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Every time you feel in God's creatures something pleasing and attractive, do not let your attention be arrested by them alone, but, passing them by, transfer your thought to God and say: "O my God, if Thy creations are so full of beauty, delight and joy, how infinitely more full of beauty, delight and joy art Thou Thyself, Creator of all!
- Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain

You can’t get to joy by making everything perfect. You can only get there by seeing in every imperfection all that’s joy.
-Ann Voscamp

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Counting Blessings #186 - 194

186) Bundle of Joy, laying on her belly and coloring a picture
187) Yesterday; perfect fall day, crisp in the morning, warm sunny afternoon, wonderful autumn smell
188) playing Dutch Blitz on a Sunday afternoon with my brother and my kids
189) a good cup of coffee
190) a school-day schedule; Boy did I fight this! My eldest daughter is very methodical. She kept telling me that she needed a schedule telling her what do do when for school, because it would help her. Well, I did NOT want to do that because it would mean I would need one too, at least to some degree. If I said lunch was at 12:00, then I would have to make it on time. Oh boy, that was not what I wanted to do. Finally, I decided I had to help her by doing "the schedule thing". I decided to just go all the way and make one for the rest of us too. Well, what do you know!? It was an awesome week!
191) more rabbit meat ready to eat or freeze, and friends to eat it with (rabbit BBQ = yummy!)
192) a sweet husband to do the butchering - my job; cutting and wrapping. I don't mind my job, and I don't want his. It works out perfectly!
193) Wool sweaters all freshly washed and line dried.
194) a day of rest

1 comment:

  1. I FIGURED YOU WERE MIGHTY BUSY-HOME SCHOOLING MUST BE LIKE A JOB IN AND OF IT SELF. I'M THANKFUL ALL MY NICE FRIENDS IVE MET ON BLOGS.MOST OF THE TIME IT IS SIGHT UNSEEN BUT I LOVE IT. TODAY I'M THANKFUL THE BOYS GOT THE YARD DONE ,NOW JUST TO GET THEM TO BRING IT TO RECYCLE PLACE ,MIGHT TAKE A FEW TRIPS. BUT AFTER LAST YEARS EARL SNOW ,SOME DID NOT GET TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY,YUC-HAVE A NICE WEEK IN SCHOOL MOM-NO LATE LUNCHES LOL [ HOW ABOUT BROWN BAGGING IT A COUPLE OF DAYS

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