Sandy's Daily Updates

Cloudy, rain on and off with the sun peeking out every now and then, just to see what the clouds are hiding. The weatherman is saying thunder storms, flash flooding, flooding, (there is a difference), and high winds are expected. We are under a weather alert from today through Friday, mostly for tomorrow, I think. It must be true as the squirrel has been out gathering what ever he can find, looking in the door at me, and hunting bird seed around and under the bird feeders. The birds are scarce today so they have gone to their respective hiding places to wait out the storms. Even dogs and people are not out and about as usual.

The WiFi has been on and off all day so am not sure how the rest of the week will go computer wise. It ha affected the computer, the TV, the birdhouse outside that takes pictures, and the Blink. It hasn’t affected the Fram-o or the Echo, but has my phone to a degree. Tina said that they were working on X-Finity, who is our provider.

Today I have done the laundry. There was quite a bit as it had been over a week since I did it. And Sierra gave Tina a fur ball last night, on her bedspread, so that added to the laundry. She is a very neat cat, until she has a fur ball that needs to be deposited. Then, she could care less where that is deposited, other then her bed or favorite spot to lay. Smart Cat!

Quote of the day: Individuals can change things…If everyone will just do their little part, then we can make a tremendous difference in the lives of other people.” Sarah Purcell, 1970 American Writer.

Have a wonderful rest of you day. Make it a safe, cheerful, relaxing, and fun day.

Blessings

Golden leaves blowing in the wind, scurrying across the grass, celebrating the arrival of fall, while hunting a safe place to pile up before the thunder storm arrives. As their piles grow, the weather cools, and the children, and puppy dogs come out to romp and play, run through and burrow under the mounds of leaves .

Today clouds and sun are playing hide and seek, with the chances of a thunder storm slowly working its way into the area. It is a very warm day, 88 degrees and the time is 4:40 p.m. The weatherman said that the Hurricane Helaina will be sending major rain our way as early as tonight and defiantly tomorrow and Thursday, and probably Friday. The wind is blowing pretty hard right now so I imagine that the thunderstorm is close. We desperately need the rain so am not complaining. The ground is hard due to lack of rain so flooding is a possibility. That we don’t need.

I spent the day washing all the blankets that were made last Saturday. They are clean and in green garbage bags, ready to go to the Children’s hospital, when we get the rest of them done. i am praying that we have a lot of people on Saturday to make blankets and that we get them all finished. Be they put together or not, they do take up a lot of room. The living room is now the blanket room.

Tomorrow will be my laundry day for our laundry. NO BLANKETS! Both hampers area getting pretty full as I haven’t washed for over a week. I do need to get back on schedule with the housework. But, Mondays have turned out to be Bible Study Day so might have to change my laundry day to Tuesday. Someone said change is always good.

Quote of the day: “When you are truly joined in spirit, another woman’s good is your good too. You work for the good of each other.” Ruth Senter, American Writer 1944 –

Have a great rest of you Tuesday. Is it a TACO Tuesday? Here it is a chicken, mashed potatoes Tuesday. Have a wonderful, enjoyable, adventurous, and safe rest of your day.

Blessings

Cloudy, Humid, Muggy, Breezy, Warm, 88 Degrees, 4:02 p.m. 50% chance of Thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Maybe?

Friday was a busy day. I was trying to get everything done as I knew we would be gone all day Saturday and wasn’t sure what Sunday would be like other then church. i didn’t get the blog in Friday as it got late quick. I finally said that Monday was only two days away and I would get it in then.

There was 6 of us that went to the DAV, (Disabled American Veterans) and made blankets. The ladies there were working on Victory quilts, and they have done some very pretty ones. One lady does all her quilts by hand, and they are lovely. They served lunch, and it was lovely. The ladies were friendly, kind and fun. We ended up making 15 tie blankets/ We learned how to put a slit above the tie part and fold the ties through the slit. So nice, easier and they looks much nicer. We will be doing blankets Wednesday evening from 6:30 until 7:30, and then again at the church on Saturday, the 28th, from 9:00 until 3:00 p.m. i sure hope a lot of people show up and we can get many, many more made. Right now, while I am typing this, I have blankets washing.!

Doing blankets, unless one is smart and sits while cutting, and tying, is hard on the back and shoulders, and possibly the hands. I was standing and bending an stretching so my back hurt a bit but my shoulders and arms were the worst. You do know that it is much quicker to reach as far down the 8′ table a possible to straighten something, then to walk down to that spot and straiten it. Or to lean on the table while tying. After 6 hours of doing that the arms and shoulders get tired. I do know better. Tina did the walking, lifting as well as bending and stretching. Her complaint was her back, but it doesn’t take much at all for her to feel her back going out. And no, she doesn’t quit doing things until it goes out and she is barely able to move.

Sunday we got up at 4:00 a.m., for what reason I don’t know. i woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep, so finally got up. Sierra thought it a great idea so romped and played, just to make sure I was up. I got ready and went downstairs to find Tina was already down there and had the coffee going. I was being quiet so that I wouldn’t wake her. Anyhow we visited, then decided to get dressed and go to Panera’s for breakfast (Their Garden Ray, Tomato, avocado Toast is wonderful), then do what grocery shopping we had to do before church. We accomplished that, came home, put the groceries away, got dressed for church and went there. As usual, it was very good. After church we came home, Tina got the garbage out as the garbage man comes Monday Mornings, changed clothes and hit her recliner. I changed clothes and fixed a bite of lunch, and hit my recliner. The rest of the day was mostly spent there until bedtime. Sierra spent the rest of her day going from one lap to the other, stopping for a bite of food or a drink in between time.

Today, I had a lunch date with the Bible Study girls. It was at a Mexican restaurant, and just O.K. After leaving there I drove around until I found the post office. I forgot it was down farther, so saw a few neighborhoods. Finally got there, went in and mailed my package. I had to stand in line for half an hour. There was only one lady working and a line of people waiting for her attention. I only had a book to mail, so not to bad. The lady in front of me had 10 big manila envelopes to mail and that took time as each had to be weighed, and all that goes with it. The post office is very short handed and no one want to work there. I would but my days of standing on my feet for 8 to 10 hours are gone. It is work and long hours. It is good pay though. Maybe one day a week off.

Quote of the day: What constitutes success? She has achieved success who has lived well; laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent people and the love of little children; who has filled her niche and accomplished her task; who has left the world better than she found it; who has always looked for the best in others and given the best she had.” Bessie Anderson Stanley, ? – 1952. American Writer.

Have a great rest of your Monday. Make it a pleasant, productive, energetic, safe, and fun day.

Blessings

Partly cloudy, the sun has plays hide and seek with the clouds most of the day. It was cloudy this morning, then about 9:00 it started the game of hide and seek. Not much of a breeze, and not much activity around here today. The time is 5:06 p.m. and the temperature is 83 degrees. We are getting closer to the 12 hour daylight and 12 hour darkness. Fall arrives Sunday morning. The leaves are already starting to turn. However, due to the cloud cover we have missed seeing the harvest moon.

Dinner this evening is going to be hamburgers and a green tossed salad. That is simple enough and fits in with Tina’s diet nicely. This will be an easy dinner with an easy cleanup afterwards. I love the Ninja Grill as it is so easy to clean after grilling, and grills beautifully. I did steaks the other night and they came out perfect.

The topic, according to the local news, is kids and cell phones in school. Some think that they should have them in class in case they need to call their parents. Some think they should be banned from class rooms. Collected at the door and returned after school. Then the thought of A1 being used by the students without guidelines, rules, is another topic. Is the child doing the work> Is A1 doing the work for the child? is the child learning? The thought from the teachers and board members is that A1 could be beneficial if used properly, with rules and guidelines. Those have to be set in place prior to the kids using A1. Some parents say that their children are using A1 now, but as research and with the parent their with them. I am so thankful that I don’t have a child in school.

Quote of the day: “God who is Goodness and Truth is also Beauty. It is this innate human and divine longing, found in the company of goodness and truth, that is able to recognize and leap up at beauty and enjoy and know that all is beautiful, that there is not one speck of beauty under the sun that does not mirror back the beauty of God.” Roberta Bondi, Contemporary American Educator, Writer.

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

Blessings