JANUARY 2nd KIND OF DAY

GROWING EXTREMELY TIRED, I TOOK AN AFTERNOON NAP.  AFTER WAKING, I WALKED TO THE FOOTBALL FIELD so I could walk my mile around the track.  It's a half of a mile from my house to the track, so I put in a mile and a half today walking around 3:30 in the afternoon.  Hubby met me there to time my laps and keep an eye on me for health reasons.  I didn't walk home, but caught a ride with him to go to the BANK and the POST OFFICE then to Lil Misses to give her a birthday card as she is turning 18.

I got a tad bit emotional when I gave her the card and placed my hand on her head to tell her that she would understand after she reads the card when I placed my hand on her head as a infant the first time I saw her and said, "God, please keep your hand on her all the days of her life."

I did this with each one of my Grand babies when I first saw them.  She's the first GRAND that I told this to and I don't believe I have ever told anyone until today.  What a sweet child she is and has grown up to be.  She told me that she will be an adult tomorrow.  I know.  I know.  I am 18 years older than when she was born.

We had been packing our earthly goods back then as we were moving into the rock house as we moved out of the country rental.  I remember the week she was born.  I asked God to please not let her be born on that day as I was exhausted from moving and we would have a 5 hour drive to Tulsa.  The weather was cold, but sunshiny  the day she came.  As we traveled the distance, the phone rang about three to let us know she had arrived.  Mother and baby were fine.

What a sweetie she was then.  It would be about 10 months later that she came to live with us as her father abandoned her and my daughter.  We had no idea what 18 years down the road would be like, but it has been such a blessing to have had a part in raising her.  She and her mom lived with us for 5 years before leaving to live in an apartment.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIL MISS.  I have shared some of when the girls lived with us early on in my blog.  What a ride it has been. 

AFTER I WALKED MY MILE AND A HALF, I needed to cool off.  My face was beet red.  Went to the Post Office where a large yellow envelope was waiting for me!  I had won a book in a giveaway from Mrs. White's BLOG, The Legacy of Home.  SEEKING A THRIFTY AND SIMPLE LIFE by Mrs. Sharon White.  THANK YOU!!!

I was thrilled.  Please visit Mrs. White's blog.  It's wonderful.

https://thelegacyofhome.blogspot.com/2024/11/seeking-thrifty-and-simple-life-my-new.html

I have good feelings about my day.

SECOND DAY ON THE DANIEL DIET went well.  There was a point in here where I wanted a piece of bread and was able to put the brakes on to stop myself.  grins.

Breakfast was a large cup of HOT WATER with lemon juice in it.

Snack was water and a TBSP of peanut butter on a spoon.

Lunch was a sliced avocado with grilled cherry tomatoes.
Snack was water. 
Supper was a super big salad with lots of lettuces, chick peas, sweet apple, celery, pecans, cucumbers, orange pepper.  What else?

Snack will be some pineapple juice and peanuts.

SO today, I did paperwork, laundry, dishes, prepared food, nap, wrote, read, walked, bank trip, post office, read some more, visited with Granddaughter, blogged, rested.  Will probably watch a movie late tonight.  Another load of laundry is calling my name.

Overall a very nice day,

~d