Social Saturday!

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Yesterday I had a social hour at the grocery store.  Today I have been very social on the phone..talked to family and friends…one friend I hadn't talked to in a year or more.  Always good to catch up!  

Tonight's photo isn't what I had planned to post, but I found something that I hadn't seen before when looking through my photos.  But along with this old piece of farm machinery, I captured a little squirrel running underneath it.

I have managed to do a little around the house today…mainly doing some picking up and straightening up around the house…probably nothing noticeable to anyone but me!  

I have done some stitching and found myself napping with needle in hand one time when I woke up!  So far I'm not stitching while I nap.  Mother would often continue with her needlepoint after she dozed off and then would have to pick those stitches out! I haven't come to that…yet!

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

My Social Hour!

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Tonight's blog title reflects the fact that I went grocery shopping this morning.  And, each week it is interesting to see how many people I run into that I know.  Those of us who seem to be on the same schedule, I run into most weeks…then I end up running into folk I haven't had seen in months or years.  Today I came up behind a young man and he turned and we smiled at each other and went on with checking out the shelf for what we needed.  But I realized that he reminded me of someone…so I took a closer look at his profile.  I considered saying his name and his brother's name to see if I for a reaction from him.  But kept quiet.  He exited the aisle before I did, but when I turned the corner, he was there in front of me again.  At that point I was pretty sure he was who I thought he was…and, at the point we both spoke to each other at the same time.  He had recognized me at that point.  This young man grew up in our church.  His mom and I were very good friends and he was in Melany’s class in school.  It was just nice to get to visit with him for a few minutes.  It does amaze me that Melany's age group is talking about retiring in not too many more years!  How has that happened!?!  So, for me, the grocery store is a good place to socialize!! 

I could probably get out of the grocery store quicker if I didn't visit…but the visiting makes the task of shopping for food so much more enjoyable! I can hardly think of a time in recent years that I ever go to the store and not see at least one person I know.  Now…when we lived in Sunnyvale, California all those years ago (Melany was 2 and Nathan was a newborn), I can't think of even one time that I ran into anyone that I knew when we were grocery shopping.  I do have a memory of one time at the drugstore running into one of our neighbors…but only one time!  Different times, different places! Out there we went through two cities of one hundred thousand + people to get to our church. Now I get on the street thwtThat was over 50 years ago…I can't imagine what it would be like to live there now!  Tullahoma has grown, but not all that much.  We are still pretty much a small town, for which I'm thankful! I like small town living! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Thursday

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Another warm Spring day.  I chose to stay in because…of the extreme amount of pollen that is floating around in the air.  I did have a chance to go to Elijah's baseball game, but, again, I didn't think I should sit out in the pollen filled air with the breezes blowing.  His team was playing at Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN…just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road from me. I also would have gotten to see my grandson, Alex, who lives on the Webb campus with his wife.  Brooke had to teach, but Alex wasn't subbing today so he planned to join Nathan, Kathy and family to watch the game. I have had a pretty snuffling afternoon so I was glad that I made my decision to stay home and stay inside.

I mentioned last night that Nathan had taken the church library computer home to see if it could be fixed.  In the end he and Graham both got into checking it out.  And, they were able to retrieve all the library files from the computer…and…Graham wqs able to load it on his computer and able to get into the files and they were able to retrieve information…and use the software program as it worked on the old computer.  I was glad to see that the software could run on an up-to-date computer.  They feel that the old computer needs a new mother board…so…as of the moment it looks like we will be purchasing a new computer and load the library software onto the new one.  Hopefully that will put us back in business.  Both Donna and I are very relieved!

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Wonderful Wednesday!

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Another beautiful day!  Spring is definitely showing up and bringing pretty days with it.  I’ve just returned from Wednesday Night Bible study.  Today has pretty much been a day of doing a little of this and a little of that.  I organized my cross stitch projects and did some stitching on each of them.  I’m planning to do more stitching this evening.  I continue to try to find homes for things that seem to not have a place around here so land on table tops…specifically the sewing table upstairs.  Today I worked a little more on either throwing away or putting away.  Nathan, Isaac, and Joseph stopped by today to remove another squirrel from my chimney…but surprise this time no squirrel…just a lot of sticks fell out when Nathan opened the flue…strange!  Maybe a branch fell in and I heard it when it fell in…or heard it when it broke apart and settled…not a clue!  I knew this time that it didn't move much after I heard it fall in.  

This evening Nathan stopped by the library at church to check out the computer that seems to have died on us…after a power surge at the church a while back.  This is a major problem for the library, as that computer has all the library information stored on it…in other words we have no way to check books in or out on the computer and can't locate books as this computer is our card catalog…so much for technology!  Nathan is going to look at it…maybe get Graham to look at it and then if they can't figure out something, he and I will take it to one of computer gurus in town.  Here's hoping and praying that something can be figured out and that it can once again give us the information needed to run a library!  But it "walked" out of the library with Nathan tonight! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Truly Tuesday

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Tuesday arrived and has just about gone…how the days do go by quickly.  This morning started out slowly…woke up and just sat for a while…maybe did a little stitching…just because I could!  The morning went by quickly and lunchtime arrived soon and then it was time to head to the church library.  Donna and I made pretty quick work of carding and shelving the books that had been returned.  We enjoyed visiting, too…always do! 

This evening my plans are for more stitching…just in the mood for stitching! I have quite a few new projects to enjoy stitching.

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Another Monday!

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It has been another pretty day…a bit chillier than yesterday.  Yesterday we actually reached the mid 80's!  It felt quite warm if you spent much time outside.  The car was really hot when I got in to drive home after church.  I rolled down windows and opened the moon roof to let the heat out to help out the AC cool it down inside.  Now…today…wasn't much interested in AC when driving around!  

I did get out around noon today to go get my hair cut.  Then the rest of the day I spent inside until prayer meeting this evening,  I needed to do some cooking…the refrigerator was pretty bare. I had in my menu plans in my head planned to make soup today.  After yesterday's quite warm temperatures, I wasn't so sure that was such a good time.  But overnight the temperatures turned around and started coming down.  So my soup making went on as planned and the warmth of it at lunch was much appreciated! I made New England Clam Chowder…quite good!  It is a favorite of mine…perhaps due to my Massachusetts' roots?

Today I received my needlework order part of which was a birthday gift from a friend.  Needlework mail equals happy mail!  I have had fun looking at what I got and making plans for getting underway with some of it right away even though I am in the midst of other needlework projects…always fun to start something new!  I have put a few Xs in for one of the pieces…another rabbit piece to add to my Spring decorations.  Over the weekend I got underway with another Christmas ornament that I will ge gifting this coming Christmas.  I have lots of skeins of floss out and about in the room as I have been checking to see if I have all the colors needed for these upcoming pieces that I have the urge to stitch!  

I plan to stitch some more this evening.  I have plenty to choose from.  I got some pretty linen to stitch on in this order as well as some cross stitch patterns and a small amount of embroidery floss.  I plan to read a little, too, as I began a new book over the weekend.  At the moment my reading has taken a back seat to my stitching.  I tend to do that…focus on one hobby or another for a time neglecting others and then switch back again.  Plenty to keep me busy and hopefully out of trouble.  No way to be bored when you have as many interests as I have! 

To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Sunday Favorite: 57 Years Ago

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