Sunday Morning Coffee Share. 10-27-2024

Happy Sunday!! How is your weekend going? Come in and let’s share a nice hot coffee or tea or whatever you would like to drink. I bought this “Wicked” mug a few weeks ago when I was on Sister Trip. I thought it was appropriate with Halloween coming up.

What have I been up to you ask? Well I took a long weekend off from work. My husband was off and we decided to go car shopping. Of course you know that usually means you will find a car to bring home. And we did. I have been needing a new car for a while and have been putting it off. I just hate the whole dickering back and forth with the dealership trying to come to an agreement. But we did it and came home with a car for me. I am loving it. Still getting familiar with it.

Work was a little quieter last week. I didn’t do a lot otherwise. I did get to early vote.

I finished a cap I was knitting. It actually worked up really fast. I was using size 11 circular needles and chunky yarn. I added a fluffy ball to the top.

I have also been decoupaging some pumpkins I bought at Hobby Lobby last week. I have decoupaged some smaller ones before. These are a little bigger and I should have them finished tonight. After they dry I will show you what they look like. I think they will fit in with Thanksgiving decor as well.

I know it looks really messy but if you have decoupaged anything before you know it looks completely different when it dries.

What am I reading? I am reading this book by Ina Garten, Be Ready When The Luck Happens. Ina is one of my favorite chefs of all time. I love to watch her show. This book is about her life and how she got started with her shop and then show, The Barefoot Contessa. So far it is really good.

It seems like almost overnight the leaves are finally starting to change color.

I took this picture yesterday. This is at the top of our driveway. Just after this it started raining.

What am I celebrating? Well National Black Cat Day of course. And I leave you with this picture of our sweet Sadie. She has brought us a lot of luck since she arrived. We call her shady Sadie because she is always into something.

Shady Sadie.

I have so enjoyed our time together. Please come again soon. Until next time.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!

Hello Monday

Hello and happy Monday!!! How was your week and your weekend? I have been a bit under the weather. I am not sure what is going on. I think it is just that I haven’t been getting enough rest. Also a change in the temperature always gives me some sinus issues. I am feeling better today and I honestly think it was just the fact that I returned from my Wisconsin/Minnesota trip and went right back to work. We had a big week at work last week. We had some filming done for commercial and promotional footage and it was a lot to prepare for. It was a bit exhausting.

It was exciting to see our cave lit up like this. I can’t wait to see all the footage. They even took a drone inside the cave.

Last Saturday we celebrated my brother and sister-in-law’s 50th wedding anniversary. It was very nice. My two nieces planned everything and had it at my nieces’ church in the sanctuary. It was supposed to be a surprise but I think they sort of figured it out when they drove them to the church instead of out to eat. We had a great time catching up with friends and family. I was supposed to make the wedding cake but I realized a few weeks ago that the anniversary party fell the day after I returned from my Wisconsin trip. I knew I just couldn’t put a huge cake together in less than a day. They bought one somewhere else and it was yummy. They did a great job with everything.

It’s hard to believe these two have been married for 50 years. I think ii was in Jr Hi when they got married.

Yesterday we celebrated my nephew’s, well my great nephew actually, 21st Birthday. A milestone birthday so we had to celebrate although, who am I kidding we celebrate anything. We had the party at my sister’s house. My nephew Chris did most of the cooking on the grill. We brought some sides and had a feast. My sister just got a new dog baby and he is precious. He only weighs three pounds and will only be about seven our eight pounds when he is full grown. His name is Cooper, and I will admit I tried to smuggle him out of the house in my purse. It was such a fun day.

Birthday Boy, Caleb holding his sweatshirt I got him when I went through Chicago last week.
Sorry about the blurry picture but this guy would not stop wiggling. He loves people and wants to be in the middle of everything.

Today I felt much better when I went to work. Work has slowed down a tiny bit. The weather is cooler and so nice, especially early mornings and late afternoon. the leaves are changing colors but not a lot and not very fast. The weather here had been fairly dry until a few weeks ago and the leaves need more moisture to turn those beautiful colors.

The trees with yellow leaves are my favorite.
We also had our first frost last week. It was beautiful.

So that has been me for the last week. I have been listening to a great audio book. Olive Kitteridge written by Elizabeth Strout. I just finished it and found the second one, Olive Again, there is also a mini series on Max. Olive Kitteridge. The mini series follows the book and I am hoping for a second season. Only four episodes in the first season. Olive lives in Crosby Maine. The books are Almost like short stories but all of them weave Olive into them. I have loved them and now I am almost finished with the second one. At first I didn’t like Olive but now I love her. She is outspoken and tough but she can be so kind and she believes in treating everyone equally.

So other than work, housework, taking care of hubs and the kitties that is what I have been doing. Thankfully my traveling is over for a few months. That makes me very happy.

What have you been up to? I am sorry if I have neglected your blog posts. I love reading all of them and can’t wait to catch up.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!