A little bit of everything.


We had a good weekend - the garage sale was pretty successful, I got a long letter out to Stephen, had several things going on at church this morning and managed to be where I was supposed to be WHEN I was supposed to be: Church Council meeting; sang in the choir; Sunday School - not many kids today so the classes combined and sat out in the sunshine playing Bible trivia. Teachers against the kids - teachers won by one point...whew! That was close!
Home to a quick lunch and then we closed up the garage sale and went to an RV show. Gorgeous day in Western NY. We went to one of our favorite restarants for a quick supper and then stopped for ice cream on the way home...figured it was better for us than pie from the restaurant. Ok, whatever. :-) But it sure tasted good.
Fall is in full radiant color here in Western NY - the crisp fall air filling our nostrils with one of my favorite smells. Two years ago we had the October Surprise storm - an ice and snow storm that left us without power for days and some for weeks. The old trees that lined Delaware Avenue in Buffalo were asked to carry the burden of ice and snow and leaves, and couldn't. The arch that motorists once drove under now is missing in many areas. Many of them were lost, and are still not all completely cleaned up in the park and the cemetary in the surrounding neighborhood.
We've heard that this will be a rough winter here. Kasey will have plenty of snow to play in - now he just has to find the person who is going to go down the hill on the sled with him. Something tells me it's going to be me...grandpa doesn't do that anymore. Then Grandpa is going to have to pay for my new boots. We also need to buy Kasey some snow pants and a warm jacket. He has a nice warm scarf I knitted for him a couple of years ago that I hope Laurie has sent. Otherwise, I'll just have to knit him another. We'll go shopping together for the yarn so he can pick out the color. And then he can watch it take shape as I knit it.
And so, tomorrow Ron will pack away the things that have been in the garage most of the summer for our various garage sales - making room for the car. The next (and, praying, the last) garage sale will be in the spring.
Laurie and Stephen and Kasey spoke to each other and saw each other over the weekend on their computers. THIS news made my whole weekend. I need to look into this sound thing for our computers so Kasey and Stephen and Laurie can see each other online while Kasey is here.
Another week begins tomorrow - they all seem to be going so quickly. But I am ready for it - as ready as can be.
Hope it's a blessed week for all of you.
God bless our troops!