New Idea

I bought this new book the other night~for $1~ and it's entitled: Living Simply. As I was thumbing through it, I happened upon this great idea. The author, Joanne Heim, had some of her well used books spiral bound which allowed for easier page turning and writing in margins. I had these 2 books spiral bound yesterday at Staples. Rose helped me and she was wonderful. I had a plastic cover put on the front and back. It cost $4 for a book approximately 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". I'm so happy with how they came out.

Clean-up

I had a Dr.'s appointment yesterday and as I was waiting for my prescription to be filled I phoned home to let the kids know what was going on. My Favorite Daughter answered with hestitancy/apprehension in her voice. She would not give in and let me know what was going on so siren's were going off in my head that something is broken or really messed up or her brother was knocked out and lying in a corner somewhere. I had mixed emotions driving home trying not to let my mind wander. As I walked in the door, I did not see anything amiss but every candle on the lower level lit. Favorite Daughter was trying not to chuckle and I heard Favorite Son flying down the stairs. Hmmm....They both proceeded to tell me how one of the pumpkins in front of the fire place was discovered to be moldy and fell apart when touched making a yucky stinky mess, hence the candles. Favorite Son went on to tell how he put the pumpkin in a body bag, a.k.a. a WalMart bag, and got it out to the trash. Somehow the mess got in the kitchen and he had to sweep and mop the floor~how tragic. This mom was not unhappy. I was jumping up and down with elation. My Favorite Children had taken care of a mess without me having to guide them in any way. Not only that, I have a clean kitchen floor. Woo-hoo!

A Tradition

Going to the pumpking patch has become a tradition for us. This year was the first that boots were a necessity. Favorite Daughter sported her fashion rainboots. Favorite Son wore his waterproof Timberland workboots and I had on my Merrell hiking shoes which are not waterproof but worked just fine. Brawn and beauty.

Favorite Son's muscles came in very handy. This is his pumpkin that topped the scale at 26 plus pounds. Notice the water.

Another brawn and beauty shot.

The big tall guy is not a relation.

This is our pumpkin booty:

We had a fantastic time. Good memories.

New Fall Wreath

My Favorite Daughter picked this wreath as a humble beginning,

and added some large splashes of color, shapes and texture,

then worked in some more interesting foliage.

She then filled in with small, bright and perky flowers.

Which she arranged into this masterpiece:

I know there's talent here!

God Doesn't Use Post-it Notes

I have a ceramic glass cook top range that, from time to time, has a spill that gets cooked on requiring some muscle to remove it. One such spill occurred the other day. This goop was COOKED on! I began working on it and was not making much progress. Some time later my fingertips were aching a little, my arms getting tired, and I had to get going somewhere so I stopped. I left a post-it on the burner stating, "Do not use!" Two days later I started working on it again. As I stood there putting muscle into this cooked on matter, I thought about my heart before God. Ultimately, Christ's blood has covered me and my sins are forgiven making me white as snow before God my Father. Yet, I still get those "cooked on sins" on my heart needing the muscle of the Holy Spirit to come and bring attention to it. Sometimes I come quickly to repentance and sometimes my heart is stubborn not wanting to admit my sin and folly. Praise and thank God that He doesn't put a post-it on me stating, "Do not forgive, yet", and then leave me for a few days. (I John 1:5-10) Thank you, Lord, for your unmerited grace and forgiveness.

New Fashion Accessory

I have a brand new fashion accessory that is only to be worn to bed. It has a few drawbacks: it is NOT fashion forward, only available in one color~black, rather bulky, and a little noisy if I have to remove it in the middle of the night. It does has some pluses: I feel great in the morning when I get up and my toenails do not need to look nice. Are you ready, or did you look ahead? Ta da...here it is folks:

The Phantom Night Splint






















I am now the proud owner of this beauty because I have a ligament in my foot that is taut and needs to stretched. I have had foot pain for about 3 months~I know, I know, I should of gone to the Dr. sooner but I didn't. Thankfully, it's easy to correct by wearing this splint at night. There is a metal rod, in the splint, that goes down the front of my leg and across the top of my foot keeping my foot at a 90 degree angle, thus, stretching that ligament through the night. It worked last night. I woke up this morning without pain. I was able to stand up and shout joyfuuly not painfully. Hallelujah! I am so thankful that God has created people in His image, to create, so that I can wear this splint and have relief and my body fixed.

FRINGE

The new season of Fringe started last week. Sci-Fi is not really my thing BUT this show is awesome! My Favorite Daughter got me hooked last year. Did you watch last week? We're still talking about it. We certainly were not expecting to see Olivia flying out of the windshield of her vacant, locked, parked, SUV. Wow! Did you jump as high as us? Walter...you have just got to love this guy...his character is awesome. Oh, what did you think about Walter having this dead guy laid out on his examine table, chest cut open, and Astrid was stirring custard and peering in the chest while Walter was explaining something. Walter, he was eating licorice with his bloody gloves on. We thought that was hilarious. Do you really think Charlie is dead? That "creature" took his body so technically he should be dead but come on, guys, this is Fringe. Charlies character is great. He can't be killed off in the first episode of the second season that's just not right. Favorite Daughter and I were in agreement that we'll have to get used to Agent Jessup. If she's Charlie's replacement she has big shoes to fill. In 6 1/2 hours I will be comfortably seated in front of the tv ready for FRINGE.