Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.  I hope you were able to enjoy it with your family or friends.  We had a nice Thanksgiving with family today and all I had to do is make a couple of sides.  Tomorrow, however, I will be cooking up as we will be celebrating Friendsgiving.  I have a 22 pound turkey to make along with all the sides.  I don't really mind since it is my favorite holiday meal to make.  We will be having Ham too!  The ham is a new tradition for me as we never had it but my son-in-law always did so we are adding to our Thanksgiving tradition.  I am also breaking with another tradition as I will not be making my homemade pumpkin pies this year.  The one who truly enjoyed them is gone and no one else likes it but me so instead of pies Rory and I will be making chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter cookies.  They are not for dessert; just to have.  Happy Thanksgiving!

What A Difference Two Weeks Can Make!

 So the last time I made a post I was starting my vacation flying to California for two weeks and it was on election day.  My, my what a difference two weeks can make.  I am not going to talk about the election since it is still not finalized.  I will say I enjoyed my vacation so much that I was able to block out the election and its details and just enjoyed my vacation.  I did not miss working or being at home because I was ready to take a break especially with all the COVID stuff.  I saw family and friends, enjoyed some art classes and just relaxed with no commitments to anyone.  Thank you to my sister and brother in law for hosting me for two weeks.  I met my sister's new dogs; Zoey, a Lab mix rescue and Brodi a Bernese Mountain dog puppy.  Zoey is a little standoffish but Brodi is full of love.  Brodi is going to get big.  On my flight home yesterday I once again enjoyed a comfortable flight with social distancing...the only good thing that came from COVID.  This morning I had to take a rapid COVID test and I was negative! YAY!!!  So now, I am back at work, COVID free and back home with my family who actually missed me while I was gone.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Flying Is So Different

 I am on my way to California and it is Election Day.  I voted early because I knew I would be traveling on Election Day.  I have to say that things have changed a great deal with flying.  I am flying Delta and they are still not seating people in the middle seats.  I am flying business class, thanks to my sister, and it is really nice not to be crammed into the airplane.  I have room to stretch my legs and when the person in front of me reclines their seat I still have room.  What is weird is there are no drinks or food served on the plane.  Just a snack pack given to you that consists of a small bottle of water, a small bag of cheez-its and a cookie.  Then you are left alone.  I am not complaining it just isn’t what it use to be.  What is even weirder are the vendors at the airport.  Several are closed up and the food vendors are half or less then what it use to be.  It was tough getting something to eat at the airport.  I had to settle for a Turkey sandwich.  Oh well, at least I got something to eat.  People are being good about keeping their distance and I have never seen a plane disembark where you were basically are told when you could get up to leave and people were listening. Delta is doing it right!  Thanks Delta!  I have a couple more hours to go before I get to my destination.  Have a good night and I am praying that my candidate wins.  Go USA!

A Busy Halloween

 We had a fun Halloween but it was a busy one.  It started with Rory's soccer game then we went out to lunch and did some shopping at Target.  When we got home we got the costumes ready for trick or treating and  Rory was excited.  Rory was going to her friend's neighborhood to get some candy.  I stayed home to pass out candy for the neighborhood.  While I waiting for trick or treating I decided to make my pumpkin seeds and they are delicious!  I also finished up some card samples that I am bringing to California.  Oh yeah, I leave on vacation in two days and I am going to California for two weeks! We had a smaller crowd for trick or treating this year, which we expected, although our sub division was suppose to go all out.  I sat in our driveway and passed out the candy.   It was a good day and a fun night!  Happy November!

Happy Halloween & Pumpkin Decorating

 Happy Halloween!  This is an extra special one not because it is 2020 and who knows what might happen.  It is special because Halloween has fallen on a Saturday, it is a Full Moon (a Blue Moon) and we set our clocks back an hour tonight which gives us more time to celebrate Halloween.  Today we have a Soccer game then trick or treating later on and yes, we are going trick or treating and we are passing out candy.  This is a kids holiday and they deserve it!

Last night we had a Pumpkin decorating party.  We ordered Pizza and it was cool enough to sit out in the porch to decorate.  I got a big pumpkin because I love to roast the pumpkin seeds so I carved mine.  Everyone else painted their pumpkins and/or decorated with stickers.  I guess I am still a traditionist when it comes to pumpkins at Halloween.  It was fun and all are so different!  Happy Halloween!

Trunk Or Treat - Pandemic Style

COVID is trying so hard to ruin 2020 for all of the U.S.A.  Heck, we didn't need help from the Chinese to develop COVID and let it spread to us just to ruin 2020, our elections this year already did that.  I cannot wait for all this election stuff to go away.  Of course, we also know that it will be awhile, this time, to call the race. I already voted so now all I can do is hope and pray my candidate wins.  If the opponent wins life here in the U.S.A is going to get scary!  Enough of this talk, on with what this blog is really about! 

The talk right now is about Halloween and whether kids should go trick or treating.  My church put on their annual Trunk or Treat...COVID style a couple of nights ago.  We only had half the trunks as last year because of social distancing and we served dinner after the fun (they took it home with them).  There was a magic show, the audience was social distanced, then the participants went out to the cars and chose one to stand at first.  There was a bullhorn that went off which meant to rotate so the kids would have the least amount of contact as possible.  It worked well and everyone felt safe.  Rory dressed as Olaf from "Frozen" and Emmy and Caroline were Elsa and Anna. They looked adorable together.  They had fun and that is what it is all about.  Tomorrow is Halloween and yes, we are trick or treating AND  we are passing out candy.  It's Halloween, it is outside, masks will be worn; All will be good!

Park Day For Rory

 On Friday, it was a planning day for the schools so Rory, Jenny and I decided to meet Nate for lunch then we took Rory to a really cool town park.  It is Spring Park in Green Cove Springs.  It sits right on the St. John's river and also has a natural spring that runs right into the pool then into the St. John's.  It has picnic pavilions, a gazebo with a stage, a fantastic playground, a fishing pier, lots of walking trails and room to relax.  The views of the river are nice and relaxing.  We had an added bonus while at the park; live music.  There were a group of musicians in one of the pavilions playing classic country music.  It was a come and join to play and sing.  It was a great day at the park and we managed to kill a few hours there.  Rory had fun which makes the day even better!