I loved this handsome fellow. He was the perfect gentle feline. I don't think there will ever be another like him. He has been gone over 9 years and it feels like he left me yesterday.
I knew Love is... would come through for me with pink goodness. Hearts together all through the years.
September flew by and now we head into October. I hope it is a great one.
Things are happening so fast in our world I just can not stay quiet anymore. Last year a very dear friend gave up all forms of social media, blogging, email, everything. She felt called by God to pray and stay in prayer. I feel that is where I need to be. You can not argue with people, so many think they know everything. I can only be thankful for my faith.
I have been praying for so many, who have requested prayer. Holly, dealing with leukemia. She seems to be going through her therapy and staying as active as she is able. I know God listens so I am very thankful for Holly, that I can pray for her.
Praying for MD and MJ. One for the loss of the love of her life, one dealing with health issues. I am very thankful I can pray.
All the things my father warned me about are happening before our very eyes and people want to pretend everything is jolly. It is not. So I am thankful I can turn to the only One who hears me, who will not judge my thoughts. The days of trying to have an honest conversation with most people is long gone. So I am thankful to pray.
I also am so thankful I was raised by parents who loved God, raised us up right and never lashed out at others. I had a long conversation with a relative recently. I am forever grateful they felt the same way. Not everyone does. Thankful for one relative who understands what is happening around us.
Praying for Baby B and Baby C, Baby D, Baby N. I think of and am thankful for the grandmother who was the truest best friend I ever knew. She would always say, when someone kind passed away, "God always takes the good ones." When a new baby was born, she would always say, "That is another sign that God will allow the world to go on for a while."Thankful one day I will see my beautiful grandmother again.
Praying for JA and MI and HA all dealing with cancer. So very thankful people reach out to me and ask me to pray. I am so thankful for them and for the ability to pray.
Thankful I got my point across today while waiting for a grocery delivery that never arrived. The CS rep was not very helpful and I just repeated the fact that although it was cold and rainy, we left our front door open so I would hear them come up on the porch from 3 o'clock this afternoon until 7 o'clock tonight. They delivered my groceries elsewhere, and I am not going to pay for something I never received. After calmly repeating myself five times the person said they would refund me and apologized. I am thankful I was rasied by a father, who until the very day he passed away, told me, when you go shopping don't take anything you did not pay for. I am grateful and ever so thankful that I had that earthly dad as my very own. I am very thankful to have lived an honest life. There is nothing in this world that excites me. Nothing here that makes me want to stay here forever. No, not one thing.
So very thankful.
Thankful to know all the wonderful felines and their mom and dad at Thankful Thursday. Good honest folks and fur babies who should have their photo next to the word "Kindness".
Cats speak only to those who listen. Sigmund Freud Feline Friday
To be thankful is a gift we should all cherish very much. Things I love right now were easy to list. Being thankful is something I try to do every day, no matter how small or how large it is.
1. Thankful for the evening walk we took. It was so dark and Zach had a ccol little flashlight to help us see where we were going.
2. Thankful for Avery cooking up a batch of hamburger meat for tacos and tostadas.It was a quick and easy meal.
3.Thankful for Lulu who comes to us every night and sits and watches the baseball game with us when they are on.
4. Thankful I can pray. My grandson drives a truck and he was heading to North Dakota today.
5. Thankful I have an appoitment for my labs tomorrow. I pray all willbe well.
6. Thankful my cat has a built in alarm clock and wakes me up every morning to be fed.
7. Thankful the weather is cooling down somewhat.
8. Thankful for friendships here.
9. Thankful for the cute little succulent plants gracing two of my window sills.
10. Thankful for people who are kind and can agree to disagree and still smile with you.
I am joining Tuesday 4 today. I have missed so many great memes and want to get back into these blog hops. These are in memory of Toni Taddeo. May her memory live forever.
1. What Makes A House A Home?
My house is a very nice house because of the people who live in it and make it a home. This is a street view of our home. I am sure some realtor wanting to buy our house took this photo in the winter. I think Love is the key to having a house become a home.We all pitch in and do things and try so hard to keep it up. There are tons of things we would like to improve but since the roof is newer and the furnace, water heater and a/c/ are all in great order we are tremendously grateful. Your own home offers you better security. It gives you a better peace of mind and good neighbors, they always help. We wtach out for others.
Example: When my broke Kia down down Carleen up the street said I can give you a ride. Where do you need to go? She and I are each others sounding boards about lots of things we do not discuss in general.She is the person who remebered Grandparents Day this weekend and sent me a GIF. She sends me messages about all the holidays ans I love her kind heart.
I think home is where I always prefer to be because I feel comfy here.
2. How do you keep your house neat tidy and clean? Do you find it difficult?
It is a full time job. As I grow older I find it harder to do many chores I use to breeze through. But my husband is a tremendous help. Neither of us are as quick as we once were. I would have someone clean my house weekly if I could. That way I could keep up on laundry and projects we never seem to have time to get to. The dogs leave their hair everywhere and the cat is messy with his scratching pad. So the vacumn gets a workout. It seems we need to run it 24/7 to keep up.
3. Are plants important in your home..or collections or wall art? Is there a theme you like to create?
I started to buy succulents. They are tiny and they seem to be happy in window sills. I do want more live plants because they get rid of bad air indoors. I love phamily photos and am looking into a different type of frame to add to a wall. They frames would be smaller so I could share more. We had black and white canvases in the living room with our gray walls. It is sort of modern and I like comfy and that cottage look or farmhouse style.
Our youngest daughter in Western NY has an etsy shop and she makes art and beautiful shadow boxes. I have several pieces she made for me including my sign which hangs above my side of the bed. It says Life is hard, pray harder. Her shop name is Cherry Creek Creations.
4. What is a typical day/evening like in your home?
Since I had to take an early retirement, I stressed for a long while about it and not finding other comparable work. But I took the advice of my dear Bea who is 93 years young. She said enjoy your retirement! Sleep late, don't keep a schedule! Ha Ha - so I took her advice. I sleep in some mornings, others I am up with my husband at the crack of dawn. He is up at five a.m. and gets ready for his work day. He leaves the house by 6:15 and if I am up I start to empty the dishwasher, straighten up the living room and kitchen. I make our bed and flip on the TV. Leave it to Beaver or Perry Mason. Oldies, no interest in much modern day TV. I do watch MLB baseball if my Colorado Rockies are playing. I do laundry about three times a week as Nick and I wear so much clothing that has to be washed in cold water and hung to dry. Avery and I hit the sheets by 10 and often he sleeps even earlier. We do play Gin Rummy and watch some shows I have taped, like Perry Mason and we watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. Nothing else.
I do not always participate with Hodge Podge at from this side of the pond.com . The blogger system is not allowing me to input the info here but rather saying error error error but recently one question was name 10 of your favorite right now things:
My husband Avery
My kids and grands
some of them anyway :-)
My Minky blankets this one is the promo from their site Banana Sorbet Crepe
My LuLaRoe leggings and other clothing
My favorite teas
My favorite Brie cheese
My favorite rosemary crackers
MLB Baseball
Music
Hint Raspberry water
My fur babies
I had 11 like Myra! I guess we are troublemakers!
Thanks for stopping by. I am really trying to catch up with everyone. I seem to visit a blog and find myself still there for fiftene or twenty minutes. But it means a lot to me when folks stop by so I like to catch up with them. It is how I roll.
Have a wonderful evening, hoping your week is going well and any thoughts you may have, please do share them here.
> >>> I fall into the "dirt" category!
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> >>> Someone asked the other day,,,,,,,,,,,,, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?'
> >>> 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,
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> >>> I informed him, ' All the food was slow .'
> >>> 'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'
> >>> 'It was a place called 'at home ,' I explained!
> >>> 'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, & if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
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> >>> By this time, the guy was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table.
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> >>> Here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood, if I figured his system could have handled it:
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> >>> Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card.
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> >>> My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow).
> >>> We didn't have a television in our house until I was 10. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at 11:00 p.m., after playing the national anthem and a poem about God. It came back on the air at about 6:00 a.m. And there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people ...
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> >>> I never had a telephone in my room.
> >>> Our only phone was on a party line.
> >>> Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line.
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> >>> Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk was & so was bread.
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> >>> All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers
> >>> -- my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. He had to get up at 5 AM every morning .
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> >>> Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the movies! There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive.
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> >>> If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Don't blame me if they bust their gut laughing.
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> >>> Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
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> >>> MEMORIES:
> >>> My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
The words appear to be grainy for whatever crazy reason.
Let your gentleness
be evident to all.
Philippians 4:5
I will be caqtching up with everyone these next few days. It seems I lose track of time and I want you to know how very much I appreciate each one of you. All your kind comments make me happy. I hope you all have a wonderful week.
I took a short blog break and now I am going to ease back into it. I have been walking with my son-in-law Roger in the A.M. and with Avery and Rebekah and Zach in the evening when they walk Finn and Thor. Roger tripped and fell and hurt his back and his knee so no walking for us tomorrow. My little Kia had a breakdown and waiting to see if the auto shop can find the source of this annoying problem. Thankful that we live a few minutes within walking distance to the auto shop. Say a prayer for us.
I will be here tomorrow ro post for Aw....Mondays. We had an exciting and busy weekend so heading to bed. I will post tomorrow, God willing. Hoping everyone is well and I will see you soon.
Our Saturday morning started out nicely. Avery and I went out to breakfast. When he says, hey how about breakfast at the Delectable Egg? I hop up and make a quick dash to the door, after I am properly dressed and all that good stuff.
Roosters Surprise and my cute new Morgan I won from LuLaRoe Sandra Hicks just for answering a question. I would see everyone winning everyday and wondered , would I ever have a turn? Yes, I and I was excited.
Avery's Fiesta Skillet with an extra side of yummy green chili. Oh, it is getting to be chili season and chili weather. Sigh....time to fill our freezer and visit LuLu's Farmers's Market and Palumbo's farmer's Market. They roast 'em, we peel and freeze them. But always wear gloves! It is a messy process but all winter long we have chilies for all sorts of dishes.
11 However, in the Lord, neither is woman [a]independent of man, nor is man [b]independent of woman. 12 For as the woman originated from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God.
Strong?
Oh no my friend, I am far from strong.
What you are seeing is
simply a weak person
With a very strong
GOD.
As a child growing up my parents had two canary birds. They were Oliver and Elmer and they lived very long lives. They sang so cheerfully and at night they were so quiet in their little covered cages. They brought us great joy and they loved my mother. When she cleaned out their cages they were so kind to her, never pecking at her and she use to have a little porcelain bathtub. They would furiously wash themselves. I wish I had the technology we have today so I could have shared them here. I remember so clearly how hapy they would be when mom would bring them a bathtub filled with fresh water.
I would rather listen to Joni tell me about birds than to listen to the constant hateful battles going on at social media. Sing me a song Birdie! Are you a fan of birds? We attempted to save birds who fell out of their nests when the kids were small. We never had the success but I admire those who care for wildlife.
One is permitted to assume an attitude of placid indifference in the matter of elephants, cockatoos, H. G. Wells, Sweden, roast beef, Puccini, and even Mormonism, but in the matter of cats it seems necessary to take a firm stand. The cat himself insists upon this; he invariably inspires strong feelings. He is, indeed, the only animal who does. From his admirers he evokes an intense adoration which usually finds an outlet in exaggerated expression. It is practically impossible for a cat-lover to meet a stray feline on the street without stopping to pass the time of day with him. I can say for myself that it takes me considerably longer to traverse a street in which cats occur than it does a catless thoroughfare. But so magnetic an animal is bound to repel when he does not fascinate, and those who hate the cat hate him with a malignity which, I think, only snakes in the animal kingdom provoke to an equal degree. ~Carl Van Vechten, The Tiger in the House, 1920
She was her own feline. She was strong willed and her piercing green eyes melted our hearts. We miss you Rose. She was a tough lil tiger.
November will always be a difficult month, Roxanne left us, Rose left us, Bandit left us, my mom left us on her own mother's birthday. Oh how I miss them both.
Grandpa putting the trike together.
Blake and Brody opening the Blippi Eggs. The trike was late arriving so we took his gifts to him tonight.
Blake and Mommy with his new trike. What fun those boys will have. He was so happy to see that John Deere Trike!
Just some words to share here. I thought these two worded statements went hand in hand.
