It's Time For Another Change

Wonder what will be the direction the Nation takes now? And, how soon? Elections always bring about changes. No matter which way you voted, my belief is that the good Lord allows people to be voted into position for a reason. I'm just going to have to hope that we're not going to be a cautionary tale in the history books. As I frequently think after an election. LOL

So...now what? How many of your beliefs will be upheld by those in power soon, and how many will be jettisoned as backward ideas, narrow mindedness, or politically incorrect? Guess it's still to be seen.....life is always interesting....sometimes scary, sometimes exciting, but almost always interesting.

Time for the Rush to Begin!!

Today's the day that begins the frantic rush through Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. I'm a procrastinator that's attempting to reform my attitudes on this and that's why the term frantic rush is used. I'll be attempting to get my butt up from where ever and get some of these home blessing activities done before the first batch of guests come through the house.

Wish me luck!! I'm sooooo not good at achieving early results...I'm a master at last minute frenzied deep cleaning!! LOL I'd rather have the leisurely route this year through this trip....better go....work at the bookstore also has to fit into this...and, it's time to get there.

Sunday musings

Yesterday was a totally mismanaged day...the evening and night went much better. Today, I've been working on laundry again and working through posts, too. I'm planning on getting offline soon and getting cleaned up and out onto the road toward Mt.Sterling. I figure I might actually go down to the Court Days and see if anything interesting is happening...this article was written in the '60's which is how I remember it being. Someone wrote an update at the bottom, but it doesn't do a good job of describing how it's degenerated into the commercialized mess it is of the last few years. http://www.mtsterling.com/courtday.htm There's discussion of an area of the next county over holding the type of festival this used to be...I've not been there, but am seriously tempted to go check it out for myself. Word had it that the wait to park was over an hour...just to be able to park!! ackk! I'm so not that patient. Though...the newspaper had a photo of a woman that was selling canned goods, both veggies and other food items....since I no longer can, the idea of having some fresh, home canned items sure is appealing!! Rattlesnake beans...that's what caught my eye!! LOL Figure heirloom beans have to be better than what you find at Kroger's or Meijers!!!

I was scheduled to meet with my sister today to walk around....sort of taking advantage of the opportunity to have a sister's outing. But...word has it that she's thinking I'm not going to go with her!! Talk about miscommunication!! So...will head over...give her a call at home before trying her cell phone...and see what happens. I do know she's already been over there both Friday afternoon and Saturday...so, she might be finished. ugh...hate it when our conversations get misconstrued....typical from our age difference, I guess? Listening skills aren't our forte....getting old and muddled. I'll blame her first for that one! LOL After all...if you can't blame your big sis for something...who can you blame????!!

OH...and, Jon put some new pictures onto Flickr of Melanie and the kids....Love it when he does this!! Too bad babies are designed to grow up...because each of the kids have been so cute in this stage....and, now that little Marie is certainly a shining example of cuteness!! She's got "Angel Baby" down, though her mischievous side is taking over!! LOL

The other ages also have their appeal...Xander has the goofy kid look down pat...it's not just a kid look...it's a boy look. They do something with their mouths and arms and hands that just turns them into goofballs!! So funny!! Though...when he's calmed down he's so handsome it blows me away.

The twins also captivate me...they're growing way too quickly. No longer are they babies...or, toddlers. Their big girl expressions are priceless!! Seems like Jon captures Greta in repose more often than Grace, but either are beautiful when he does. Grace has an exuberance that's irresistible and Greta's face when tickled is such a contrast from when she's still. These young ladies have such potential to be heart breakers...the best of the sense of that phrase...so many young men will find themselves captured while they can't all be kept! LOL Sure hope to witness a bit of this....life goes so quickly, though...and, I'm not a young woman anymore. Nor, am I particularly healthy. Whatever...the Lord knows what he's doing, and my prayer daily is that He reigns in their lives.

Oh well...going to get off now and get myself gone!!

Playing Instead of Working

I should be working on getting a veggie tray ready for a party tonight...but, I'm not even out of my jammies yet...ARGH! Playing on here is time consuming!! But, I do like my new Halloweeny Wallpaper...It's not too scary and just about right. Much more fun than grocery shopping or cutting veggies...and, yeah...I'll probably do it by hand than buy a pre-made tray....taste is so much better!!

OK...dryer just went off...time to get myself motivated and off here for awhile....might be back before I leave, just to see if I've accomplished anything of note.....or, might not...

Rambling Thoughts #2

I'm so far behind in my blogging!! Lots of things have happened...including another family reunion where Scott's side all got together. Odd thing...they all acted like this was a restaurant...eat, get up and leave...clean up someone other's problem....sigh...guess who was that someone else?!! Not much visiting done, either...I can remember back when they'd stay for most of the afternoon and enjoy each other's company...catching up on the news.



I've been working all week. I'm looking forward to getting back to a more normal schedule. Not like I'm actually going to use the time wisely, but at least I'd have the option.



OK...am boring myself...guess I'll get off here and go clean up the kitchen and then head out to find a congratulations banner to put up at the store in honor of my boss's dog doing so well at the show this week. She came in 3rd over all the other dogs in the show....Friday she took the whole class finishing her championship...which I can't come up with the name of that win...but with yesterday's win she was named Best of Winners meaning she beat all the non-champions there...over 170 dogs. So...thought I'd find a banner or balloons or something to commemorate her win and put it up so it'll be there on Monday morning before the boss opens.



OK...that's it...enough...

Sunday

Sunday the remnants of Hurricane Ike came through our area of the nation...the wind was blowing, crazily kicking up all sorts of debris and knocking anything off trees that could be dislodged....also off of any homes or businesses, too. The gusts were reported as being up to 75mph in the Louisville area, I'm not sure what central KY received, but trees were blown over along with anything else not heavy enough to resist. Electricity was out in many areas of the state and now the crews that had gone south to help with storm related victims had to be called back home to do repairs here. I heard something along the lines of calls for help from neighboring states had been denied...interesting.

The reunion went well. Things here at home conspired to cause us to be running about 15min late, but it worked out as no one had been on the ball there with beginning on time, either. As usual the food was excellent...the variety was not as good as I'd like to see, but well enough that if you walked away hungry, it was your own fault. Many of my favorite elder members of the family were in attendance...two of my older cousins and my uncle and aunt were also in attendance this year, too(some years they don't)...and I missed out on quality visiting time with them because they left soon after eating. I forgot totally about the camera and taking photos....I think Scott deliberately didn't bring it inside as he gets tired of being the designated photographer. My opinion is he should be happy to be the designated anything. But, that's my grumpy side showing. Bad wife!! Bad!

Two of my nieces came with their kids. One was frazzled by trying to deal with her youngest, the other wasn't phased by anything and let other people enjoy the company of her kids!! LOL Nicky sat beside me...he's 10(11?)now and a decent conversationalist. His newest phase is collecting Army memborabilia...sigh...not sure I'm really comfortable with this, but things could be worse. This was my first time to see little Abby since she was a couple weeks old...she's the same age as Marie...right over 13months old. Adorable little girl. She didn't have much to say but was content to be passed around and talked to. She snuggled right in with me...laying her head against me....not so much as if she were tired...more like I was a big cushy pillow....well...this is true, I guess. She wasn't so interested in playing or walking...which I understand she's doing now. Her big brothers were too busy to discuss life with me....LOL

From there we went to visit with Scott's aunt. She's in her 90's and failing some, now. She did get up and sit in her rocker for a visit....more guests followed us in, so she had a whole houseful for awhile. She has heart problems and in the last year I've seen a big decline in her stamina. She was interested in what was being said and who was there, so that was a very positive sign.

After that we drove up into the hills of KY to a town called Beattyville. The state's best Mercedes mechanic lives there. Jeff had finished repairing Scott's old car and getting it somewhat back to running like it's old self. He wasn't authorized to completely restore it. We beat him to his house...he had an errand to run but our trip didn't take us as long as expected. Though....we did encounter a very large tree blown down across the main road on our way up....completely blocking our lane and about half of the oncoming lane, too. It had just happened and no authorities were there, yet...and, since we didn't have any flares with us...we kept going. They had it mostly cleaned away by the time we came back through....very efficient group of people working together to get it done!

Pretty tired by the time we got home and dealt with wind damage here. Settled into my chair as soon as I could! LOL

Reunion Time...Already?

Another year and it's already time for the Little's family reunion. When I received the email from my cousin confirming the date, I sent out a few emails of my own to sisters and nieces that live close enough to attend. My own kids inform me that they're not interested in arranging a vacation around this...Melanie because Xander's in school making it harder to travel, and Nathan because, other than him not getting vacation time right now, would rather save his vacations home for important occasions he deems worthy. Yes...disgruntled, but do understand... We have both sides of the family's reunions during this month...we both want the kids to be there, but know that they won't be unless something unusual happens to cause it. LOL Anyway....have heard from the pregnant niece that her due date is too soon for her to take a chance...HUH...well...hummm...guess this is true..where does the time fly to??? How so quickly?? Denise should show up...as she's made special plans to get down to this area of the state with her boys to visit with both sides of her family during this weekend. I don't think I even mentioned it to Penny this year...she used to be more aware of them coming up, but with me forgetting to mention it lately, and us not talking with each other in about a month...not surprised she'll be clueless...too late now, I guess. She's super busy.

I should be busy, but I'm busier avoiding what I have to do than actually doing it! Today, of course...I should be cooking....and, I have 5 boxes from the dining room that I need to go through and divide into proper boxes...save to put away, save to move, box to give away.

OK...back to my thought at hand...what foods?? I'm thinking maybe two different pies...one apple and one cream...either butterscotch, chocolate, or maybe buttermilk. Then...need to cut up cantaloupe...one batch to take to the church's breakfast...the rest to the reunion. Then...at least one veggie...what? Salad? or, maybe beans?...baked or green? Maybe scalloped potatoes? ARGH....sigh...am not going to do deviled eggs as big sis called and that's what she's bringing...she's needing me to bring my platter for her to use. I actually have the insert chilling and the box set out where I can see it.

OK...gotta get off here and get something underway...bye y'all...