Ever have...

a beautiful morning beginning and all of a sudden you speak to your husband (or wife) and realize that you both are speaking some unknown language and you haven't a clue what the other is saying?
Just wondering!
Must be something in the coffee...or, was it the grits, of which I had none so I must be the one speaking English but his ears are hearing something else??? Ummmm...
or maybe I should have had grits too!
Just interesting speculation whirring about in my magnificent brain on this lovely stay-at-home- Saturday morn!
Wait!
Did I say "stay at home"? YES... YES I DID! Yippee!

Our Actors and Actress

Maybe you can see what my morning looked like! Actually it was a great morning and we conquered Hobby Lobby without any breakage!
We dined at Burger King per their request and I had my burger sans the bun! (really eating better and losing weight:)
Home to make the fruit kabobs, cookies and they painted their masks. This is before the paint!
Got lots of hugs and "I love you"s...makes you feel so good!
Now to get ready for Book Club!

"Tree Beard"

Have been flitting around, dusting, cooking, etc. and realized that I hadn't fed Darcy and on my way to feed her I saw that the Hummingbird feeder was empty so I grabbed that and as I was walking back to the house I saw the trash/recycle cans and headed to get them and remembered the mail and got that and as I was plodding up the driveway with trash can in tow I glanced over at Tree Beard and realized I had never introduced him on my blog so I put away the cans, ran up and got my camera and voila! Here he is!

Isn't he a darling old dear! He's got a great personality don't you think! As I was taking his picture I saw plants that needed watering so now I'm on my way to take care of them! I've dusted and can vacuum any time now so off I go,

back to flitting! I know I will "light" somewhere sooner or later.

Isn't it funny how...

Mike ALWAYS works upstairs and so yesterday he was in DC for the day and I worked upstairs!
I thought, he's gone so I can get this done.

Today is my downstairs day and "lo and behold" he's working downstairs at the dining area table!
I can dust but I can't vacuum or mop or do anything that could disturb him. YIKES! I'm on a schedule and have to get this finished today, not tonight.... ummmm...this has really messed up my routine.

Maybe I should just take a nap!

Tomorrow

I will spend today getting ready for tomorrow!
Today I visit the Treasures, grocery shop and clean the downstairs. Yesterday the upstairs got the "treatment".
Tonight we will visit Mike's Mom who is still in the hospital but doing much better but will have to go to rehab for a bit.

Tomorrow is Book Club and a "Grand" day! I will have our four oldest Grands for about 4 or 5 hours and I've been planning our activities...off to Hobby Lobby for crafts to keep them busy and drool over Fall decorations, out to lunch, and back here to have them make my treats for Book Club-- fruit kabobs and flip flop cookies. (decided to carry the Tropical theme over to Book Club!)

Should be a very interestingly active tomorrow!

One of life's little pleasures is...

a clean bathroom! I just walk by and admire it! I learned that from my friend Jan, many years ago. She said that when she mopped her kitchen floor, she would just sit and admire it for a moment. I've never forgotten that.
Cleaning, though maybe not so much fun in the process of it, certainly has an aesthetic effect on the one doing the cleaning!
It's a little like having a "new" room, a "new" house...a "new" lease on life....homelife that is.
And our homes should be a place where we can rest, relax, be at peace and that's so much easier when it's clean!

Countdown to Autumn!

Whenever August arrives, I think of Fall! I love Fall with her earthy colors, smells and sounds!

We can hear the football game announcer and the cheers and the bands but only if we step outside in the front or side yard. Fall football...tradition!

I always decorate for Fall the last week of August. Fall garlands, flowers, candles, flag, mailbox cover, gorgeous leaves, pumpkins, acorns, etc. bedeck our "comfy" home adding to it's"homeyness"! LOVE IT!

Found my mind going to Autumn and then all of a sudden to Thanksgiving, thinking of my sister-in-law Cheryl and her husband and family in Florida. We usually see them around Thanksgiving (and other times during the year). They now have a grandson, Parker-don't you just love that name! In an e-mail to her I was telling her that she needed to begin some new family traditions as her family is growing. There's something about having your kids and grandkids "gracing" your home for the holidays. There's nothing like it!

Can hardly wait to hear about her new traditions. So much fun sharing ideas!

A changing leaf says to me..."the promise of Fall"...she's on her way!