IT'S COMING...

AUTUMN, .... WELL, TRUTHFULLY, IT'S NOT HERE YET.. BUT COMING QUICKLY! AS I TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH FROM MY HOUSE TO WORK, I CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY TREES... ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE HAD A FEW COOLER NIGHTS!! IT'S COMING..... AND SO WILL THE COOLER WEATHER.. IT'S BEEN A HOT SUMMER.. COOLER, I DON'T MIND AT ALL.. THE COLD, I DREAD.. MY BONES DREAD! BUT WE'LL GLADLY TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME AND BE THANKFUL FOR EACH DAY!

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Summer's End   By Judith Viorst

One by one the petals drop

There's nothing that can make them stop.

You cannot beg a rose to stay.

Why does it have to be that way?

The butterflies I used to chase

Have gone off to some other place.

I don't know where. I only know
I wish they didn't have to go.

And all the shiny afternoons

So full of birds and big balloons

And ice cream melting in the sun Are done.

I do not want them done

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 I was so tired after work today (whew, it's been "one of those weeks") anyway, I came home.. we ate lunch.. I had to nap for a little while.. THEN...... AREN'T YOU GLAD IT'S FRIDAY.. I SURELY NEED A WEEKEND!

ANYWAY.. THEN.. we went back to town, got a few special things for our granddaughter Kayla's birthday lunch for tomorrow.. and for Nathan's birthday lunch on Sunday! Both of them have a birthday on September 18.. She was born in 1994.. he was born in 1998 both on September 18! So, for our family it's a VERY SPECIAL DAY! GOD GAVE US TWO PRECIOUS "JEWELS" GRAND CHILDREN ON THAT DAY!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THANK YOU GOD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WE ALSO PICKED A COUPLE OF LITTLE BAGS FULL OF TOMATOES FROM THE GARDEN.. THEY ARE SMALL BUT STILL DELICIOUS! BETTER TASTING THAN ANY THAT YOU BUY! THE VERY FIRST WE HAVE PICKED

THANKS AGAIN GOD.. THEY ARE DELICIOUS!

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SAD THING IS, I STEPPED ON A ROTTEN TOMATO ON MY WAY OUT OF THE GARDEN.. IT SQUISHED UPWARDS AND COVERED MY LIGHT KHAKI PANTS.. AND STUNK LIKE CRAZY.. I STUNK ALL THE WAY HOME (honestly, made me feel nauseous).. AND ONCE I GOT HERE, I CAME STRAIGHT IN, CHANGED PANTS (put them in the washer) AND THEN WENT AND HELPED CARRY IN THE GROCERIES AND OTHER TOMATOES.. BUT IT DIDN'T CHANGE MY MIND ABOUT TOMATOES.. THE ONES WE ATE FOR SUPPER.. DELICIOUS! THANKS GOD

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 TWO OF OUR PRECIOUS "JEWELS".. KAYLA (OUR OLDEST GRAND CHILD).. AND NATHAN, (OUR ONLY GRANDSON) BOTH ARE SWEET, KIND, LOVING, PRECIOUS, SMART AND WE LOVE THEM SOOO MUCH!

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I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY PRECIOUS SISTERS TONIGHT.. ACTUALLY WE WERE TEXTING, AS USUAL.. BUT ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY SHE WILL COME UP ON SUNDAY AND HAVE LUNCH WITH US.. WE LOVE HAVING HER AROUND! AND HER COMPANY IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED.. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE'S ALWAYS MORE THAN WELCOME!

LOVE YA JENNA! COME ON UP!!!

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I KNOW I DIDN'T TELL YOU ALL ABOUT NORMAN'S LAST BOUT WITH THE CATS.. THIS TIME, OUR CAT "MISSY".. HE WAS SITTING ON THE LOVE SOFA ONE DAY WHILE I WAS AT WORK.. HE HAD HOOKED THE STORM DOOR IN THE OPEN POSITION, SO THE CATS COULD COME AND GO TO SUIT THEMSELVES... WELL... THAT WAS HIS MISTAKE! WHILE HE WAS SITTING THERE RELAXING.. IN SHE CAME.. JUMPED UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LOVE SOFA (WITH A LIVE MOUSE IN HER MOUTH!) WELL, AS HE NOTICED THE MOUSE, SHE LET IT LOOSE.. GUESS SHE WAS THANKING HIM FOR HIS KINDNESS OF LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN... HE SAID THE MOUSE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO, SO IT AND SHE WENT AROUND AND AROUND IN CIRCLES.. FINALLY IT GOT AWAY, AND SHE COULDN'T FIND IT (he couldn't either).. (HOPEFULLY THE LITTLE "SUCKER" WENT BACK OUTSIDE OR GAVE UP THE GHOST!).. SO FAR (AND IT'S BEEN DAYS) WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SIGNS OF IT.. NO DROPPINGS OR ANYTHING.. MAYBE SHE SCARED IT TO DEATH! I KNOW, I AM GLAD IT WAS HIM AT HOME WITH HER AND NOT ME.. I WOULD HAVE HAD A HEART FAILURE.. I HAD THAT DONE TO ME ONCE.. (AND SURVIVED) BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD AGAIN OR NOT! WHEW! THAT DAY I AM MORE THAN GLAD THAT I WAS AT WORK! THANK YOU GOD FOR MY JOB, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT.. AND FOR THESE THINGS HAPPENING WHILE I AM AT WORK! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT SHE'S A SPOILED CAT JUST BY LOOKING INTO THOSE EYES? SHE SURELY IS!

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy - YouTube

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PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TONIGHT AND NIGHTLY! GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!

YouTube - Don Moen-Give Thanks

PRAYING TO FOR JAKE AND FRANCES (hope things are going better and those treatments have worked and it's over with)... PRAYING FOR MRS TERRY (Norman's mother) as she lives her 86th year on earth... PRAYING ALWAYS FOR LITTLE EVAN, AND ALL THE CHILDREN WITH EB OR ANY OTHER DREADFUL DISEASES, AND THEIR FAMILIES... PRAYING FOR EVERYONE WITH CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.. PRAYING FOR KAYLA AND NATHAN AS THEY START ANOTHER YEAR OF LIFE.. (praying for their health, happiness, inner peace, safety, His guidance, love, and many blessings) PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT GOD WILL BLESS AND GUIDE OUR LEADERS TO DO WHAT HE KNOWS IS BEST AND RIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY.. PRAYING FOR OUR SOLDIERS, THAT THEY WILL ALL SOON BE BACK HOME SAFELY WITH JOBS TO COME HOME TO AND FOR COMFORT AND INNER PEACE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES... PRAYING FOR NORMAN, THAT HE WILL SOON GET FEELING BETTER AND THINGS WILL WORK OUT FOR HIM EVEN BETTER THAN HE'S HOPING FOR.. PRAYING FOR ALL THE "UNSPOKEN PRAYERS" FOR EACH OF YOU AND ASKING THAT YOU'LL PRAY FOR OURS TOO.. SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR EACH OF MY CO-WORKERS AS WE START ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR , HELP US LORD TO ALL BE CLOSE, CARING AND HELPFUL TO EACH OTHER, PRAYING TOO FOR JENNIFER.. WE LOVE AND MISS HER.. GOOD LUCK!.. PRAYING FOR EVERYONE LOOKING FOR JOBS, PLEASE LORD HELP THEM ALL TO FIND A DECENT JOB, SUITABLE FOR THEM...SPECIAL PRAYER TONIGHT FOR DICKIE.. BARBARA'S HUSBAND, AND HIS CO-WORKERS.. THAT THEIR JOB WILL CONTINUE.. THINGS WILL WORK OUT AND IT WILL BE BETTER THAN THEY HOPE FOR..  PRAYING FOR BETTY JO, TIMMY AND KRISTIN, WISHING THEM INNER PEACE, AND MUCH HAPPINESS!... PRAYING FOR SHARON MAE AND HER KNEE SURGERY AND UPCOMING OTHER KNEE SURGERY!... PRAYING FOR HAPPINESS, REST, LOVE, AND GOOD HEALTH (and wealth, lol) FOR JENNA AND THE SELL OF HER HOUSE.. PRAYING FOR SPECIAL GUIDANCE IN MANY THINGS "UNSPOKEN" AND INNER PEACE ... AND AS USUAL AND ALWAYS, GIVING GOD THE THANKS, PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY IN ALL THINGS IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN!

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