October
Journaling
1. Heading downtown because the pastor
of Jarvis Street Baptist Church has offered to take twenty of my books to be
sold in their bookstore, which is very kind. My daughter is coming for the
night with the grandkids and we’ll do school here instead.
2. In place of our usual lessons, we
took the kids to the Science Centre. It’s a rainy day, and they’ll love it.
3. Bible study, then home day.
Renovations ongoing in our master bathroom.
4. The grandkids and my daughter and her
husband came for the night. Campfire tonight.
5. A man in our church works for the
Raptors head office. Because they won the NBA cup, he gets it for a period of
time, so he is bringing it to church if people want to get their picture with
it. So we’re going. I’m also bringing my book, to keep up with the theme of
having the novel in key locations, which I post on Instagram. Then going to my
mother-in-law’s for lunch.
6. Church.
7. Chiro and massage. Home alone because
my husband is at his course.
8. I put the second coat on the
bookshelf I started painting with the grandkids. I haven’t had the strength to
paint in years. Watched the federal candidates debate.
9. Purchased mirrors, paint, and
lighting for the master bath. They’re almost done.
10. Bible study.
11. Cooking my turkey. Our bathroom is
almost done.
12. Thanksgiving dinner at our house.
Menu: Appetizers: Bacon wrapped scallops, smoked salmon on Finncrisp, devilled
eggs, pumpernickel and spinach dip, artichoke dip and crackers, breaded
calamari rings, spicy shrimp. Mains and side dishes: Turkey, stuffing, gravy,
mashed potatoes, ham, curried goat, rice and peas, lasagna, peas with mint,
green beans and carrots, salad. Dessert: pumpkin pie cheesecake, apple pie and
ice cream, fruit platter. Drinks: red and white wine, beer, flavoured sparkling
water, water, pop, coffee, tea.
13. Church today was a joint service
with the Mandarin and Spanish churches. I’ll post a picture of all the nations
represented. I love that our church is a miniature of the world. Bono was
wrong, in the kingdom come, all the colours won’t bleed into one. We won’t all be beige. Instead,
“After
these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number,
of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” Rev. 7:9,10 Then we went
out for dinner with friends from the Soo. They are newlyweds, although they are
older than us.
14. Happy Thanksgiving! We went and
voted in the advance polls yesterday for the federal election. We also shopped
for an outfit for my television interview in November. Our daughter returned to
Ottawa. She was here for the weekend. My husband and I walked five km today. I
haven’t walked that far in years. Hope I don’t crash.
15. School prep.
16. School day; brought to you by the
letter Ee, the number 5, elephants, eagles, and the story of the flood.
17. Bank appointment to update our
mortgage. No Bible study this week because of Thanksgiving. Nice to have a
break.
18. Our master bath is finished. Tired
today. Must have been overdoing it.
19. International breakfast at church to
kick off Missions Week.
20. More missionaries speaking. So
encouraging. Then we had a missionary family we support over for refreshments
after church.
21. Election day. We voted early.
22.Hormone doctor appointment.
23. School day brought to you by the
letter Ff, the number six, Noah’s rainbow, frogs, fish, fingers, and feet.
24. Bible study, then I got my hair
highlighted in preparation for my t.v. interview in two weeks.
25. Pain clinic and then cleaned out my
fridge with my mom. The after looks much better than the before. My husband is
on his yearly fishing trip so my mom is here to keep me company.
26. Errands, walk, and restocking the
cupboards and drawers in our newly renovated master bathroom.
27. Church.
28. I heard about a way to help out some
families in Nunavut with food. The prices are ridiculously high because it’s a
fly-in community. So I got us matched to sponsor a family of five. We have so
much, I can’t not share.
29. Errands.
30. School day, brought to you by the
letter Gg, the number seven, the attributes of God, and giraffes and goats.
31. Visiting the widow of our first
pastor. Our grandkids are trick or treating; our grandson is Batman and our
granddaughter is Snow White.
