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October 21, 2007
Well...
I thought the winter was coming, not sure where it went!
72 degrees today and for the end of October, that is just plain strange!
Had a very nice visit tonight from old friends that live about 2 hours from here. They surprised us this afternoon and we had a nice dinner and then enjoyed homemade desserts compliments of Dev. She baked all afternoon and it was good!
We've actually had a lot of company these past few weeks and have enjoyed showing off our travel album of pictures and the videos we made! I still can't believe we saw ALL those places and traveled to so many different states! I still can't believe we did it all in 12 days!
Worrying about my oldest brother lately and hoping he can get out of this huge rut he is in. It's so hard to watch someone you care about so much, suffer unnecassarily, but there is only so much you can do. I keep him in my prayers and hope he can see the light pretty soon and realize, there is light at the end of this tunnel.
I'm off tomorrow and will have the house to myself for the day so I plan to do more scrapbooking and cook a roast, but hubby says it's suppose to be near 80 degrees tomorrow! Not roast weather for sure!
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October 14, 2007
The Winter Cometh
So Hannah and I cleaned up the yard today and put away all of the lawn ornaments and patio furniture and grills. It started raining about half way through and then it was spitting snow! It's here, I thought to myself almost kind of excited, but it quickly vanished!
Although, it is neat to realize how we get ready for the different seasons and feel sort of glad, in a way, that they are changing.
All about the yard the colorful leaves have fallen and all the flowers have since died withered away. You can feel the cool winds beckoning from the north and in a few short weeks the snows will be here.
While Hannah and I cleaned up the yard hubby was cleaning out the stove pipes to get them ready for the first fire of the season.
And...now I feel like baking something really sweet and inviting...
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October 10, 2007
A chilly rainy day
and I'm off to work this morning, but my heart is heavy. I received a phone call last night from another co-worker and she didn't have very good news. An old friend of ours, mentor, boss and a terrific lady in general is on her death bed in a hospital a couple of hours from here. We visited her last year during her 50th wedding anniversary get together. She's been fighting cancer for 7 years and it has finally gotten the best of her. Her husband called us because she has asked to see us one more time and say goodbye.
So, after work this afternoon Judy and I will travel down to say goodbye to her. This is a little strange for me as I've never been summoned to someone's death bed before, but leave it to her to ask that of me! She always knew how to keep me on my toes! The neat thing is, I've been praying a lot for her lately. I know how much she has suffered and knew the time wouldn't be much longer and I've prayed for her to have peace and comfort in her final days and now she has asked to see me one last time...so I really feel my prayers have been answered, not because she wants to see me, but because I knew somehow she needed prayer even though it has been over a year since I've seen her.
God does work in mysterious ways.
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October 04, 2007
The Harvest Moon
has already arrived and I haven't even had time to decorate much for fall! Our trip has really put me behind and I was actually quite tired after getting home. I didn't really feel tired, but I was yawning ALL the time and finally it dawned on me, "I think I'm really pooped out from all of our travels!"
BTW, if anyone is interested in reading about our trip and seeing some fabulous pics, if I do say so myself, you can go here and have a look see. I'm only about half way through posting on our photo blog about the trip and uploading pics, so check back from time to time.
It's been quite a task getting all 800 photos checked out and trying to figure out what you are going to do with them all!
We had such a good time though and am so glad we took the time and money to go. It was something hubby and I always wanted to do and never thought we would get the chance.
The leaves sure are changing fast and next week will be our 8th wedding anniversary. I want to do something special that weekend, but not sure what yet. Maybe try and get in a nice foliage drive before the stormy weather of winter days get here!
I also can't believe the holidays will be here soon. It seems like once Halloween has come and gone things move fast toward Thanksgiving and Christmas! I've actually started my shopping already and can't wait to hit the Essex Craft Show the last weekend of this month. I LOVE that place and will go every year that I possibly can!
Well, I need to hit the hay, it's been a long week at work and I do have tomorrow to myself once I get Hannah on the bus so I'll be hanging out doing some housework I'm sure and more picture playing!
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