Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Prayer Gatherings and House Cleaning

Koi Fish in Pond
On Sunday, I went to a friend's house as she was hosting the monthly prayer gathering and lunch.  I gave cousin P a ride there and back.  I offered a ride to another cousin, as well, but she was busy with visitors, she said.  It looks like the monthly prayer gatherings are starting to come to an end since a number of the other participants keep finding excuses to not attend.   The friend who hosted yesterday's prayer gathering read a story from this book:

All the Women of the Bible
It's a collection of biographical stories of the women mentioned in the Bible.  I expressed an interest in reading it and my friend lent it to me.  I read portions of it, last night.  I found it very interesting, but, someone didn't proof read the book properly, before it was published, because I found some spelling mistakes!  For example, "... a soldier born and bread".  Indeed!  LOL!  Somewhere else, "heir" instead of "hair".  Maybe they used a computer spell checking program, instead of someone actually proof reading it!

My friend's husband has a fish pond in their backyard and I took some photographs of the fish:


Reflections and Fish
Too bad I had already chosen my mother's fish platter as my photo for the Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt's prompt #11: Fish.  But, maybe the photo above, might qualify for prompt #4: "Blurred Vision"?


More Koi Fish
Sunday morning, before I left to go to the prayer gathering, I did some tidying and swept the area near the dining table where small snippets of fabric from my sewing had fallen on the floor, instead of  into the waste basket, and the family room where bits and pieces of paper from my file shredding had fallen on the floor.

Today, I dusted the living room and then, vacuumed the whole house.  I also did two loads of laundry, including the sheets and towels covering the family room sofas (the towels cover the sofa arms).  I went over the sofas with a lint roller brush to remove the fur that had still managed to get on them, even with the covering sheets, sprayed the sofas with flea spray as a precaution, and re-covered them with the washed and dried sheets.  I flea combed Dancer, too, but didn't find anything on him.  I hope it continues to stay that way!   Later, I washed the dishes (some by hand, some in the dishwasher), took the trash cans out to the curb, cleaned the litter box, and read.   

Today, I am grateful for:
- Being able to sleep in
- Making a good start on the weekly house cleaning
- No signs of fleas on Dancer
- Labor-saving appliances such as washing machines and dishwashers
- Electricity and indoor plumbing

Monday's To Do List:
- Change bed sofa cover sheets - DONE
- Load of laundry (bed sofa cover sheets/towels) - DONE
- Dust living room & dining area - DONE
- Vacuum the house - DONE
- Do the dishes/run the dishwasher - DONE
- Clean the fridge
- Take trash cans to the curb for Tuesday trash pick up - DONE
- Water the garden, front and back

Cleaning the fridge and watering the garden will be carried forward to Tuesday.

Tuesday's To Do List:
- Clean the fridge
- Bring the trash cans in
- Dust family room and my bedroom
- Errands, if any (grocery shopping, etc.)
- Water the garden (front and back) and house plants

How was your Monday?  Did you have a good start to your week?

20 comments:

  1. Wow you did loads!

    Typos in books are likely to become more and more of an issue as people can self publish without quality control. One or two bits always slip through, no matter how careful the editor, but some people are careless. I would have been driven daft by those typos. Hugs

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    1. Yes, yesterday was a productive day! :)

      I've half a mind to write to the publisher and point out where the mistakes were; not that it would accomplish anything, but, it might make them more aware that there is a problem.

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    1. If it had been my book, I'd have offered to send it to you, after I finished reading it. But, it is my friend's book, so, I need to return it to her. Would your public library have a copy? If not, I know it can be purchased, online.

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  3. Pretty fish! I sometimes find mistakes in books also. Not very good proofreading on the book's part. So nice you have prayer meetings! Andrea

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    1. Those fish were all different colors and some were quite big, too. These monthly prayer gatherings have been going on for at least 35 years, now. But, as we were just discussing at this last gathering, they seem to be coming to an end, as the majority of the participants are finding it hard to attend them.

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  4. Monday was a good day but today (Tuesday) is a bit of a wash out. It's started raining so any work in the garden is out of the question but at least the rain has cleared the air so my headache has gone, and I won't need to water the garden tonight!

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    1. Well, I'm glad your headache is gone and you won't have to water the garden. :) It's rather overcast and cloudy, here, today, but no rain. I will need to water the garden.

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  5. Sounds like Monday was a very good day. Hope Tuesday turns out the same. :)

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    1. Yes, Monday was a good day! I had energy and I was motivated to get things done. Today might be a slower day. I am not feeling very energetic.

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  6. Well, you had a very productive day yesterday, I hope Tuesday proves the same, and you get a little fun in as well. I checked out the book on Goodreads and was surprised to learn it covered 400 women. I wondered if it referenced them by verse of the Bible or simply by name. I did not recall there being 400, but then my Bible education is very much an ongoing project (as it should be).

    And thanks for the reminder that Tuesday is trash day, I guess I'd better grab the bin from my weekend scrapping and get that out or recycled. Hope you have wonderful week.

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    1. The first part of the book provides a list of all the names of the women mentioned in the Bible (in alphabetical order) and a reference is provided for each name. The second part of the book consists of stories about some of them.

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  7. Love the pictures of the pond.
    I am glad you got your list mostly completed. I need to do a wholesale clean out of both refrigerators but I just don't want to, plus I need to defrost the freezer which I don't want to do either.

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    1. It is quite a big pond, actually, with a rock wall behind it and waterfalls. Cleaning out the fridge and freezer is not a fun job, is it? I am glad that my current freezer (I have a side-by-side fridge/freezer) doesn't need to be defrosted.

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  8. I find it alternately frustrating and amusing when a book has not been proofread properly. I worked in a school once where the deputy put huge red marks on anything which another teacher had miss-spelt. Until she sent round a message to all the teachersabout a song we were singing about "the bells are peeling" Someone marked her error. She stopped correcting us then (I don't know if she knew it was me)

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    1. Ha, ha, too funny! I used to cringe when my daughter's teachers made spelling mistakes in their written communications.

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  9. I think some of us automatically go nuts when they come across wrong spelling or bad grammar. It's as if our school years of education in English are wired into us! I love Angela's story!

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    1. I think so, too, Bushlady. Yes, Angela's story is too funny. :)

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  10. You are such an excellent housekeeper. Every time I read your blog I am motivated to do more housework.

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    1. Thank you, but, I am not such a good housekeeper in my opinion. You are the one who vacuums daily, remember? I am trying to be better, though. :)

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