A beautiful and sunshiny day again today. Of course I got things done yesterday, but nothing I planned on doing. That is the way it goes some days. 

Gratitude, I have found a door to replace the one on the garage. It has more rust than anything else so it will be good to get it replaced. 

I have a folder that I  put posts in daily for the 'blog'. It has more posts than I put up.  I now look at the folder and say "which ones are needed today?" and go from there. That last one I am wondering who photoshopped it and why. That little circle on her arm means it was changed. I still love the post but I am hoping no one took off the credits. I don't like it when people do that. Whoever made it deserved to be recognized. I spend 2-3 hours a day working just my 2 pages. Yesterday afternoon I stopped for a break, decided to make a few posts and almost 3 1/2 hours later I stopped. It also means I ate dinner around 8 pm. Those who make up posts spend a lot of time doing so. Their effort should not be tampered with. Sigh. Oh well.

Getting me back on track!

What a beautiful closing thought! Have a wonderful day!!

 

 Beautiful out today!!

The sun is shining and I am almost done and can go out and get to work. Finally, a day of sunshine. I don't mind the rainy days but prefer them when I have my work done outside. :) 

I did get the 2nd coat on the deck. Yeah!! Wood is pretty well in. Yeah!! Any that comes now will be just set aside for future winter. I am also looking at a wood cook stove to replace my wood stove. Would be so nice to just have a pot of coffee on the back and some nice pot of stew, chili or soup bubbling away for dinner. I do miss that.

I know I am blessed. I am so thankful for all I have and for those who have helped me this summer. I  hope blessings come to everyone of those people!

Unfortunately there is just so much violence, hatred, anger just floating around everywhere. It would be so nice to return to days of more peace, happiness, joy and forgiveness. 

I watched a movie for the 2nd time yesterday.  War Room. Is an awesome movie and reminded me of the sermon from 3 1/2 weeks ago, on 15 minutes a day of silence, prayer and listening. I wanted to watch it again before I lend it to a friend. But the above post reminded me of that whole thing. Let it go. Let God. 

You all have a glorious day, regardless of your weather. Let it go... and watch something beautiful grow in its place. 

 Rainy and dreary looking at a day to relax. 

It is one of those days again.  I think it is a great day to do some things around the house and relax a bit. As soon as the sun comes out tomorrow I will be busy again outside. 

Thanks to Andrea Reiser.com for this post!

https://www.facebook.com/perfectionisnotrequired

Thank you!

thank you to My Day My Way for the above post

I know this weather really causes people to become more depressed. No sunshine, cooler weather marking the end of summer and rain. Hard to believe that summer is almost over and it is time to start putting the garden to bed in spots. Add that to my list of things to do!

You have a wonderful Tuesday, regardless of the rain. 

PS... I just found when going in to start today's post I did not publish this one yesterday. OOPS!!

Sun is shining!

Beautiful day today. Time to go out and work on the next things on the list to be done. It feels great to be a bit 'ahead of things' this year. 

Hence the list!! Maybe someday I will modern enough to have a cell phone and reminders on that. 

I had a good laugh this morning while going through comments on one of my pages. It felt good. We all need to appreciate those who do make us smile and bring joy into our lives!!  

I think this is when we worry the most. When we have no control over what is happening around us or to us. The above posts is to remind us that we need not to worry when that happens. Well, at least to try not to!

We have a new week ahead of us and let us start it on a positive note. 

 

School is starting back very soon!

Thank you to Lunasea Tarot and Magick for this post. 

I know the schools are starting up, my daughter works in one in Traverse City and she went back last Tuesday. Getting packets ready, offices and rooms ready for the students. I am sure it is different everywhere but it is the end of summer and with fall coming, you also know so is school.

I was grateful this morning seeing the sun shining and a nice day ahead. It allowed me to finish the deck that had been waiting with all the rain. It was cool enough for working and good sunshine for drying. Now that it is done, it is time to go to the next item on the 'to do' list. I keep it next to my place at the table. Often while I am eating/reading my mind will think about what needs to get done. That way I can just jot it down and now worry about it being overlooked. 

It was a good sermon yesterday at mass. In a roundabout way on forgiveness. Some of his examples stuck. Would you stop eating fruit because you got an apple with a worm? Would you stop dating if you had a bad date? Never get another pet if the one you had was a bad pet? Just because of a bad experience with something/someone you don't just walk away. There was much more but not needed here. 

Thank you to TobyMac, Speak Life for the above post.

I hope your day is going well! Be grateful for what you have and stay on the path of forgiveness.  Peace be with you today!

 Good Morning/Afternoon (since it is just noon)

I am really slow today. Dragging is more like it. I slept in, moving slow and searching for energy and inspiration.

With the rain and cooler weather, I am thinking more of wrapping up the garden soon, more canning, what I have to get before winter, but really? The rest winter brings to do things like needlework, painting, puzzles, reading, RELAXING!

I am tired. I guess at 70 it doesn't take as much as it used to to make me that way, but it has been a really busy summer. 

Hope you have a great day even without great weather!! 

Getting it done.

Well, Wednesday was 16 pints of corn canned. Yesterday was 16 pints of mixed veggies canned.  All but one jar sealed. Guess I will just freeze that pint of veggies for later. Will freeze some peaches today. I don't like the texture canned. 

I remember why I didn't keep up the blog daily. It is REALLY difficult to decide what to say.  I watched a video clip this morning on someone discussing their depression. WOW, could I relate to all he said. Suddenly you realize you are in a funk and wonder how to get out of it. After all these years I have learned that mine is either 2 things.  Shut down because the brain is tired of dealing with ADD (no H) and the other is lack of sunlight. (SADD) Guess it is time to look at the posts I have waiting to see what theme we are going with today!

Thanks to Dr.Heidi Green for this post. It is true, I had therapy when younger, sometimes you feel better, sometimes you don't. Depends on which layer was peeled back and exposed to deal with that time. Looking back though, it did help with a lot of issues.

Nature is therapy in itself for many people. We are called back to it. I feel bad for those in the city as they don't get much... I had to go to the parks in Paris when living in France for some nature. Still, it wasn't the same. I think that is why there are so many flower shops there, you can at least bring  some nature and beauty into your home.

Thank you to Rebel Thriver. 

Everyone's feelings are valid to them. That post is so true. They also don't necessarily want answers to how to feel better, they want just to be heard. Sometimes just speaking allows the person to figure out their own problems. If not, they can feel they were heard and  understood.

Thank you to AB-Writer for this post!

Today is wood, doing a batch of cookies and lets not forget freezing peaches...depending on the rain what gets done. You have a beautiful Friday even if the weather is bad!

Acceptance

 I believe it was last Thursday that I talked about patterns and looking back. Someone stopped by last night asking for a ride to church for a bit. I said yes, knowing it was something I was supposed to do.  Afterwards I realized I am being pushed in the direction I am supposed to be going. I have been feeling the push, just digging my heels in and resisting a bit. No sense, I realize that now. I am supposed to be going in the direction I am being 'led' (pushed). Laughing to myself. 

This is so difficult for the young to realize. Now I admire those with the strength to realize it and stand up strong against the tide. 

Thank you to Positive You USA for this post.

Wishing you a good morning and a good day!

 

 Let it go!!

We acquire. We buy, get given, find, make, but we still acquire. We get more storage places inside, outside, rent... and still we acquire. We will need it, use it later, holds memories... and still we acquire. We spend most of our lives getting, only at the end to realize how much 'stuff' we have we don't need as we trip over it and now have to get rid of it because our kids don't want it. How often have we heard "you can't take it with you?" only to still acquire?  I am in the getting rid of stage, but still I get things. Much less than I did when younger, but there is always something. We own it but it overwhelms and owns us.

True. I think that is why so many of the same, but different posts are put up on Smoothing, both here and on FB. You can say the same thing many different ways, with different photos and maybe one will catch someone's eye and they stop and read it, share it, think... oh, that is me and I need to remember that. 

I love this one. Thank you to Heartfelt. I do a lot of thinking while I am splitting and stacking wood. Or, like later this morning, taking corn off the cobs to can it. Those repetitive things which give you lots of time to think about things. Some people have to go to the middle of nowhere, with lots of silence to find themselves. Each of us is different yet all the same.

Thank you to Peace, Love and Coffee for this post!

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!!