Saturday 9

 Saturday 9 hosted by Samantha

Young Girl

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions!


Saturday 9: Young Girl (1968)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) The song is about a girl who is too young for romance. How old were you when your parents allowed you to date?I was about 15  when Barry came to the house..16 when we when out.

2) Lead singer Gary Puckett mentions the girl's perfume. What scent do you wear most often? I have had many favorite scents, but now I prefer  the fresh scent of Jean Nate spray.

3) "Young Girl" reached #2 on the charts and stayed there for three weeks, but it never hit #1. It was stuck behind Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay." Are you competitive by nature? Or would you be satisfied doing well, but not being #1?I have never been competitive.  I think satisfied is a good word! 

4) The Union Gap got together in San Diego, California's second most populated city. Have you ever visited California? If yes, where did you go? No. I have never been further west than Indiana. 

5) The Union Gap performed at a White House state dinner for special guests Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Some in attendance that night maintain that President Nixon seemed to be playing matchmaker that night between the Prince and his daughter, Tricia. Have you ever tried to fix people up? If yes, did romance result? I did “fix up”a very sweet girl in my dorm, on my hall, I barely knew her, with my fiancées’ best friend,  at a neighboring college, and last I heard they got hitched! My fiancée was in the army over seas at the time. We have often wondered what became of them. On a side note, Lynn’s friend, took me to see the Moody Blues concert at his college because he knew I loved them so, and my sweetheart was unavailable. I always thought that was so dear of John.  W have tried to look him up, but to no avail! 

6) After six Top 20 hits in three years, the Union Gap disbanded. Today Gary Puckett tours as a solo artist on the "oldies circuit" with Peter Noone of the Herman's Hermits. Without looking it up, can you name any of the Herman's Hermits hits?

So long ago!

7) In 1968, when "Young Girl" was a hit, Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis. Think about the last wedding you attended. Were you closer to the bride or groom?I was closer to the groom.. he was the son of my cousin. 

8) Also in 1968, the most popular movie in theaters was Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand. What's the last movie you watched? At the theater, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day..  

9) Random question -- Come clean: Right now are there more dishes in your sink or clothes in your hamper?clothes in my hamper.

Friday Fave Five

Hosted by Suzanne.

We have had  a couple of years with very mild weather. But this winter has broken that mold. We had our first snow in over 2 years and folks have reveled in it. Thankfully,even though it was  only 3 inches, the frigid temps kept the roads a bit treacherous so everything closed down, giving everyone a free couple of days to just have a reset after the holidays, I know I enjoyed the time of just “me” time. While hubs was enjoying his given 2 days, I took time to work on my Bible Study and do some journalling. I made some delicious soup and just enjoyed home!

Ok,  the deer's  fourth leg was behind him..  before  you  ask the question!!!!

I  am  so  delighted with the snow   mainly, I suppose since it has been  so long.    The past couple of years have been  strange.. not in the least normal.  so it does  feel good to  feel normal in the air,  at least!!

  I am so enjoying getting back into letter writing .. I love to  receive a letter, so I  can bet, others do, as well. ... and who knows I may get one in return!. But  to reengage in   slow, correspondence , choosing just the right  stationary,  the color of ink,   decking the envelop with  a  waxed seal.. I find it all  so lovely. I  know my granddaughters love getting special mailings from me and I love  creating them!!!

Our church also,  sends out in  the  first of the month mailing  a list of those who are  having  birthdays that month.  So I am also, sending  cards out to  each  birthday recipient,  and it  has  made a great  improvement in my getting to know   more  women, in particular.  I will send  a friend's husband a card, as well,    as it comes around.  Not to make them feel left out. But I am making  many more  new friends at church  just by sending them a  lovely card.  I try to write a friendly note on each one..  I know that this isn't for everyone..  But   for me it is wonderful to  reignite   the    love of receiving   a personal note in the mail box.  I  really try to make it  as beautiful as I can.   Oh, Im not  a whiz at it,  but I do the best I can.  Writing a personal letter  should   be giving  your best  to another, I think.   I  know I am blessed in  the act of sharing  care and  good will to others!!

Tomorrow I have set aside a day to  just read   and journal.  I have a couple of books I have been  hoping to  start and   since it  is supposed to be a bit more  snow tomorrow,   my chair  by the fire is calling my name. That is something I really look forward to..  so I decided to share about it  beforehand.. that way I will be sure to  actually do it!!! 

Tuesday Four Planning

Planning   Hosted by Annie!

  Hey.  Bathroom fixing is taking up a lot of time but there is always time for Tuesday 4.

Let's do some planning....

1. What is something you have always wanted to do? Honestly, my dream for years was to tour Scotland ….. praise God, in 2022, our daughter and her family planned and  took us on a two week tour of Scotland!  We paid for our flight and meals, but everything else, was provided… even our own rental car. I now have toured  7 European nations and I couldn’t ask for more. 

When will you do it? Now I am  only extremely grateful, and I thank the lord everyday for His tender mercies!

2. Friends are coming to town to visit you. What arrangements will you make and what sights do you think you would take them to see? We just had a similar thing happen over Christmas. My dearest elementary school friend and her hubby came to spend the day with us. We enjoyed reminiscing for a while, then hopped in the car and went to one of our nicest restaurants in town, known for their magnificent salads …we all needed to watch our diets!  After lunch we drove them through our city to show off the Christmas  decorations, then ended up at the magnificent Hotel Roanoke. Major clubs around our vicinity take on a tree there to decorate in fabulous style to describe  what the club is all about. The halls of trees are quite magnificent and touring is a major event in our town.. The Christmas spirit was everywhere and we spent a couple of hours enjoying that spirit together. It was great fun.  They were interested in leaving  town before dark.  ( they live an hour away)  but we had a wonderful day! 

3. It's time to relax after a busy Tuesday. What sounds good for tonight? A movie? 

Which one?

Jesse Stone, Lost in Paradise

 A book? Early to bed?

Then early to bed! 

4. Plan something for this weekend that includes going out or having people in. 

I planned a fun Saturday night over Christmas but it never came to fruition as I ended up in the emergence room with my kidney stone. But…

W had invited our best friends, David and Gerri, 

over for a fun Christmas dinner. Since Gerri and   I are both doing  WW. I had planned relatively healthy and fun food.. so instead of a meal we planned party food.. I had cool appetizers , crab salad, cheese tray with  cut veggies, peppers, celery, carrots.  It was going to be beautifully set and I was making a sugar free Fluff decked out with strawberries and  slices of kiwi for dessert.. the groceries were purchased and the table was set, yet, it never happened. We were going to play a game like Pictionary.  And have great fun. We are still piece by piece eating on the purchased food.  Now we are working on the Gruyère! I have never used puff pastry. It is still in the freezer. Maybe this spring! 

Happy Homemaker Monday

 

Hosted by Sandra! 

 ♥ ♥ weather ♥ ♥

  Monday -cloudy, 33/31. Chance of widespread snow

    Tuesday - cloudy, 34/17

    Wednesday - cloudy, 33/20

      Thursday -cloudy,  44/30

       Friday - cloudy, 38/17

        Saturday- cloudy, 25/13

     Sunday, sunny, 35/20

      

   ♥♥ As I look outside my window ♥♥ 

   I am so delighted to see it snowing.   It is very light, but still beautiful!

♥♥ Right now I am ♥ ♥

I am scanning YouTube, while I am working on this post!  Oh, I actually found a wonderful program… on planned parenthood and the horrible sin committed against our children….very informative.   So much to pray about. 

Titled : Happening Now with Jack Hibbs and Seth Gruber. 

  ♥♥ Thinking and pondering ♥ ♥

I would love to see some measurable snow that lasts a couple of days, yet not so tricky or heavy to make shoveling difficult.We haven’t had snow for a couple of years!  

♥♥How am I feeling ♥♥

Except for allergies, I am doing so much better  these days!

   ♥♥ What am I Wearing♥♥

Cream  colored slacks, with my new blue and cream flannel shirt.

♥♥ On the breakfast plate ♥♥

Lynn brought my coffee and yogurt so I am all set!

  ♥♥ On the dinner plate ♥♥

Left over Chinese from Sunday.  I love left over Chinese!

  ♥♥ On my reading pile ♥♥

7 Feasts Bible Study on the 7 feasts of Israel

The Minor Prophets

♥♥On my TV this week ♥ ♥ 

I love last night’s All Things Great and Small!   Now that the Christmas movies are basically over,, I am not sure what to watch.of course, if I cannot find anything of interest, I do have my favorite Hallmark movies taped on the tv! 

♥♥ From the camera ♥ ♥

A few of my drawings in my nature journal..  mainly about birds that come to our feeder..

These were the first  birds I sketched into my journal that I started  back in August.  I’m not that great, But I do enjoy it so very much!

♥♥ To Do List ♥ 

Stay on top of the housework 

Plan healthy dinners

 Work on my 7 Feasts  homework

Do my Bible reading

 Go to an End Time Biblical Prophetic class

Work on my journal

 Correspondence

  ♥♥ Favorite Vlog ♥♥

My husband and I found this very important video for our time.  So I am sharing for you to have an opportunity to choose to watch or not! I do not  know why the blog is showing a Christmas decor, when the item is supposed to be Pastor Jack Hibbs post on the 2024 War.

     ♥ ♥  A Good Word ♥ ♥ 

Friday Fave Five

Hosted by Suzanne.

This is my first post here in the new year.After a very rocky end to 2023, I look forward to 2024 with great expectation. 

First of all, I am very thankful to have the kidney stone behind me. Thank you, Lord, it wasn’t nearly as bad as I feared.  Oh, it was painful in the beginning,  but very manageable there after. I am extremely thankful to have that temporary paralysis behind me, as well. Both of these things happened the week of Christmas and took me by storm.  But God is so good.  He uses these kinds of things to teach  us about his faithfulness, and , I think, to build us up in faith to prepare us for what may befall us in times to come. But what I mean is, learning to trust Him and never doubt His love and His faithfulness He will see us through!

I am extremely thankful to be feeling better, and was able to get out yesterday to go to my prayer sister’s luncheon and prayer time.We meet twice a month and it is so wonderful to lift up each other’s prayer needs, and to pray for what is happening in our nation and world.  Plus, just getting out and walking more really showed me that I do need to walk more.  I have so much to learn just about being in my 70’s now and even though I feel like

resting more, I’ve got to MOVE.

I am excited and glad I’m feeling better, because now that I am the Bereavement coordinator I need to always be on the ready! I haven’t had an assignment yet, but thought I might be called up last week when a precious lady from  church passed and I was awaiting a call to action. But the family was too small to desire a church meal following the service, so I was given a reprieve, but since I  was feeling better I decided to do a bit of scavaging. I had noticed our church had very little items for ‘decorating the dining tables in the fellowship hall. So I went around to a few Dollar Tree stores looking for items.   I was buying for 8 tables, and bought lovely candle votives, and a supply of tea lights, a beautiful crocheted  cloth,  perhaps a placemat , perfect for the center arrangement , and some other items to arrange around the votives, I understand there is a new and fully stocked store nearby. I look forward to checking them out as well!  Just knowing that I accomplished this task in preparedness makes me happy knowing  I am ready to jump in when the call comes!

I am so thankful that I was led last summer to start Weight Watchers. I should have done it decades ago, but it was expensive and My heart wasn’t truly in it then so .I just gave up. Now  it was a last ditch effort to lose the weight. So I have lost 40 pounds and have another 40 I could lose, but I am  so thankful.  I have gone down 5 sizes.   My clothes and drawers are much more manageable and I am so much happier. Being so focused on eating correctly and tracking my foods everyday has 

changed my heart toward food. Yesterday at prayer time it felt so good to turn down foods 

I used to crave,  I had no desire for chips, cookies, even the crescent .   I just ate the chicken salad inside. Praise, you Father, so much for which to be thankful!

Lastly, I am so grate for my dear husband. I do not give him as much credit as he sorely deserves. I am afraid that often take him for granted, but he does so much around our home to help me.   I cannot carry anything to the basement. It is all I can do to carry myself up and down stairs! And at that, .I must be extremely careful! But he does all the laundry every week, he is Johnny on the spot every morning with my yogurt and coffee!  He does  all the yard work, and we have a massive yard with many oak trees. He does a million other little things for me, and .in my stupor I can be unsupportive. But I am so truly thankful for his unwavering goodness, and I am, also, thankful that I am more able to do tasks  around the house which I know makes him very happy, too. I love our home, but I’m getting more and more wishing we had a patio home. 

Winterizing our Living Room

  So as I stated above I started with the  mantel and  after viewing all the fun items  on sale  I  knew I needed that triple set of  candle holders.. something a bit rustic,  yet  goes well with  our decor.  Of course, I had to use my  battery candles  for safety sake..  

I really wanted a fantastic wintry throw and this faux minx  was perfect.  

It is so luxurious and  you can see how thick and  fabulous it is...I most definitely love cuddling up in it on these windy, frigid dayS!

Next year, I may  purchase  a couple of  furry pillows,  but I am not missing them this year..  Actually,  that is all I purchased new,  but  I love my throws, so why not use them all around the room!

They do sort of tone down the printed upholstery that detracts from  my winter theme!!!  Below, I  decided to remove  all the  Christmas colors from my seasonal tree and keep only the white to keep with the snowy theme!  I love to decorate this tree by the seasons. I won't be long will my valentine items will adorn it!!!

I love these balls together and I usually Keep the   blue ones out all year so the addition of the  white makes  an interesting contrast!  And it  goes well with my  balsam sachet I got in Massachusetts!!

  And, of course,  our Christmas plants still need a sunny window!   My Christmas cactus,  nestled in  the  frosty wreath, 

...and the philodendron nestled up to the vibrant   poinsettia!  I mean they still are winter!!!

Tuesday 4

 

Food and Health

Hosted by Annie!

 Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4....

How we eat, drink and exercise are important to our health. Let's talk about it.

1. Do you believe you eat a healthy diet and what makes it healthy?I have been a faithful dieter on Weight Watchers since mid May of last year. I have steadily and slowly lost pounds 40 pounds eating limited amounts of foods from the food groups.  I eat lots of fruits, veggies, and mostly grilled chicken. I do not get into chicken bacon etc.  To me, yuck! I will actually eat a strip of crisp bacon perhaps once a week. I try to incorporate items I enjoy including Chinese and Mexican meals so .I know I can stay in this diet to hopefully lose another 30-40 pounds. I saw the doctor today and my blood work showed all good news! 

2. What sort of drinks do you have with meals or between meals. Does it include enough water?I drink mostly water,8 glasses, or Arizona Ginsing Tea (diet).. I refuse to drink diet drinks. Over the holidays I did enjoy a few cups of mulled cider and a small glass of egg nog.  It didn’t deter my diet.

3. Do you enjoy snacks throughout the day and what kind do you enjoy? I can have 3 3/4 cups of skinny popcorn a day. That really takes away my craving for salty  snacks. I enjoy sugar free Worthers candy as a sweet treat.

4. How do you make sure you get enough vitamins and minerals in your diet? I do take a multivitamin, as well as, some other supplements  every day, 

(Eye vitamin, vit D, etc)