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How do you like my little owlie with the thought cloud?  

Yes, I'm totally obsessed with owls and I refuse to apologize! 

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Now, don't judge, but I already have my Christmas tree up. This is the earliest in 42 Christmases of marriage that I've put it up this early. When we first got married, Pappy wouldn't let me put it up until after his December 2nd birthday. But, I absolutely LOVE sitting with the tree lights on when I do my morning devotions or any other time of the day/evening/ night! This is something simple that makes my heart so very happy so he, maybe somewhat reluctantly, brought the tree up from the basement for me to put up and enjoy.

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Pappy and I have talked about the want/need of a cover over our back stoop. There is so much heat that hits that back door that it'll burn your hands to try to open the storm door during the summer heat. So, for our Christmas gift to each other, Pappy and a young man from our church are building the cover. I'll share pics when it's completed. It looks like it should have been there all along!

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Update on the she shed:

I've got nothing!

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My precious Aunt passed away about a week and a half ago. She had some health problems, but her passing was so unexpected. It broke my heart, as she was only 7 years older than me, closer to my age than my Moms'. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers along with my Momma. She's heartbroken.

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I've actually got a start on my Christmas shopping. 

I feel better when I can at least say that I've purchased a couple of things and have in mind what I want for some of the rest. A special "thank you" to my daughter and son-in-love for their help in letting me know what to get the kiddos.

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Do you diffuse essential oils?

My sister-in-love sells Young Living oils and I purchased Christmas Spirit from her yesterday. It's diffusing right now as I'm typing this and it smells so good.....

very orangey, cinnamony, spicy!

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It's supposed to be about 15 degrees cooler today than yesterday and so far I'm not seeing any sunshine. I NEED/CRAVE sunshine in my life, Y'all!

Can I get an Amen?

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Leaves!

I'm just gonna leave that word right there.

I'm pretty sure that's how I'll be spending my day tomorrow, mulching, raking, blowing.....

LEAVES!

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Can you believe THANKSgiving is day after tomorrow? 

How in the world can that even be? 

Wasn't Labor Day just last week? 

Time, please slow down.

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Do you have a designated dish that you usually take to family get-togethers? Pappy's family does. Each person pretty much brings the same thing year after year to the Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. Mine are deviled eggs and green beans and cranberry sauce! Our pastor recently said something about deviled eggs that I thought was so funny, so if any of my family is reading this, please take note.....

"Deviled eggs mean love. 

If somebody takes the time to make deviled eggs for you, that means LOVE!"

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That's that about that, as my Mammie used to say!

HOPE everybody has a terrific Tuesday!

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I thought it was about time for a Tuesday Tidbits post, so here goes..... 


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I've seen so many folks already decorating for CHRISTmas. Now for me, I've ALWAYS waited until after THANKSgiving, but I'm kinda getting into the spirit of things myself! I'm not sure Pappy will go for putting up the tree until after the turkey, though!

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Speaking of Christmas trees.....
have you seen the price of trees lately?
I would love to have a tree with frosted needles and berries and pine cones, but a large one at Walmart is close to $200 and a smaller one that I really liked at Hobby Lobby was ON SALE for $100.
Do these people not even know how frugal I am?
So, yes, I'm gonna just stick with the one we've had for umpteen years and carry on!

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We kept our grandgirl Friday night and Saturday to celebrate her 8th birthday. As we were driving to Kodak to get her an ice cream (and Pappy and Nannie, too), she asked me a burning question.

"Nannie, if you could only choose one food to eat the rest of your life, what would it be?" 

See, I told you it was of greatest importance - a  girl after her Nannie's own heart thinking about food. I told her chicken, as long as it was Pappy's grilled chicken - that man can grill, Y'all!!!

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We took RK to see The Nutcracker Saturday and it was so good. Not at all what I expected, but still very good!  But, why do they have to turn the volume soooo loud in the movie theater?  I'm old, but not deaf!


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Y'all, the wind got me out of bed this morning. The ceiling fan stays on at night, summer and winter, and I rarely can hear the wind blowing outside the window, but this morning it sounded like a freight train and was oh, so scary!  The wind has died down, but our yard is chock full of leaves the wind blew off.  I think I see a job for some grandkids when they spend this coming weekend with us!


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Nothing new to report on the she-shed "remodel", but we are getting a roof built over our small back door stoop - our Christmas gift to each other.


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You know you cannot outgive the Lord, right?
I've been blessed with so many precious folks who give me yarn because they know about my crocheting passion. I had more yarn than I knew what to do with so I went through it and had a huge bag to take to my favorite thrift store.  We hadn't even got it up there yet when another friend from church gifted me with a box of gorgeous yarns with two skeins of my favorite color.....

PURPLE!!!

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Speaking of crochet, I'm trying to teach our grandgirl.  She's got the chain down pat and we took her home Saturday evening with an arm full of crocheted chain "bracelets", her very own crochet hook and several skeins of yarns she chose from the giveaway bag in her favorite colors.  She even made them for me, her Momma, and Mamaw!

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So, that's that about that, as my Mammie used to say! Not a great lot to report on the home front!

HOPE everybody has a Terrific Tuesday!

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I'm loving going into the stores and seeing all the fall displays.....

my favorite time of the year!

Progress is slow on the she-shed - we're just happy it's "home". I helped him move it into place the day after we got it. (the garage in the background belongs to our neighbor) Here are a few pics.....

Pulling it into place with the lawnmower

Pulling nails - Pappy didn't get a pic of my better side (not that I have a better side)

Relaxing in the area where the "porch" will be

I've been posting a few items for sale on Facebook. I'm not expecting to make a lot of money, just get rid of way too much stuff in this house.  I've met some of the nicest folks on there. 

I finally bit the bullet and got my hair cut really short - maybe a bit too short, but it'll grow, right?

 I might post a foto of it later this week.....

or next month, after it's grown out a bit!

I've discovered something about myself lately.  Well, I already knew it, but I think after way too many years I'm coming to accept that I truly am a square peg in a round hole, that I dance to the beat of a different drum, that I just don't fit in a lot of the time. It's been a struggle for most of my life, feeling like an outsider, like something is wrong with me, desperately wanting someone to understand, but God has given me a peace about it. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but this past Sunday something just clicked and I've felt different since. You know that saying that God don't make no junk - I believe that applies to even me - insecurities and all!

This coming SONday at church is the day set aside to recognize the Special Friends ministry. I love these dear kiddos (except they aren't kids) so much. I call three of the ladies "my girls" and they are just precious to me.  

Since I got the haircut I felt like it was a good time to also try to get back on track with eating better. Don't even ask me why I think one goes along with the other - I'm just crazy that way (remember square peg in a round hole)! Just putting it here so that maybe I can be more accountable.

Our temperatures are supposed to be more "fallish" after today's rain. I'm soooo ready for all, anybody else with me?

I could probably ramble on and on, but I'll stop right here.  

HOPE each and every one of you has a Terrific Tuesday!

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The Saga of the She-Shed

I know Y'all have checked each and every day to see if I've posted any further updates about the she-shed. (insert crazy laughter) Well, the day has come to finally tell the story, so here goes - and bear with me because it's long and complicated and might not make a lot of sense.

The last part of May a young man we go to church with posted fotos of a storage building on Facebook and I showed it Pappy because he knew that I've been wanting one to put some of my "stuff" in and to also use as a retreat to and pray and read. The price was really good so he contacted the young man and it actually wasn't his, which would have been so much better because he lives just up the road from us, but he had posted it for a fellow he knew.  The fellow even dropped the price by $100 - the total he was asking was about 1/4th of what it cost new, so Pappy told him we would take it.  It required quite of bit of time for Pappy to put supports under it so it could be moved and he spent many hours in the hot sun working on it. He paid the man half of the asking price as a down payment. There were also several days of rain and other things that came up that kept him from working on it. The shed was located on property other than where the owner lived, but we knew that the current owner was buying the home from the shed owner. Then, all kinds of craziness started happening. The owner of the shed had sold the property to the man right before a huge balloon payment was due and the man who held the lien on the property stepped in and said that the shed actually didn't belong to the man we had paid the money to so Pappy decided to just get our money back. He had already had a few incidents where the man wasn't nice to him at all and when he asked for our money back, Pappy received a text that was very nasty with foul language. The REAL owner of the property decided to just let the man sell the shed and we were back in business, or so we thought. The shed was supported to move, he paid the fellow the rest of the money and had a man all lined up to move it and for over a week he kept putting us off after giving us a price. So, Pappy found somebody else. He just knew that this fellow was on the up and up and he would keep his word, but no. He put us off another week and I was reminded of the scripture where the man wouldn't follow Jesus because he had to bury his father (who hadn't even died yet). This man kept saying he had to do this and that for his mother - I truly began to wonder if his mother was even in the picture. One day this week, Pappy started calling places that sell sheds to see if he could find someone legitimate to haul it for us. And, he did!!! Praise the Lord - I'm pretty sure the heavens opened up and angels began to sing. But, I was still a bit skeptical because of what we'd been through already. Then, it happened. The next day the fellow called Pappy when he was on his way to the address where the shed was located - Pappy went and met him and it's now sitting in our backyard waiting to be "remodeled" to look like we want, with a little-roofed porch on the front and a keyed door and windows, but here's what it currently looks like.....

I'd like for it to be painted gray, including the blue. There'll be shutters beside the windows on the long side, probably painted either red, or turquoise or teal and the shed roof will be red metal. Our neighbor offered to give us 2 windows for the side, we already have shutters that a friend gave me and we're gonna get a salvaged door. We're cheap, Y'all!  I can't wait to be able to store some of my things in it and to decorate and landscape it next spring and summer!

I do believe it was worth the wait - maybe not all the trouble, though! My man is a rock star for doing this for me - he's a keeper!

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Hey, Hey!

Thought I'd share a few tidbits of just some random stuff.

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Remember I asked Y'all a few weeks ago if you had a solution to fix the problem of not receiving e-mails to moderate blog comments? Some of you were having the same issue. I left the question on a forum and received an e-mail from a sweet lady named Donna who blogs at Romance and mystery...writing my life. Click on the link and leave her some love for the simple fix!

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I'd like to hug the neck of the person who came up with low splash, scented bleach. It doesn't take much to excite me, does it? Oh, and don't even get me started on magic erasers!

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Can I be the only person who likes to mow?

I get so much satisfaction out of seeing a freshly mowed lawn. It's too bad I don't feel the same way about running the vacuum cleaner and a clean house.

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The bees FINALLY found our cucumbers and we're getting way more than I can eat, so I'm sharing!  

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Be careful when you think you're having the worst day ever because if you wait long enough you'll have the worst day ever and wish you could get that first one back! Most things are never really as bad as we play it out in our heads to be.  And, Y'all, we know that's Satan playing with our minds, right?

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We're going to encounter people we can't trust.

That's what's happened to Pappy in the "Saga of the She-Shed". I'll try my best to share the entire story when it's all over! Maybe say a little prayer for Pappy, but especially for the "owner" of the building.  Pappy has handled this entire ordeal with so much grace and dignity. He's my hero!

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Happiness is.....
a tray full of ice cubes when I open the freezer on the fridge!!!

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My sister-in-law sent me a text yesterday asking if I'd seen the Denzel Washington video about putting God first. If you haven't watched it, look it up on YouTube and take about 10 minutes listening to his commencement speech.  It's pretty awesome!

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And.....

speaking of Denzel Washington.....
our daughter thinks Pappy looks like Denzel, even down to the mannerisms. I told his sister and she agreed.  
I'll let you be the judge.....





HOPE your Tuesday is Terrific!