Simple Woman's Daybook - June 17th

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FOR TODAY: Saturday, June 17, 2012
Outside my window... It is sunny, but the clouds are piling up. I think it will rain later this afternoon.

I am thinking... that this keyboard I am using is really quite aggravating. I am at my Uncle's house and his keyboard constantly skips keys. The PC is slow and the CPU gets jammed up easily, so it simply doesn't recognize what I've typed and just picks up again wherever I'm at when it catches up! I have to go back and insert letters and spaces on EVERYTHING I type...annoying.

I am thankful... that I was able to see so many of my family members yesterday at the Redneck Olympics. (yeah, that speaks volumes, doesn't it, lol)
In the kitchen... I am house-sitting, so the kitchen here is stocked for me! :) I am spoiled.

I am wearing...  what else.............pajamas ;)

I am creating... quilts! and an embroidery project

I am going... to enjoy being away from all the distractions of daily life at home and get some UFO's completed!

I am wondering... how Kyle will like his basketball camp this week.

I am reading... just finished book 2 of the "Daughters of Caleb Bender" series. This has been the most adventuresome Amish series I've ever read. DYING to read book 3 but it doesn't come out until DECEMBER! :(( So I just started "Love of Her Own" by Maggie Brendan (book 3 of the 'Heart of the West' series) and I am reading "The Forbidden" by Beverly Lewis (Book 2 in the 'Courtship of Nellie Fisher' series). I have also started reading "Faith Dare" and am still working on "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World"-although I haven't picked that up in a month or so.

I am hoping...that Val can get me in to color my hair soon.

I am looking forward to...  Ronnie coming here today! After church he is heading out to visit us for Father's Day. Kyle & I left Thursday and haven't seen him ;(

I am learning...to embroider nicely...practice makes better!
Around the house...IDK.I am not home! lol.
I am pondering... how good God is and how he provided a new job for Ronnie that will bring peace to my wonderful husband.
A favorite quote for today...  DAD...A son's first hero. A daughter's first love.
One of my favorite things...downloading E-books to my Kindle...don't realize how much I do that until I am in a place without wifi...my tablet is useless! (LOL)

A few plans for the rest of the week:  Kyle has basketball camp and I will be house-sitting all week in Orlando....so...I have brought plenty of UFO's to work on! I will be sewing away! I brought fabric to start a quilt for Lisa's Quilted Hugs project for the orphanage in Mexico, in case I finish everything else. :) And I want to complete the embroidery block I am working on.
A peek into my day...



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Teaser Tuesday! June 12th

It's 11:48 pm, so I almost missed it!

 

 "I mean, you say your people don't fight. You told me before that you would not fight even to save your own life. But after what I have told you, Herr Bender, would you not kill El Pantera to save your daughters from such a fate?"
 

Here's how it works!
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Trip #1 to Ohio, Part 3! Blue Ridge Parkway!

After all the stress of dealing with the funeral arrangements, etc. We decided to take a detour and enjoy some of the trip home. We drove the Blue Ridge Parkway through Virginia and North Carolina. 

It was BEAUTIFUL :)

this was pasted to a wall in a bathroom. Very strange. The one dog in the middle a little bit down from that neon green and orange sign looks JUST like Mattie!

we saw this and decided to get out and explore :)

this was what we had to go through to get down to the creek...

STATE LINE!

we're finally in N.C.!!

or...one step the other direction and we're in Virginia again, LOL :0)

we stopped in Boone, N.C. and this quilt block was on the side of a shed!

these were the neatest little things!!All hand made by a gentleman in Tennessee

see the sign!! QUILTS! I had to go check it out....

THIS is what I found inside....it was a little alarming until she snored!

 I decided not to wake her up, since she was obviously sleeping so peacefully :) So...I just snapped a few shots...

this was in the entrance....they do weddings there. 

wild daisies!

For those who don't know it....daisies are my FAVORITE flower :)

and off we went toward Grandfather Mountain!

 We saw this waterfall on the way to Grandfather Mountain, but didn't stop until we were coming back down. Since I'll post about Grandfather Mountain in a separate post, I'll go ahead  and post the pics from our stop now....

the boys decided to go ahead and climb and explore. I opted out b/c my back was already messed up.

twins!

twins again!

awww, I love this picture :) Daddy showing Ky something :)

that is my child! had to put his feet in it!

It was a great end to our time of exploration. After that we hit the road with a vengeance to get home.