just so much...

to be thankful for...

we have been so blessed with so much...

so many...

last year I wrote that the best blessings are things we haven't been given...

the trials and tribulations others are facing right now...

if you have made it a year without a fore closer...

a divorce...

buried a child...

watched your home get washed away or burnt to the ground...

lost your spouse...

seen war firsthand...

had a buddy die in your arms...

if your reflections of the last year do not contain any of these...

then you have been blessed beyond measure...

and if these things have come to pass for you...

you know that you have to look at all the little things that were spared...

the joy of the sunrises...

the giggles of a child...

a roof over your head...

and the love of God that surrounds you when everything here is chaos...

gather those close who mean the most...

this could be the last Thanksgiving you will here together...

make it count...

forget...

forgive...

overlook...

embrace...

love...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families...

May God bless you beyond measure...

what do you do when you can't sleep?

blog...

are ya freakin' out yet?

I'm not...

it will come and go no matter what happens...

after supper tonight, DH and I made a deli run...

8 miles south...

got all the way down there in the foggy, drizzly weather...

and no billfold...

he had come home from work and dumped his pockets...

so back home we came and back we went again...

now how senile is that?

I didn't take my purse either...

don't even carry the check book anymore...

my debit card is in Craig's wallet anyway...

he has used it way more than I ever did...

I never go anywhere without one of them anyway...

so it wasn't my fault...

well, I'm going to try going to bed one more time...

if it doesn't work...

I'll be back...

new loot...

on our first road trip yesterday...

to Paris...

Illinois, that is...

we snagged this little/big guy at CVS while waiting for the pharmacy to fill my prescriptions...

clever how they make you wait...

just $9.99...

Bang for you buck!

he is so cute!

I love snowmen!

then the on the second road trip...

we took off and didn't know where we were going...

just to town...

so we came up with Rural King...

a farm supply store plus a whole lot more...

Toffee Treat candle, smells yummy...

dwarf iris bulbs at 10 cents a pack...

got 5 for 50 more bulbs of fun in the spring...

fuzzy socks..

have the blue and white pair on today...

so soft!

those were $1.99 each...

a scarf to keep my neck warm as toast on our walks...

a cute Sweater for Bebe...

tried it on him and he laid down and pouted!

he thought he was being punished...

would not even take a treat...

then he hid behind the couch...

just wait till the snow flies...

he will like it then...

a bag of mini pumpkins...

25 cents on sale...

besides getting kitten food and peanuts and candy corn for DH, that's just about it...

did get a soft off white Serta throw for the living room...

I need a bigger one for the bed this winter...

so I will have to go back...

also new this week...

fudge...

chocolate and there's peanut butter, too...

yeah, its' that time of the year...

Ok- DH and our kid are giving me such a hard time about the next two items...

online garage sale...

posted on fb...

I left a comment that I wanted these two things...

she delivered that evening, on her birthday, on her way out to her mom's for dinner...

she knocks at the door and pops in...

DH is just sitting there in his recliner and I say I need $10...

out comes the billfold, and the look on his face...

they are both having a hard time with the concept that I can still rummage, have it delivered...

spending money without leaving the house...

a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do...

now this lantern is huge, but the glass is out of it...

perfect for me... $5

this winter, it will be used to decorate for the holidays and then in the spring...

it's going to be swinging from a tree with a potted plant inside...

and this pillow...

brown ticking on the back...$5

just some new stuff to piddle fart around with...

I love my job!

hope you all are having a good weekend!

we are!

feeling good today!

just wanted to share...

went to the doctor this morning...

got antibiotics for whatever it is that I can't kick on my own...

head and chest thingy that's in my ears, too...

been fighting it for a long time...

went to CVS and got this huge snowman guy for $9.99...

and my meds...

antibiotics and ear stuff...

and a birthday card for a special friend...:0)

stopped by Mickey D's for breakfast...

got it to go and came home...

ate, hung out, and DH took a nap...

when he got up...

we went  to Charleston...

that's in the opposite direction...

for no reason...

just to go...

we don't do that anymore...

not since I have been "down"...

we went to Rural King- local store...

farm store with other cool stuff in there...

quality stuff...

picked up 5 packs of dwarf irises...

for 10 cents each...

50 new spring bulbs for 50 cents...

Craig is planting them tomorrow if it's not raining...

a scart, 2 pairs of fuzzy socks, a new sweater for Bebe, a fleece blanky for the living room...

and one smell good candle...

they also had those silicone light bulbs and grabbed 2 packs of 2...

for my cheese crate night light thingy...

grabbed pizza for the guys from Papa John's...

chicken flatbread minus the sauce(too hot) at Taco Bell for me and headed home...

the ride of doom...

I started a gall bladder attack...

and it was a very bad one...

spent the next hour in the bathroom...

sipping 7-Up now and am doing better...

think it all passed...

LOL

DH and I had so much fun today and I am counting this as a good day...

BIG SMILE!

you should have seen us in the stores and then there were the talks on the way here and there in the truck...

I had the most wonderful time...

and so did he...

and after pushing me all over the place today...

he held my  hand tonight...

rubbed my back for almost an hour...

and I know he must be tired, too...

helped me get a shower...

gown on...

brought 7-Up and then fixed me a couple of eggs just a bit ago...

BIGGER SMILE...

chicken flat bread will happen tomorrow...

God blessed me with the best day with the best guy...

sorry Craig- hehe...

and I'm not about to let a gall bladder attack take that away...

images for you...

are you ready?

got your menu planned?

house cleaned and your clothes picked out?

me either...

you know it's time to get with the program...

a week from today...

we are having dinner for 14...

4 humans...

10 fur balls...

trying really hard to get these babies ready to go...

but will have to hold them another week or they will be in the pound...

kind of hard asking the next one to take them before adoption if they have tons of people coming and food to fix...

it wouldn't be good to toss these babies into the middle of someone else's chaos...

they are used to ours...

had a sinus head ache today and finally got rid of it after supper...

Craig grilled steak and made fried potatoes...

noodles and veggies...

he did good...

the guys have a game on...

yippee...

will just have to get busy doing something else...

have a great night!