I’m sorry, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted. We have had cold weather , rain, rain, and more rain, and now it’s finally feeling like fall. Crazy weather!!!
I thought I’d just put some odds and ends here, of things we’ve been doing. We have a vacation to Florida coming up next week. I’m a little iffy about going through Florida. Wasn’t the devastation awful??? And now we may be in for lots of rain, from the next Hurricane coming in through Mexico.
We are getting ready for Pledge Sunday, at our church. That will be next week. It will be the culmination of a month long campaign. Dick and I have been co-chairs, along with another couple, in manning the “Freely We Give, Freely We Receive” campaign. (Notice we’ve never said the actual word, PLEDGE.)
Our job, as co-chairs, was to stand up in the service, and talk about the different things, and rev up the people. The first Sunday, Dick talked about the Devotional Booklet. I was “Vanna White” and showed the booklet around. The next Sunday, Dick did the talking, and I was “The Opera Lady”, with my mink stole…Isn’t it GORGEOUS!!!…and I had a few quality items that I put in individual packages to hand out to the congregation for “Freely I Give”. This past Sunday, I talked about the Giving Card that they would be getting in the mail, and we also did a Stair step of giving units. Dick came out as “Ross Perot”, and brought out a huge chart to fill in. It was the first time he’d ever had hair gel in his hair, and we tried to make his ears stand out a bit. We haven’t figured out what we’ll do next week, but I’m sure it’ll be more serious, since it’s the culmination week.
It’s been fun having my two-year old grandson discovering Halloween. He’s kind of scared of some of the things, but he was really getting into getting some candy. We’ll go to a pumpkin place tomorrow. Yesterday, I joined him and his mother to go to Grapevine. We met my nephew and his girlfriend, and had lunch and wandered around. If you’ve never been to Grapevine, TX, you need to go!!! It’s a very happening place. They have the cutest little shops.
The weather was nice for a day. I found a beautiful butterfly in my garden. Then it was cold enough for a fire. Seemed like a good time to make chili.
What do you do, when it’s cooler and you’re feeling like it’s FALL?? I like to cook. Today I made a pumpkin pie. Nice to have the house smelling like fall, with pumpkin things, baked breads and cookies. Yummo. Because, truthfully, Texas doesn’t have a lot of cold weather.
I’m considering having a lady come and clean my house, once a month. She’s coming tomorrow to give me a price, or tell me it’s too gross and she won’t do it. I have lots of recommendations for her.
Bill, our 75 lb. black lab, has suddenly decided he’s a lap dog. It’s pretty funny. He barely fits, but he needs some lovin’ and scratchin’.
And finally, I want to show you my corn maze. Do you think you could make it through? LOL
How is your fall going? Do you celebrate Halloween? Will you dress up? Do you have a child or grandchild, or neighbor child to enjoy the holiday through their eyes? I firmly believe it’s a fun celebration to have fun dressing up and getting candy.
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Grandma Sherry