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Monday's post

 Hosted by Sandra ! 

♥♥ The Weather ♥♥ 

Feels like perfection...  the highs have been in the 60's  I love it...  Tomorrow it inches up  to the 70's a bit  but  just for a few days!

Monday - partly cloudy 68/55

Tuesday - partly cloudy 64/49
Wednesday -sunny, 72/50
Thursday - sunny, 76/52
Friday -sunny, 73/43
Saturday -sunny, 62/39 

♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥ 
We  were out early this morning to take Hubs  for his  checkup...   then we  stopped  for a biscuit and   a few groceries.. But that time  the sun was  shining so brightly  I was  blinded without my sunglasses..  so I have  basically stayed inside  ..  until just a bit ago when I  checked the mail,,,    Whew,  a brisk wind  about knocked me down..  Aw!  I love fall! As long as I dont fall!  But the blinded  here the house are  gently pulled and I just haven't looked out since we got home!

 ♥♥ Right now I am ♥♥ 

 Planning posts..  I  try to stay  about  3-4 days ahead  so I thought Id go ahead and  do some on my  Regular  blogging catch-up.  I hope this is working for  everyone.   I have dedicated  every day except Saturday to my  assignment  to   talk more about God and  our relationship  with Him.   I am so happy that at 3:15 toady the plane  bringing our  daughter and her family home from  their European trip  landed in Boston.  I was  a bit  on edge  because of the nor'easter and high wind gusts  around Boston.  I mean you come right off the ocean onto the runway  to land there!  

♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥♥ 

 THis has been an odd kind of week.  I went to get the mammogram  and  as it turned out I couldnt do it that day so I had to reschedule for later in the month. I  had  an appointment   with my   GP today  with Hubs   but when we got there they only wanted to see him.  I apparently dint have one  after all. so it is  now in early November.   Well,   I guess I have a respite so now can try to   lose a bit more weight and    get in better shape.  I hope   I can actually live up to that  !

♥♥ How am I feeling ♥♥ 
I  am feeling  great except for my  allergies which  really bother in the mornings!  I get my shot tomorrow so hopefully that will help!

 
♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥ 
I just had a cup of coffee,  a ham biscuit and a serving of ruined yogurt. 

   

♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥ 

Lynn has leftovers form  our dinner out   at Chinese over the weekend.  So I will eat leftovers  .  just a bit of steak and some mashed potatoes.. and salad.  I love leftovers!

 ♥♥ What I'm wearing ♥♥ 

I p ut on my  flying to Scotland clothes today because  they are  warm .... a black knit  walking  set   with the cutest  jacket   trimmed in black  and white  with a black and white  striped  tee!

♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥ 
  I finished Nehemiah and am on to Esther.  Ive read it  a few times in the last  couple of years,  but I love it  ..  But  Ive also studied and read through Job a couple of times  in recent years  and I think I will pass on that this time..  Id rather really concentrate more on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes

♥♥ On my TV this week ♥♥ I am pretty disappointed in the Home network new shows and  the   cooking shows  during the day  so  my night time shows are Hallmark  and YouTube vlogs! I enjoy  looking for good vlogs to share in my  spiritual posts  the other days of the week

♥♥ Looking around the house ♥♥ I really want to redo the dining room  table  

  change it up a bit  from early fall to more of an October theme.   Will share it next week!

♥♥ To Do List ♥♥ 
- Drive Hubs   downtown to pay our taxes
- Allergy shot

- Bible Study

- Make  potato cakes for hubs  with the left over  potatoes

- Lynn wants a pumpkin pie this week!

- IFA prayer meeting

 

♥♥ From the camera ♥♥ 

  

 This basket of roses  was cut this time  last year  from my  rose garden.  This year the deer have decimated my roses.  They roam in herds through our neighborhood day and night.  And the city has no planes.  Unfortunately, I know some people  feed them;   They do not  need feeding,  there is plenty of food in peoples  gardens.    I am  really disgusted  by them,  sad to say.  They were pretty, but a menace!

♥♥ Devotional ♥♥ OCTOBER 1 - PROMISE #274

I am the everlasting God.
Psalm 90:2

OCTOBER 2 - PROMISE #275
I am righteous in all My ways and kind in all that I do.
Psalm 145:17

OCTOBER 3 - PROMISE #276
I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my Son, Jesus.
John 17:23

OCTOBER 4 - PROMISE #277
If you believe in Jesus, you will not be disappointed.
1 Peter 2:6

OCTOBER 5 - PROMISE #278
You are My workmanship, created in Christ to do My good works.
Ephesians 2:10

OCTOBER 6 - PROMISE #279
I have chosen you to be a royal priesthood and a holy nation.
1 Peter 2:9

OCTOBER 7 - PROMISE #280
Your life comes from Me because you are My offspring.
Acts 17:28

Friday's  post

Hosted by Susanne!

 Goodness, this week has flown by!  I can hardly believe  what a  strange week it has been as well!  I  had been looking forward to my  regular every 4 month check up   since the beginning of the month when I saw it on the calendar.  I had a couple of issues I wanted to take up with her. But when I got to her office  on Monday  they told us only  my husband had the appt  so I got to sit  in on his.   I did get a couple of  comments into the discussion  .. one mainly about  how I was very leery about taking any more covid shots.. Immediately following my last booster  I  became aware that I had a deep brain fog.  I   barely finish a sentence without  needing  help with a common word that I know but cannot remember  at that moment. It is so embarrassing!.  She told me  well, since I've had covid and    all other  shots   just ride it out a while and see how it goes. I  am so    happy she said that..  I believe in her heart  she, as well,  isn't that into  the  covid    mandates..   I do take    vitamins D, A, C, B12,  zinc,   turmeric,    multiple  gummies,   well just about everything they say you should take except the quercitin..  which   I  don't know..  maybe I should add that one in!.    The ACB and zinc are in the  eye vitamins I take twice a day  to  keep from getting   macular..  I  think I am just going to     take my chances    and  start wearing my mask more places,  although I  do not think a mask really helps,  but  every  medical center in town requires them!

Another  praise is that  I was able to get my flu shot.  Now I have taken them every year  for ever..  We had to get them at school every year from the school nurse.  I  never had an issue, although poor hubs had to take to his bed following his shot!😜

I know that God is faithful and  in this I am trusting Him to lead me in the way I should go.   So then I went to get my mammogram , and lo and behold I was told because I  was  using a certain cream for a  rash  I couldnt get it that day and had to reschedule!  It was because    they were not a 3D  machine ..  so  I am set up  for the 3D  later in the month!   Well, I am thankful that   I was screened  well, so  if I had  gotten the mammogram   and  it came back  I had  a bad scan  I would be terribly worried..  SO this  is  the Lord  helping me   and I am thankful!

It was so wonderful  to finally get to  see  and chat with our girls.  They had been two weeks out of country.. again.. This time we weren't with them. Those  girls  ( third  grade and K) will have so much to share  at their schools.It was so funny. I asked them what  stood out  when they got to Switzerland.  Of course, I was expecting the mountains. or the  buildings.   But no,   the Kindergarten  sweetheart  said she was taken by the  traffic signals;  how  nifty they were with lights that  counted down  the moment when it was time to cross the street!  It was so  wonderful to catch up with them!!

I am  thankful that  in my  getting around the house and desire to do things  for  the family  I am so much improved. Oh,  not that long ago to get up and get a glass of water  was an ordeal , but now staying busy around the house has been a godsend..  I really think  the walking around in Scotland  was most helpful in showing me that  more is  best!.. I am anxious to finish this post and  get  into the dining room to  change up  the decor  from  early  fall to later  fall..  I will switch out the  blue transfer ware   for the black which  is  so nice with  the fall colors  and in  November  I use my   turkey salad plates  in with those  dishes for more holiday fun!  I will  add a photo  soon!

I  am showcasing the new china  I am collecting..  by Royal Stafford,    called Chantilly..   I love the  decor around the rim that sets this wildlife theme apart from the other   ones  you see   with the transfer ware  look!  My favorite is the stag pattern!

                                                                      

Also, I am collecting  feathers these days.  These are pheasant feathers,  but I am ,also, looking now for turkey feathers!

My mom and dad made those  darling   chickens   during their  crafting days.  Dad cut them out, and mom painted them. I found this  gorgeous teal basket for a song at a consignment shop.  I think it was 2 dollars.. as I am now collecting  anything teal    to  enliven my rooms. I love this  one!! 

    

 I found my fall candle, Autumn Spice, and had it lit all morning. I love  autumn scents!

The dishes I am using now  are  from Royal Stafford, as well,  The Herdsman.  I love the black and white,  so  appropriate this time of year.  I, also, have this same fruited edge  around the  colorful  tom turkey for next month  to accent the setting ,and then a gorgeous Christmas   design   with the black and white for December.

I just love changing up the table by the season.  Every month  has it's own  wonderful flavor and colors.. but the warmth  of fall and autumn  is especially delightful as   the weather  changes and the winds  howl!