I really hate rollercoasters!!

This weekend has been a giant rollercoaster of emotions. My daughter is finally safely home in Calif. after a sixteen hour drive and 3 years of one disaster after another I am so happy to have her close to me again. Especially sense she is expecting my forth grandchild.

Just as I settled into the good feeling my phone rang. My son who was wisked away by the navy to parts umknown is calling to inform me he is well, however he is stationed somewhere in Irac, my heart lurched. I am now fighting the fear I am sure is not a stranger to all mothers of sons and daughters in active service.

I hate having things in an emotional mess, and true to form I will endever to hunker down with my stack of projects and keep my mind on good and positive things.

Sweet wishes for a gental autumn,

cyn

HOT DOG!!!!!

Finally we have rain ....and thunder ....and lightning ... and severe storm warning ....and Emergency Broadcast Alerts ....yep When it rains in Southern California it pours! We were told to go indoors and stay way from the windows, warned of the "killer" lightning, take cover and hide!! ....Ok, first I should tell you that rain in the desert is like a major social event. The first thing everyone does is congregate in the street. If you have a 4X4 you ride around and see who can cause the biggest waves. And if you are a child or young of heart, as soon as there is water pouring down the street, you grab the nearest floating device and jump in. No really I kid you not. And here we are being told to run hide. It will never happen. Did I mention I love storms .... from the inside safety of my home.

Happy rain drops,

cyn

It is a good thing we only have to live each day once

Wow what a week ... and am I ever glad it is behind me. Monday I was hospitalized for a bad infection Wednesday I was released Home with home care nursing. This week had been full of ironies. I found out Medical will pay for a private nurse to come to my home twice a day for an undetermind length of time, as well as IV medications, and dressings for a wound, but stopped at an oral antibiotic. Go figure. Anyway I am glad to be in my little nest again, with all my books, teddy bears and treasures. My poor cat cried for the first hour I was home. I could almost hear her saying "where you been why did you leave me?". My canary sang to me for the first time in months I guess he was glad to see me too. I am worried about getting the rest of the pears processed before they go bad. I am a bit behind schedule.

Today I got to do one of my most favorite things. The local library had a used book saleI have been saving my can and bottle money all year for this event. I even made the doctor promise to let me out of the hospital in time to go. I made quite the haul two huge bags of books for $13 and I helped a great cause, as Martha would say, "it was a good thing". i am thinking I may need to start looking for a new/used book shelf I am starting to develope substantial piles of books. It is hard for me to give up books to make room for new ones they are all like dear friends.

hoping for a great week for all,

cyn

Alas no rain , however ...

It has been an insaine week, never a dull or quiet moment. My best friend is moving her pet store 2 doors down in the same building, so I have been taking care of her son and granddaughter. We always have fun together doing crafts and watching silly movies like "Harry and the Hendersons". We made pencil holders from tin cans with 2 coats of paint and stickers.

In the middle of this i processed and packaged 20 ears of corn, from husking them to cutting off the cob. Yes I know it was only 20 ears of corn, however it was my first time , it was fun, and a great learning experience for the kids. and I wound up with 10 packages of frozen corn. Corn I plant to make yummy Corn Chowder with. I also canned 12 pints of pears. one didn't take so now there are 11. But I still have at least 25 pounds to process as they ripen.

I am also getting my home ready for cooler weather. This includes closing windows rearanging the furniture away fronm wall heaters and changing the beding on 3 beds to warmer cozier colors. I had made a duvet cover for my white feather comforter and had just made the bed when my poor cat had an attack from a hair ball. Yes the cover is in the washer at this very moment. I planned to take a picture of the bed all made for fall and winter. I guess that will have to wait for the next post. I also dyed 3 crochet pillow shams with tea to make them the same shade of creamish/tan as the background on the duvet cover.

Hope ya'all are having a great start to the fall season,

cyn

50% CHANCE OF RAIN!!......

Those words excite me like no-ones business .... Ok so I live in the middle of the desert and rain is a joy! The "Weather Bug" tells me that for the next 4 days i have 50% chance of rain i sure hope they are right, I have been running around all day taking pictures of the building clouds, They are absolutely beautiful against the blue sky. Last evening I took pictures of the clouds through my kitchen window ....really I am not silly it just looked pretty. To bad the pictures didn't turn out though. but the ones I took today did.

I am in the midst of doing some canning the first I ave done in nearly 20 years ...so far so good. I have Pear butter working things out in the crock pot right now looks like it has a while to go, it is still too watery. It smells wonderful though

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