our town...

Christmas is starting to show around here...

its a start...

busy weekend here and 2 babies went to their forever home...

it looks more like Fallmas here...

still have the fall leaves that are almost all down...

the yard was mowed for the last time yesterday...

and the leaves mulched and thrown in the flower beds...

didn't get half the things done outside that I wanted to, but did get so much done inside...

and the summer clothes, 98% of them...

are put away and winter stuff pulled out...

drug out the mittens, hats and earmuffs...

cleaned and ate chili from the fire station...

fundraiser for the 4th fireworks...

just a good weekend to be home...

DH did the grocery run and brought me home a whopper...

Craig and I hung out here and worked from one project to the next...

getting ready for this next week...

got a turkey breast thawing in the fridge...

all the trimmings are bought...

gearing up for the toy drive set up and official kick off!

have good days...

I am napping today, that's for sure!

we have had several frosts in our area now...

but some things are still green...

I think we will finish dumping the pots outside this weekend...

the begonias turned black...

but the marigolds are still going...

had someone who was supposed to get the ferns...

posted them for free on facebook...

never have picked them up, and its too late now...

need to dump the pots and get them turned over for winter so they don't freeze and break...

had 4 babies spoken for, pm'd them and no one is getting back to me...

sooooooo...

going to post them all again...

6 are very ready right now...

slow day here...

not much going on...

I think I will head back to bed...

went to bed late and got up way too early...

;o)

have good days...

we have them out now...

we have our donation boxes for the toy drive in place now...

this one is outside of the fire station so people can pull up at any time and drop things off...

we will go up every evening and empty it out...

;o)

the other 2 donation tubs are inside the City Hall and our VFW...

we headed to town on Saturday and picked up the items to put in the Christmas gift bags for the teenagers...

we buy things like shampoo, soap, deodorant, razors, tooth paste and tooth brushes...

then we add a few fun things in there...

each teenager gets a gift bag plus other things the parent(s) pick out...

we also grabbed a bunch of coloring books and crayons at Dollar Tree...

I did get to shop for me (us) a bit, too...

and stopped in at Goodwill...

found a few things, put it looked like it was picked over pretty good...

we did good on finding stuffed animals for the doggies...

they love them!

hope your weekend was a good one...

we were in the low 60s and sunny...

nice day to get across parking lots and such...

this next weekend is going to be much different...

40s and rain...

glad we got that part done in the nicer weather!

have good days!

;o)

never forgotten...

my grandpa...

my dad...

my father in law...

this is one of my favorite places...

this is the view off of Parker Bridge...

its not too far from my house...

a couple of miles or so...

it is a peaceful place...

and I would love a house boat here...

in every season...

its awesome...

praying today for all those who have so much hate inside of them...

blinded by that hate...

where can it all come from?

I know where it comes from...

we all do...

and its time for him to take a hike...

God's love for us all is stronger...

love, the answer...

we all need right now...

God, make us great again!