Daily Jots

Today, I have a little project for you. For the next 12 hours or so, you are going to do absolutely nothing. Well nothing that is work related anyway. Just sit back and enjoy life. That’s where this video comes in. I actually sat for the entire 6 plus minutes and watched a video called… The Last Knit. It’s not as if I’m a knitter, because I’m not, but I couldn’t help wondering where it would go, especially for six minutes.

And if I find that a video doesn’t hold my attention, I’m not above hitting the cancel button, but not with this one. It was well made and entertaining. Enjoy! Here’s to a great first Sunday in October as well as my brother’s birthday.

Happy Birthday Jim :)

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.

~Erma Bombeck

And I wouldn’t trade even one of the “little band of characters” that make up my family.

Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose

When you are in a miserable mood, wonderful things happen. Like yesterday for example. Nothing was going right. The day was cold and dreary and I wasn’t in the mood to work and then right out of the blue, I hear my doorbell ring. That annoyed me even more because I thought that it had to be workman showing up unannounced to fix/break something else in the house. I very nearly didn’t answer the door. But I was in for a wonderful surprise.

At the door was my mom and my Uncle Stan. The had driven at least three hours to surprise me with a visit. It was more than enough to turn my day around, so I guess today’s message is… always look for a silver lining, because chances are it’s there. You simply don’t know when and where it will show itself.

**Stumbling on Happiness

I don’t go to school anymore. I don’t work outside of the home, but I still hate Mondays. Doesn’t make a lot of sense does it? So, to get me out of my mood this morning, I thought that I would write down just five things to make me feel at least a little bit better.

1. The trees behind our house are turning the more gorgeous colors. (Not making a huge difference at the moment as I think those trees and other stuff in the fields are doing some horrible things to my sinuses…

2. The grass is thick and lush… we are still waiting for the grass to be delivered in the front yard. Does’t seem to be working yet, does it??

3. It will soon be time to start thinking about Halloween… now that has always been one of my favorite holidays, so that is working a wee bit.

4. All of the housework for the day is done… that really makes me feel better!

5. We have holidays coming in December. Three weeks where it’s going to be warm and sunny. Yup, that did it!!

That’s right, today is officially Checkers Day. I have to admit that I haven’t played in years and I don’t even know if we still have a checkers board. But, I just might have to invest in one. How expensive can they be these days? Actually, my daughter is decorating her room in all things dragons, so I wonder if she would want a dragon checker set. It certainly makes more sense (from a mother’s point of view) than those little shot glass checker board games.

Now on the other hand, those shot glass games might work if we fill the shot glasses with Smarties?? Hey, that’s working for me. Here’s to a game where chocolate is the prize!!

**Shot Glass Checker Set

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I find that the best place to write is in the bathtub. I set the clock for an hour and then put the notebook on a low table beside the tub. Laying there soaking, you have nothing to do but relax and think while in the tub and all that thinking can go straight into your journal.

And if you have always wanted to write a novel… I swear this is the best place to do it. I have a closet full of stories that some day I just might get out and polish up. But if nothing else, they were sure fun to write!

**Will Write for Shoes: How to Write a Chick Lit Novel

I was just reading that it isn’t a good thing to stay in your comfort zone, but at the moment, that is about the only place I feel safe. ;) You know about my falling windows and the update a day later . I have no idea what is coming next. So at the moment, I like things to stay in neat little boxes. I’m not big on change right now.

Ask me next year, and I might feel completely different. But here’s something. Through all of the problems with the house, I still haven’t had a cup of coffee! I just realized that!!

I just love this little book. You are presented with 100 little tricks to make your hands and feet… absolutely gorgeous. Number 49 is about moisturizing your hands and all it takes is a little warmed olive oil and a pair of cotton gloves pulled on before you go to bed. In the morning, your hands will be softer than you can probably remember!

Must remember to do this tonight. All the best tips are useless if you don’t put them into action!

:)

It seems that I’m in the mood to cook today and that doesn’t happen very often. So, I went looking for something a little different and found this Fry Bread.

2 1/4 c Flour 3/4 c Warm water (or a little less
3 T Solid vegetable shortening 1 ts Salt
2 ts Baking powder Fat or oil for frying

It is amazing how you can take a few simple ingredients and find so many different ways to cook it. It seems that every culture had their own method of baking bread. This is a Native American recipe where you fry your biscuits instead of baking them. Not good for the waistline, but I can just bet they taste awfully good!

For complete directions, click here.