Serendipitous Day!

​Today started out with a task that I wasn't all that thrilled about having to do.  I had to go to the Credit Union to get my card reactivated.  Last night I noticed that I had a charge that I hadn’t made on my card.  It was a very small amount, but I know that that is how people get scammed…just small amounts that aren’t noticed.  I made a call and had a stop put on my card.  So this morning I needed to go and get a new card issued.  It was a fairly quick fix…except their machine that prints the cards was broken.  I was just going to wait till it was fixed…but I had two purchases that were going to be affected by shutting down my card.  So I drove over to the Credit Union branch in Manchester.  

The first serendipity happened just before I was leaving the Credit Union.  I spotted a friend who I hadn't seen in a long time,  So we got to talk for a few minutes and catch up a bit.  Upon getting back into Tullahoma from my Manchester trip, I headed to my pharmacy to pick up a couple of prescriptions.  They have gift items at the pharmacy so before I left I decided to check out what they had that was new since the last time I was there.  I made a turn around a shelf and there standing in front of me was another longtime friend who I hadn’t seen in a long, long time.  we enjoyed catching up with each other, too.  Those unexpected visits just made my day!  It made it sort of sparkling like the water in tonight's photo! 

I’ve just gotten home from Bible study and, once again, it is time to blog and then settle in for the evening…watching Olympics and stitching. I have another ornament about half-way finished…maybe I will finish it this evening. To be continued!  Be safe!  Be well! Be cautious!

Quiet Day At Home

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Donna and I decided to declare Presidents' Day a day late and take the day off from the library.  I stayed fairly busy. I did get the Hummels and antique books back on the little bookcase in the living room.  Elijah carried the bookcase downstairs for me when they took care of getting the Christmas tree upstairs.  I just hadn't found the time and energy to get the books carried back downstairs.  That was what I tackled this morning.  Then the rest of the day I just did a little of this and a little of that.  I did finish stitching another Christmas ornament…so that is three stitched and two others underway.  I read some today, too.  And, started listening to a new book today.  I did have more energy today than yesterday…but definitely didn’t overdo today!!  I’ve done a little more planning for Alaska.  I mainly accomplished easy tasks today!  I’m going to do some more stitching this evening…might finish another ornament.  To be continued! be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Monday…Again!

This guy in the photo was shedding his skin...his tail and I think his head was still in the process...that if we had stuck around for a while, he might have been brighter all over. Today has been a catch-up day...catch up on rest. I guess last week working on getting the Christmas down, mixed in with traching Sunday School and visiting with Melany, Wade, and Erin and planning a cruise all caught up with me. And, today I just wasn't worth much...I had no energy...so I did a lot of sitting. I did do some stitching...underway with another Christmas ornament. I did some planning for the cruise. I worked on the homework that Melany and Wade gave me...try to figure out what I want to see/do when we are at Alaskan and Canadian ports. Trying to figure out things that I might need that I don't have...like a knit hat. Melany says that it can get pretty chilly when sitting on the balcony of a cabin...I'm hoping for lots of photo ops from my balcony...especially when we are in Glacier Bay. I have done a little reading. I didn't go out my door till it was time to go to prayer meeting. I am home from that and settling in to do more nothing! I hope that my energy comes back tomorrow...hopefully all the resting I have done today will help to get my energy back! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! (Lots of flu going around here!) Be cautious!

Sunday Favorites

Happy Valentine’s Day 2026

​I thought that you would enjoy this photo of Esther and Patrick on their wedding day…such a sweet couple. Ahhhhhh! Young love! This is one of their wedding photos that I got my hands on earlier this week.  Melany, Wade, and Erin graced me with their presence today.  We had a really nice visit.  It was good to see Erin feeling better and wanting to join us.  We had quite the day…planning…and, Melany, Wade, and I are booked for one and even have our airline tickets to fly to and from Seattle.  This trip will add two states (Washington and Alaska) and another country, Canada, to my list of places I've never been before.  I never dreamed that I would ever get to Alaska but it looks like it may happen…the good Lord willing!  And, of course, up to a month ago, I never dreamed that I would ever go on a cruise.  I am so glad that I went on that one with Nathan and family, as that showed me that I didn't get seasick and really enjoyed myself.  I have always loved to travel and Woody and I saw a lot of the United States and I had been wishing that I could do a little traveling…and here I am doing a some big time traveling!  This is a 10 day cruise.  I'm really looking forward to photographing our 49th state and all it grandeur!  Now to practice even more with my cameras and research how best to capture Alaska in photos. My tree brigade did show up after the ballet and made short work of getting the tree into its box in the Christmas closet.  They also took up all the ornament boxes…boxes still have to be packed into the closet…another day when Nathan has a few spare moments!  It is good to have things back to normal in the downstairs.  To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 

Another Good Day!

I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep so started putting the Sunday School lesson "on paper." On paper in this instance means type it up on the iPad to later put it on paper via the printer. I fell back to sleep...but woke up with the iPad one of the helps on my lap...so I just continued with the lesson and came close to having it finished before I got up for the first time. Later I went over it again and had it pretty much finalized by noon. After lunch, I went back in and added bold print and italics where I wanted and took out some unnecessary spaces. Then hit print. I will read over it tomorrow and make sure that it makes sense! I did quite a lot of cutting and pasting...so there is always a chance that I pasted something in the wrong place! After I got that done, then I started straightening up the downstairs after my undecorating...getting it back to everyday. I also waited on Nathan and a crew to come, but so far that hasn't happened. They are at a ballet tonight at a local church. I think someone will stop by after it is over. I just need them to take branches upstairs and get them in the tree box and take up the Christmas ornament boxes that are stacked in the living room, move a chair back into pre Christmas position and bring downstairs a small book shelf. The packing of the closet can happen another day...just trying to get the downstairs back to pre Christmas and able for Melany, Wade, and Erin have places to sit in the living room tomorrow. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Goals Met

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Today I closed the last box on the ornaments and took down the tree and have all the branches and boxes ready for my tree brigade.  Nathan said that he and a couple of kids will stop by and help me get the ornament boxes upstairs as well as the tree branches,  My other goal was to finish the reading for Sunday's Sunday School lesson…got that done, too.  I just need to put down some words in the outline that I made earlier in the week.  I talked with Cheryl…we talked a little about her trip here sometime in the next few months.  Then later, I called Melany and we talked plans for them to pay me a visit on Saturday plus started planning our Alaska cruise.  Trips and more trips! My head should be spinning.  But truthfully today I am just glad to have closed up the last of the Christmas boxes…even have the Christmas items packed away that were in Melany's room.  The drier did just quit and that has some Christmas towels that I will add to the Christmas things to put away. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!