It's our 34th Wedding Anniversary!

Wow time flys when you have a busy life. Yup...34 years ago today we were married in a small service in a Nun's rectory. Can you belive that???? A very low key day is planned....we already told each other Happy Anniversary and that may be the height of celebrating!! LOL

I see it's been over a week since I posted on here....lot's going on. We celebrated Christmas/Reunion with Randys family and had way more food than any 19 people should have on the table. Randy's parents should be safely in Florida for the winter now with Gordon driving!

We got the word that Todd is going in the Marines and will ship out around the 15th of November. That will be a big change for everyone and we send him with our love and blessings!

Randy and I have been working on the back steps and little porch the last couple of days. When we worked on the sunroom last fall we installed the door to nowhere. It's about 5 foot off the ground, but now it has a small deck and steps that will lead into the backyard. That will make letting the dogs in and out soooooo much better!!!

Xavier was over a little while ago and wanted to help me put fresh cranberries in the food dehydrator. Instead he took the remainder of his cupcake and put it in my mortar and pestle and made mashed cake! He had fun and he even ran the hard floor vacuum to clean it all up. He's a good little helper in Grammies Kitchen!

Other than that, which is enough of course. Nothing much going on around here. I plan on taking advantage of the sun shining and hitting the road tomorrow! Huggies all around for everyone!

Dilly

Sunny Sunny Sunday!!

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Sunny and 60 in October, the leaves are turning fabulous colors and some have already hit the ground so the smell of burning leaves is in the air. It doesn't get much better than that, unless you count the sun shining on spring soil and the daffodils poping their heads out. OK, so you guessed my two favorite seasons!

Managed to get to an auction yesterday, wasn't hard only about 50 yards away. We managed to snag a set of 4 maple chairs in the design I have been looking at for over a year! Put the ugly ones by the curb and they were gone in less than 5 minutes.

Today I have harvested herbs, put them up to dry, ground others that were already dried. The kitchen smells like rosemary and lemon basil! YUM

This morning hubby and I rode with Heather and Xavier down to their favorite campground. They had gotten the call this morning that they had floated to the top of the seasonal list and there was a spot for them. So we drove down checked it out and Heather put the needed $$ on the spot. They are excited to be able to go camping anytime they want next year. It's at the top of Xavier's list of things to do too! The extra +++ is the lot that was available is also very close to the weekend camping so if Aunt Shannon & Uncle Shawn want to go and camp with them they will be within a stones throw from Bobble!

I spent an hour this morning updating my digital photos that go on our digital frame so now we have lot's more goodies to look at as we sip our coffee in the morning. It's so great to see the years of memories flash in front of us.

So I had better figure out something for dinner before hubby starts whining! Yegads I have no idea what to fix! Something simple and quick I am not in to mood to spend the evening in the kitchen.

Another fresh new week spreads out in front of us. Who knows what this one will bring. Enjoy your evening!

Dilly

A relaxing day at home!

Yup......no road trip today! Color me happy! We hit the road yesterday with Heather and Xavier and did a new route in the Holland area. It's a long trip but once we get there lot's of places to hunt for treasure.

Yesterday we also picked up a set of outside steps to help in building the back porch so the dogs can go in and out of the house through the sunroom. Which means hubby and I don't have to go down and up through the basement to let them out. I think that will pretty much finalize Dozers potty training. He is getting really close!!


The outstanding news of the week is that I am back melting glass after an almost 3 month break. It wasn't by choice it was because of a problem with my thumb! It has finally healed, not the way I wanted, but healed enough and moved enough for me to melt glass! YES!!!

Well I can hear Dozer barking at the basement door. I need to let the little furball in for a drink! OK.....so at 50 lbs and 4 months old he isn't little...but compared to Kylee he is still small!

Enjoy this beautiful fall weather everyone!

Dilly

A beautiful weekend ahead!

The weather is certainly making a beautiful statement here in the mitten state. Of course we had to wade through all that hot crap to get to a beautiful fall! The leaves are starting to change rapidly and our trip to the west side of the state yesterday was beautiful with the blues skies and the autumn colors!

I have been working on our upstairs laundry/closet. Lets just say it was a huge butt kicking mess that has been haunting me for over 2 years. Time to start pecking away at it. Finding a stackable washer/dry set started the domino process. So at least I know whats on tap for this winter!

Our fravoirte tiny little dude came over this past Wednesday and spent the night with Papa and Grammie! We had a great time! Nothing is better than a child in footed jammies to put a smile on your face! We finished the visit with Xavier helping make waffles with Grammie and juice with Papa. He loved shoving that fruit through the juicer!




I am sad to say that the process Shannon and Shawn were going through didn't take this time. I am not sure what is on their agenda, but what ever they decided we are there to support them! Big Huggies to both of them!


It's time to get this weekend in gear and work on some of the projects on my long list of things to do! Have a wonderful day my friends!

Dilly

Waiting on Pins and Needles

Today is the first of two big teeth gnawing, stomach churning days! Shannon just posted that her bloodwork has been drawn for her first of two pregnancy test. I have everyone I know and some I hardly know praying, chanting, crossing their fingers and toes anything to increase our chances of getting positive results back!

I even got a beautiful little baby buddah in the mail yesterday from my Buddy Duane out in Massachucetts! Don't ever tell me that cyber friends aren't the best. I may never have physically hugged some of them, but they are always there supporting and offering comfort through thick and thin! Thank You my friends!!!

The mojo was going yesterday. Some times I think one of those sayings should be slightly changed. The one about God helps those who help themselves. I am a strong believer in that. But I would like to change it to God helps you find things you need, but you have to go looking for them. I have a clothes dry that is on it's last leg. Actually my dryer died about a year ago and we took in a 50 cent dryer that was setting in one of our daughters basements. My washer is 20 years old and won't use hot water, the knob is broke off but it still washes. We knew for the last year we needed to keep looking for replacements. Well yesterday we found a stackable full size set in our price range! I am so geeked...one of my favorite things about our home is that my washer and dryer are upstairs. We do have an exterior patio with steps that makes it easier to haul things up there...Thank God! So now I get to haul the two dinosaurs out of my laundry room and replace them with a very nice set of Maytag stackables. I have had finishing the laundry room, walk in closet changing room on the top of my list for this winter. Now it bubbled right to the top. The room is huge it was the kitchen/eating area for the upstairs apartment. We ripped out the kitche which left us with all the water/gas/electric we needed for a laundry room. Now I am going to have a butt kicking room! YESSSS! There is a bunch of work involved but I can see it coming together! So keep them fingers crossed that after we haul that,new to us, set up the stairs and plug it in it all works! The old ones won't come down until we are sure! LOL

OK.....I will return to rubbing the little naked tummy of my Buddah until the word comes through on the lab test. Keep your fingers crossed my friend!

Dilly

Wow....where did that week/month go???

It was a wonderful busy week. The best part of course was spending it with our son Todd. The additional cool thing was watching him and our grandson Xavier bond. "My Todd" was used a lot and such heart warming exchanges between the two. Of course the wonderful is also shared with the sad when you have to say Good Bye! But being able to get a hug and share time with him was worth it!

Then of course after sending Todd back to Colorado and his wife....Randy and I had to kick it back into gear and play catch-up with finding goodies. Thankfully the stars were aligned, God shined down on us and we have had a good week finding treasures! Here is a wonderful Mid-Century Chair that we picked up and will be selling!

I even managed to pull off 2 gallons of paint in a color I wanted and valances and cabinets I have been looking for. Now all I really need to find soon is a youth bed for Dozer. He keeps wanting to take over Kylee's and he is ready to come out of his crate. Besides the fact that he bangs around in it and wakes me up!

So October is before us....time to wrap up some of the gardening, build some steps to the sun porch, and pick up the yard before that dreaded "S" word falls from the sky!

Until we see him again I will keep this close to my heart!


Have a wonderful day everyone.....huggies all around for everyone!
Dilly