Amazing!

This is the view from my living room window at 7:15 a.m. today.

Can't help but laugh!

At the moment, my son is sitting in the floor with a fuzzy ball cat toy, a piece of string, our dog and one of our cats. His first idea was to tie the cat toy to the cat's tail, so the cat would chase it. His next idea was to tie the toy to the dog's tail so the cat would chase the dog. How far do I let this go? When should I intervene? It's just too funny the way his mind works. And kind of scarey too!

I MISS...

...MY FRIENDS! :-(

Creativity at it's Best

Here's a pic of what my son created out of an old deer feeder and an old car stereo. He has asked me to start buying old kitchen appliances at thrift stores so he can take them apart and make new creations! Will let you know when his first "showing" will be.

Friends and Words

"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away." ---George Elliot

Carrying the Mail!

Well, I've had a short stint with the USPS and let me tell you, it's not what I expected. I now have a great appreciation of our rural mail carriers and the postal industry in general. Here's a few things I wanted to pass on to you:

1) Cancel your junk mail, catalogs, etc. Anything you can do to lessen your mail carriers load will be greatly appreciated.

2) Tip your mail carrier periodically, not just at Christmas. Let him/her know that you appreciate them.

3) When addressing letters, write neatly and clearly.

4) If you get pkgs. on a regular basis, get a mailbox big enough to hold them. It's alot of extra work for the mail carrier to have to bring it to your door.

5) If you leave outgoing mail in your mailbox, make sure it has proper postage. And don't leave 41 pennies with your letter expecting the mail carrier to put the stamp on for you. (This happens on a regular basis on the route I had)

6) Do I need to say anything about dogs???

Enough said!

Blogs and such

I hate it when a blog that I read on a regular basis hasn't posted in awhile. Shame on me! I haven't posted anything on my blog for quite awhile. It's been a very busy summer...friends visiting, unexpected (but fun) trips out of town, gardening, lawn mowing, making pickles, canning tomatoes and tomato juice, freezing peaches, making grape juice, etc. etc. etc.

So, until I find something worthy to blog about and actually take the time to blog it, here's some of my favorite blogs for you to check out:

BECAUSE I SAID SO

Want Not

Money Rules, Debt Stinks!