IN Carmel

 Today was one of those days that was what I call a lazy crazy day.  Mostly lazy if I would want to admit it.  The morning was slow with one exception.   The car took me north again to the bank.  That worked today.  Then I visited the post office to mail a mushroom.  That was a bust.  The lines were long and two of the three self mailers didn't work.  There were even lines for that one station.  I left feeling that my time was more valuable than standing in line wasting time. I'll try another time. The drugstore visit was in the plus column.  Then it was homeward bound.   Lunch happened and after being lazy for a while I did the cookie baking.  The church kids will get paid Sunday for all their effort.  For some reason Doug thought he should get paid as well having done nothing nativity wise that counted Sunday.  I like cookie making and might try to come through this Christmas with some of the tried an...

 Another short night but I'm all right about that.  Time to think about a lot of stuff when the sandman is somewhere else.  Now the hard part comes.  What did I do today?  Oh, yes.  A little of this and that.  Once again if you are up around 7 am one reason might be to see the glorious sun rises.  Today was another one.  And the picture is beautiful but the color is even more intense than one can imagine.  A wonderful gift to start another good day.  Since my TV room had a great cleaning out and straightening up I decided the computer/sewing room could use the same.  So the cobwebs were chased away and the computer desk saw all the nooks and crannies gone through with papers stacked. There were trips to the recycling bins at the street waiting for the Big Blue Recycling Truck. Then I thought it was time to stop putting off  some other things that been put off for two long.  I was in the car and out to do a little bit ...

                    Straw flowers love this time of year.  They are hanging on to all the warm they can get. There was a little news last night...Oops.  I should have typed big news.  It came from Select Sewing about my machine.  And...a big repair bill is coming.  About as big as what the machine cost new years ago.  Yes...I wore my sewing friend totally to death.  New motor, new everything else as well.  But I'll have a new machine that still is so much cheaper the buying a bran new Pfaff.  Even the cheaper ones. Woo.  Those new machines need a huge bank loan.  So.  I'm off the grid for about four weeks.  That's something really new for me.  I have another 100 burps to give to Ginny with the hope that there are enough burps clothes until I'm back on the grid. So what am I doing today.  Cleaning.  Organizing. Putting things where they belong. ...

 So many things happened today and now it's late afternoon and I'll try to remember all of them.  Woo.  I just woke up from a nap which I needed. Now it's clearing the fog that sometimes goes with a good sleep. My thanksgiving cactus is blooming on almost every place it can.  Woo woo.  I thought it was dead.                                                  Not any more!  Pictures are slim tonight.  Sorry.  Toooooo busy! So the morning started very, very early.  It was one of those no sleep nights so what would I do?  Just accept it.  Tonight  there is another chance to fix last night.  The first thing of the day was of course breakfast and around 8 I was off to I U North for my monthly blood work.  Late afternoon I had time to check the portal and all is well again....

 What a wonderful day.  Church was soooooo good.  North means more to me than I could ever finish  talking about for a 1000 years.  It has walked along side me through good times and tough times.  And I am grateful. But here's how the day went.   I was awake a little early.  Not real early, just a little early.  There was breakfast.  The paper was retrieved.  I noticed a frost at the bottom of the hill.  It came a little closer to the house by the patio but skipped a lot of places.  I had some extra time and started looking at possibilities for pitching more stuff.  After hanging on to sewing material for more years than I can remember, it became obvious I was never going to do more than I had already accomplished with Cindy's gifts.  So decisions were made and completed in the afternoon.  I'm beginning to feel like I'm loosing weight! I could take pictures of an almost  empty closet but I'll spare...

 Another beautiful fall day.  They just keep coming although this one has it's nippy moments.                                    Mexican Sun Flowers.   I took all the flower pictures about an hour ago. I started the day sewing and finished 20 more burps.  Then I was off to Beth's to see what her project could be.  It's a good one with souvenir patches purchased over the years on many vacations belonging to Sarah and Allison.  Something to bring back memories.  I think it will be a bit of a challenge but I'll give it my best shot.  After a great visit I was back home again anxious to see what my sewing machine would do with the patches.                                                 ...