The thing that has grabbed my attention lately is the amount of beautiful wild flowers/weeds that continue to crop up. I’ve always been a lover of wild flowers and since the lawn guys have not cut the grass in two weeks, we’ve got a whole yard full of this…
The taller stuff you see in the back of this pic, they do not cut which I’m just dandy with.
I’m sure the crew will be cutting these pretty weeds soon but for now, I’m finding the natural look positively beautiful.
I met a wonderful lady (Stefania) here at the hotel last evening (her hubby had a 2 week business trip here) but the sad thing is they leave Saturday. We made the most of our short time here and arranged to meet downstairs for breakfast this morning. I just had a nice cup of coffee with her as I had a lunch date with my friend Jennifer later. Anyway, we had such a wonderful visit this morning and have made arrangements to go out for a nice breakfast tomorrow morning. My friend Evelyn who has been here almost as long as us, can’t make breakfast tomorrow, so it’s just Stefania and me and perhaps Jennifer will join us too. Then after breakfast we have plans to do a little fun shopping and then we have more plans to meet up with our buddy Evelyn for lunch. We decided just a while ago to make a whole day of it tomorrow. She’s such a joy with a beautiful German accent as that’s where she’s from.
Below you will see a couple pictures I took on my way down to breakfast. It’s so hard to believe it was 5 degrees when I took those shots as it was such a gorgeous sunny day with the prettiest blue sky!
We met at 11:30 so that we would get there before the place was packed. The next thing I know Jennifer was looking at her watch saying “its 2:00 already”. O how time flies when we’re having fun.
This is a picture I took on my way home. I was sitting at a red light right when I whipped out my camera to capture this pretty setting. I still can’t believe how pretty blue the sky was all freezing day long! It was an absolutely gorgeous day spent with wonderful friends.
Last evening, on the way to look at our mattress, I noticed this Christmas tree from a far away distance. As I was approaching, I quickly got my camera and put my window down to snap a picture. This totally reminded me of the song Silver Bells (one of my favorite Christmas Songs) as you will notice the many signs in the picture as well as the “Do not walk” red hand sign right smack dab in the front and center of the Christmas tree. The snow covered the ground so pretty white and I felt as though I were driving in a snow globe. That was the first time ever that I’ve driven in the stuff. Thank goodness they keep the roads nice and clear as I would not be driving otherwise. Hubby did give me some tips as he grew up in it, but I think I’ll pass if it gets too bad as I’m not experienced with this stuff.
Oh yes, about looking at our mattress… We found a very nice King size pillow top marked down at a very reasonable price. It will be delivered next week on our move in day right on time for us to get a good night’s sleep. Talk about relaxation, that’s just how I feel as now we have a place to stay and a bed to sleep on. Everything else is just icing on the cake from here on out!
The warm glow on the snow is so pretty. Last evening when we were returning back to our room, I snapped a couple more pictures outside our door. This weather pushed us to get our boots over the weekend and what a difference they make. Now we’re all nice and toasty, and love the fact that I’m keeping warm in this stuff.
A pretty wintry mix has come our way, who’d a thunk? What a change in the weather since we’ve been back home. We actually had just a tiny dusting of snow the day we left to visit back home but this is what we woke to this morning. The pretty white stuff completely coats the ground and here are a few pictures I took this morning
We’ve had such a crazy busy week but things are going really well. We finally decided to rent an apartment for a year so that we can get a better handle on what area we would like to buy/build.
Now the pressure is off to buy a place and relief takes on a whole new meaning. We found an apartment last week and I could not be happier at this very moment. A place to call home is finally coming our way soon! We should be moving in sometime around the 12th of December and I can’t begin to express just how excited I am.
Let’s just say, we were going to spend a week down south for Christmas and another week back in our old home following Christmas. I’m so stoked about our new apartment that I have no desire to pass by our old home on the way back north. How cool is that folks!?! I am so ready to get settled down and am looking so forward to the New Year!
We are creeping away at our Christmas Newsletter and continue to make progress. But it looks like we are still going to be working on it a while longer. I don’t like being this late but that’s just the way it goes this year.
We did get some shopping done over the weekend as we have a 2 bedroom apartment to completely furnish. First things first as we have been trying to nail a king size bed, and then we will look for the rest of the furniture as soon as we get our bed ordered. Then I have to completely furnish my kitchen as we are not moving anything back home yet. I’m having fun looking for dishes, glassware, flatware, and all the fun stuff to make it pretty. It’s also fun shopping for bathroom accessories and new bedding. I found a great deal on my favorite Egyptian sheets and it will be like Christmas getting our new home sweet home all fixed up. There is light at the end of the tunnel and it’s so nice, bright and truly beautiful.
Today was a leisure day where I didn’t have to be anywhere at any certain time. Hubby left bright and early on his trip to
I started off by crawling back in bed as Hubby left before daylight and got a few more z’s before starting the day. I went down to breakfast around 10 and met my buddy Evelyn down there. We had a nice little visit until sometime around 11:30 or so and then I was off doing my thing. I went to the mall and splurged on a few clothes and enjoyed browsing through all the wonderful holiday displays.
Then it was time for a little drive where I ended up taking a few more pictures. It was truly a peaceful day filled with lots of blessings.
I thought all the leaves would be gone by now but the beauty hangs on a bit longer.
I also took time along the way for some pretty flowers
I still have symptoms of the nasty bug and woke yesterday unable to breathe out of my nose. Wasn’t feeling all the greatest so I went back for a mid morning nap. I woke just before noon feeling in the mood for a drive so that’s just what I did.
I made a little lunch for myself before my trip, cleaned up and away I went early afternoon. I enjoyed the beautiful blue skies and the cool fresh air and the sights I saw almost melted my sickness away.
Here are some pictures taken from my afternoon drive.
Couldn’t Resist This Barn
I pulled my truck over and got out to enjoy both the pond and the babbling brook. What great alone time I spent at both of these places. I love the reflection of the bench in the pond and the views were amazing from my point of view.
I also captured this pond but the sun was not in the right spot for me to get a clear picture.
The leaves continue to fall fabricating a beautiful colorful quilt above the earth.
I believe these are going to be the last of the fall pictures this year.
Hubby called on his way home from work last night saying that Donnell and Michelle just called to see if we would like to join them for dinner. Hubby and I both were thrilled and me especially as I was just telling Hubby over the weekend how I would like to go there next weekend. While we were on our way over to the restaurant, Donnell called to say that the restaurant was closed on Monday evenings. So we met at TGIF instead and enjoyed a great meal and conversation with our buddies. Now we get to have another dinner date with them this weekend because we’re dying to go back to the Asian restaurant.
We started out on this cool damp rainy day. But to tell the truth, there was still so much beauty to behold no matter the cloudy conditions. Here are a few pages of our day that I put together and I hope you enjoy.
I’ve always been a lover of barns so I captured this one as it spoke to me.
These autumn days are still producing beauty in spite of the weather.
This is a picture I took of the leaves through the trees. We stopped to look at this piece of land and I truly found beauty.
I’m feeling a little worse for wear and tear and stayed in bed until just before noon. My throat is a mess right now and I’m feeling punk as my pop would say. I went for a nice bowl of vegetable soup and water first thing and that seemed to taste pretty good. But I think I’ll be dragging for a little while. Fortunately Hubby is feeling a little better but not 100% yet. We’re both looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow with no alarm waking us before the crack of dawn.
This picture has nothing to do with this post but I just finished putting it together so I thought I’d share. This is a picture of me and my cousins in 1969. I’m the baby girl on the far left with the hair sticking up.
I’m ever so thankful for my scrapbook program as it’s given me something to do to keep active and I’m really enjoying what few scans I do have. I have a lot more scanning to do when I get back to mom’s house! I’ve been working on a couple more scraps this afternoon and this evening and thought I’d share what I’ve been up to.
Pop Taking Us To Bed…
My Tom-Boy Days
That picture was taken the year I was in the 7th grade living on a hundred acre farm. I did everything with my brothers that year from digging fresh worms in the backyard and fishing in 4 ponds on the property and if we brought home enough fish, the fish fry was on for the night, helped care for 22,000 – that’s twenty two thousand chickens – we raised them for layers and when they got big enough to lay eggs we would gather eggs and clean eggs every day after school, there were only 75 roosters in the whole batch and we got to keep them. We moved those roosters to a little chicken coop behind the house and kept them separated from the hens. When the roosters got big enough for some really good eatin’, my brothers and I helped with the cleaning of them including plucking feathers, and helped to make them freezer ready… I played in so many barns on the property and in and out of hay lofts was a ton of fun, worked in a very large garden, helped mom can fresh veggies from the garden, made fig preserves from our huge tree in the yard and on and on…
We’ve got a busy weekend planned so I thought I’d post a little picture that I worked on in my Scrapbook Factory. This is a picture of me on the day I learned to ride a bike at my Grandma and Grandpa’s house. I still remember that day so vividly; I still remember my little hat and that dress. I feel as though I can go right back there to where I was on that bike that day and it does not seem that long ago. My how the years go by.
