The Simple Woman's Daybook

Outside my window...the lawn needs to mowed and I need to harvest my basil. It's warm, humid and overcast.

I am thinking...of how good this coffee tastes and how awesome it is that my hubby has taken the day off!

From the learning rooms...getting ready to look for curriculum. So many choices and I really need wisdom in this area.

From the kitchen...refrigerator pickles, roasted chicken with fresh rosemary from my garden. New potatoes with chives from the garden. And MORE zucchini bread. I love zucchini season.


I am wearing...black yoga pants, purple tank, black overshirt.

I am creating...a mess, as usual. I'm about to create an empty space in my living room and get rid of this ginormous entertainment center.

I am going...SHOPPING!!! I don't usually shop for anything but food, but a payment came in and we are buying the boys new shoes today! Praise God! Gavin's little toes are sticking out over the edge of his sandals :-)

I am currently reading...Torah Rediscovered- a great book by Ariel and D'vorah Berkowitz that says it is "Challenging centuries of misinterpretation and neglect" and I have to agree. This has been the first book I've read on Torah aside from the Word itself and I am finding out so much more than I ever thought I would and getting confirmation from what I discovered on my own in the Word. It's out of print, but I bought it used on Amazon for like $3.

I am hoping...that when we go to court on August 19th that the judge sees truth for truth and lies and deception for what they are.

I am hearing...the name Melatyah over and over again. Yah delivers...If I could choose a name for myself this would be it. It might not be the name that is written on the white stone that I hope to receive one day, but it speaks to me...

On my mind...so much...Court especially...we are in a custody situation right now with Tim's ex. Gavin is his son (I've been raising him with Tim since he was 1 year old). Gavin's mom is lost in a spiritual sense. She moved to Florida a year and a half ago to be with her new man and has not maintained contact with Gavin on a regular basis ever since. She has filed for custody and is requesting the courts to allow her to move Gavin down to Florida. We have faith that God will fight for us in this and that it won't be much of a battle at all...but the courts are strange...you never know. But I know MY GOD and HE is MIGHTY! But if ya'll could lift us up in prayer that would be very good.

Noticing that...the 20 pounds I lost before I went to Texas is slowly creeping back in. I need to get myself on track...working out...and take my calories back down. I need this weight off!

Around the house...more books were given to us so there's that...I really am dreaming of selling everything, buying an RV and taking off for a year on the road. This has become something both my husband and I feel we are being lead to do. Will we do it? Is it possible with the custody situation? Would the courts allow it? Well, if God is the one doing the leading and nudging...yes totally! That's both frightening and exciting at the same time. How awesome would that be???

One of my favorite things...reading under a blanket with a hot cup of creamed coffee and my two little pooches laying beside me. Doesn't sound like a good summer thing...but I welcome it at any season!

A few plans for the rest of the week...well, looking at curriculum. Preserving something. Working more in my poor neglected garden and finishing up the Michael Rood series on the Fall Feasts. Seeing some amazing insight in them!