A Daybook

 A daybook

**Listening to:  Washing machine draining; dryer cycle spinning;  grand-baby babbling; Gregorian chant.  (Oh! those ads on YouTube come at the most inopportune time.)

**Gratitude: It's official! My 2 oldest grand-loves are coming in October; my 4 year-old grand-love is out of surgery and in her hospital room; Lovey (my remaining parakeet - I lost his mate Dovey last week) is singing again! He had stopped singing in his grief, but is doing better.  I've ordered him a smaller cage and it arrives soon.  

**Praying: for the victims of yesterday's violence in Michigan; for all the sick; for the poor souls in Purgatory; for a happy death; healing for Melania after surgery and that she can adapt to her g-tube feedings.  Praying for our troubled world. 🌍  

**Terra Dulcis: Well, we haven't closed pool yet --- still hitting some 90s in recent days.  But soon.....  I rearranged some larger items in the dining room finally. I love the change. I'm trying to be more diligent and regular in the deeper cleaning of floors, vacuuming, etc.  Grandbaby is extremely mobile now!  Starting to pull up and stand up to anything he can.

**What's cooking: in coming days I have planned......Spaghetti, chili verde,  - flying by the seat of my pants this week, as is often the case.  In my defense though, I usually cook a good hearty breakfast for Tommy.  You know, us 'older folks' tend to change eating patterns.  

**Pondering: I'm beginning to sense God's hand and some fruit being produced by being moved to a different parish to attend our most beloved Tridentine Mass. Just glimpses of God's Divine Providence at work.  A deep peace.  Some I can't even put into words, but the feeling is real. 

**Current project: I've started a fall-themed blanket (I'll post a pic next week), finished my sister's winter beanie, and sent a baby gift off to new home.  

**In closing, a meditation: 'That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the breadth and length, and height, and depth.  To know also know the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge.'  (from Epistle of 16th Sunday after Pentecost)

Pax tecum,

kellie 

Monday - a daybook

 A daybook for reflection from Terra Dulcis ~

Gratitude ~ 

*thanksgiving for Kastl's first birthday celebration.  The miracle baby was celebrated in great form yesterday after Mass with the family

*Az allowed back to work (with restrictions)

*soaking rain

*this summer I was healthy and able to swim again

*Fall has officially arrived! The most wonderful time of the year! 😎

*Keeping up with my 100 days of gratitude posts (on facebook) - there is ALWAYS something to be grateful for. I think I'll finish up the 100 days posts mid-November. 

Listening to ~

*clicking of keys, birds hopping around in their cage, the fan in the living room circulating air, AC just clicked on

Praying ~

*continued healing of Az's knee

*Kastl's continued good health

*Melania and her being able to tolerate the ng feedings

*all the sick; grace and blessings for all my loved ones

*the poor suffering souls, especially those of my family and friends - and those who have no one praying for them. 

*for the soul of Charlie Kirk - and for his sorrowing family

Around the house ~

*keeping things tidy and clean

*staying on top of laundry and dishes (THAT is not a little thing, even with just 2 people living here)

What's cooking ~

*leftovers today but I have "planned" for next few days:

*tacos or taco salad 

*'breakfast for dinner'

*maybe suggesting take-out sometime this week

*I'm not always the best weekly planner and wing it more than not. Keeping it real. 

Pondering ~

*Life is short, and we don't know when our time is over.  

*God's grace.

*We are all His children. 

*Wasted time can never be recovered.

Current project ~

*Finishing up with scrappie 

*Starting on a requested beanie hat immediately after that

*Looking through stash to start a baby-girl gift for a newborn 3 weeks old

*I may have 2 works in progress simultaneously (something I rarely do)

Encouraging word~

Because it is evening while I'm writing this, a beautiful hymn from Compline (evening prayer)

Before the ending of the day, Creator of the world we pray

That with Thy wonted favor Thou, would be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our eyes, from nightly fears and fantasies.

Tread underfoot our ghostly foe, that no pollution we may know. 

O Father, that we ask be done, through Jesus Christ Thine only Son.

Who with the Holy Ghost and Thee, doth live and reign eternally. Amen.  

{I wish you could HEAR this sung in Latin by Harpa Dei - google it! You won't be disappointed}

Pax tecum;

kellie 

 

A return to Daybook!

I've been recently inspired by a friend's posts to return to the Daybook here at Terra Dulcis!  Years ago I first saw her Daybooks on her blog and really enjoy the format.  Let's just get to it, and thank you JH for the reminder!

GRATEFUL FOR:

* still cancer free 1 year later.

*AC (feels muggy this mid-September morning).

*started a "100 days of Gratitude" album on my Facebook page.  "There is always something to be grateful for."  

*our new parish home.  It never felt foreign, but like 'home' from the beginning.

*the little things..........so many to list.  The little things really are the big things. 

*care-taking of my youngest grand - he's starting to crawl from room to room now!  

PRAYING FOR:

*Our wounded world; our heartbroken people.

*My son - he sees a bone and joint specialist today.

*All the prayers for my husband, children, grands, friends, benefactors. The sick, those in danger of an unprepared death. 

AROUND THE HOUSE:

*Well, if my rooms weren't baby-proofed before I need to get cracking!

*I keep talking about painting our dining room (talked about it for 3 years!) but I REALLY am ready. 

*Going through clothes that look ridiculously large on me now.......

WHAT'S COOKING:

*Getting some of that freezer food used!  

*My shopping hours are sparse these days with bubba - so a list is started.

*Tomorrow is our sister dinner and it's stew and cornbread, the ultimate comfort food.  (I planned that when it had cooled down a bit.)

*I have some rotisserie chicken so thought I'd try a verde chicken bake.  Yeah, I don't know what it is yet either but I'll let you know. 

*last night was grilled steaks - something I'm actually getting better at.  (grilling, that is)

PONDERING:

*Where we go from here.

*How do we 'go across the aisle' without compromising?

*When am I going to get another sip of coffee? 😀 (hey there has to be some levity)

READING:

*started the St. Bridget prayers June of 2024.  That gets priority over anything else right now.  

*trying to use the Deliverance prayers daily (Fr. Ripperger)

Well, thank you for visiting Terra Dulcis.  May your week be blessed and peaceful. 

Pax tecum,

Kellie