{ Blogtober 2025 - Day 28 - A rainy dark day }

Dark clouds, rain, candles softly glowing and the sound of rain on the roof.

 

Probably the perfect description of my favorite days, and I was lucky enough to get just that today.    I started my morning with a steaming hot cup of coffee, snuggled in bed under my blankets, with my crochet blanket in hand.  I can't believe that I stopped crocheting for a few years, not really understanding why I wasn't in the mood, so to speak.

 

But a few months back, I picked my hooks up again, and the love for this craft washed over me like a wave crashing in the ocean.  Since then I have really and I mean, really been enjoying crocheting again, and my latest blanket has been the best thing right now for my weary heart and mind.

 

After 2 hours of a slow start to the day, I finally got up, got dressed and started a very slow homemaking day.  I did the usual chores that are needed daily to maintain a home, and feed the family, but I also organized, moved some things back and forth, and basically started getting my home ready for the holidays, for all the get togethers and all the visitors that will be coming in and out and gathering around our table. 

 

I need to focus on this right now because I am stressed, we are stressed.  No matter how much faith we have and how much we believe that God will see us through this battle, we are in the flesh and are humans, and the fear is sometimes overwhelming.  There is nothing worse than feeling like your whole life is hanging in the balance and someone else's hands.  I'm just glad that I'm a child of God and belong to Him and Him alone. 

 

 

I was in the middle of cleaning and wiping down the desk in the corner, and Kaia just sits and watches me constantly.  Not because she loves me, but because she has a milk bone sitting next to her and just in case I get hungry and go snatch it or something.  Weird girl hahahah

 

For lunch, I actually had a hot bowl of porridge, which was perfect for this rainy day.  I proceeded with a good clean of our dining room/den area and then moved onto the rest of the house.  

 

I love when you're all done cleaning and everything smells fresh and looks put together and tidy.  I will say, you will not see a super modern, sleek, minimalist house.  I love a lived in, cozy, warm, inviting room that makes you want to walk in, sit on the couch with a blanket and have a hot cup of coffee or tea.

 

 

The wet weather lasted all day long, and then the winds kicked in.  I do not like the wind, I just don't.  I don't like the way it throws things around, I don't like how strong it is, and is it just me or do the winds seem so much stronger nowadays?  I don't remember ever seeing winds like this in my childhood.

 

Anyway aside from the pesky wind, it was the perfect fall day and I'm glad I got to share it with you.  I hope you're all staying well.

 

Please continue to pray for all those in need, and especially those in Jamaica and Cuba, who are on the path of the horrible Hurricane Melissa.  May God watch over them!