• Food,  Shopping,  Weekend

    Our Fall Day Excursion, Voting, Eating, Shopping, a few Splurges, and a Few Secrets too

    What a beautiful day it was yesterday. We got out the door and headed out for our Saturday excursion. The weather was nice in the 70’s and one of those fall days you live for. I took a few pics. Some of you have seen these on Facebook. Usually I’m exclusive to the blog on most things as being first where I post them. We were blessed to get a call from our grandson on the way out the door and me on the way to get some outside photos before rain and storms take the beauty away and leave us with bare trees. George said we were going to…

  • Family,  Holidays,  Home

    How I Plan Ahead for the Holidays | Fall Planning and Christmas Preparations

    Here’s all the things I do when fall hits! I love October. Not only do I enjoy the events, the foods, the decorating, but I also enjoy the planning and I spend some time getting ready for the days to come. Having done a little extra this month really helps me during crunch time of the holidays. This is new way of vlogging for me. I hope you enjoy it. I DO NOT intend on abandoning the old way completely as I will enjoy opening our doors and sharing our lives with you as either threaded through the video or at the end. In this one, you get some tips…

  • Home,  Life,  To Do List

    Getting a Day at Home | Picking a New Hairstyle | Busy Week Ahead

    The gift of having a Saturday with no obligations has become a rare thing around here and I was blessed at having such a day. George had asked of our schedule a couple of weeks ago what we had planned and said “let’s don’t plan anything for that weekend”. So I kept Saturday pure and clean and nothing on it. Sunday we had to get out for church would probably take Mom to get something to eat and a store run. So when she asked us to have chili at her house after church I accepted so we’ll do that. But it’s been wonderful yesterday to have the gift of…