Sandy's Daily Updates

Today is HUMP DAY! The camel came over my text messages and told me so. Today is supposed to be 80 plus degrees, but so far it is 72 degrees. We have had a couple of small rain showers and that might be what is keeping it cool. The weekend is said to be a bit cooler, down to 72 or so. I wonder where Fall went? I do believe we had a few days of it, then back to summer temperatures. Now, our west it is cooler to cold. Las Vegas is to have a high of 63 today! Those poor people are freezing! Emily said that it is really cold at her home in California, close to Sacramento.

Not a great deal of news. Trump won the election, which is great. I prayed that God would put in the white house who He wanted, so I am believing that Trump is his choice. I to think that he will accomplish more then Harris would in getting some of the major issues settled.

Crafts tonight so have to get dinner on the table. And, it looks like it might pour again any moment.

Quote of the day: “+There is this important difference between love and friendship: while the former delights in extremes and the opposites, the latter demands equalities.” Madam De Maintenon, 1635 – 1719, French Queen.

Have a great rest of your Wednesday. Make it a cheerful, relaxing, productive, and fun day.

Blessings

November is here, and it feels like June. It is 80 degrees, sunny, slight breeze and there are a few fluffy clouds floating around. The leaves have been floating down, like a shower, all green, yellow, golden, red, burgundy, tan and brown. It is a very pretty sight. Yes, the grass is slowly getting covered with all the leaves. Soon time for the kids and puppy dogs to enjoy the leaves, especially if they get raked up into nice piles. The fun of youth.

Even though it is on the warm side, I have stew in the crock pot. It just sounded good, and once started, it will cook all day and when we are ready for dinner, it will be also. I do like the crock pot! This will be tonight’s and tomorrow night’s dinner.

November is busy month as is December. There are birthdays and Thanksgiving; craft to work on and the craft fairs, plays, parades and parties. And maybe “winter weather” by Christmas. So many things to do and get accomplished before the end of the year. It would be nice to have all our small projects finished by December 31st. We could. then,start the new year with new projects!

The Vols are keeping Tammy busy as she works the concession stand when they have a home game. She likes it as it gets her in to the games plus often times concerts and other events. She is one very ambitious lady and always busy with something. Especially the five dogs. Of course Jerry is also very busy, especially with the five dogs.

We had a busy weekend… Tina got a body wave in her hair, so now is curly and cute. we made it to Karns and dropped off a bunch of stuff, went to Knoxville and did a couple of errands, stopped in at Dottie’s and dropped off something for her. She has a bug so didn’t want to share it with us. She was horse, so I offered to get the horse some hay and oats. She preferred Musinex. She said she felt better today. We popped in at Jerry’s to drop some things off. He was doing yard work and trying to get done so he could go watch the Vols Game. They won.

Sunday was church, then home. We worked on a project and watched TV, etc. Since they time change, we were tired even though we supposedly got an extra hours sleep. When they change the time, they neglect to tell the animals. Sierra is use to breakfast at an early time, like between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m., so we were up! It was much closer to 4:30 a.m. Yesterday and today she was just fine with the 5:00 a.m. breakfast.

Quote of the day: “Encouragement is being a good listener, being positive, letting others know you accept them for who they are. It is offering hope, caring about the feelings of another, understanding.” Gigi Graham Tchividjian, 1945 – American Writer, Speaker, D. Billy Graham.

Have a great rest of your Tuesday. Make it a friendly, cheerful, productive, and fun one.

Blessings

A beautiful start to November, 2024. We had rain this morning, a nice soaking rain. It didn’t last very long, but gave quite a bit of water to the thirsty lawns and trees, plants and bushes. There were even a few puddles that the birds could bath in. Now, it is sunny with a few clouds hanging around. Right now, it is 68 degrees and the time is 4:13 p.m. The weatherman said that we might have a few showers between now and noon tomorrow. We shall see.

Tomorrow is the football game between Tennessee and Kentucky. It is a big game. One of the gentleman from Tennessee was telling about the differences between Tennessee Whiskey and Kentucky Whiskey. Also the difference between bourbon and whiskey. Bourbon is basically the highest grades of whiskey. And there are three kinds, one made with corn, one made with another made with a wheat,, and the third made with rye. He said the first one taste sort of sweet, like sweet corn. The other taste like toasted bread, and the rye one tastes like cinnamon toast. The tastes are very light. I hope I got that all correct. I haven’t been out taking taste tests so don’t really know that personally. It was interesting though. Back here one hears about Tennessee Whiskey and Kentucky Bourbon. I think I an more into the Tennessee Walking Horse and the Kentucky Race horse. They too, are mellow, soft and smooth.

Not much planned for the weekend. We should have the changing of the beds, the changing of the clocks, both on Saturday. We might put the Halloween stuff away and just enjoy the fall decorations. There isn’t a lot of Halloween stuff to put away as the best thing about Halloween is seeing the kids in their costumes. We had about 20 last evening. All was quiet by 8:00 p.m. I loved seeing the parents out with the kids, making sure they said, “Trick or Treat” and then “Thank You”. One little boy was dressed as a sailor and he was adorable. He was between 2 and 3, I would say. Also bashful. I thought that all moms with toddlers should wear skirts or dresses as it is hard for the little ones to hide their faces when mom has on leggings.

Sunday we will have church and hope that we don’t arrive an hour early. I believe we are greeters this Sunday. After that, who knows. No plans.

Quote of the day: ” Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down to earth living.” Elizabeth Elliot, M. Martyred Missionary Jim Elliot

Have a great rest of your Friday. Make it a fun and safe 1st day of November. Have a wonderful, adventurous, relaxing, enjoyable and fun weekend.

Blessings

Halloween and the wind is blowing, the leaves are flying. It is a sort of sunny, sort of cloudy day. Maybe rain later this evening or tonight into tomorrow morning. Perfect weather for the trick or treaters to wear their costumes without a coat or jacket. The temperature is 78 Degrees and it is 5:08 p.m. In the house it is much cooler. I have a sweater on, of course. But, we didn’t get much sun today so it didn’t get very warm in here.

We are all set for the trick or treaters. We have a big bowl of candy, the pumpkin out front has an orange candle shining through its eye, nose and mouth, and the scarecrow light is in the front window. I hope that we get some cute little ones again this year. People drive from all over to hit our little neighborhood. I hope the one family that were here last year comes back. they had two little one who were cute as can be, all dressed up in cut outfits and enjoying all the fun and candy. They just got to look. Mommy said that they could have a piece when they got home.

It is hard to believe it is the last day of October. This month has gone by way to fast. It has been a busy month and I am not quite ready for it to slip into the history books . Of course, I wasn’t asked if I was ready. I hope to be more on the ball in November and get the projects done that I have going. Of course, they take time and patience, so that means spending more time on them and less time on other things like dusting and such. Housework, you know. Like dinner time. Leftovers tonight.

Quote of the day: “It is an extraordinary and beautiful thing that God, in creation…works with the beauty of matters; the reality of things; the discovery of senses, all five of them; so that we, in turn, may hear the grass growing; see a face springing to life in love and laughter….The offerings of creation…our glimpses of truth.” Madeleine L’Engle, 1918 – 2007, American Writer.

Have a great rest of your Thursday. Enjoy all the ghosts and goblins, witches and monsters….and candy.

Be safe, have fun.

Blessings