Wednesday ~ Sunshine, a walk and books

I lost my blog post 😳😥 

So keeping this simple for tonight.

I took a good walk.  I am waking up too early and had to rest a lot today.

My new research idea is going to take a lot of work but will be worth it I think.

I have definitely been dealing with a PTSD trigger situation but I am getting better at realizing it.

Better, not perfect.

I am all over the place right now.  I see it because I can't focus on just one book.

I was VERY happy to find my Grandma's journal as I need to make copies of it.  She wrote her memories down for me years ago.

May God have mercy on us.

Tuesday evening

Found some free books.  My Mom said that my Oma used to watch Charles Stanley on TV so that was a nice connection.  I am looking forward to this book because (I skimmed it) it talks about his struggles and how God helped him.  I need books like this!

I am definitely tired, I woke up early (too much unbloggable going on) and worked really hard.

Granny Marigold, we think (a friend is coming over maybe) it's a pretty easy fix.   We don't want to replace it.

I wrote a lot today and made more research plans.  I am VERY happy about this potential "lead" in my research and have written nearly 8 thousand words since Sunday.  That's how it goes with me sometimes, all of a sudden another part drops in my lap and I am racing to write it all down.  

It's a considerable amount of work to incorporate it but I hope it works as it could help bring a lot of things together for my research.  Let's just say that I agree with my friend who said (when she heard of my research plans) that it would take 10 to 12 years to complete.  😳🤣😳

And I can go long stretches where I don't write anything, it just depends what is going on.  I am at about 128,000 words now.

I managed to back up the whole thing (it's on Google drive in a "zillion" folders.  

I keep wishing I could bake bread but something always comes up.  Thank God for all the good things! And I have cinnamon raisin English muffins right now that I am enjoying for breakfast....

May God have mercy on us.

Tuesday morning clouds and hoped for sunshine

Tuesday....  I was thinking of going to NYC today but it is not going to work out.  The unbloggable concern is difficult.  Heavy and in need of prayer, wisdom and help....

Good news is I got a walk yesterday and I have a new idea for my writing project, 6247 words in a new document since Sunday!

Well, the day has begun.  Our dishwasher is not working so this morning I put away all the dishes I washed by hand.  It was not that bad but I am more appreciative of our dishwasher! 

May God have mercy on us!

Monday Morning ~ Sunshine and Dishes

Pictures from this weekend.

Monday morning.  I woke early, after 4 AM with a writing project idea that I got  up and wrote.  I was really happy but also wanting more sleep so I had a small pot of chamomile tea, two saltine and peanut butter sandwiches and relit my lampada to Saint Mama Gabriel and St Matuska Olga and lay down to sleep.

Last night a screw came loose from inside the washing machine and so I read over two chapters of Elizabeth Goudge's White Witch out load while my Husband washed the dishes.  

This morning I need to roast a chicken and do dishes.  May God help us in all things and have mercy.

Saturday Sunshine & a small walk

This small tree is always so beautiful in the wane of the year, before winter.  It's beautiful, brave, bright and yet so small, alone yet awash in beauty in Autumn.

I walked over a mile.  I was cautious as I didn't want to overdo it.  My cold is much better.  

I am in a bit of a slog, one could say.  Where I am confronted with my spiritual poverty and have to endure the sight of it. 

I have times like this.  

I am amazed at the bravery of others who keep showing up and struggling.... 

We all have such different lives.  

May God help us all.

Thursday

Pictures from earlier this week.

My cold is improving, had a lot of fatigue, still have congestion, plugged ears.  Chewing gum helps.

I re-read my Father Gabriel book and read things online. 

I took a 1 mile walk, thank God I am regaining strength.  

May God have mercy on us.

St Gabriel of Georgia

Today is Saint Gabriel of Georgia day.  A friend sent on this documentary on the country of Georgia and St Gabriel the Fool for Christ. Part 2 is found HERE and seeing the inside of St Gabriel's chapel is HERE.  

May God have mercy on us all.