SWEET CHEEKS PICKS/DROPS/SMASHES A PUMPKIN

If you have seen this before

I apologize.

I think it will be a recurring post

every Fall for me.

I couldn't resist

posting this again.

for all you

PUMPKIN PICKERS.

This is SweetCheeks

at two years old.

She is 12 now.

Here she is holding

THE PUMPKIN

she picked out.

..AND..

Here she is about 

15 seconds later.

Ummmmm.....

Poor SweetCheeks!

I love that we have a

moment like this forever

frozen in time.

Someday she will show this

to her own granddaughter

and smile a sweet

little smile of remembrance.

I hope you have a 

Smashingly good Wednesday..

and I mean that in the

NICEST WAY!;>)

MY BEAUTIFUL LULU AND HER SENIOR PICTURES

She was the

SWEETEST BABY-

Quiet, thoughtful

& loving.

So, it is no surprise

she stayed the same way.

This beautiful young woman

is a senior this year

and goes off to school next year.

I will miss her dearly.

There are lots more pictures

but this is all I have for now.

Isn't she a beauty?

INSIDE and OUT!

AND

to make it even better---

she is a barista at 

STARBUCKS!

A cup served with lots of love!!!!

If you want to see a progression 

over the years of her growing up

you can

CLICK HERE!

Have a great week!!!!

PRAYER REQUEST UPDATE-GOOD NEWS AND ASKING FOR CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR ABBY AND THE TWINS!

Such wonderful news!

I will post it in 

Katie's words.

Katie Ricker

 · 

All the glory goes to God as we got positive news today🙌 It has not spread and all margins are clear. This has been a time in our walk with the Lord that has forever changed us. I never completely trusted Him till now and this time we decided we would praise him even with bad news and uncertainty. I prayed for hours each day and God revealed himself in so many ways. I never felt closer to Him and I pray I never forget the peace and love He brought us both. This has made me appreciate the man I love more then ever. To see your husband more concerned for you then himself is noble. He woke up from surgery with tears coming down his face saying he surrendered as the nurse prayed with him. I know that not everyone’s story ends this way and many things make no sense especially when we lose those we love. I know that during this time heaven seemed like it could not come quick enough as this world carries pain but it’s not the way the story ends. To each person who sent us texts,prayed, made meals etc you made a huge difference and we thank you more then you’ll ever know. I raise a hallelujah🙌🙏

Thanks to all of you that prayed

OR

winged healing thoughts and wishes

their way.

This man has been saved for

a higher purpose-

raising his children

and loving his wife.

Don't forget to keep

Abby & her twin babies in your prayers

and thoughts.

You can read about that

HERE if you missed it.

Thank you so much!

It is always wonderful

to be able to post 

GOOD NEWS!

Will be back in a day or so

with the results of 

PICK YOUR FAVORITE

OCTOBER TABLE!

PICK YOUR FAVORITE OCTOBER TABLE

Well, guess I better do this now

or October will be in the past.

I was going to do 

Halloween tables

but there weren't enough that 

I thought suitable.

So-here you go-

October tables.

PICK ONE-

Now I KNOW all of you can count-

so ONE is GOOD!

Got it?

Here we go:

#1-A Passel of Pumpkins

#2 Copper Cups

#3 Some Fall Color

#4-Creamy Dream

#5 Pass The Pears Please

#6 Sunshine On My Table Makes Me Happy

#7 Lots of Lavender

So, there you have it!

Pick your seat (I won't watch).

and don't get your undies in a bundle

if you have a hard time deciding.

(see how I cleverly tied that into picking your seat)....oh, nevermind......

Have a great weekend and I will count

the votes next week and give you my

usual taunts and teases.

DAWN P-CAN YOU PLEASE SEND ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?

This is the only way 

I know how to reach you.

My email is 

dianakos1@gmail.com

I will not give your email out to anyone.

Hope you see this- 

Thanks!

A DOUBLE--NO TRIPLE--PRAYER REQUEST--ONE FOR TWINS!

Hello my friends~

Life is so odd sometimes, isn't it?

I met a barista at Starbucks, Laura,

several years ago.

A wonderful woman a few years

younger than myself.

We became pretty good friends

and she worked with my 

youngest daughter, Mimi.

She recently retired and I 

attended her retirement party.

This morning I got an urgent message

from her about her daughter, Abby.

I am going to paste here just what

she texted me.

My daughter Abby is pregnant with identical twins. It is a very high risk pregnancy, twin to twin transfusion. She had surgery in Philadelphia two weeks ago. During the surgery her membranes were ruptured and her water broke. She did not go into labor, and her tear healed. She is home now on bed rest. So far her doctor doesn’t feel the surgery was a success. We are in the fight of our life to save these two boys. She is 19 weeks now. We are praying she can make it to 30 weeks and that the smaller twins bladder fills. Abby did finally share her story on social media. The boys need all the prayers they can get. So I am reaching out to you and asking if you could keep Hunter and Hayden in your prayers

Here is a picture of her beautiful daughter, Abby-

Here is an ultra sound of her sweet twins~

As always,

I would never post pictures without permission.

Please pray for these sweet babies,

AND for their mama and daddy,

and for my friend, Laura &

all the other family connected to them.

My 2nd prayer request is for a

dear blogging friend's hubby,

Katie Rickers sent me a message

after I saw this on Facebook,

asking for prayer for her wonderful, 

loving husband, Rob.

Last Monday we got the worst news. Rob had a skin biopsy on his leg come back as melanoma. It’s the kind of news you can’t even breathe when you hear. As I look back on some of our trials I have seen God’s hand and I know that He doesn’t waste pain but it’s hard not to ask why😢 Rob has been nothing but amazing through our 20+ years together. He is the best husband and dad you could imagine. We have gone through so much together but we have made it stronger together. I don’t know what God is going to do through all of this but we have faith in Him. We could really use your prayers as he is undergoing surgery this Friday morning at MD Anderson. Please pray that it has not spread into his lymph nodes. The thought of losing my best friend is unbearable. The kids are doing okay but as you can imagine it’s been devastating. We need all medical tests to come back with good results. I’ll give everyone a update as I learn more. Thank you for praying 🙏💜

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Please uplift their family in prayer, also.

They are such kind, loving people,

the kind of people we need more of

in this world.

As always,

if you are NOT a praying person,

please send your well wishes

and wing good, healing thoughts

their way.

You will be heard!

Thank you all so much.

I have the best readers

in the world!!!!

A PRAYER REQUEST FOR A BLOGGER'S HUSBAND

Good morning!

A while back an old

blogging friend, Carol,

wrote to me and asked

me to do a prayer post 

for her husband.

I put it in a draft to post

on a Sunday and,

I am sorry to say,

forgot to ever post it.

So, today I am reaching out

to ask you to pray for 

Sid, Carol's husband.

Here is what she wrote:

Carol Henstra <sparkle7@hotmail.ca>

My husband  Sid had a severe stroke. Going on three weeks ago.  His left arm, hand and leg are not working. In order to walk. He has to sit first then walk.  His talking has improved with speech therapy. They have to put  him with a machine  called a lift to get him in this wheelchair.

He also had  a blockage  in his abdomen. Causing him  to have a suction to drain his bile. He is not doing well.

This just came from Carol at 11:30 this morning-

Carol Henstra	11:24 AM (3 minutes ago)
to me

Thank you for posting this of Sid. Update

Sid is in hospital but they had to move him into a room with another patient. He had his operation. Last week. It was for a enlarged prostate gland. He still has to have the catherda  inserted as they are flushing out the urine to make it clear. They do not want to insert and take out until the urine is all purified. Then we pray he will be able to do it all on his own. Without the Catherdar.

 He is eating well. He still is a little confused. Which is still from the stroke. Yet he likes the room mate. He Peter is his name. And he watches out for Sid. He speaks well of my husband as a happy humours likeable guy. The nurses care for him as best they can considering the shortage of nurses.

So in order to be moved to any Long Term Place. One can wait for 3 to 8 years in the hospitial. Family is supportive you bet.  My one son and daughter and there wife and husband, Grandkids. Plus friends.  As a family we have to put down about 8 places of our choice for Sid to go to a Long term Home.  When a bed comes along. Out of our list. If a bed is available. Then he will go. 

Sid is getting rehab. It is slow. Of having the paralysis  in his hand, arm  and in his area of sitting. He has to have the lift to get him in the  wheelchair and back in bed.   Will he sit and walk. Only the Lord will know.  For him to walk again like this with me. Us walking down the street in Toronto. To Famous Aquarium. Would be a prayer answered.

Of course this is a huge shock for me and family.  I try to see him as much as I can in week and weekends. I am living at my daughters. So praying that when he moves it can be close to my daughters or my sons who lives another 45 minutes extra  to get a home there.

Sid and I  married 58 years this past Sept 16^th. To be separate is breaking my heart.  Thank you for your prayers. God bless Diana  for posting this. I will keep you posted through Diane.

Carol is no longer blogging.

Please pray for both of them.

If you are not one that prays,

please wing healing thoughts

and well wishes their way.

Thanks so much-

Next up this week- 

Halloween Pick Your Favorite!

A LITTLE TEASE OF FALL AT MY PLACE

I crammed about 20 hours of work

into 11 hours yesterday-

some at the office and

then came home and did

office work for our household.

sigh-

My mother always said 

"No rest for the wicked".

I think I resemble that remark!

Anyway-That means I did NOT 

get a chance to

prepare for a long post today.

.

So- I am giving you just a 

TEASER.

I will have a whole

FALL POST 

soon!

I hope...I hope...I hope....

Oh-I do have one other little thing

to show you.

I bought a tomato plant from the 

nursery this Spring.

I think it is called a Big Boy.

It looked like this when I bought it.

This is what they promised.

This is what I dreamed about.

source

I babied that little sucker along 

and moved it here so it would

be protected.

Here is what MY PLANT looks like.

AND

to add insult to injury

THIS IS WHAT THE ONLY TOMATO

I GOT
LOOKS LIKE!

SweetCheeks:  I don't think you better EAT that tomato, Nana.

There's something 

REALLY WRONG with it.

Me:  Yes-I can see that.

SC: It looks like a BUTT tomato!

Me: uh-huh--thanks for noticing.

SC:  Did you plant pumpkins, too?

Me: Sure did!

This is what my pumpkins look like.

If you're looking for a part time gardener

I come cheap!

I hope you are having a 

GREAT OCTOBER 

so far---and that your 

'garden produce' is better than my own.