Simple Woman

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Outside my window…

Cuyahoga River the day after Valentine’s Day.

I am thinking…
about how little my faith is sometimes, and how despite that, God comes through anyway.  I had a special intention for my Christmas Novena and part of that included a cap on my legal expenses. When I got my January bill I was disheartened. But yesterday I got the good news that there is a reprieve in sight! I just hadn’t been patient enough. Now I am kind of anxious to see how the rest of my prayers will be answered.

I am thankful…
for my thoughtful daughter-in-law, who sent Izzy, Rosie and me some bulbs in a pot.  She wrote that it was because she knew it was hard to watch flowers die, so now we could watch them grow and bloom. She is a very special young lady!

In the kitchen…

This is a soup I made from a left over turkey. It has squash and sweet potato in it and it had a very savory flavor. Bone broth is supposed to be very, very comforting for an upset digestive system and I imagine that this tasty soup would also be very nutritious and gentle on the stomach and colon.

I am wearing…
Black velveteen pants, red sequined top with a black cardigan and my black scrunch boots.

I am reading…

I am pondering...
the loss of Antonin Scalia and what that will mean for the country.  It saddens me to think of what our country is going to become if we get a liberal majority in the court and either Sanders or Clinton in the White House.

Psalm 90:10 says, “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty if our strength endures.” I’ve got a couple of years until 60, and the biblically only 10 years or so after that depending on this or that. And considering the path we are currently on, I find that comforting.

I am going…

• to walk or work out every day with Pfilates .
• to cut my carbs via the Wheat Belly Total Health: The Ultimate Grain-Free Health and Weight-Loss Life Plan  recommendations. 
• get deep into my Lenten sacrifices. 

From the Learning Rooms…


Noah- Senior

• Pre-calculus
• AP World History  
• Chemistry
• Starting Government.
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• Selected Themes
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• Piano
• Choir and bell choir

Izzy-Junior

• Algebra II
• American History  2
• American Literature 2  Starting Uncle Tom’s Cabin this week. 
• Spelling
• Sign Language
• Chemistry
• Art Class
• Health

Rosie 5th grade

• Saxon 65
• Bravewriter

• Prairie Primer
• Spelling 
• Geography
• Anatomy and Physiology – starting the integumentery system this week.

• Choir- co-op
• Art Class

One of my favorite things…