Another mild October day. I do believe we will go from this beautiful weather all the way into November, then nosedive into winter. But no complaints as the weather is beautiful with chilly mornings,enabling the leaves to make a quilt patterned of yellows, reds, oranges, greens and tans. A wonderful time of the year. right now, it is sunny, clear, still, 75 Degrees at 4:48 p.m.

Well, I looked wrong at the time I was to be at the doctor’s for shots in my back, so missed getting them. Now I wait until November 15th at 3:30 p.m. I was so positive that my appointment was at 3:50 this afternoon, and it was at 2:50 this afternoon. My mistake that I will feel for 22 more days.

Bill brought me over a beautiful Hibiscus this afternoon. He ran out of room in his house I believe. It is so pretty, red flowers, shiny green leaves. I has joined the Christmas Cactus on the window seat. Sierra doesn’t seem to mind the addition. Her cat bed is there also. I would like to move her bed in between the two plants but am not sure how she would appreciate that. She is very picky about her things being moves. Cats don’t like change.

There isn’t much new around here. Coming home from the doctor’s I had to stop as a lady had pulled straight out from a side street,crossing the Oak Ridge Turnpike, wanting to turn East ( I was going West) and sat there waiting for the east bound traffic to clear so she could continue. Normally people pull so the nose of the car is pointing the direction they want to go and the rest of the car isn’t hanging out in the lane the opposite cars are going. It took awhile for her to be able to turn completely. There was a ton of cars behind me, some honking. The other lane was going just fine at about 50 to 60 mph so no chance of pulling around and bypassing her. She is very fortunate that she didn’t get hit, T_BONED!

Quote of the day: “Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer – into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.” Lady Nancy Astor. 1879 – 1954, British, First Woman Member of Parliament.

Have a great rest of your Thursday. Make it a pleasant, enjoyable, productive, adventurous and fun day.

Blessings

Another gorgeous fall day…sunny, slight breeze, a few high clouds, and 78 Degrees at 3:56 p.m. So nice, I wonder if this is Indian Summer? I thought we had that earlier but then, I could of been wrong. I was, once.

This evening is Crafts so dinner will be BLT’s. Something easy and good. I had a doctor’s appointment at 3:30, but got called in at 1:20 so made a dash down there, to miss the school traffic. I had to wait a bit so it was after 2:30 before I got out. School got out about the same time. I found myself behind parents picking their kids up and driving the speed limit in the school zone. Not a problem. I am glad to see them doing the 20mph speed limit and all being safe. Once we cleared that it was smooth sailing home.
go back tomorrow at 3:50 for shots in my back. Yes, I will hit the school zone with parents picking their kids up, so I will leave home early.

Oh, yes, Bill came over and then had me follow him outside to see a beautiful plant that he said I can have. I just need to find a place for it in the window. I am not sure what kind of a plank, but it has beautiful big, red flowers, I will make room for it on the windowsill as it will get sun there. It is so pretty. I will have to work on that project, room wise. It is fairly big. Tammy or Dottie might be getting a new plant for the winter if I don’t have room.

Quote of the day: ” In order to realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm.” Corrie Ten Boom, 1892-1983. Dutch Evangelist, Writer.

Time to get busy and ready for this evening. Have a great rest of your Wednesday. Make it a cheerful, productive, adventurous, and fun evening.

Blessings

A Tuesday towards the end of October. The day is sunny, warm, calm, cloudless and beautiful. The trees are slowly turning beautiful colors, golds, reds, browns, and oranges. It is 3:55 p.m. and the temperature is 76 degrees. A perfect Fall Day in East Tennessee.

Today I did laundry, took a quick trip to the store for milk, and am working on changing doctor appointment times. Tina wants to go with me to the cardiologist, but he is on a Monday, so am trying to change that to a Tuesday as I also have a shoulder doctor on Tuesday. I would love to have them on the same day. I need to make an appointment with the back doctor also, so am hoping I can manage to get all three on the same day. I believe that the back doctor is only here on Fridays. We shall see. I just called and the back doctor is tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., The shoulder doctor is Monday, the 11th at 2:30 p.m. , The Cardiologist is on Monday the 4th at 3:15 p.m. That will keep me busy. I texted Tina the doctor’s times.

Other then that, it is a quiet day around here. The birds are out and about as is the squirrel and the chipmunk. They run past the door going one way, then sort of stop and look on their way back from wherever they went. If Sierra is sitting at the door they don’t linger at all. She would love to invite them in for a social hour, but she hasn’t learned how to open the door yet.

Dinner this evening is creamy garlic shells, left over grilled chicken and broccoli from last evening. I will . have some celery sticks and carrot sticks to go with it. Later we can have Skinny Girl Popcorn to munch on while we watch TV.

Quote of the day: ” The well of Providence is deep. It’s the buckets we bring to it that are small.” Mary Webb, 1881 – 1927. Scottish Religious Leader, Writer, Poet.

May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand…how long, how wide, how deep and how high His love really is. Ephesians 3:17-18

Have a great rest of your Tuesday. Taco Tuesday… Make it a fantastic, cheerful, positive, and fun day.

Blessings

A sunny, warm, slightly breezy, Monday,to start the week off. It is 74 degrees at 3:53 p.m.. It is 74 degrees outdoors and feels like 64 degrees in the house. We get morning sun in the front part of the house then afternoon sun upstairs in two of the bedrooms. Being in the middle of the four townhouses, (we are #2) we have lots of shade, which is great in the summer but a bit “cool” come fall and winter.

The weekend was good, productive, fun and relaxing. Jerry Dottie came over and I believe three or four blankets got made. It is always fun when Dottie and Max come over. Sierra totally ignored Max and Max totally ignored Sierra. Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread and salad was an early dinner, with Pumpkin spice cake for dessert. Jerry came and joined us for dinner. Of course the Vols and Arkansas football game came on , so the TV was busy. The Vols won which was great. It was a good game.

Tina and I accomplished quite a bit around the house this weekend. I packed up all the crafts that have been hanging around here for three or four years and sent them home with Jerry to take to Diana or give to her when they can get together. The kids can do them. The latch hook is to hard for Tina to see and i couldn’t get the hang of it. The rest the kids will enjoy doing ans most of it is Christmas stuff. Also some tea towels to paint. Tevia will enjoy that I am sure. She is such a talented girl. The boys may or may not be interested in some of it. They are defiant boys and mostly into computer games. And they all have a farm to take care of…sweet animals who need their TLC.

Tina worked on diamond art and blankets. I helped a bit on the blankets. Dottie and Tina did the majority of that. They are so pretty and soft. I think these are for the flood victims in the 8 counties that were affected here in Tennessee. I believe what will be made between now and Christmas will go to flood victims between Tennessee and North Carolina. In January they will start blankets for the nursing homes here in Oak Ridge.

Today I had bible study. It is very interesting to see how much our leader dose with her research and how much information she acquires. I knew the basics but learned a lot more when one goes into dept . I have a lot of studying to do.

Happy anniversary to Tammy and Jerry Walters and to Pamela and Jerry Ford. Both couples are celebrating their 2nd anniversary. This is their cotton anniversary. Also, Happy Birthday to Charles Mattson! He is turning 21 again.

Quote of the day: ” We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.” Dorothy Day, 1897 – 1980. American Writer, social Reformer.

Have a great rest of your Monday. Make it a productive, happy, adventurous and fun day.

Blessings