Ruby Tuesday / 10/6/09

Macro Monday / 10-12-09

Pretty In Purple

Sunday Offering 10/11/09

Have A Blessed Day

Wow - They've named a city after moi!!!

Libby Montana

Now I'm gonna have to move there!

It's the county seat for Lincoln County Montana.

I'll be happy do give my autograph to anyone who asks.

LOL

Macro Monday / 10-5-09

Remember these flowers?  

They are the ones that I got for

my anniversary last week.

Alstroemeria

 Lily

Yellow Mum

Purple Satus

Gerbera Daisy

Sunday Offering 10/04/09

May You Day Be Blessed

The Holiday Season is Officially Here - And Other Stuff

It's October 1st. and the Holiday Season is upon us.

Big S just LOVES Halloween, and has been chomping

at the bit, cause I've made him wait until today, to start

putting up decorations.

All the Halloween stuff, must be put away

on the 1st of November, and then I get to put out my

fall decorations.

I don't know what we will do

for Thanksgiving this year.

Maybe I'll just order dinner for three.

Christmas Decorations will go up either the day after

Thanksgiving or on the first of December.

I so love this time of year.

Last night, when I took the dogs out around midnight...

there was just a little bit of a nip in the air.

The sky was clear and the moon and stars

where shining so brightly.

George and Gracie were feeling

a little frisky, so when I heard another

dogs barking, I was afraid that they

would feel the need to join in.

Every 3 to 4 seconds

- like clock work -

this dog would let out of whoop.

On an On and On.

I started getting really irritated.

Another dog, somewhere in the night

began to howl back.

I hate it  when people leave their dogs outside...

not caring if the dog is hurt, or frightened,

and not giving a single thought

to their neighbors ear drums.

LOL - I kept listening, and thinking

"this dog sure has one weird bark."

Then it dawned on me.

It was an owl.

One very loud - sounding like a bulldog

on steroids with the croup -

whoot whoot whooting owl.

I brought the dogs in and then remembered

that I wanted to get some photo's of our

resident geckos.

I've been trying to remember to take the camera out with me

when the dogs go out for the last time, before bed.

So, I grabbed my camera and snuck back out of the

house (didn't want George going with me),

and would you believe it...

those little suckers all disappeared.

Usually there are at least three or four!

I did about a mile and a half on the

Gazelle.  WooHoo.

I want to work up to 3 miles each night.

I only gained back 2 lbs. of the 13 that I lost

when I was so sick, a few weeks ago

AND

I lost those 2 lbs. this week.

I really want to try to maintain

the loss during the holidays,

if at all possible.

I'm stressed to the max.

Wedding plans have been changed and then

changed again, and then changed once more.

All the overtime, at Oscar Jrs. workplace,

goes away this week. This doesn't mean that he'll

work fewer hours - just that he won't get paid for them

Our taxes are going up.

Our health care costs have doubled.

And we lose another child deduction this year.

Ho- Ho-Ho

&

How in the heck are we going

to manage Christmas gifts this year?

Don't get me wrong.

I'm so very grateful for all our blessings.

And I  realize that we are so much better off

than probably 90% of the rest of

the people on this planet.

But gosh darn it...

...it seems that the harder my poor husband

works - the more he gets kicked in the wallet!

Okay - I'm taking a few deep breaths now.

I will not think negative thoughts.

I will not think negative thoughts.

I will not think negative thoughts.

This is one weird, long, disjointed post.

I'm thinking that all my weight loss

has been in my noggin!