Blessings on this colder Saturday

Blessings on this day were many...!

Quiet ones, that one has to notice I guess, if one took one's life fore-granted anyway.

I had some of my Rose tea that my Husband bought me in Luxmebourg when we 

went out for tea there... that was really nice, it's a gentle black tea!

We listened to the Hobbit over breakfast! 

I found it really enjoyable to have muffins and a half banana with my tea!

We had left over pizza for lunch with a salad! Later we enjoyed some of the cookies I baked

last week and I had a new hot chocolate, 

I found it great with hot water and some cool milk added

to the cup as I drank it! It needed the milk to add the 'creaminess' to it...

LOVE that it was colder today and that hot chocolate was just the ticket!

I got the kitchen cleaned up again (though since dinner, it needs to be re-cleaned up,

it's never done, is it, the cleaning?!?) and managed to do a bit of laundry 

and we had a walk today, I talked to my Mom and Grandma

(my Grandma is having a not too serious surgery in December so she pretty much has her 

Christmas baking DONE already! I am so excited to have my tin of her baking, 

God willing!) and over dinner....  a super simple dinner -- 

my version of Easy Chicken Parm: 

organic Chicken strips 

(cooked 8 minutes, then the Parmesan cheese on top, then baked 8 more minutes...

I did not take it out exactly at 8 minutes so the cheese 

was starting to go past the 'melty stage), cooked pasta 

and a Trader Joe's marinara sauce. 

Noodles in bottom, sauce next, then the two chicken strips with melted 

Parmesan Cheese placed on top!

Tasted good, fast and easy! A spinach salad followed!

So over dinner (and before dinner...and I think a bit at lunch too)

my Husband and I had some particularly good talks.

Everything from  Fr Alexander S's Journals, to experiences we have had

in our lives as Christians, to the current situation we are in 

(in relation to the unbloggable situation that we are facing) and I feel a lot better 

about it, in that I understand a bit more of what my Husband is thinking

and how much better both of us are regarding it. 

So I think that will help me a lot in the next while as we continue to see

what God does in our lives... 

It's not easy, but there are very few times in one life where things are 'easy' and

that's how it is... 

My Husband is re-reading Tolkien's Silmarillion and I love seeing how he

is just so absorbed reading it... it's one of his favourite books,

one that he has not read in years but listened to various times...

We are really enjoying listening to the Hobbit together... 

it's my first listen to it but I have read it twice!

I am dreaming of Thanksgiving and trying to get everything set...

even though I love doing dinner parties and cooking up a storm,

I am glad that I am getting most of our meal delivered...

it's really good from our local grocery delivery service and I have a lot going on that week

(in NYC that Monday, Wed having someone over 

and needing to have the table fully set and all bowls, serving things ready!

I should polish my silver-plate, 

will have to get out our small crock pot for spiced apple cider, 

which I need to get yet... along with rolls, a salad, the canned yams... 

A lot to look forward to! :)

And now, I better get to bed so I can enjoy tomorrow, DV!

Sunday, liturgy and dear friends! 

God be with you all!