It is a warm morning here in NoAla, so let's paddle along in the stream before starting our day.
1. I am reading a good book.
My friend, Susan, shared this one with me. I am about half way through it and I am finding it hard to put down.( Don't you love books like that?) Set during the second World War, it is the story of two women who become friends in strange circumstances. Give it a try!
2. I am working along on my Smoky Mountain Christmas SAL...stitch a long. A group of us are in a Facebook group dedicated to stitching this piece of needlework.
I stitch on it every weekend. It takes a lot of concentration and two days is my limit on stitching before my eyes cross and my head aches. It is fun seeing everyone's progress. So far no on has completed it.
3. One of the things I am looking forward to is a visit from my Georgia Baptist Besties at the end of March. They will be coming to Grimmwood for a fun weekend. We were all great friends in Nursing School and let me tell you, that shared experience bonds you for life. I was looking for a little Welcome gift to have for them when they arrive and Prep Obsessed helped me make up my mind!
Isn't this the cutest Tervis Glass. It says Suck it up Buttercup!! I am going to have a friend of mine add everyone's initials to the back of the glass. I will fill it up with some candy and a cute straw!
4. The first weekend in March is Missions Conference at our church.
The flags of the nations are up! Missions conference is a big deal at First Bible Church of Decatur. I look forward to meeting new missionaries and reconnecting with ones I have known for years. Our speaker this year is a professor from Dallas Theological Seminary.
5.Today is early dismissal for Kendall and Landon. By the time I take them to school, come home and do a few chores it is time to pick them up!! It seems to me that kids have many more Days off and early dismissal than I ever had. Of course I went to school when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
6. Many of you asked if I had seen the series, The Crown. We do not have net flicks so I have not been able to watch this series. Friend, Deborah, assures me it would be right up my alley. I will be looking for it when it comes out on DVD. I saw that William and Harry have commissioned a statue of their mom, Diana, It is nice to know these boys are still thinking of their mother and want her to be recognized. Being an anglophile, I have enjoyed the show about Henry VIII's six wives that aired after Victoria on our PBS station. I have always found them fascinating and this show brought new insights. Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Lived! And while we are talking about the English Royalty, I read that Philippa Gregory is doing a new book on Lady Jane Grey. If you do not know who she is, her family tried to get her on the throne after the death of Henry VIII's only son, Edward. It did not end well for her. She ruled a few days and was beheaded. The Tudor Court was not a very safe place to live in those times.
Well time to drink some coffee and get busy!! Have a blessed day!