Same thing, different day! Just taking one breath at a time. Not much in Jeannette today – waiting on funding, etc. Went up to Greensburg and spent hours with Joe, typing letters and setting up procedure to return inventory and licenses to PENNDOT once the store closes. Another chapter in the life…

Had a grilled cheese for lunch with homemade bread. Then I took everything but the big furniture out of the downstairs family room and spent over an hour and a half wiping the floor by hand. After all the repairs on the deck and the two inside doors it was really a mess in here. Then before I came back in I washed my feet off with the outside hose.

I keep seeing a little green hummingbird flitting around outside the door. I’m not fast enough to get a picture, though.

One of the hardest things of this summer – and especially the last few weeks – is to be stuck inside. The heat and pollen indexes are too high, and I know it’s not a good idea to be outside weeding the flower beds under those conditions. There is still fall, coming right up! I miss climbing around outside and making the gardens look nice.

My blessing today was the super wonderful clean floor!

PEANUTS wisdom for the Day:

TOMORROW August 28th is:

National Sport Sampling Day; Crackers Over the Keyboard Day; National Bow Tie Day; National Cherry Turnover Day; Power Rangers Day; Post-it Note Day; Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day; Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day; National Red Wine Day; National Thoughtful Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was National Coloring Day. Tomorrow – Rainbow Bridge – take time to remember, and be thoughtful! God bless…

I slept better last night than I have in a while. I fell asleep about 9:30pm and woke up at 6:30am. Only got up twice, which is amazing in itself.

It was a long day at work, though. There are a lot of things going on at once. All three owners had customers in the morning while I was working, and one of them was on the car I was driving. They ended up buying it (good choice!) and I had to do a hasty exit from the Chevy and move into a Mazda CX-30. It was like coming home! I’m really beginning to think that is my dream car, if I can afford it when the time comes to buy.

We had a title problem with a Florida sale, so after I finished in Greensburg I went back to Jeannette and got that handled. I had 2 stops to make on the way home, including gas in the Mazda, and it was almost 4pm by the time I pulled in the driveway and reorganized the contents of the car. Just like the old days!

Also found out that Barry (one of the owners) had his mother pass away this weekend. Extending prayers and comfort for the family. She was 90 and struggling but it’s still very hard for all of them.

On the way to work this morning we had a little stray in the road. I think he missed the bus. When I was driving onto my street this evening he was in the playground. Thinking he played hooky today!

I had homemade bread toasted and a home grown tomato for lunch which was yummy. But since it was almost 4pm I guess that was probably it for the day. I’ll grab something light a little later when I’m done with this.

Todd’s message yesterday was on the Second Coming of Christ – ‘no man knows the day and time…’. He did a nice job covering it, and here are some points: 1) Live every day as if it were your last day. 2) Signs of the end times: a) False teachers b) wars and rumors of wars c) Natural disasters d) Christians will be persecuted e) Moral decline f) The gospel will advance. 3) Remember that the longer Christ is gone the closer He is to returning. 4) We will all appear before Christ, but if we belong to Him, we’ve been forgiven! Is it the end times? What have you chosen?

We also voted on a new Children’s Ministry Director. Happy to say that Izabela Crawford has been invited to join our team and has accepted the position. She will be a great addition to the HCC staff – the kids really need her!

Here is a photo of the new door to the garage, this one taken from inside the garage.

My blessing today was the Mazda. I will really enjoy that car.

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 27th is:

Crab Soup Day; International Lottery Day; National Just Because Day; National Petroleum Day; National Peach Day; National Coloring Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was National Fire Day. Tomorrow – just because! 🙂 God bless…

Today is my cousin Anita’s birthday – so sending a big birthday wish out to her, with fond memories of the week we spent with them in Philadelphia a few years ago. She is a great hostess and tour guide. Happy birthday, Anita!

I have to say that I felt more tired and achy this morning after my evening in the ER than I though I would. Not sure why – all I did was sit on that bed for 4 hours! But It was a calm morning so I was fine.

This was Mary’s and my last week to teach for a month or two. We are going on a rotation schedule with two ladies who have agreed to give us a break. We hope to teach every couple of months. The kids are good and a blessing to us but it’s time to take a breather. This morning Jackson put the huge puzzle together, which he loves to do.

The story was about the Roman Centurion who sent word for Jesus to come heal his special servant. Mary had the kids make centurion helmets and they really looked super cute!

Max came flying in the door before class with a big gift bag for me. I wasn’t sure what the occasion was – but he was SO excited. His dad was right behind him, grinning. Apparently when they were all shopping over the weekend, MAX spied a purple (favorite color) Snoopy (absolute favorite!) Halloween blanket (Max KNOWS I love blankets!) There was no dissuading him – he had to bring it to me! I was very excited too! He is just one of the sweetest children and a huge blessing to me – as is his whole family. I love that little guy!

I stopped on the way home and got some Claritin, as well as some paper products for Chrissy’s dorm room. I still have a few fall items I need for The Flax Festival but they aren’t out on display yet. I had part of a frozen pizza for lunch, but it was too harsh on my tongue (a side-effect of the meds) so I didn’t eat much. Then I finished the chore I started last night before I left for the ER. I took EVERYTHING off the shelves of the 4 bookcases and wiped them down, then rearranged them and put things back. Just a bit of change but switches things up a bit.

While I was cleaning and working I watched two DVD’s. The first was the American Girl movie FELICITY, set in Colonial Williamsburg. That’s my favorite American Girl movie, of course. The girls had about 8 or 10 of them. Then I watched the mystery thriller REBECCA, which is an old black and white. I love the drama at the end!

Now I will have toast and tomato for supper and probably iron what few things I did up in Friday’s laundry.

My blessing today was a no-obligation day!

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 26th is:

National Cherry Popsicle Day; National Dog Day; National Fire Day; National Heroes Day; National Spark the World Day; National Toilet Paper day; National Women’s Equality day.

Yesterday’s fake day was National Netting Day. Tomorrow – a cherry popsicle is fun, and I use TP all the time! Happy new week! God bless…

This will be a short post – I spent the evening in the emergency room.

When I got up this morning I had an enormous bruise on my right side. I knew it was from the heavy coughing but it got a little bigger and spread some as the day went on – even around to my back. Gen (seeing the photos) suggested I have it checked as there might be more under the surface. So I called the on-call nurse at Aetna, confirmed that, and off I went.

Every single person I dealt with was exceptionally nice – very thorough and even added some humor to the event. I even shared my ‘secret’ with the one nurse (Kasey). I had left the house with two different sandals!

It was about 4:15pm when I got there, and just got home at 8:30pm. They took bloodwork, urine sample, and a CT scan. The CT tech told me I did a great job getting through (without coughing!) and I asked him if they gave out stickers. He said no, but blew me a kiss! He was about 40, and pretty sure he was gay. No problem with that; he was extremely nice and informative.

The CT scan revealed a few nodules that shouldn’t have been there (in different areas) but nothing to be concerned about. Everything else was fine – just bruising! It also showed there was no obvious reason for the cough. Also did urine sample, bloodwork and COVID test (again) and everything was fine.

So my solution to this annual August allergic-reaction crazy cough is to go to Williamsburg, Charleston, and Savannah for the month of August. Now taking applications for traveling partners!

I’ll catch up on the rest of Saturday tomorrow.

My blessing today was a mostly-clear CT Scan!

PEANUTS Thought for the day:

TOMORROW August 25th is:

Kiss and Make Up Day; National Banana Split Day (Festival in Latrobe this weekend!); National Park Service Foundation Day; National Secondhand Wardrobe Day; National Netting Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was Wind Day. Tomorrow – ice cream! Kissing, if you feel like it, and Second Hand Clothes. Great! God bless…

QUOTE of the day:

Today would have been my dad’s birthday! He would have been 96, which I can’t image my dad being that old. I had to get gas in the car so when I went over town I drove past his banner to say Happy Birthday and I love you!

I think I was anticipating a disrupted night’s sleep last night, so when I finally did fall asleep I kept having nightmares, and I would wake up coughing and almost choking! I grabbed the laundry load and carried it downstairs, thinking to keep my mind off everything. I finished it up this morning but did not get the ironing done.

I woke up to the 7:38am song of the day, then read a chapter in the book I’m currently into. I laid in bed until 10am, then got a shower and had toast and tomato for brunch.

I had some emails and some research to do, and it was about 1:30pm when I finally got around to cleaning the windows. I also wiped off the outside of the garage door and now the whole thing looks clean and fresh.

I keep meaning to call the window company that installed my windows, because they have a life-time ownership guarantee. A lot of good that did. The number on the folder now connects to a Medicare consulting company! I have to do a little more research to see if I can find a connection for the company. Most of the 3 pain windows have compromised panes.

Mary called me in the afternoon, and we made arrangements to get food to Tonia’s family for lunch. So I Did a few things in that regard, and was able to grab a package of BOO Oreos in the process. I’m not a HUGE fan of Oreos — unless they are for a holiday and are frozen! This will work!

Pat (contractor) is to come early in the morning and install the door. He said he’s OK if I’m not here. So I’ll be ready for him.

My blessing for today was clean windows! 🙂

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 24 is:

International Strange Music Day; National Knife Day; National Wind Day; National Peach Pie Day; National Waffle Day; International Bat Night; Vesuvius Day.

Yesterday’s Fake Day was National FAX Day. Tomorrow: Music, strange or not. Waffles, I guess. Have a great day and God bless!

The answer to yesterday’s joke is: Because he took a few days off!

Today is Dave Bath’s birthday – he’s like my second son! He is currently Nathan’s business partner at B&B Windows. Happy birthday, Dave! Hope you have a wonderful year!

I must not have worked hard enough yesterday and didn’t get tired out. I did not sleep well. I tried to make up for it today by keeping busy. I decided to dress in nice work clothes – bright capris and a dressy shirt – to help me stay awake. When I got to work, my authorization form would not fax through and I couldn’t log on to CVR. I tried calling but the recording said PENNDOT had suspended transactions and were not processing — try back! So there was nothing to do. I came home and changed into shorts and my ‘got marge?’ tee shirt and started on some projects.

I did some sewing on my new pants, then made two test hand warmers for Kelly’s 4-H girls. I only have to make 9 sets of them! I had the last 2 ears of corn for lunch, then went back to work. I just left my casual clothes on. I was able to log on to CVR, process Matt’s Polaris title and another deal for Sir Rege. I got ‘ribbon’ for the thumb loops on the hand warmers then came home to a few more chores. Finished the ironing, made potato soup, and did some notary for my cousin Brian. So I did keep busy.

Di sent me picture of a hike she took today in the Roaring Run Natural area, The Edmond Trail Head (near Avonmore). Nice pictures and a great day for a hike.

Gen sent me a nice Thank You note for her visit last week, and included a yummy looking recipe. I didn’t have what I needed to make that, so I stuck with the potato soup.

When I stepped out on the deck I noticed the big fat ground hog that lives under the neighbor’s shed – (s)he was chomping on the grass in their back yard. He is a big guy!! (Or girl…)

My blessing today was the nice card from Gen! Looking forward to trying the chowder soon!

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 23rd is:

Cheap Flight Day; Find Your Inner Nerd Day; National FAX Day; National Ride the Wind Day; National Sponge Cake Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was National Jeans Day. Tomorrow would have been my dad’s birthday – more about that tomorrow. Let’s celebrate that and being a nerd!!! God bless…

A little improvement, finally! I did get some sleep last night. I woke up several times but could get right back to sleep. That was a blessing. Also the doctor’s office called and my Chest X-Ray was all clear. So whatever is going on, it’s allergy related. But it really packs a punch!

As as is typical for a Wednesday, I did cleaning and laundry. It was SO tempting to clean up some weeds on the hill but I heard all those warnings in my head and totally avoided it! Just stayed inside all day. Ran over to the store for about half an hour but didn’t find what I wanted so that was that! In addition, the door came shut on my hand. Bummer…

When I was shaking rugs, I noticed that I have a small yellow rose blooming. I thought they were done!

Kathy said in her email that she’d have to keep notes so she remembered what she was doing. She wants to spend some time keeping Tonia company, and tomorrow starts her ‘get Millie off the school bus’ duties. She’ll have to remember where she’s going and what she’s doing. Hoping she doesn’t try to put Tonia on the school bus!

And my dear friend Gen from New York called to check on me, and suggested a few things to check into that could be effecting my cough. I made some notes and will check them out tomorrow. She’s also being care-giver this week. She is always a care-giver several times a week for a few hours for two children in her neighborhood (brother and sister). But the mother had a chance to take a small trip with friends, and between Gen and the kids’ dad they are watching them all week. Since Dad has them all night, Gen brought little Lucy the dog over to her house so she could sleep in her own bed. So now she’s bonding with Lucy.

Last night’s moon pictures.

Today’s blessing was the little extra sleep I got last night – I had a bit more energy to get things done!

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 22nd is:

Be an Angel Day; Folklore Day; National Jeans Day; National Burger Day; National Pecan Torte Day; National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day (There you go, Jen!!); National Tooth Fairy Day; World Plant Milk Day; Rainbow Baby Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was National Anchors Day. Tomorrow: Be an Angel and do something kind for someone. Eat a burger and take your cat (if you have one) to the vet. I no longer need the tooth fairy – but if you do, good luck! God bless…

BONUS: Here is a joke for you – answer tomorrow!! Why did the man get fired from the calendar factory?

This post is going to be a bit on the dry and boring side today. Another night of no sleep – I think it’s was close to 5am when I finally drifted off and was up at 7 when the alarm went off. I got ready and drove down to Norwin Square Excela Health for a chest X-ray. I haven’t heard back with results, so at this late hour it will probably be tomorrow. But since I did get new medication yesterday I’m hoping a day’s worth will start me on the right track.

After the X-ray I went to work at the Greensburg store. Joe’s grand-daughter Ella was there for the morning, and she loves to color and draw. She’s very good with both staying in the lines and with creative colors.

Once I left there I stopped at Palmer’s and got tomatoes and a few ears of corn. I had corn for lunch and will probably have toast and tomato for supper.

Although I was really tired, I couldn’t unwind enough to rest after lunch, and absolutely didn’t get a nap. So, I cut the grass. I know, I know….

Also pulled a few weeds – neighbor’s corner was spilling into my yard.

Pat is here now replacing the last bad board on the upper deck. Then we just have to wait for the new door to come in.

Tomorrow I plan to take my time with chores, and since it’s to be chilly again I’ll stay inside. I had 2 people approach for long-term type commitment favors and I gently explained why I could not take on anything else right now. Maybe down the road, but I’m pretty sure I need to take on less commitments, not more.

My blessing today was visiting with Ella for a bit!

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 21st is:

International Day of Remembrance; Internet Self Care Day; National Senior Citizens Day; National Spumoni Day; National Anchors Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was National Nose Day. Tomorrow- lots of things to remember, especially our Senior Citizens! Have a happy day and God bless…

I just called my doctor’s office – the first thing they made me do was a COVID test – which was clearly brightly negative. So that’s ruled out. Now they are going to take that news, plus my symptoms, and see if they can come up with a plan – which hopefully will involve no coughing and a lot of sleep!

But now, back to the ‘holes’ in the weekend. First, Nate and Jen took Chrissy to Point Park on Saturday to get moved in to her Dorm room. From the pictures it looks roomy and comfortable. She did meet her room mate and it seems like a good fit. She has her BallyHoo posters up – her favorite band! – and also her bear that she got in the hospital the day she was born! Nate says he feels like he left a little bit of himself there when he headed home; Jen cried half way home! This is a new and exciting chapter in Chrissy’s already fabulous, sweet, accomplished life!

These pictures are from Lauren’s facebook page:

Chrissy sent me a txt – this is outside her building and she thought of me!!

Autmn sent me a few txts – Noah brought her flowers home, just because. I told her he was a keeper, and to make sure he knows she appreciates him! She also said Cameron is a walking machine and all over the place. He’s also been laughing and giggling a lot. I can’t figure out how to get a video to post here so here’s a snapshot.

Jeannette store was slow this morning but I didn’t leave there until 11:15am. Sir Rege and I were discussing business, illnesses, and healthy food. Then Ken came in and we talked about crabgrass, Lantern flies, and buying hogs at the fair! Interesting morning! After a quick stop at the bank, I came home and made a grilled cheese sandwich from Homemade bread.

In honor of the full moon and the National Moon Festival (today) here is a picture of our moon!

My blessing today was a call back from the doctor’s office – 3 prescriptions and a chest xray in the morning!

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 20th is:

National Bacon Lovers Day; National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day; National Radio Day; World Mosquito Day (They have their own DAY???); National Accessible Air Travel Day; National Nose Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was (big surprise!) don’t mow day. Tomorrow – Bacon is good, and I like my radio. Won’t be celebrating mosquitos… God bless…

Out of the lowkey non-exciting weekend came a busy day! This post will be about a morning of decisions, and afternoon of parties, and a preview of tomorrow’s post. But first I had a cup of the tea Gen brought down to me – with local honey.

Then I took a picture of the spread of morning glories across the fence. Also noticed that Daniel is letting Enzo help him cut the grass. I think he’ll need to be a little bit older than four to do it himself!

It started out that I could NOT decide about going to the outdoor picnic/outdoor church service. Normally I would jump right on that, but I had a tough night trying to sleep, and it was cloudy, cool, and drizzling off and on. I didn’t want to be outside in that for several hours. So I opted to stay home. Wouldn’t you know, it was a beautiful, warm, sunny day with a nice breeze. To sooth my disappointed self I made a small batch of chocolate chip cookies. They turned out OK, but turns out I lost my natural touch for cooking and baking lately. Bummer.

After I cleaned up from the cookies, I wrote out a few cards of encouragements for my sick friends, then a birthday one for Millie’s party. I decided to go to the Ninth Life Volunteer Appreciation Picnic at Park & Pool (Ninth Life is Jen’s rescue). I got to catch up with a few people I knew and the food was good. Dessert was yummy and a very wide variety. Jen’s friend Esther makes the chocolate chip cookies and they are one of the best I’ve ever eaten. Made mine seem sad and forlorn.

After the Ninth Life picnic I went to the next pavilion to wish Millie happy birthday. They had her 7th birthday party at Park n Pool – kids everywhere but the parents were very good keeping track of all of them around the pool. Kathy and I did get to chat a bit and catch up. She said Tonia is doing much better but her left eye is still very swollen.

Autmn sent me pictures of Cameron, and Sherree sent me pictures of moving Christina into Point Park yesterday. I will cover those tomorrow!

My blessing to day was getting out in the fresh air and visiting with so many nice people!

PEANUTS Thought for the Day:

TOMORROW August 19th is:

National Aviation Day; August Moon Festival; National Don’t Mow Day; Discovery Day; International Bow Day; International Orangutan Day; National Photography Day; National Potato Day; National Soft Ice Cream Day.

Yesterday’s fake day was National Ivy Day; Tomorrow – The moon is good, potatoes and ice cream are yummy – and take some pictures! God bless…