August 24, 2022

Four months from today is … Christmas Eve. I love Christmas, especially the lights and the music and the movies. But I’m NOT ready to start thinking about it yet! Presents get tougher every year.

History of Christmas Trees
Lights!

I finished reading through all 58 Flash Fiction stories for the first read. Tomorrow I’ll start reading again and giving them scores. I have some favorites that I was impressed with, but the rest will be tricky to judge. We have until mid-September but I need to get them done. Liz’s new book that she asked me to be a Beta reader for is coming my way just about that time, too!

A Homestead Holiday: A Prairie Creek Romance (Prairie Creek Sweet Romances Book 3)
And it’s a CHRISTMAS one!

Today was a typical cleaning day, and that’s basically what I got done. I had to run down and do some notary work for Mike P, then stop at the bank. I came home and had the last two ears of corn on the cob. I decided NOT to do chocolate covered PB pretzels, as I didn’t have very much chocolate to melt down. So I took the broken pieces of my bag of Utz pretzels and did them. They are SO good. I think I like them better than the PB ones! I hope to grab more chocolate this weekend if the Amish bulk store is open.

They are REALLY yummy!

I was heading outside to shake rugs when I spied a little chippy playing on the deck. I stood and watched for a bit. He was jumping up and down from one level to the next. He lives under the deck box, I think. Or is it a she? I don’t know how to tell.

My resident chipmunk

I still have towels to fold and put away then I’m done with today.

Thankfully just a few

August 24 – Did you have to abide by a curfew as a youth? “Yes, and we didn’t always make it back in time. Most of us didn’t have a watch. Our curfew was 10pm on Friday & Saturday night. 9pm on all other nights, if we were allowed to go any place.”

Calendar inspiration – An opportunity will present itself -recognize it and more forward with confidence.

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Scripture –

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Random Photo –

A teaching opportunity:
Daddy and Autmn dying eggs – her first ones!

TOMORROW August 25th is:

I love second hand clothes! I don’t think I’m mad at anyone that I’d have to kiss and make up with. And four months from tomorrow is…. God bless!!!

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