No.386: The Wednesday Five #10

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A noble and delicate soul, even the most simple, but one of delicate sensibilities, sees God in everything, finds Him everywhere, and knows how to find Him in even the most hidden things.  It finds all things important, it highly appreciates all things, it thanks God for all things, it draws profit for the soul from all things, and it gives all glory to God.  It places its trust in God and is not confused when the time of ordeals comes.  It knows that God is always the best of Fathers and makes little of human opinion.  It follows faithfully the faintest breath of the Holy Spirit; it rejoices in this Spiritual Guest and holds onto Him like a child to its mother.  Where other souls comes to a standstill and fear, this soul passes on without fear or difficulty. – Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska’s Diary, p.83

I’m cycling through three books right now:

• Fiction: The Rosie Effect, which is the sequel to The Rosie Project but isn’t nearly as good as the first one.  Still pushing through because…maybe it will get better?
• Non-fiction: There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather.  I’m less than 100 pages in, but it’s already reinforced so many reasons why we’ve chosen to continue homeschooling.
• Religious: I picked up Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska’s Diary after listening to a homily on Divine Mercy Sunday and it’s better than I remembered.  A lot to ponder and pray about.     

• Mystery Locks sells printable escape room games for the entire family.  They’re currently 10% off too!  I have my eye on this pirate one for the kids.
• I’ve been a longtime fan of 1canoe2 and just saw that they are now offering a daily journal for this time of quarantine.  Great for both adults and older kids!  
• The homemade bars from Little Seed Farm are made from their own goat’s milk.  I love the smell of citrus in the kitchen and the Grapefruit Lemon bar would be perfect.
• Need a Mother’s Day card?  I’ve got you covered!  
• Grandma’s Love Card from Carina Paper Co.
• Butterfly Garden Card from June Travis
• Happy Mudder’s Day Card from Mudsplash Studios
• Amazing Mother Card from Sarah Hada Art 
• Mother Duck and Duckling Card from Amy Heitman

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Work on my 100 Little Things list has been puttering along.   I need to step up the pace!  Current total is 36/100 with a little over three months to go.

Earlier this year, I splurged on beautiful white Turkish hand towels for our bathrooms.  Unfortunately, this has proven to be a foolish purchase because…kids.  (#thisiswhywecanthavenicethings) Our Virginia clay/mud has discolored the towels and all of my natural stain removal techniques haven’t worked.  The tag says that I shouldn’t bleach them, so do I have any other options?  Consider it a failed experiment?  Are there any tricks left that I can try to make whites white again?  Help!