very busy day!

we heading up the fire station as soon as we got enough caffeine in us...

and set up the tables for the toy drive...

even sorted what we have already...

ran back home and started on our Thanksgiving dinner...

the guys helped so much...

Doug and Paula got here...

we talked and ate...

it was a good time...

I got in a 2 hour nap, too!

LOL

got up in time for supper and then we started in on the unpacking of Christmas totes...

and all is well with us this morning...

I even got out of bed without any help...

:)

and I kept up...

as best I could...

I'm not saying there wasn't pain and little breaks in there for me...

but we did it...

:)

the need for a shower is great...

so I must swallow down my tea and get my butt moving...

there's some clean up to do and we must go check the donation box again this morning...

(its a new lidded garbage can on wheels we sit just outside the door of fire station)

and we need to get a concrete block in the bottom of it...

so when the winds happen, it won't end up in the highway...

I am not sure if we are decorating outside today and we just let Craig do it on Tuesday when he is off...

probably waiting...

:)

have good days...

let the madness begin!

here we are as in olden days...

happy golden days of yore...

I just cannot believe its this time of the year again....

one of my favorite times of the year...

because...

I think people are just nicer...

that Christ is on their minds more...

and giving is in their hearts...

more this time of the year than any other...

resting up today...

doing our dinner tomorrow and setting up for the toy drive, too...

and Doug is sick...

not sure if he will make it to our house or not...

prayers for him...

have a good weekend!

There may not be another minute free...

so wanted to waddle in here this morning to wish y'all a very Happy Thanksgiving!

and to share some really cute vintage images...

I hope your day is festive...

and your table full...

and those crazy relatives take their meds before popping in...

that travel is safe...

and health is abundant...

that you are able to see all the good in your life...

so you can appreciate all the blessings that God has given you...

and all the prep work is done easily and with a joyful heart...

and that you remember...

that the clean up builds character...

auntie Sue is doing the best she can...

that if you drop it on the floor, a good blessing has you covered...

don't go in the bathroom after uncle Lloyd without a gas mask...

its only once a year...

and... the most important thing...

remember the empty seats now have made you who you are and have filled your heart with so much love and caring....

and...

they are not gone...

they are with you with every breath you take...

:)

Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours...

bless you and your family and friends...

prayers for a wonderful day for all of you...

:)

getting ready...

are you making your plans for this week?

are you cooking and having the dinner or going somewhere else?

got the dinner list made...

need to make the grocery list for it...

and we are having our dinner on Saturday...

due to work schedules...

on Thursday, I am sending the old man up to the community dinner to get us meals to go...

its a free dinner, but you are allowed to make a donation...

this program is so needed in every town...

there are so many alone...

or without funds to do a traditional dinner...

so many go up to be with others so they are not alone...

:)

we are having a neighbor come...

who is alone...

and he can come both days if he wishes...

if we all just took some time to check on those who live right around us on all occasions...

no one would be left out...

or alone...

or hungry...

thankful for all of those who help feed others, hold their hands...

send cards and letters, or visit someone alone...

or sad...

so thankful for those who believe that we are our brother's keeper...

for they heal the broken hearted...

:)

Happy Thanksgiving...

another week closer...

its either a good day or a bad one for me lately...

like every other day I am ok...

and then the other days, not so good...

I was so sick yesterday, I had to call and cancel my ortho surgeon appointment...

but Steve went and saw his general surgeon for his colonoscopy...

got that set up for Dec 6th...

not sure if I had a tummy flu or the nitrates in the water here were high...

but the guys put me on bottled water for now and I am fine...

the cats all started throwing up about a week ago and we switched them and they were fine within hours!

we have gotten 2 $100 donations for the toy drive already...

stoked about that...

so many help out every year...

its just amazing what we can all do together...

we are looking forward to a nice, quiet weekend...

next week is going to be messed up...

Thanksgiving will be Sat, I think...

still talking about it...

Craig works Thursday...

they both work Friday...

but all of us will be home on Saturday...

:)

the joy of retail...

can the holidays really be coming????

amazing, isn't it?

LOL

great fall weekend...

still feels funny having DH home so much...

but we did get a drive in yesterday afternoon...

it was drizzly and cool out...

and we weren't gone long...

we made chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes for supper last night...

it was good...

started pushing the toy drive online...

the ducks are all in a row...

we are on our way to another great year...

so many on board with this and ready to do whatever needs done...

we have announced to the helper elves that this is probably our last year...

running things...

we can still be helper elves...

but I really have this feeling its time to hand this over to someone else...

I am not sure that God is going to give us a rest or lead us into something new...

time will tell on that...

I am just waiting on the lead to the next person(s) in charge...

He will let me know...

have a great Monday!

(and yes, there is such a thing!)

:)

here comes the weekend...

a few more black and white photos...

from back in the spring...

both guys are off tomorrow and I don't have a single thing planned...

bad me...

we have a high of 39 today...

down in the 20s last night...

the plants that were hanging on are black now...

but I doubt if it will be a work out in the yard weekend...

we are supposed to warm back up in the high 50...

but its going to take a few days to do it...

our miss Annie went to the vet yesterday to be spayed...

and she was pregnant again...

it was still early, so they went ahead with it...

there were 5 more....

they kept her over night and DH will go there right after work and pick her up...

he's bringing Burger King whoppers and onion rings home for supper!

Annie will be glad to get home...

that's all of them done now...

whew...

had lunch already and thinking about a nap...

all the house work I wanted to get done is finished...

:)

have a great weekend and hope its warmer where you are!

38 degrees and dropping...

there are just too many black and white photos to pick from for only 7 days of posting...

so you will get all the left overs...

:)

well, the warm weather left with the winds...

and we are cooler here and the furnace is running...

the cold thingy is going....

but its taking its old sweet time...

seems like its been around forever...

as long as its gone by the weekend...

doing a dose of cold meds every 36 hours now...

so that's better...

sinus headaches every now and then...

got a prayer request for you...

an old neighbor and special friend of mine went into the nursing home last week...

for evaluation to see if she can live on her own or not...

she is hoping to come home later this week...

she has been doing very well there and getting around ok...

I talked to her brother this afternoon...

we write back and forth...

she doesn't do the computer thing...

and she is old school...

so we have been writing for some time...

she lives in Charleston where Craig works...

I cannot go see her until this cold thingy is gone for good...

but if you could remember her in prayer for me...

for her to have better days physically and mentally...

she was down for a week or so and not feeling well...

and then got down in the dumps not getting up and about...

but she is good at the nursing home and doing much better...

just not sure she is where she needs to be to come home...

her name is Pat...

(my mom's name, too)

and old school teacher who never married...

no kids or grandkids to take care of her...

:)

but she has a great brother who lives right next door to her and helps her with all her needs...

cooks lunch and supper and takes her to church when she is able to go...

:)

weekend is coming!

got any plans?

Day 4 and a wonderful weekend...

another black and white photo...

we had a great weekend together here!

no shopping or running around...

just going from one thing to another and getting the small things done...

made 2 big pots of chili yesterday...

all the bad storms missed us...

but there were high winds, hail and even tornadoes that went through last night...

several states were effected...

and then the news of the Sutherland Church in Texas...

so sad...

I read that one family lost members spanning 3 generations...

8 from that one family and an unborn child...

prayers for all who's weekend ended in chaos...

so many hurting...

thankful for all we have and what was not taken from us...

blessings for a good day today...

day 3...

day number 3...

I do love black and white photos...

maybe because I grew up with them...

well, good first day with DH...

he is so out of things...

he was a cross between being tired and bored...

used to go, go , go and now...

not much of anything...

:)

we did get the living room all moved around and prettied up...

we were finished by noon...

and had just sat down at the kitchen table to discuss what we were doing the rest of the day...

when the fed ex man came...

I ordered new curtains for the living room...

said they would be here Monday...

so we got those put up...

the valances didn't come, but we can add those when they do...

we are home today...

chili?

I think so...

we have severe storms coming in this afternoon and evening...

not looking forward to that...

they have been talking about it for days now...

so prayers for us in the path...

Susie, you duck if they get too close over there, too!

Sunday blessings!

day 2...

of the black and white photo challenge...

I am up, but don't have to be...

going to take some time to learn to sleep in again...

the guys are both sound asleep and all the furrbies...

got rain this weekend and bad storms tomorrow afternoon and evening...

we haven't had much of that all year...

weird having thunder in November...

will be inside and I told DH we didn't need to make a Paris run...

we are really stocked up here...

still...

a few things from the local grocery will do...

:)

have a fun day!

have you been challenged?

I have been...

to post for seven days on facebook...

black and white photos...

so here is this morning's post for me...

so welcome to black and white week...

also...

announcing!

DH is out of harvest time!

getting home by 4...

(in the daylight)

well, this week anyway...

and...

he has the whole weekend off...

dangerous, I know...

but I see the living room furniture moving around a bit...

:)

Craig and I are still fighting this cold thingy thing we got...

but it can't last forever...

have a great weekend!