IN Carmel

  Yes...Sunday in Michigan.  It's been full and fun.  Up early as usual with a lot of visiting until it was time to leave for church in Midland.  The ministers messages have not disappointed and today once again a great message was given to those worshipping at Midland Free Methodist Church.   Then off to do the usual and that's to two pizza shops for take out pizza.  And then onward to home.  That has been a tradition for a very, very long time.   I did another walk around the gardens again taking more pictures to carry home with me.  And that happened on an upgrade in iPhones.  I now have Eli's former phone with Eli getting a hand me down from Kimmy who got a new phone.   Then we were on to Dahlia Hill to see some knock out Dahlias.  That trip is a must do trip when we visit in the fall.  The Dahlias were beginning to open but not all.  Maybe half for today.  They are beautiful and you see some p...

Saturday with the young folks is different then Saturday with the old folks. That is not exactly correct. It's a whole lot different. So with a short memory of how it happened a few years ago...Here goes what today was like.                                     Waiting for the parade to start. My pockets are full of candy sevener's. I can say as I usually do that I sleep better in Michigan then at home.  The new reason...Nothing here is waiting for me to do.  Could that be true? Not sure but that's the current theory as of today.  We at some point were all up.  Adam is such a sound sleeper that his alarm went for an hour before he woke up.  Now everyone else was sleeping as well with one exception.  When he did wake up he was soon off to work for another long day.  He works many long days. We were off to T. Hortons for doughnuts and then to th...

  Another unusual day.  I was up early as usual and Doug was up and then went back to bed.  That's just the way it goes.  The next time he got up I made the bed.  Ha!  He was ready to stay up at that point. True to form Doug never changes.  59 years of living together has taught me a lot as it usually does for long marriages!  Steve has been around for a long time.  He is an outside cat but comes to the door morning and evening for food.  He loves to be petty and will be at your feet no matter where you go.  So we were in the car by 9:20 heading north.  Doug at the wheel and me with my knitting.  And another scarf was completed.  We arrived around 4 and had long garden walks circling more than once.  All is so pretty.                                                 ...

 I was hoping to wake up at 5:30 this morning for the USA basketball game in Berlin.  Well, it was 6:30 instead.  Seems it didn't matter too much since the team managed without me to have about the double the score that Hungry had.  I call it a blow out for sure.  So now we're on to I think Saturday.  My memory is going. Onward and Forward.  Go USA.  It seems a bit unfair with USA has a much bigger pool to draw from than the smaller countries.  Well, there's China come to think of it.  I finished another scarf and watched the clock for a 9:45 PT session.  But...I flunked that time. P T was 10:45.  I guess better early than late.  You have heard early is on time.  I decided with the new free hour I could get to Hobby Lobby for more yarn.  I chose 4 skeins but decided on two when I realized I was there on the week when Yarn wasn't on sale.  Then I was on to Goodwill having 30 more minutes to putts.  ...

 The energy bucket was full this morning but by noon it was totally empty.  That means it was an over the top morning.  Way over.  I should know better but I'm clueless was obvious once again.  The morning started with a little knitting but soon I moved to the sewing machine finishing 10 more burps and starting 5 more.  15 more and I'll have another 100 to donate to the baby Goodwill program.  Goals keep me moving.   I moved outside deciding that there were more tired flowers tipping over so the garden cart followed me around one more time till it was filled.  There was a trip to the B Blue's and then the hedge trimmers and big snippers came out.  It would seem I'm at the beginning of the fall clean up.  I worked until I was dripping with sweat and tired was the theme until I called it quits for the morning leaving the cup plants for Doug to get to the b Blue.  So the hens and chicks bed looks a little better with two othe...

 Another pleasant temperature day although not quit like Monday.  But there is no reason to complain.  I slept a little longer.  Not the usual 5 something but it was an almost 7 something.  After breakfast I decided it was time to knit again moving closer to another scarf finishing.   More burps were marked which led to sewing, trimming, turning, ironing and then finishing and folding.  That happened at different times during the morning and afternoon making sure that the back muscles were honored.  They showed better fortitude but still needed to be recognized when tired. I pulled more fabric out and did some prep work adding some cute dogs to the growing burp piles that also included this time cute penguins.  We took a break for a Doug/Lela trip to Aldi's.  Doug makes that experience so much easier.  He pushes the cart.  I load it and then we both unload it at the register with Doug always making some funny quip to the c...