Hi, everyone! So glad you're still here-I've been missing my 'visits'. Needing support, so I should have been here instead of trying to do things on my own, but been very, very busy running around too. Hope you all have a nice day

I think I still have a bit of my cold. When I lay down is when it bothers me but I am getting better every day. I wish I could get over this like I used to when I was younger. My 6 year old only seems to have it for a couple days.

I went to choir this week. I liked it. It is something I can do. I am still doing Zumba and still loving it. The dancing is what I like.

Now if it would only rain here! It is still very, very dry. We have some fields catching fire and combines also. I cannot believe how many combines they have had catching fire out here. We have had 2 this week and 2 last week. Some are total losses. That is what happens when it is do dry and they are picking.

HI RONNIE ~ so nice to see you back here, girl; have been praying for you and yours ... we will catch up soon!

AUTUMN ~ sorry that cold is hanging on; hope it goes soon. Good for you still doing the Zumba; and glad the choir thing is working out for you too. We would gladly send you some of this as we got drenched today. It is normal for us to get both spring & fall rains here though, but we have more than we need already. I just told someone in Alabama that we will pray that these clouds will move south for you all.


Had a good day; made homemade soup for lunch; baked 2 banana fiber loaves; and we had pita pizza for our Friday fun dinner. Time to go have some more hot tea; wrap myself up and get warm ... it's in here. Have a great weekend ... Rosebud

HI FRIENDS ~ well, we have been blessed with two days of lovely in a row ... perfect for a long drive out to the country yesterday afternoon. Our car was working much better (no stinky fumes, so far) and we had a really nice drive out to our lot. We brought home some stuff we don't want to freeze; and it is getting time to get things closed up for winter.

The leaves on our crab apple and poplar trees there are starting to turn yellow; that's a sign for sure, but it was nice basking on our new double lawnchair in the sun for a while. I even did some crocheting while out there. We just stayed for the afternoon and then came home.

The landlord came by yesterday AM and cleaned our gas furnace for us so that we can used it now. Last Friday, it poured all day and it was so damp & chilly that night, so DH tried to put the furnace on but the fire alarm kept going off, so he had to turn the furnace back off. WE used a couple of electric heaters that night instead, but we are now good to go for the winter ...


Baked a nice big ham with lots of roasted veggies to go along for dinner tonight; it was yummy! Hope you all are having nicer weather and a great week coming up too ... Rosebud

Hi!

Yep, we're having nice weather here, but since we had so much rain earlier, they're saying our trees won't be as colorful, which will be disappointing. Some have already started changing-some of the maples and elms, I think, but I'm not too good with tree identification

Had a good on-plan day yesterday DS3 has youth group tonight, so I get to go to town for errands-groceries, etc. Trying to keep from going to the store every day when he has football, so I can keep the spending down, you know. I figure it costs less for the gas to make the double trip than to kill time in Walmart, if you know what I mean.

Well, not much to say, and I need to get things accomplished here. Hope you all have great day!

HI RONNI ~ I have days like that too, when I don't have much to say becuz I just stayed home, and did laundry & house chores, like today. We were supposed to go out but DH was late getting back from his hobby run -- as he found the parts to fix his bike, so he was a happy camper today ... and that's a good thing!

So I did bed linens, cleaned the bathroom, and then vacuumed but took a break in between to give myself a rest. By the time you dry it all and put them away and remake the bed, you are exhausted. Plus I made roasted chicken breasts with loads of veggies today (onions, baby carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, a yam, and small new potatoes) for dinner. Have lots of veggies left over for other meals and/or soup as well.

Tomorrow morning, we will go downtown to pay some bills, do errands, and a bit of shopping -- mostly for fresh stuff and things we are out of. Our pantry is full up, but we mostly need things like eggs, bread, fresh fruit & veggies and such: stuff you use up pretty fast.

Oh, and I wanted to share that I have been eating pretty good this week; keeping to my basic meal plan. I am finding a groove for breakfast: I find that some cereals bother my stomach (indigestion), but if I have an egg on toast say, no problem -- my tummy seems much happier.

I have a small snack mid-morning; then for lunch, we have soup and wg sandwich (with meat) varying the kind each day. Sometimes, it's homemade soup or cupasoup or mushroom once a week which is a favorite of mine. My dinners you already know about, as I share them often, but we switch things up now and then to keep it interesting.

Time to put my legs up for the night and do some reading; hope you all have a fabulous Friday tomorrow ... Rosebud

HI LADIES ~ Well, we went back up town this AM to finish off getting the things that we missed on Friday as my right knee was starting to collapse from being too tired (too much walking in one day). So today, I kept it to a minimum -- DH went one place while I went another to save my legs, but I felt better today. My feet are a bit sore now, after a long day, but I will put them up as soon a I finish posting for the night ...

Guess who had a bit of the ***white stuff*** fall today? I think this is the earliest I can recall in a long time, but it didn't last long and was very light -- melting as soon as it touched the ground. The weather has been so varied just in one day; we had ***, then , and , then again. When the sun went behind a big fur tree, it started to feel chilly in here again. We had to put the furnace on, but it only ran once and then stopped. It will more than likely come back on during the night, as it is supposed to get down into the 30's F here tonight and for most of the coming week as well ...

We had a pair of WHISKEY-JACKS (or gray-jays) here all week and today they were stocking up on food for the winter. They kept coming back and filling their beaks/gullets and carting the food to different places. They had a run-in with some blackbirds (grackles) the other day, but I think they have finally left for the south as we haven't seen them here since. We put out a bit extra food for them for their long trip. We still have a few doves, and a few different kinds of sparrows; the striped-headed ones have returned as well as some with a deep orange-tuffed head. The junkos are still coming and we expect the chickadees pretty soon. I have seen a few woodpeckers already as well.

We had leftover BBQ spit chicken with some veggies & new potatoes. WE ate much later tonight as we got home late from shopping so lunch was late as well, but I did make a pot of roasted veggie soup with barley & lentils for lunch. That was so nice on a cold day like today. I think we are all set for winter -- DH and I stocked up on socks and stuff like that. I also picked up a few things that were missing in my pantry as I like to stock up for the winter at this time of year.

Hope you all are having a great weekend; take good care now ... Rosebud

We had lovely all day today and the temps got up into the 70's too! It was perfect to do stuff outdoors so we did. We went up town to pay bills and to check out a new dollar store. I also picked up a few things at our local bulk store that I can't get anywhere else. DH and I tried their pizza; we shared a slice between us for lunch.

I got lots and lots of walking in today and was glad for that. I am resting my sore legs right now. Had a good on plan day and last couple of days; am doing really well this year. I tweaked my plan a bit and it is helping a lot (I actually simplified things a bit). I have made my breakfasts and lunches simpler, so I mostly have to plan the dinners out. I have a list on the side of my fridge and that helps at a glance.

IN the late afternoon, we cleaned up our garden beds for the winter. DH pulled all the empty bean plants; and then we pulled all the glads and cut off the bulbs for storage. I wrapped them in newspaper and am storing them in our spare room which averages about 50 F; so hope it works.

Many of our flowering bushes are still blooming, which is nice; and we left the BROWN-EYED SUSANS in for now for the same reason. When they start to look droopy, we will trim them down to the ground. Some of this is just guess-work on my part as I am growing many of them for the first time -- but overall, this garden was a huge success! I had so many compliments all through the season and that is rewarding too.

A lady down the street has lots of MARIGOLDS still blooming in a bed out in the open, so next year, I'll put some of them in too. I used to grow them in the country and they can even take some snow and still bloom; they are so amazing!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week; they are predicting days for us all week long. Take good care ... Rosebud

HI LADIES ~ we had a nice, quiet day at home today, with lots of lovely again -- what a treat for us. It seems that fall is finally here. We hope to go up to the lot this week since the weather is so nice as we have to bring some stuff back home for the winter.

This AM, I just did a bit of vacuuming and some fall sorting -- putting some stuff away for this year. For dinner tonight, we tried out a new fish for the first time, called BASA fillets. I coated them in a light seasoned coating that I make myself with just flour & seasoned salt. They turned out quite nice -- we both liked it. There are no bones nor strong fishy taste/smell, so I think this kind of fish could be used in a lot of recipes; and it was affordable as well. I served it with new potatoes that our SIL brought us from her garden (GOD bless her) and some mixed veggies. I also had a small broccoli coleslaw on the side.

Tonight, I was doing some researching around the site; reading up on some other forums for fun. Now I am going to put up my legs and do some more reading or maybe even a bit of crocheting for awhile.

Hope all our friends here have a nice week; take good care ... Rosebud

Just checking in. Not much is happening here. I have been having some good days. Lets hope it continues.

HI RED ~ glad that you dropped by anyways; it is nice to hear from you no matter what is going on. Many of my days are spent doing stuff around the house and shopping, etc at this time of year. We went up to our lot yesterday and it was a lovely day. Brought home our linen and emptied some water jugs to bring home. DH made me a (very large) sign for our place so that people know which place is ours (they get it confused with my Dad's place). I spent almost an hour staining it; next time I am up there, I will finish it off.

We had creamy pasta with veggies for dinner when we got home and I had the leftovers for lunch today. Tonight, we had a baked dinner with sweet potato fries (DH had fish and I had chicken tenders this week) with salad, baby cukes & tomatoes. I like this as it isn't too hard and gives me a break from the heavier cooking.

I did some laundry last night and clean our bathroom this AM; just doing stuff around here as per usual -- nothing too exciting for me either but somebody has to do it and it gives me regular exercise each day too. I keep thinking of all the calories I am burning as I'm doing my chores now.

I started to read a book by ANTHONY ROBBINS called "AWAKENING THE GIANT WITHIN" today ... started reading and then ended up looking at the index and started reading a later chapter ... oops -- gotta get back to Chapter One ... he has a lot of similar ideas I have heard others speak about like positive thinking and such.

Had a good chuckle about the difference between the sexes regarding how we communicate; DH & I have the same issues going on becuz we were raised so differently, but now we will have some more ideas to try ...

Hope you all have a fantastic Friday tomorrow ... boy, the weekend is here already -- this week just whizzed by! Take good care ... Rosebud

Well, it over night, but that cleared up and we had a gloriously day again ... what a blessing. Better enjoy it cuz next week, may change. Just stayed home and did stuff around here. Did some reading and stuff on the PC after my house things were done.

I had a mushroom & ham omelette for breakfast this AM with one slice of wg toast and coffee; had peaches for my mid-morning snack. Then I made some nice beef veggie soup for lunch. We had bangers and beans for dinner tonight; and I had a broccoli salad and a baby cuke with mine.

Tonight, I'm just playing on here and may go do some reading again later. This is our long THANKSGIVING weekend here in Canada.

Hope you are all having a Fab Friday night ... Rosebud

Hope all our CANADIAN FRIENDS had a nice THANKSGIVING DAY and weekend ... it was really nice here today! We started out with some light and fluffy *****, but then the clouds parted and the came out to play for the rest of the day!

We skipped the traditional turkey this year, and had Chicken & Riblets in BBQ sauce instead, with baked new potatoes and roasted veggies: baby carrots, knib corn, cauliflower, and broccoli! It turned out really nice. I skipped on the desert as we have some puddings and were too full after that healthy dinner anyways. We had some pumpkin pie last weekend anyways; just a tad early. I will likely be making pumpkin custard for Christmas instead.

Well, I hope the good weather continues next week; we had to put our furnace on for the first time this year last night as it 'd and the winds were quite fierce; two things that make it quite chilly. The temps have been dropping a bit during the night.

Hope you all have a lovely week coming up; take good care ... Rosebud

HI EVERYONE ~ well, I had a good day today; yesterday was divine ... we had glorious all day long so I spent a lot of time out on our deck with NIKO and did some reading and crocheting. Today, we had a bit of in the AM, so I stayed in and did some mending (have a lot to catch up on). This aft, the peeked out again for us and stayed out til dinnertime.

Tomorrow is my BD, so we hope to go out and do something; not sure what though ... It is a pretty quiet time of year here right now; just enjoying the fine weather as much as we can ...

It was pasta night at our house tonight; we had wg spagettini with mini-meatballs and a cuke salad on the side. Sure is filling; love to mix things up now & then and this is one of our faves.

Hope you all are having a lovely week out there too; take good care and don't be shy to drop by for a visit now & then. Time for some nice, hot tea ... Rosebud

HI THERE ~ we had lovely for the last few days (with a bit of wind today) ... had a nice BD; we went out for lunch, then a long walk to burn off some calories, and for a nice drive in the country to a favorite lake before coming back home again. It was a very pleasant day!

We did some shopping yesterday and walked my feet off again, so they were very sore last night. Read half a novel last night (another good historical romance), so will try to finish it off tonight, if I can. Just stayed home today and did laundry ...

We picked up some neato stuff for our Halloween display; got some maple leaf garlands, some window stickies, and the gem of a find for a song -- was two large lighted pumpkins with large, friendly cats on top at our local second-hand shop. We noticed last night that our dear NIKO was sleeping beside them all evening; and this morning, I managed to catch him with my camera licking one of them on the face & paw -- awww ... he thinks we brought him a friend. Sooo cute!

You know, I bought a new cereal to try out yesterday; a bit of a mistake, I think ~ it just tastes too good and I found myself munching on it a bit tonight -- won't be buying that one again ... and NO, I am not even gonna tell you which one it is, becuz I don't want you buying it and making the same mistake as me. Live and learn, as they say ....

Hope all our friends here are having a lovely fall, and a nice weekend as well ... Rosebud