CWA #4

My Almanac for this week last week and this week..

Moments of Gratitude

*   A handy husband who can fix a washing machine

*   Friends who come take wet bedding to wash for me
*   Friends who offer their homes for washing large quantities of my dirty laundry (which due to the 1st of this list, was not necessary!)

*   A handy husband who can fix a very large non-working refridgerator/freezer
*   A refridgerator in the garage for emergencies
*   A freezer in the garage for emergencies
*   My son not being hurt
*   Friends who give me hugs when I need them - the best
*   Friends who pray for me! (love them all!)
*   My mom, who taught me to can - thank you from my family
*   A contractor friend who took Frank and the boys deep-sea fishing this past weekend; and then sent them home with some lobster from his traps: very yummy!

Beauty in the Ordinary

Jars - filled with all sorts of goodies to have this winter! Fruit, veggies, sauces, jams... very pretty in the sun.

From the Kitchen

The menu has not been set.

Am thinking:
Tacos, probably tonight. Pork chops on the grill on Wed. A new way to cook chicken? not sure. Shrimp on Friday.

Praying

For my friend at church suffering from cancer;

For Frank's uncles, one had surgery last year for stomach cancer, that the drs got it all and he has a great recovery

For family
For my friends who are adopting children - all of them.

Pondering

How do I live my life? Too much? Not enough? Very busy and crowded in my head. Lots of time to ponder things when waiting for food to process in the canner.

Reading

School books.

Crafting 

It's is done. The baby sweater. Even passed off to the new mom. I found the greatest little buttons (owls!) for the little thing. Very cute. Not as cute as the recipient, though:

The next thing: not sure yet. I really haven't had time. My crafting is now on paper: school schedules, cleaning schedules, homemaking schedules, schedules for my schedules: you get the idea!

Looking Ahead  

I don't want to. Busy.

We are taking a break this week on Friday to meet with friends at a local beach to have a play date (ok, it's a mom-date, but we will let the kids in on it too.)
I hope to get to a local art museum to get back into the art study on Wednesday.
Tuesday there is a storytime at the library - maybe we will get there.
Friday is our monthly pot-luck dinner and speaker at our church. The speaker is a friend of mine and always fun to listen to and the food is always delicious! Looking forward to this.

Pictured

nope, don't have one yet - will try to get some pictures posted later at some point this week, I hope. (see busy comment above!)

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