Hello all - hope you are all well. Today is another repeat day here in middle IN. Highs 70's, lows 50's, and looks to be so for at least the next week or more. It is truly amazing. I have blooms and baby peppers growing out there, and I still have a few green toms I left out there (underneath) that are growing. It has been dry and pretty much sunny. It is sure saving funds - no AC and no furnace needed. Windows get to open during middle day for fresh air - it is really a joyful thing.
This is the last post for October! Hard to believe.
Eight Fridays to shop before Christmas!!!!!! The ninth Friday is Christmas! YIKES!
Last week, when I had lunch with the old grade school friends, there are three of us that have birthdays just a few days apart. There was the 25th, 27th, and 29th. We all turned 72 and were some of the first of the class to do so, as we all started school later than most.
One day this week, I was talking to one of the gals, and she mentioned something kind of cool. We all started first grade together and went all 12 years of school together. BUT we were all born at the same hospital, and back then moms were kept 7-10 days, so we all started life in the same nursery at the same time as well! That is pretty amazing to me - and 72 years later, we are still hanging out together!
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TIME CHANGE - for those that have to - remember to change those clocks before going to bed Saturday night! I hate this so bad! It will get dark so much earlier and that sucks in my opinion. That is the worst part.
People that have pets or farm animals don't get a break. Those animals have no idea that the tick-tock clock changes - their internal clock doesn't.
My tip, that helps me - I do not change the clock in the bedroom for a while. I wake up, look at the clock and get up like normal (same with going to sleep). Now the other clocks will be different, but my sleep cycle seems to stay the same for a while, and I stay on the same schedule as the animals.
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CAT UPDATE
They are getting big! They still look little much of the time to me, but in truth they are getting big. Shoot McDreamy is bigger than momma Pip. I can tell her by her long skinny legs, but he is bigger otherwise (both are all black). They all love each other so much and goodness, do they play and play. They sure are happy to see me in the mornings and then in the evening for they get wet food! They have dry food out all day.
I swear they give my so much joy and happiness and make me smile no matter what.
They are all hunters - some better than others. They love to play in the bushes out back, and somehow manage to sit on top of them!
There are 3 others, that I didn't get a pic of - 2 black ones - McDreamy and Bash and then there is Patches (looks like Bitsy). Not counting Pip and of course old gal Momma. Momma comes and eats but spends her days and nights elsewhere (unless hanging out alone on the glider). I think she is just old and tired.
Patches, McDreamy and Smokey just love attention and want to be petted all the time. The others are cool with pets, but do not beg for them. Bash and Pip only let me pet when they are eating (this is new). Momma never.
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I will not be doing Halloween this year. I stopped a few years after Glen passed. I just didn't feel safe being all alone. You never know who is behind the mask, and some kiddos are big, so it just is scary for me. I kind of miss it, as I always got enjoyment from it, the kids were always so polite. I have noticed that hardly no one on the street turns on their lights anymore (we have a lot of elders). Very few kiddos around either. Have fun if you celebrate.
OK, I guess I am done being chatty. It is now 60*, that should be the normal high for the day - here it is morning.
Have a fun and lovely weekend, and I will post again in November!
Have a fantastic day all!!!!!!
I love all the cats. I miss not having a cat but until I get the travel bug out of me I will not get a cat. The last 1 1/2 years of my precious Pippi’s life I took her to the vet twice a week for fluids for her kidney failure. Some people learn to do it at home but being alone I felt I couldn’t do it. I could not leave her during that period but coincidentally much of her illness was during Covid so no travel anyway. (The vet techs came out to the parking lot to get her.)
ReplyDeleteI do not do Halloween either. Mom always wanted to do it so I would stay with her until it was over. Too dangerous alone. Not many kids in the neighborhood anyway. People say, “don’t open your door to strangers” all year but on Halloween they say “open your door!” Overall, I have never been a fan of Halloween and definitely do not decorate for it.
Found this morning that all of the cranberry-almond chicken salad I buy at Aldi were very out-of-date, October. 12. I’ve never seen that at Aldi. I told an Aldi lady stocking in an another area and she was thankful. I bought the “regular” chicken salad instead. I don’t pay strict attention to dates but a deli item with mayo that out-of-date, No. Barbara M.
I have always been a cat lover. Oh your sweet baby - that is sad, but you took such sweet care. I understand wanting to get the traveling out of your system. Pretty much everything I do, is scheduled around cats! That is my life. Thank you for being such a good mommy to Pippi.
DeleteYES, and then we always tell kids "don't take candy from strangers" and what do we do - send them knocking on doors! I did it as a youngster and it was fun, but times were different. Today it is just scary and not in a Halloween fashion.
Good that you found that and they rushed to remedy it. Had you bought it, Aldi is wonderful about replacing and giving it many times for free. Good for paying attention.
30 years ago we moved to a private street with no kids so no trick or treat here. Years ago we took the kids over to the neighborhood next to the elementary school to trick or treat. In our old neighborhood we didn't get a lot of kids. We lived in an older section where the owners had been there decades so not many kids. But still we had a few & I enjoyed it. Never afraid though it was just me and the kids most times. I don't know if I'd do it now since I'm older. That is a consideration.
ReplyDeleteI generally buy the Halloween candy the day after on clearance. I use it in baking. Last year I bought several bags of Hershey kisses for peanut butter blossom cookies. Some of the chocolate candies (like the mini candy bars) I chop up and use instead of chocolate chips. $2 a bag. I still have a bag or 2 left. I don't shop on Sunday so I'll miss that this year.
I noticed the cost of the bags of Halloween candy the other day. Wow.
We used to have hundreds of kids come for trick or treating - literally hundreds. Don't miss that. Being older and alone and I guess just the times. They are different.
DeleteA day or so SAM mentioned wanting to get baking stuff for the holidays and watching sales. I made mention of that to her, buy that after Halloween candy. It works great for baking.
I thought of buying a candy bar a few weeks back, and looked at the prices and about choked. All candy is so expensive.
Cheryl, love the cats! Kittens are one of God’s sweetest, cutest, joyful creations!We adopted 3 kittens to live indoors with us a couple months ago - what extravagance for me! A once in a lifetime opportunity. We have had as many as 5 cats in the house at a time.
ReplyDeleteWe do not get trick or treaters on our gravel lane in the country. That’s ok.
I am still thinking of the changes you made over the summer. What an inspiration! Thanks for sharing. Carol
I have always been a cat lover. Sweetest little gems God put on earth. Little fuzzy fun balls of fur. Thank you for adopting!!!!!!
DeleteGlad you can have a quiet evening.
Thanks Carol. I appreciate that. It just kind of happened, but I am loving the results!
Methinks that Smokey is saying, "Please let me in your house. I will be good and keep your feet warm." Just look at that face. Erin had a beautiful grey cat called Hannibal, looks similar to Smokey. His coat is like velvet.
ReplyDeleteDon't take this as a political remark, but if Congress had gotten off their collective over-stuffed behinds, they could have passed the bill to eliminate the daylight saving debacle. That's a good point about the bedroom clock.
Our neighborhood is an older one so we haven't had many kids come by. We don't observe the day because of spiritual beliefs.
We bought two 3.5 pound packages of 80/20 hamburger at Meijer for $7.61 apiece. Thought that was a good deal! I'm going to make a meatloaf today, cook some for the dog (dog food is expensive!), and cook up the rest for the freezer.
That is so cool about your classmates and the friendship you have shared all these years!
Saved your poster to my Quotes board on Pinterest.
See you next month!
Me thinks the same thing! Bits would not be a happy camper. I love the gray cats - they are always so pretty.
DeleteYes, IN did nothing to stop the time mess, several states have changed. The clock thing works for me.
Lots of people don't observe the day. My MIL never did. I just have always figured the kids get a night a fun, and I avoid the rest.
What a great price on the meat! Meatloaf sounds good. Pet food is expensive! I spend more on animal food than mine!
Funny how things work, we have actually had time together since the days of our births! Fun.
Next month for sure!