Monday, good morning sunshine!

Monday, another beautiful day out in the 'boonies'... The weekend was simply gorgeous, a little warmer than normal and some rain showers - a perfect break before beginning another week. One week from Thursday is T- Day, our youngest daughter is flying in this Friday from Portland, Maine for the Thanksgiving holiday. This is a first in a long while; normally, the girls gather with us at Mill Run for Christmas, but it will be a Thanksgiving feast this holiday season. We are hoping it will be less stressful and less hustle and bustle. We will decorate the Christmas tree Thanksgiving weekend and get the Christmas decorations out, which will give a longer time to enjoy them! It seems we have put it off in the past and would be trying to decorate the day before Christmas! Not good for the blood pressure or the family dynamics... My favorite hunter, my hubby, had a good weekend with his huntin' buddies. He and one other buddy bagged a deer on Friday, so the weekend was successful! If you are wondering if the photo above was taken on the farm (my hubby wishes it was!), no, it was not, but I am sure this is the vision dancing in my hunter hubby's head! For those pondering why I haven't gushed about my graduation from AIU - a 'slight' glitch in my academic plan - internet hell and not getting assignments completed and submitted by Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 11::59:59 pm, CST soooooo, I am still in MGT485... with a new completion date in December.. Sure, I am disappointed, but God's plan is my plan and I am at peace with the delay. My new professor is very good and extremely funny! A nice change from the previous one. I hope your Monday will be filled with Thanksgiving plans and thoughts. Be safe and remember... "Y'all come back, ya' hear!"

Friday the Thirteenth...

Today was Friday the Thirteenth. I am not superstitious, but ... knowing it, does make me stop, listen, look over my shoulder, and then hurry to where ever I am going! Why? I am not quite sure, probably because you hear the tall tales and see the people who are superstitious go through their rituals. It may be that Halloween was only a couple of weeks ago. It could be the current state of our world - poor economy, unemployment rising, older folks worrying, a tenseness in the air - but, I am not superstitious! Yesterday was my birthday. I am now sixty... it was not that long ago that I would have said sixty was OLD. Well, not anymore! I am a believer now - you are only as old/young as you feel. To be sixty feels pretty darn good on Friday the Thirteenth. I bet you wondered how I was going to connect those two thoughts, didn't you? My girlfriend turned sixty the day before I did. We celebrated today with a yummy lunch at Applebees and a coffee at Starbucks. It was a nice birthday. Sixty may be all right after all. Oh my, 1:00 AM ... and still, much to do before I can sleep. I hope you have a great weekend! Remember, "Y'all come back, ya' hear"