Our lives pass swiftly by! I want to do something to remember
the everyday moments and my thoughts about them.
That is what this Daybook is all about.
Focusing on the little things that become my life.
One entry at a time.
I am thankful for...Cool breezes and the sunny, longer days. As I "mature" I find a greater dependence on light and a moderate climate. I have been mighty cold a few times this year in Utah and appreciate the warmer weather where we live.
From the learning room...God loves us deeply no matter what we are struggling with at this time. Our struggles are for our good even when we cannot recognize at the time what that really means and are often bewildered by them. Like a chick pecking its way out of an egg, we grow and are strengthened during times of trials. By the time you are our age you don't ask "why me"you pray instead "help me" carry this burden. This life is a test of our faith and allows us to choose our path. God is always with us, do we choose to be with Him is the question?
I am reading... a PDF File created by our cousin of old Italian baptismal records and entering them into Ancestral Quest. It is a labor of love. Looking into the lives of peasant farmers in a tiny village in Italy from the 1600 and 1700s records is a scared blessing and a real eye opener. Our ancestors knew struggle and they overcame it. We learn from them that we can do the same.
Some spiritual thoughts I have been having...everything in life is spiritually based. Every choice we make affects all of us, both body and spirit. Our spirit and our body combined make up our soul. When they work in harmony it is for our ultimate good. I have never understood the symbiotic relation of the two so much as I have since I have gotten healthier. It is a journey that I will stay on for the rest of my life. It is fully worth the effort.
I am Quoting...
Someone I am praying for this week...oh so many people but I'll mention two. My very very good friend, Carol and her husband John have had a serious trial these nine weeks. Carol and I took our annual trip to Salt Lake City for Rootstech. It is the largest genealogy and family history conference in the world. We had a great time. It was simply wonderful. On the day we were to come home she got a call saying John had had a heart attack. Since February 8th John has been hospitalized following one complication after another from this by-pass surgery. They have both been under tremendous stress and are exhausted. I love them so much they will always be close to my heart and in my prayers. What an example Carol has been through all of this. Driving sometimes four hours a day in heavy traffic to get back and forth to be with John and give him the support he has needed. She is an angel among mortals and I love her with all of my heart.
Our beautiful granddaughter, Chloe Jane.
This girl loves to cook with her Grampa!
Tea party delights for Piper's 17th birthday!
From the kitchen...things have changed drastically in our home in the last five months. In November I started a serious campaign to lose weight. So far I have lost 54 pounds since just before Thanksgiving. I am a new person. I feel amazingly good and marvel at the resiliency of our bodies. I am so much healthier, have so much energy and so much gratitude. Our kitchen is full of fresh foods and lean protein choices and no bad carbs. What a difference a few weeks can make. Getting off the sugar train is miraculous. Everyday counts. My thin and fit James has even lost weight. I like the kitchen again, my body likes our better choices. No more treats in my life like Chloe is holding above. Lovely to look at but.....not for me.
An enjoyable movie/TV show we have watched lately...Last Love. This is a movie from Netflix and stars Michael Caine. Very good. A story about love, family and friends that is nicely done.
One of my pleasures...Feeling caught up for a change. Not a lot hanging over our heads right now.
Plans for the rest of the week... See one of my pleasures above. Keeping the peace. Reducing the traffic to and from our house.
A photo I am sharing...this was taken at the Bouquets to Art Exhibit at the De Young Museum last week.
I have spent two hours trying to get the spacing and font size to work correctly on this post. Sorry for the hassle. The Blogger platform must be on strike or something. It is my 1899th post so it cannot be user issues. Bummer!
2 comments:
I loved catching up with your goings on Bonnie. Can't believe that Piper is 17! Sorry to read about your friend and her husband. You look fabulous! I so wish I could do what you are doing. Not in our budget however. Bummer. I wish I was not such a foodie. Love your cardigan. It's so very pretty. We have a missionary here at the moment from near you I think. Sister Doncheva. She's a convert and so very nice. I wish you would post more often! I miss you! xoxo
Hi, Bonnie! I'm so happy to "catch" your blog!
OUTSIDE: Has been good, but it appears we are in for a hurricane season. The climatologists have found a cold mass of water moving down much faster than normal from the arctic. They say when it clashes with the warmer waters it produces the storms.
THANKFUL: I'm almost over the flu!
LEARNING ROOM: I pray for GOD's leading, guiding, and directing of my every breath, thought, word, and action I take. It is my prayer each day before I go into my Bible study. We are so blessed to have such an Awesome, Almighty, Creator, Savior, Holy Father GOD!
READING: "Prayers That Change Things" by Lloyd Hildebrand "Pray GOD's WORD-Get His Answers. When we pray the Bible's scriptures back to GOD concerning the circumstances of ourselves and others, It deepens our fellowship with Him.!
SPIRITUAL: "Let Us make man in Our image." What is this image? It is our personality, physical make-up, and our spirit. GOD the Father's personality is He is never changing. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He expects perfection. God the Son, Jesus Christ, is GOD incarnated in flesh and knew no sin, but became sin for the redemption of mankind by taking all of mankind's sins upon Him. Man's spirit is dead until GOD the Holy Spirit comes into him upon those receiving the salvation in Jesus Christ. GOD is "trifold" in His being. He is everywhere at once. We can't be. He can separate His character, we can't. That's who Almighty GOD Who Is.
PRAYING: I can surely understand the meaning of "pray without ceasing." Everyday, all day long, there are those we love and even those we don't know that need prayers lifted up to the "Great Physician" our Almighty GOD.
KITCHEN: I need to gain weight! I never in my life thought I would ever have to say that! When I retired, I weighed 278 pounds! (Stress) I still ate the same (mostly healthy), then came my two hip fractures, and now just getting over the flu! I'm at 175 and I'm a bag of bones! The doctor had told me I could carry 200 because of my height and large dense bones. Oh, we were talking food, ha! I just love brussel sprouts! All I do is heat up a bowl of frozen, then add lite butter, pepper, and lite salt. yummy to my tummy!
MOVIE/TV: I'n into watching the old "lassie" classics. I was but a child myself and don't remember any of them.
PLEASURE: Reading the blogs of my family and friends!
PLANS: not many, just to get my energy built back up!
Font/Spacing: I think it has to do with the blog. I found before I posted, if I went back into the blog to change any sentence structure or words, and then posted, the wording and paragraphs would be all messed up! Oh, well, so goes the upgrades, ha!
Love you, Susan
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