Yesterday was 87 degrees, and today I doubt we will hit 70 degrees. The weatherman has predicted thunder storms for this afternoon and evening with showers off and on all day. We had a shower this morning but since then we have had no moisture.These storms are to last on and off for the weekend and into next week.

Yesterday Tina said to be ready when she got here and we would go get what running around we needed to do done so as not to have to go out today or the weekend when it is storming. So I was ready and waiting for her when she got here. She had a couple of things to do before we left, but not enough for me to start anything. It was very warm, 87 Degrees, very sunny, and very pretty. we did pretty good, got all our errands done, grabbed a bite of dinner and got home about 7:30 p.m.

Today I have been working at doing odds and ends before getting the floors vacuumed and mopped. I was doing well until Pamela arrived. We played Canasta and it was fun. In the middle of the third hand Bill came over and showed us his latest computer program. He is a graphic designer as well as a retired travel agent. His latest is, ” FAITH BASED TRAVEL”. You can find it on the web. He did an excellent job,showing places all over the US as well as other places on the glob. He put this idea into being after hearing about Sharon’s granddaughter’s school music group going to NYC to preform, and hearing about the different church groups going to Israel and other places. If you get a chance, go on the site and see his creation and idea. I guess you could say that he is now a Faith Based Travel Agent.

Well, Pamela and I never finished our game as she had to leave to attend a friend’s graduation. She was looking forward to seeing her and her family, and witnessing her friend receiving a diploma for something to do with what ever major thing they do here in The Secret City”. Pretty awesome, I believe.

Now it is time for me to think about dinner and finish up the project I started this morning…..or at least put it away. With a rainy weekend starting, maybe I will get back to it.Sure hope your weekend is dry and pretty,

Quote of the day: “I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends’ lives and they are very much a part of my life.” Nancy Reagan, 1921 – 2016, American First Lady, Actor.

Have a great rest of your Friday, and a wonderful weekend. Make both a cheerful, kind, interesting, friendly and blessed three days.

Blessings

HAPPY MAY DAY!

A beautiful spring day. It was foggy this morning but that disappeared around 10:00 a.m and the sun came out and has stayed the rest of the day. Very cheerful.

Not a great deal of news around here today. I talked to Dottie and teased her about her boot. I told her that it was a fashion statement and she was in fashion. She said that it isn’t bad except when she has to take Max out and go down the stairs, then back up the stairs. She really needs a hover-mobile so she can hover up and down the stairs with Max. They look great on TV shows. That would be fun as well as useful.

She is doing fine and although she isn’t happy about wearing the boot and not being able to drive, she does admit that her ankle feels a whole lot better when she wears it. Hopefully she won’t have to wear it more then six weeks.

Since I have to go to Crafts tonight I had better end this and get dinner over. it isn’t much, just leftovers. But we have to be there in an hour.

Quote of the day: “The God who created, names, and numbers the stars in the heavens also numbers the hairs of my head….He pays attention to very big things and to very small ones. What matters to me matters to Him, and that changes my life.” Elisabeth Elliot, 1926 -, American Writer. M. Martyred Missionary Jim Elliot.

Have a great rest of your Hump Day. Make it a specially cheerful, productive, pleasant and fun.

Blessings

We started the day with rain, thunder and wind. Then just wind and clouds, then a shower, then wind, then just clouds. Finally the sun came out, but played hide and seek with the clouds the rest of the day, including now. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and bright. We shall see.

Not a whole lot going on here today. Bill took his SUV in for the repairs from the accident last week. he got a Hyundai Tucson. It is lovely. It is a 2024 with 8000 miles on it. I really like it and so does he. But, it is a loaner until he gets his back. Since we are thinking of getting a new car in the near future, that is one we should look into. We both like Hyundai’s, and ours has done us very well. It is 14 years old now. We think it is time to think about a younger vehicle.

Dottie went to the doctor yesterday and now has a fashionable gray boot to wear on that foot with the cracked ankle. She was dreading having to get a boot but she said that it is comfortable and her injured ankle feels just fine in it. I am so glad. Now, I hope it hurries up and heals. I know that she does also.

Quote of the day: “Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment the spark that you always carry in your heart.” Raisa Gorbachev, 1932 – 1999, Russian USSR First Lady .

Have a super rest of your Tuesday. I hope it is a Taco Tuesday. Make it a good, cheerful, social, kind and fun day.

Blessings

A beautiful Monday. A very pretty spring day here in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. I feel so bad for the people who have been hit by the tornadoes and flooding. That is a bitter pill to swallow for those folks, the heart ache of loosing loved ones, the clean up of the homes and businesses, the wondering about what is next. My heart goes out to them and my prayers go up for them.

The weekend was busy and good. We accomplished a lot that had been put off because there was other things to do. We still have a few minor chores to accomplish but the major ones are done. Saturday, on our way home from Knoxville we stopped at the fruit stand and bought strawberries. Yesterday, after church, we went to Kroger’s and bought angle food cake. So this evening we will be having strawberry short cake. We got a small basket to start with but just might have to go Saturday and get a bucket of them.

Today Stanley Steamer came and cleaned all the vents, including the dryer vent. And got the HVAC ready for summer. It was a bit expensive but they did an excellent job. They spent nearly 3 hours and were looking at and taking apart and putting back together, cleaning everything. That included taking the dryer vent hose or pipe off and cleaning the dryer as well as the vent. That took a bit of time. I do believe we are set for another year or two. Maybe more. With all the pollen we have this year I know that it will help with the sneezing and runny noses.

Now it is time I headed for the kitchen as Tina will be home soon. This time of day arrives quite quickly at times.

Quote of the day: “A good laugh is as good as a prayer sometimes.” Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1974 – 1942. Canadian Writer. She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. Proverbs 31:25

Have a great rest of your Monday. Make it a cheerful, productive, positive, and fun day.

Blessings

A quiet day. We have had showers on and off all day so not a lot of birds and squirrels out and about. Sierra is sitting and watching…… and waiting…….! Not even a dog walking by with a person, on a leash. I guess pee pads are used when the weather is inclement.

It is Friday and the start of the weekend for most folks. We are supposed to have a nice and warm weekend, with the temperature in the 80’s to keep us warm. There are all sorts of activities going on all around East Tennessee. So many Farmer’s Markets starting up. i think we might visit the one here in Oak Ridge. Then there is a few places or organizations holding fund raisers for different causes. One is for feeding the people of Heidi’s who are recovering from the devastating, I believe, earthquake. There has been so many natural disasters all over the world that I can’t keep up with them all. I do know that there are several fund raisers going on, from car washes to craft sales, etc. The Empty Cup Coffee Place in Knoxville gives all their proceeds, after expenses, towards helping the homeless find places to live and helps with furniture, food, etc. This is the Volunteer State, and it is true, most people volunteer when they can with what they can.

Our weekend plans are a quick trip to Knoxville, then to do some project around the house. Monday we have the people coming to clean the vents so want to have everything out of the way for them. I am not exactly sure just what they do, but I am assuming they go through each vent. More on that Monday, after they are done.

Quote of the day: “By putting the gift of yearning for God into every human being’s heart, God”s at the same time draws all people made in God’s image to God’s self and into their own true selves.” Robert Bondi, Contemporary American Educator, Writer.

Have a great rest of your Friday, and a super spectacular, safe and fun weekend.

Blessings

A beautiful Spring day. Birds singing, Squirrel hopping around, Bumble Bee buzzing flitting here and there, and even the lizard ambled across the porch. I haven’t seen the chipmunk as yet. Hopefully soon. Also am expecting the humming birds to make an appearance.

Today I have been busy doing odds and ends. I went out to check why the new lights Tina put out don’t come on at night. I can’t see why unless the batteries that came with them are no good. I will check again tonight and see if any come on.

While I was out there I pulled a few weeds. It got to hot so will try that again earlier in the morning. It is nice out there in the morning, so will put on gardening gloves and pull a few more weeds, grass, etc that is popping up in our flowerbed. The Azaleas are doing well, one is white flowers and the other is pink. The Holly bush is growing fast and is so pretty. WE both love having the rocks in the flowerbed as it brightens everything up. Tina will soon be planting her wild flowers around the Dogwood tree. I hope they do well and come up. That should be pretty.

I have pork chops and rice in the oven for dinner. It is a simple dish but good. Pork Chops, Rice, cream of mushroom soup, a bit of onion soup mix , cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 45 minutes, uncover and bake another ten to fifteen minutes, until all liquid has evaporated. It is so good. And, Tina likes it!

Quote of the day: “Far rather would I sit and sew besides my poor, for this thing is not of my condition. But I must go and I must do this thing, because my Lord will have it so. Rather now than tomorrow; and tomorrow than the day after!” Joan of Arc, 1412 1431. French Patriot and Martyr.

Have a great rest of your Thursday. Make it a relaxing, enjoyable, sociable and fun day.

Blessings

Another beautiful spring day. So fun to see the birds out hunting for worms, flying around, teasing the cat. Even the lizard walked by just to keep Sierra on her toes.

As for me, well i finished cleaning the leaves off the carport and hope that it can stay leaf free for a few days. I must of swept up a ton of pollen as well as leaves,dirt, and fuzzy things off some of the trees across the turnpike. The trees are looking so pretty with their new leaves. Spring is very pretty here.

This evening is Crafts at church. It is more of a social gathering then anything else. I have to think what I am going to take, and it will probably be a coloring book, or else pictures to put in an album I am working on. Tina will take her latch hook thing that she is working on. I wanted to take a dish towel to paint on but I didn’t get the transfer on it so will save that until next week. So many projects, so few ready to be called done.

Since we have been eating our main meal for lunch we just eat lightly for dinner. So this evening Tina has asked for a bologna sandwich. Defiantly not my favorite. i will have the rest of the roast beef in a sandwich. I think there is just enough for that. I will make tuna salad for lunch tomorrow and fix a meal for tomorrow night and Friday lunch, or Friday evening.

Other then that not much going on here. Tina ordered something that she said would be here today. It is here and Sierra is sitting on it, keeping it safe for for her. The problem with that is, Sierra believes that it is hers and we can’t get rid of it until she moves on to something else. I can probably get rid of the one on the couch now but know that she will move into this one and it will be here for a couple of weeks. Unless it is something she ordered to go to work, the I will keep the other box. CATS.

Quote of the day: “The woman who creates and sustains a home and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.” Helen Hunt Jackson, 1830 – 1855. American Writer, Indian rights reformer. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”

Have a great Wednesday. Make it a productive, positive, patient, perfect and fun day.

Blessings

The morning started out very cool, gradually it warmed up to the now pleasant 72 degrees. By this weekend it is supposed to be 80 degrees. I am thinking that it will cool down again before it get to be summer and the heat. I am not complaining. The birds, squirrel and even the lizard made an appearance this afternoon. He is out looking for bugs i believe. Sierra was napping so missed him.When you snooze, you loose.

I haven’t accomplished much today. The pollen is everywhere and has effected me with the itchy eyes and runny nose and sines headache. Normally it doesn’t bother me but today it has hit hard. Looking out the windows of the upstairs bedrooms I can see large yellow patches on all the carports and the cars parked in the open are covered with the yellow stuff. Tina brings it home on our car as she , and all there, park out in the open, like under a tree. Our blue car comes home with a yellow top. It is Tennessee and there are all kinds of and millions of trees, everywhere.

Tammy and Jerry had a visitor early this morning. She sent pictures and I believe they had a coyote in their yard and maybe in their garage. It was alone and curious. Probably looking for food. There have been a lot of coyote sightings this year, even around here. We haven’t seen one and I am thankful for that. When you have dogs or cats and they go out is when you have to be extra careful.

Quote of the day: “I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it should get you pretty near.” Margaret Thatcher, 1925 …Former Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Have a great rest of your Tuesday. Make it a true Taco Tuesday and enjoy a pleasant, fun and blessed evening.

Blessings

Life in this household has been busy as usual. Between being not at home for two days and then the Computer being uncooperative and the operator being not a tech, I missed most of last week. I did get Monday in though. You had a vacation.

Tuesday, I went with Tina to her doctor’s appointment. It was long but interesting. She also has another doctor’s appointment but since they took a blood test at the first appointment and has the results she didn’t have to do that. That appointment was short and sweet,. Then, lunch at Out Back which was really good, or we were really hungry as breakfast was a quick bar and a cup of coffee.

We then picked up Dottie and went to COSCO and got meat and all the usual shopping that is done there. That took forever as it was mid day and half of Tennessee was there with all their small children. I assume the older ones were in school. Since it was Tuesday all the Seniors were there also. When were were in line to check our, like a million other people, there was a lady behind us, not exactly in any line, yelling for every one to move and quite just standing around. Finally a employee came and asked everyone to move i a bit closer so people could get by. Fine. No problem with that. she just pushes herself up in line and gets right in front, Not our line but the one two registers from us. She kind of squeezed another couple out of her way to get up there. The wife wanted to get in her face but her husband said to let it go as it would be much quieter when she left.

Wednesday I went in and spent the day with Dottie as it was Tammy’s birthday and we were all to have dinner when everyone was off work. We had dinner at Jerry and Tammy’s. I brought the cake and Jerry went and picked up dinner. It was Chinese food, good, and the dinner party was fun. Of course the dogs made it extra special. They were the entertainment. The dogs gave he a slice of Red Velvet Cake form “the Cake Boss”. She said she knew that the dogs loved her best.

Thursday I was home and catching up on laundry, cleaning and such. The computer didn’t like me so wouldn’t come up with what i wanted, namely Walters Legacy. Since it was a windy and messy day weather wise, I chalked it up to that. But I did tell Jerry.

Friday it was a rainy day, and windy. Again I couldn’t get on my blog. I finally gave up and decided i would wait until Jerry came over. He came Friday afternoon and fixed it. I was over my limit on something or other.

The weekend was cool but nice. Julie and I went Antique store hopping. We actually made three of them before deciding to go have lunch and head for home. We ate at The Golden Girls, and it was good, The antique shops were fun, interesting and educational. We plan to do that again one day.

Sunday was church and today is laundry and all that good stuff. Now it is dinner time.

Quote of the day: “There may be no trumpet sound or loud applause when we make a right decision, just a calm sense of resolution and peace.” Gloria Gather, 1942 … American writer, singer/songwriter

have a great rest of your Monday. I hope that you had a wonderful,safe and fun weekend.

Blessings

I say warm because the house is only 72 degrees. No AC! I just love the warm, sunny weather. So nice after so many days of rain and wind and clouds. I understand they will be back the middle of the week.

Well, the weekend was wonderful. Our trip to Granville, Tennessee was absolutely grand. We had so much fun, saw so many things, met a lot of the characters from the I Love Lucy shows and the Andy Griffith Show. Saw the police cars, the jail, etc. We saw several skits from I Love Lucy and they were so funny. The actor and actress who played the parts were fantastic. There were lots of cars from that era as well as farm equipment, stores and buildings. Most were ones that belong there and people live in the houses and run the stores and restaurants, We weren’t crazy about the food as we just had hamburgers, but everything else was top drawer. We all had a good time and think it is well worth the trip there. It took about two hours to get there, but then, we stopped for donuts at a very good bakery, then saw where Tammy went to the University. So pretty, calming and nice. I do like the back roads for scenery.

The one shop that I went into and thoroughly enjoyed was the “Aunt Bees Farmhouse. There were quilts hanging and folded and laying. All different and all so pretty. There were packages of quilt pieces that you could buy and sew together yourself, as well as patterns and “beginner” packages for children. The layout was something. There were pin cushions and everything else that one might need for sewing. In one of the big back rooms were sewing machines, ready to sew. The owner held classes twice a week. i asked for a business card and the owner said that she was out of them at present but she is on the web if interested.

Sunday we just laid around. We both felt the amount of walking we did, but no complaints and am willing to go “walk again”. Dottie’s ankle was swollen so she is trying to get it healed and is staying off of it, she says. It was a fun day for sure.

Today I have had company. Pamela came over this morning and we played Scrabble. She beat me by 5 points, but we were tied for quite a while It was a fun game. That and making cards took up my whole day. Now it is dinner time so had better get at that. Tomorrow we will be in Knoxville and am not sure what time we will get home. Doctor appointments and Cosco.

Quote of the day: “It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.” Hildegard of Bingen, 1098 – 1179, German Nun, Christian Poet.

Have a wonderful rest of your Monday. Today is Tax day. Make Uncle Sam Happy and send him a greeting.

Blessings