Thankful Thursday

Despite it being rainy and dreary outside today, I am choosing to be thankful.
1. For being indoors and staying warm and dry.

2. For a job that pays well and allows me to occupy my time as I choose when I am not busy.

3. For friends and family.

4. Thankful that I have a wonderful chiropractor that is going to make me feel better soon!

5. That my dear hubby has consented and willingly agreed to an Alaskan cruise next Aug. WhooHoo! We have never flown anywhere, never taken an extended vacation, never cruised on a ship, and I still can't believe it's going to happen! Thankful I tell ya!

It's a coming

The holidays will be upon us soon. I've been thinking about getting started on gift shopping. Ugh...not my favorite things to do. You see, I'm a get in and get out as quickly as possible kind of gal. Never had the money to shop and certainly not the desire to look if I had to then deny myself.

So gift shopping isn't all that fun. I really struggle with purchasing things for myself let alone others. And being mom, well you are pretty much responsible for making everyone's holiday a good one. At least that's how I feel. I ask for wish lists from everyone. I try to do it in one , maybe two trips to one of the bigger towns in the area. The closest is 55 miles away and the big one is 2 1/4 hours away. So you better have your lists, know where you want to go and hope things are stocked. I have done some shopping online in the past.

I need an attitude adjustment before I start this year.How about you?

He's coming home!

Guess who's coming home tonight? Well #3 is but he's bringing Cinch home!! I will love him and pet him, and brush him and hug him, and feed him and clean up after him, cuz he's special! I more than kinda missed him...

I kid you not!

It is snowing here...while someone I know is at the beach along the ocean..it is snowing here! Seriously people this is just WRONG! Avg temps here this time of year are near 50 and today??? 33 unbelievable degrees. At 4 pm. Just. Not. Right. AT. ALL.

Waiting for the smell to go away

Just waiting for the smell to finally go away. Darn skunk! Airing out the basement daily and it's pretty good downstairs. DH thinks the windows should be shut overnight in case the varment comes back. So in the morning it's quite strong again. Oh the joys of country living!

DD, A was home for the weekend. Good to have some activity in the house again. It was Son #1's 29th bday this past weekend. All of our boy's birthdays are this month. The 2 oldest are the same age for a couple of weeks each Sept. I do miss all the activity of 3 birthdays in one month.

So very grateful to have had the opportunity to have raised 4 great kids. It all has passed too quickly. Mind you there is lots I don't miss. Problems in school, fighting on the bus, illnesses, surgeries, worrying about oh so many things. But it was indeed a priveledge in many many ways.

Hope this isn't a sign of how my day is gonna go!

I awoke this morning to hubby running up the back steps through the garage. Hmmm... so I head to the basement to start to exercise. GREAT MOTHER OF PEARLS!!!! DH saw a skunk in the basement window,it was startled and sprayed. The window was closed. The stench is unbearable. We're not talking the average, "oh is that stinky" road kill that we pass smell. It's an all out nauseating, I can taste it, make it stop!, gag me, reeking mess.

Hubby didn't even get a shot off to kill it. The house is nasty! So I head off to work. The older van is in the driveway....and the battery is dead. Ugh! Luckily it coasted off the driveway and I could get the good van out of the garage. I wanna go back to bed! No scratch that it's way to smelly!

It can only get better from here, it can only get better form here, it can only....

Just passing through

I have been gone so long from blogging that I feel as if I'm just passing through these days to blog walk awhile. Work is non existent, as in, I'm here but there's not much to do. Makes for very long days.

I had a lovely few weeks of summer and can't believe it's over. The temps were unseasonably cool this year. Had a week off from work and visited son #1 and his wife. It was a good time. Got to take in the Farmers Market in downtown Minneapolis. That was really interesting. So much to see! They took us to a tiny restaurant that was featured on Diners, Drive ins and Dives. Fun. And we spent a day at the Mn State Fair. Great googly moogly were there ever people there! They set a record with 1.8 million, yes million people taking in the fair. I saw enough crowds to last me a long time! Living out on the prairie, you don't ever experience that. Thank. Goodness.

Got home and canned a case of Colorado peaches, picked 20 doz ears of sweet corn, froze 8 doz cut off the cob, hubby took the rest to daughter in law #2. That was all in one day and I was whopped. We then packed up the camper and headed out to our favorite nearby lake for Labor Day weekend. It was cool but pleasant. Our daughter A was able to spend a few days with us as was son #2 and his wife.

Our garden is nearing an end. Kind of tired of zucchini to tell you the truth. Every yr Hubby says not to plant more than one hill. "What if it doesn't come up," I say. So I plant 3...dumb, dumb, dumb.

Fall is making an appearance. Wish the darn mosquitoes would go away. Ahh, yes they will...and then the snow will appear. Careful whatcha wish for.