Learning to Post Pictures

I am presently learning how to post pictures on my blog. This is a picture of my youngest son and his youngest daughter. We were in one of those stores where you choose a bear or a doll and dress it (can't remember the name of the store). We decided to put one of those doll wigs on "Q" to see what she looked like in one of them. We have a lot of fun clowning with the kids.

As School Starts, the Holiday are Just Around the Corner

School is starting back in Iowa. It seems like yesterday that the kids were let out and excited about summer. "We are moving right along" as I always say. Also one of my sayings is "right after school starts, we are looking at Christmas." Actually, I'm still trying to balance the budget from last Christmas. Ha, Ha,

Can you believe it? The holidays are pretty much upon us. Right after Labor Day, we will be going right into the season. Have you ever looked up the history or origin of the holidays? They all have pretty much originated from some kind of religious background. I have friends and/or some members of my church who claim that the holidays are pagan, and that may very well be. I know if you look it up in the encyclopedias, some of them are considered to be pagan. The Bible speaks against paganism, however, I'm not saying holidays are sinful. Even though there are some people in our church who do not believe in celebrating Christmas and Easter, I really don't know what to think, or maybe I just don't want to go there or face it since I enjoy them. I know that due to the way I was raised, and some of the religious teachings that I have had, plus some information I have gotten off of the internet, some of those holidays could be less than desirable, spiritually and most of all, Halloween. When I was a child, we had no thought of Satan as being the reason for halloween. We just enjoyed dressing up and going out begging for candy with our friends and comparing treats when we got home. In those days, people in the neighborhood went all out, they baked cookies, made popcorn balls, candy and all sorts of things and we didn't have to worry about anything being contaminated or harmful and the treats didn't have to be in packages from the stores. There were, however, pranks being played in those days and more so back in my parent's days, such as kids going around toppling over outhouses, jumping on the back of trolley buses and pulling the trollleys out of service and of course, soaking your windows if you had no threats. Also back in my days, we actually were given the opportunity of doing tricks for treats; however, now a days, there are so many kids who come to your door at once, there's not enough room or time to let them all do anything, plus you are afraid who may be coming to your door and why; plus parents now have to escort their children around just to keep them safe. One more thing, We enjoyed creating our own costumes and didn't need to go to the department store and buy expensive ones. We came up with some pretty funny and original ones and enjoyed every bit of it.

I don't know why I chose this direction to post on today, but I think that while I was commenting on school starting and the holidays being just around the corner, my mind just kept going on in this direction. I really don't like to be one of those people who find fault or bad in everything that is good or fun, but God is the most important factor in my life, and if I want to prove my love and loyalty to him; I must pray that I will seek out His Will about everything and be more than willing to obey.

"The Great Grandson"

Met the great grandson and he is a doll and very hard headed. He's only a year old and goes up and down stairs, jumps off the couch, is all over everywhere, and loves his little uncle "K." It's so funny, he latches on to "K" hugs him, follows him whereever he goes and "K" loves it. "K" is jealous of any attention we give to the grandson and makes sure that he is right in the middle of any interaction we give to little "T." "K" keeps telling me "T" likes me better than he does you."

My granddaughter is getting married next February, so we went looking for wedding dresses. That was fun. She is very pretty and looked wonderful in every dress she tried on. Yesterday I was ill and could not go with them but they found a dress and she was pretty excited when she got back. They will be leaving today so I probably won't see them again until February. She has matured somewhat in that her cooking is pretty good. However, some things never change.

My daughter-in-law has given her some very good advice about taking her marriage seriously and making a commitment to God. My daughter-in-law is very Spiritual and lives up to her beliefs. Maybe that is the reason she can put up with Buck like she does, he he he

"It's HOT in Texas!"

Went for a walk this Texas morning. It was on it's way to HOT. By the time I got done, I was sweating and water was dripping down my back and my hair feels like I just rinsed it. The weather will be in the hundreds pretty much all this week.

Oh oh, friends, I have just been summoned by the grandson to play with him and his toys, and that is an offer I cannot refuse. We have played hide and seek pretty much all day the last couple of days, watched a couple of movies, plalyed hide and seek, read books, played hide and seek, did a little math, (he is smart as a whip, cute as a button, and has more energy than all of us put together; plus he can't sit still a minute), and we played hide and seek.

The great grandson is due in this evening with his mother (my oldest granddaughter) and I will have to let you know how that goes; in the meantime, I need to go entertain "K" who just came in with a silly pair pf plastic glasses with a big nose, mustach, and beard.

One of my Worse Fears Came to Light Today...

If I can quit feeling jigger and jumpy, maybe I can complete this post. Anywho, today I was in the basement and had just put a tub of clothes in the washer when I looked over across from the washer and spotted a snake. OHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYY, that is a complete "no, no" I was able to run past it and get upstairs but was quite jumpy. I called my dad and he decided to come over and kill it. He brought a shovel with him and we went downstairs, both of us were scared, I mean really scared, only I was worse off then he because he has killed snakes before, using a shovel. When I saw it move, I began to scream and he was hacking at it and chopped it into, and he grabbed my clothes out of the washer because I was not going to put them in the dryer and have to go back downstairs. Anyway, on my way out to the car, I opened my front door, only to see lots of wasps flying around, so I had to rush to my car, went to the store and purchased some spray to get rid of the wasps, therefore, when I returned home, I had to spray my way into the house. I'm glad that I am flying to Texas tomorrow for two weeks, and I will not return home for sometime after I return from Texas. Excuse any typo's, mispellings, etc. I am too shook up to proof this post.

"God's Miracle/Biird in House

God has done it again! Wow I love him so! I was really upset earlier today because I thought someone had stolen some money out of my purse and I owed this money to someone. I searched and searched but to no avail. I didn't have enough money in my checking account to replace it; therefore, I took on some added stress. I decided to just not worry about it because I was sure God would handle it for me. I knew it would take one of those awesome, right on time miracles that the Lord does in times like these. What do you think happened? Yes, I found the money and had more. I had let go and let God and he came through as usual. "Thank you Jesus"

Another thing, after I got home from church I proceeded to open my front door but before I could go into the house, a bird flew past me into my home. As far as I'm concerned, birds are not welcome inside the house -- only outside. I panicked and left right back outside. I went to my next door neighbor's house and knocked on the door. Because it seemed as though he wasn't home, I approached another neighbor whho was walking his dog. I asked him to help me get the bird out and meanwhile my other neighbor, who came over and tried to shew the bird toward the door. Meanwhile thhe other neighbor came in, and between the two of them they got the bird out. I wish you could have seen them, they were being very cautious or shall I say kind of scared themselves. It was so funny to see.

"What Have I Done Now???

While on my way to church this past Sabbath, I came to a stop light. A woman drove past me going in the opposite direction. I looked up and it appeared that she was angry at me about something as I could tell she was kind of yelling and waving her hands at me. I looked really puzzled because I could not figure out what I possibly could have done to make her annoyed at me, so I drove on to church. After the services, I went to my car, got in and proceeded to drive off of the driveway when all of a sudden, I looked in the side view mirror and saw a fellow member waving her hands to me, trying to get my attention so I would stop. After stopping, I rolled down my window and asked what was wrong. She told me that one of the tires on my car was flat, really flat. I parked the car and looked at the tire and indeed it was very flat. At that moment, I remembered the woman earlier who appeared to be yelling at me and decided that she was just trying to tell me my tire was flat. OH NO!! I didn't drive all the way to church on a flat tire did I??? Well I guess I did and didn't feel the car wobble or anything. DUH!! What am I coming to?