PICK YOUR FAVORITE THANKSGIVING TABLE & A NEW FAMILY MEMBER

Several of you have reached out to me

via email and in the comments

asking for another

PICK YOUR FAVORITE~

Who knew y'all would enjoy this so much?

That being said-

Here we go:

So--jump right in and pick your favorite.

#1

CANDLES IN A ROW!!

or as I like to call it.;..

SET OFF THE FIRE ALARM WHEN LIT

Candles not your thing?

How about this?

#2

DARK BEAUTY

GRAPES AND EARTHTONES

#3

GLITTERY GOLD AND BLUE

#4

LEAF ME ALONE -I WANT TO EAT

#5

BRIGHT AND LIGHT 

BABY BOO PUMPKINS 

#6

A GLASS HALF FULL (OR EMPTY)

#7

A THOUGHT PROVOKING CENTERPIECE

FOR VEGETARIANS

Seriously?

So-There you have it!

You know the drill.

Pick ONE table! ONE!!!

Got it?!?

Pick your table and see who you are 

sitting with at the end of it all.

I love these-

It is so much fun to see 

WHO SITS WHERE!

And, in other news-

We have a new baby at our house.

Our little green-eyed 

COCO~the Cockapoo

We already love her...

Does Scruffy love her?

Sometimes!

Other times he turns his back

and ignores her!

TWO SWEET BABIES

in our lives at this point

give us a lot of joy~

We are blessed!

I BELIEVE IN FARIES AND LITTLE PEOPLE-HERE IS PROOF THEY EXIST

 I grew up believing in

LEPRACHAUNS

and

LITTLE PEOPLE

YES. I. DID.

As I grew older I realized

I may have been hoodwinked

by one of my father's stories.

BUT THEN~

I found this on our property.

First I saw this tree.

I took it as a sign that the branch

that was crosswise was pointing

to another tree.

And it was!

Look what I found at the base of

the tree it was pointing at.

Is that cool, or what?

I told you it was cool!!!

You KNOW it is a FAIRY HOUSE, right?

I fell into a prone position to take a photo

of what was INSIDE this tree.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!

HONEST!  You won't BELIEVE IT!!!!

Let's look through that hole!

Ready?

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 Are you a believer now?

Huh?  Are you?

Is that the cutest little fairy house

you've ever seen?

Didn't I get a great shot

of the inside of that tree?

What do you mean 

YOU DON"T BELIEVE ME????

Well, as SweetCheeks would have said....

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTT!

Now she would just roll her eyes

and say....NANA!!!!!!

Our little SweetCheeks

has grown up~

SEPTEMBER THOUGHTS & MEMORIES- Y'all Got Apples?

 

This time of year always

makes me a bit nostalgic.

It makes me long for my youth

on the farmlands in Pennsylvania.

I remember those I loved

that lived there with me

and the cool ,crisp mornings

I spent in the woods with my father.

.

There are songs that I find

particularly haunting.

Neil Diamond's

September Morn

is one of them.

I am not putting the music

on here because I know

most people find background

songs annoying...

but if you get a chance 

listen to the song when you can.

September brings out my

"rustic side".

I love picking 

the perfect apple!

 and baking

the perfect apple pie

 and making

home made applesauce.

Needs a sprinkle of cinnamon,

doesn't it?

All those things make me

a  little nostalgic but 

what hits even deeper?

We moved from 

what was supposed to be our

"forever home".

We have downsized and 

gotten rid of tons of stuff.

And I still have more stuff

to dispose of--sigh.

Living in a condo means

we live differently than we did

once upon a time. 

Plus, hubby's health issues keep us

anchored to our living space.

Life is full of changes, 

isn't it?

Thanks be that I am one that

ROLLS with the PUNCHES

although I will 

say that sometimes I feel like

PUNCHING SOMEONETHING.

Can't you just hear your grandma saying,

"That's not ladylike" (or nice)...

If you promise to be very good,

and not give 

mean old Uncle Arthur 

Ex-Lax in a Hershey's bar wrapper,

I will be back in a bit with

some Fall pictures of the 

area I live in now.

Yeah- Yeah- I promise!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!

 

She wore flowers in her hair-

Yes she did!

49 years of marriage started here-

on the riverbank in Alva, Florida.

Whoop-de-doo

When did I get wrinkles and
when did his hair disappear?
~sigh~

The bride wore a Gunne Sax gown

and the groom wore a

BLUE LEISURE SUIT!

lol

Then, we had to re-marry 

a few years later

IN A CHURCH

just to make everyone happy!

And where are those pictures?

Yeah- I am wondering that, too! 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

I am planning on doing the same!

SECRETS FROM THE PAST~INCLUDING A SPECIAL SECRET

 Some of you will be too young to relate to this post.

Some things bring my mind right back 
to a certain

MOMENT IN TIME.

A while ago I spotted something in the store

that made me stop and stare.

It was THIS!
PRELL!

My mother washed my hair 
with this for years.

I had to have some for old times sake!

It is probably like using 
dishwashing liquid

 on your hair

but I sure do love the smell 

and the memories that accompany it.

When I got to be a teenager 
I declared my independence!

Yes! I! Did!

I bought this instead.

Yes'm - I was a Breck girl.

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Yes- I washed my hair with BRECK

but prior to that I brushed my teeth with

IPANA.

It came in one of those 

horrible old metallic tubes

that rusted and hardened like

 gun metal as you emptied it.

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THAT  was my mother's choice 

and when I was a teenager

I chose

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Don't forget your white gloves, ladies.

Let's hope your teeth are that white 

from using Crest!

After brushing my teeth 

I would get dressed for the day.

My mother's choice for me
was something like this

only mine would have been 
about 8" from the floor...don't ask.

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Let's just say I scandalized 
everyone in sight

the day I showed up in this:

Yes-That is really me! 

I was definitely a thorn 
in my mother's side.

Seriously.

The one thing she 

COULD NOT BELIEVE?

That I threw 

THESE AWAY

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You used THOSE with one of these beauties

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Those were the most miserable

things ever- I am sure they were

invented by some man!

As soon as I saw the ad 

I rushed out and bought these.

imageWHY did I buy these?Well, I bought those because theADVERTISEMENT SAID:

I could swim, play games

and, best of all,

I could 

GO FLY A KITE

which is exactly what my mother

often told me to do!

How about you?

Any Girls Only Stories you want to share?

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Mums (deodorant)  the word here.

After all, 

YOU KNOW

I can keep a 

C'mon- Tell All

ps.  come back soon-

I might be up to 'sumthin'....

NANA DIANA SUMMER UPDATE

 THANK YOU

to all of you that have

reached out to me!

I guess I owe everyone an update!

Hubby has been dealing with a lot of health issues.

Serious issues. Issues that keep him in bed

for days at a time.

He passes out when he stands,

sometimes he is so dizzy, even sitting,

that he doesn't want to get out of bed.

This is not vertigo-nothing like that.

His blood pressure plummets at a

moment's notice.

Sometimes his BP is 60s/30s.

It's crazy.

The dr's say none of it makes sense.

I don't remember the last time 

we did anything together except watch

shows on Prime or Netflix.

Mayo has accepted him as a patient

BUT

after talking to them last week, 

it could be six to nine months 

before they will be able to see him.

Meanwhile, they have changed his medications

several times with no improvment.

All of his tests are normal,

EEG/EKG/CT SCANS/BLOOD WORK/LIVER FUNCTION/HEART/LUNGS

All normal-No cancer SOOOOO--What is it?

Meanwhile,

I have been doing several things 

around our condo complex.

A friend and I started a women's group 

(WOW-Women of Webster).

We have a monthly luncheon, card games, 

a book club, etc.

We are opening an Etsy shop soon-

so stay tuned for that.

There is a nice clubhouse and 

a huge pool here so I am able to stay active

when I know Hubby is taken care of 

and won't get up while I am out.

It works for us----because it has to!

                               I walk daily with my best boy,

        SCRUFFY.  

We get at least 3 miles a day in unless it's raining.

He doesn't like to get his feet wet 

but thinks nothing of rolling in the mud. 

He keeps me happily entertained 

for hours on end..on end...on end.

He has no OFF button....

Thank God for a grandson that 

likes to play with him.

I need to get after my garden areas because 

they need to be divided and moved

but will probably wait until Fall now. 

They ARE lush and gorgeous though.

I did get most of my flowers in

around the front courtyard.

So, my friends, there you have it.

And, in case you are wondering, 

I still have my wicked sense of humor. 

I need it on those day when I wake up

to a mess like this!

A closet rod and shelf collapsed!

A good time to sort thru old clothes maybe?

Maybe overload on the pole?

Darn dog- I told him that was too much weight!

                              I will try to stay a bit more

connected.

Maybe I'll show you the cute

little number I am wearing for the

Fourth of July.....

Thanks for hanging in there

with me.

Love to all~