this morning, as many as possible on one trip to conserve the liquid gold that now goes into the gas tank.

I am reading... Developing the Leader Within You, by John Maxwell

I am hoping... to be back home before noon today.

I am hearing... my little 10 pound, 8 year-old poodle snoring beside my desk. He loves being near me.

Around the house... there are sandy little boy footprints that need to be vacuumed up. Jacob was here this morning helping me with a chore so that he could earn spending money for Kids' Grace Camp next week. I love that!

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week... make calls for my travel business and have Jessie, my almost-thirteen-year-old gradddaughter come for sleepover.

Here is picture thought I am sharing... "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever." I Peter 1:24

I'm so glad to be able to participate with the others in this Notebook entry. You can visit The Simple Woman's blog HERE!

HERE!

Our Garden

Things are very different for growing a spring garden here in Florida. We have already harvested all the cucumbers and green beans that we will get from this garden, and it is only the first part of June. For the rest of the very hot, hot summer we can plant okra and Southern peas, like black eyes, crowders, purple hulls and creamers. We already are planning our fall garden and are converting to a square foot method, like the one Tracee has planted.
It was so rewarding two nights ago when the only thing on the table from the grocery store was the chicken, rice and salad dressing. The garden provided us with green beans, new potatoes and a salad of cukes and tomatoes with fresh herbs. I sooo love being a country girl.