Did you notice it’s getting darker earlier now?  Who could miss that – especially if you are active or work outside.  I’m so not looking forward to the shorter days.  I’m really trying hard to feel blessed this Thankful Thursday as I feel the stress and slight depression setting in. 1.  With the shorter days […]

I don’t mean to sound negative, but I really am starting to stress the upcoming colder weather and winter 🙁  I know I need to stay on top of it and just feel blessed it’s not freezing yet.  So here’s to a cooler, but not freezing Thankful Thursday post.  lol 1.  We finally got to […]

Hey, I’m Thankful Thursday posting on a perfect weather day!  It’s been in the lower 80s – just my kind of weather.  I know it’s impossible for Iowa, but I wish it would stay like this all year round!  I take it your week has been a good one? 1.  My baby girl took a […]

Weather-wise this past week was almost perfect – low 80s…not too hot and not too cold.  Goldilocks would have liked it lol  It actually thunder stormed this morning and we had some rain which our gravel road needed.  I feel blessed this Thankful Thursday 🙂 1.  We went to a wedding reception on Saturday.  It […]

So they said it was gonna get warmer this week.  Well, it’s been that and more –  hot and humid – in the 90s plus.  That’s Iowa for ya…ever changing weather.  So my Thankful Thursday post is being typed in humidity lol 1.  I had to work the Labor Day holiday weekend at the Welcome […]

Hey everyone!  How’ve you been holding out with the cooler weather?  I’m typing my Thankful Thursday post with my sweater on 🙁  I’m stressing out already about winter coming.  But someone told me it’s gonna get back to warm weather next week.  Yay!! 1.  One of our daughters and son in law bought a puppy […]

How is everyone this week?  This Thankful Thursday post brings me almost back to normal.  Not too much has happened since my mother-in-law’s passing, but that’s kinda good news.  I didn’t need any distractions while trying to get back to normal. 1.  This week has been mostly working and working out.  I had to work […]

This week’s Thankful Thursday post is one of the shorter ones.  It’s been a bit of a blur, but I’ll do the best I can. 1.  My mother-in-law passed away a week ago and we buried her 2 days ago.  It was a long Visitation – 4 hours.  Everyone loved her!  She had an infectious […]

I start this Thankful Thursday post with a sad “highlight”.   My mother in law passed away today.  I’m sad for her descendants. 1.  We knew this was coming someday.  She’s had alzheimers for I really don’t know how long, but she’s been in the nursing home 14 months.  She stopped eating solid food several […]

Can you believe the first week of August is just about gone and it’s time for another Thankful Thursday post?  The weather cooled down just a little this past week – down to the mid 80s lol 1.  This week brought more friends and family stopping in at work.  A friend from church who I […]

I think I blinked my eyes and Thankful Thursday just popped up that quickly again.  lol  I know I said this before, but I “must be having fun” – as the saying goes.  Sheesh! 1.  My grandson stopped and surprised me with a visit on his way to work again.  I love that kid!  But […]

Hello peeps!  It’s time for another ‘come-so-quickly Thankful Thursday post’.  We’re still having some wickedly humid weather.  I’m so glad I’m in air conditioning at work!  And I’m running up our electric bill at home with the fans running a LOT! 1.  Last Saturday I couldn’t sleep so I got out of bed and decided […]

Ohmygosh, the weather has simply been crazy this last Thankful Thursday week.  We’ve had thunderstorms, humid thick air, and cloudy cool days. #weathermashup 1.  I had family visitors while working the weekend.  First Mister stopped by on his way to the nursing home on his birthday.  Within the hour, our baby girl and her husband […]

How’s the summer going for ya’ll?  The time between my Thankful Thursday highlight posts are flying by.  Please, if you know how to make it slow down, will you let me know??? 1.  There was a mix up with our work schedule and the Friday I was supposed to just work turned out to be the […]

Greetings! It’s been a busy, hectic, negative week around here. So this will be one of the shortest Thankful Thursday posts I’ve done. 1.  Today our son is having neck surgery to screw a plate onto a couple vertebrae to protect the fracture that is close to his spinal cord. Update: it went well (“without […]

Good morning 🙂 It’s time for another Thankful Thursday highlight post which this week I only have a few highlights. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. 1. Our son made it home this past week as scheduled, but due to some issues, he hasn’t started rehab as an out-patient just yet. We visited […]

WOW!  My Thankful Thursday highlights post times are coming faster and faster each week.  As they say…I must be having fun!  lol 1.  It’s been three weeks since our son fell at work and the plan is that he will be going home tomorrow and be a rehab out-patient.  That’s the good news.  He still […]

What a week it’s been!  Highlights and lowlights….all part of my Thankful Thursday post.  I believe everything happens for a reason…even tho I don’t always know what it is. 1.  Our son made it to a rehab facility closer to home and is making improvements in his physical and cognitive therapy.  For this we are […]

My Thankful Thursday week started on a bad note.  But it has turned into a renewed hope in humankind for me.  I mean I know people are basically good and that there are a certain number of individuals who aren’t whom we hear about that it sometimes overwhelms my brain. 1.  We were notified on […]

How is everyone this Thankful Thursday?  Things are pretty good in this part of the world and for that I am thankful. 1.  Our year old car is still under warranty so I had the privilege of taking it in for a maintenance/check up appointment.  After that I headed to get my grocery shopping done […]

So the beginning of this Thankful Thursday week started with waking up on Friday with stomach pains similar to what started my 8 days of ills in March.  Thank God it lasted for only 2 1/2 days and not as severe. 1.  Mister did some fishing after work on the weekend and brought home an […]

It’s been feeling like fall around here.  Rain, wind and thunderstorms.  Bah!  I hope you’re having better weather this Thankful Thursday week.  How was your Mother’s Day, mothers?  I had a very nice one…heard from all my kids and we went for a lovely brunch to our baby girl and son-in-law’s newly purchased home.  They’ve […]

Hi guys!  I hope you’re having a wonderful week.  I have much to be grateful for this Thankful Thursday.  Working two jobs this past week wasn’t that hectic, thank God.  I scheduled it so I wouldn’t have to work 7 or 8 days in a row and that helped a LOT!!!  #gettingbetteratmyorganizationalskills 1.  A friend […]

There’s not that much to post this Thankful Thursday.  It’s pretty much the same ol same ol at work…construction deterring travelers, catching up to tasks on my days off, another month soon over.  And tomorrow is the time of the month when I start to incorporate working my part-time job into my schedule – so […]

I swear Iowa’s weather drives me crazy!  It’s in the 50s again and so windy the last few days!  It was 45 mph winds a couple days ago and I thought I was going to blow away.  I really try not to complain about whatever weather we have (except for winter weather) becos I know […]