Friday again

Today is Friday and since yesterday was pay day I think we might go out for a fish fry. I don't have to try to figure out what to cook. I really loved to cook for about the first 30 years. Then I just decided that it wasn't a lot of fun anymore. So having the best husband in the world, he told me to only cook when I felt like it. There were a few years that we took our budget money for food and went out to eat every evening. Now we are back to being more realistic and having good home cooked food is important again. This is not new, I'm talking about 10 years of cooking after a few of not. That's why on payday or near it we try to go out for a fish fry. Did you need to know this, I guess not.

New Beginnings is coming along and I know I usually say this, but it's true and it takes hours and hours of just re-doing scenes that I once thought were good. Now I have learned to read them out loud because you wouldn't believe how they sound opposed to just silent reading. I do know how this story is going to end, but it's the getting there and making it a really good book to read that hold the challenge.

Thank you to Wayne and Korana who courageously opened up their home again this year for out Kelly Family Thanksgiving Dinner. I also want to thank Todd and Gail in advance to hosting Christmas again this year. We are a big family and are only able to get together for two or three gatherings each year. This year I found joy in just watching every one of my kids (except Virginia and her two kids who lives in Nashville). Seeing them enjoying the day was so much fun. I can't begin to describe the feeling.

I know a lot of you swear by Black Friday and the sales. I'm not a morning person so I don't go, or at least didn't but this year we went and I hoped to get a laptop. Let's just say I wasn't able to get the deal and I spent almost a full day recovering from the stupid trip. So, if if works for you, great, but I'm too old to start something like this.

I hope y'all like the new look. Feel free to make comments about it.

Until next time,

Y'all allow God to Bless you.

Hang on please

Getting ready to update y'all but hubby just pulled in and don't know how long I have because we are heading out to a early Thanksgiving dinner with friends.

I woke this morning after a real lively dream. Wow, really I thought, I could use this for a story,so on came the computer,(and without coffee) I just started typing. I was so excited that 1,200 words later I was amazed what a spin that short story took. Now to decide if after editing it, I might want to send it off to a magazine or for a contest. Anyway the high was worth the loss of morning coffee. Did I just say that? Yup, I did. I dream a lot, so why was I surprised when the first thing I could think of was getting it on my computer? I guess because this dream played out like a story begging to be told.

Door opens, hear lunch box being unloaded, now waiting in my little office but no one appears and no one speaks. Maybe it's the creature from the black lagoon. Still silence, oh wait he appears and smiles and says hi. All fear gone, I return the hi with a smile of my own.

No, this paragraph has nothing to do with the story I was writing this morning. Only certain people will understand the reference of the black lagoon.

Gotta go or we'll be late.

God Bless y'all my dear readers and family.

Crisp,fresh air

Good afternoon everyone. I have just come in from outside and the air is crisp and fresh. I am really enjoying this. Today the sun is out and it's a far cry from what we had all summer. I personally like very warm weather. But this last summer felt like the temperatures we had in Las Vegas and they were unbearable. So, I am developing a new outlook on the temps. If the sun is out and I'm smart enough to dress warmly, I am planning on totally enjoying the fall weather. Now don't tell my honey I said this, but I am even looking forward to our first snowfall. I mean the one that comes down with large fluffy flakes and is so beautiful it looks like a postcard picture. Of course I would like a mild winter also. I know get real, this is New York for crying out loud. Upstate New York. Okay, I get it but still a girl can dream can't she?

The other day I cancelled my lesson about pictures and how to put them on here because I had worked a long shift and was so tired that rest or more importantly more sleep was more important at the time. Everyone tells me putting pictures on here and face book from my computer is easy and Browse is the important thing to look for but I can't find a Browse place except when I actually scan the picture. I'm also looking into changing the format and colors of the blog. What do you guys think? Any suggestions? I'd love to hear them. I plan on checking out some other blogs for ideas.

Sarah, thank you for your encouraging word about the sequel. New Beginnings is coming along and I hope to spend more time on it in the coming weeks.

Christmas shopping is almost done and I won't have that interference. This will be the first year that I am going to try to enjoy the weeks just before Christmas. Usually I'm backed up with stress about shopping. I plan to use this time wisely and focus on Jesus and what he means to me.

Sorry, I need to run an errand before John gets home so need to sign off.

Until next time,

God Bless y"all

Surprised

Good evening, I finally am in again. I really don't know what happened so if it goofs up again, I am not sure how to fix it. Guess I'll just pray.

I am still playing around with pictures and can't get them moved. I do have a appointment with a specialist on Thurs. am to see if she can help me fix this issue. Well I think anyone who can successfully put pictures wherever they want to should defiantly be called a specialist.

We are having a problem trying to figure out who to vote for this election. I guess we go through this every time, but this year seems to be especially hard. We use to get a mailing and it told who was up for election or re-election and what they claimed that they stood for and also their voting record in the past but I don't remember who sent us this. Hopefully the newspaper will do something similar.

I am so wrapped up in New Beginnings that I can hardly tell you anything. New ideas are popping into my head and occasionally I have to figure out which way to go.

This week is a busy one with two days of work put in also. A couple of appointments and a living room that I have torn apart and don't know when I can get it totally put back together is just looming before me. We just gave away a huge cabinet today and now I will have more room, but I have so many things to go through and some to get rid of. We have a place we can give donations to and it's called The Abiding Place. It's in Honeoye and is only open Monday and Wednesday from four till seven. Tomorrow I'm booked with other things. Wednesday is one of my work days. I need more energy for each day, I guess.

We had a great trip to Tennessee in September but I think I may have already told you about it.

We are planning a vacation for early spring, possibly to Florida. I need to get a laptop before then so I can make it a working vacation for me. I am excited about New Beginnings and I want to submit this one to a certain publisher. If this is in God's plan it will get excepted.

I hope to have a picture or two on this by Thursday or Friday.

Until then my friends and family,

God Bless y'all

Where is everybody?

Hi there,

I am wondering where everyone is. I figure Wayne is traveling now as it's about eight p.m. on Sunday night. I have not been on the computer since we returned from Tennessee. I'm really out of touch with almost everyone. Shawn if you read this soon call me, I can't put the pictures I have scanned on here or face book. Don't know why. I guess I need help from anyone who has that knowledge. Okay, I am showing and admitting how ignorant of the computer I really am but that is the truth. I have a pretty picture that I took a couple of years ago in the living room and I want to put in on here.

I plan on picking up the pictures of our vacation on Tuesday. I am working some this week and hope to get everything done that I can or am suppose to.

Korana, I love the blog about the fifteen minute rule or was it the five minute rule? I guess I need to go back and read it again. I wish I had felt like calling and talking to Wayne this weekend but it didn't happen. How many more weeks does he have to travel? Give me a call if you ever have a chance. I know you are swamped with volleyball and kids and house and stuff like life.

I have a new goal. I'm going to get together with some friends and we're going to make soap from scratch. I'll let ya'll know how that works out. It probably won't be for another week or so before we get the recipes and supplies together.

Well I just wanted to say hi to all.

God Bless y'all.

Sunny and Hot

Good morning everyone,

We had a wonderful vacation and John is back to work this morning. I hope he has a great day. It might be a little hard getting back into the routine after two weeks off, but I know him and he will be happy as a pig in a mud muddle to have his schedule back. He truly loves his job.

A couple of years ago we went to visit Gin in September and the weather was in the low to mid 80's with a lot of sun and we walked a lot and had a great time.

The difference this trip was not only that she lives in a different place but the weather was hot, oh, so hot. Here at home we were getting some rain and the temperature was only in the 60's I understand. In Murfreesboro, Nashville and surrounding areas it was anywhere between 95 and 100. As we were driving our rental into the parking area at the airport to fly home the temperature thingy read 100. It was suppose to cool down in the evenings but I'm not sure it went down to the 60's like the weatherman said. We did get rain for about 5 minutes one morning and again for about 5 minutes that same afternoon. The rest of the time it was pretty clear and sunny. Am I complaining? Well just a little bit. It reminded me of the awful heat we experienced living in LasVegas a few years ago. They talk about dry heat versus humid heat. Well, we found out heat is heat when it gets that hot. You're either drenched in sweat or feel like you just opened your oven door and the heat poured out at you but it doesn't stop like when you back away from the oven. But excluding the weather which is hardly ever perfect for me (and I admit it) we had a wonderful vacation.

Went shopping, took the kids for ice cream one evening, went to homecoming days at the high school where Bryan escorted a beautiful girl and she won the Queen of the homecoming. You should have seen him in a tux. Then over the weekend we took the kids shopping and to a movie of their choice. It was "Alpha and Omega" and was about wolves. All in all we had a real good time and I hope to get some pictures on this from the homecoming as soon as I get them developed. Yes, I used an old fashioned camera, the kind that isn't instant like most things we have now days.

I just looked at the clock and I have a appointment soon Ive got to run. Love to all.

Until next time,

God Bless y'all.

I'm back

Hi everyone,

Yes, I'm finally back. Before I forget it, I needed to add kelly on the address for Korana's blog. Sorry about that. So it is waynekoranadenverandwillakelly@blogspot.com. I am sorry for the confusion for anyone who tried to see this and couldn't get to it.

Okay, I am ready to put some pictures on my computer. I have everything hooked up except the fax. Now, how do I do this? Don't have a clue. But I intend to fiddle with this until I figure it out.

I just finished getting my quarterly sales tax ready for the proper authorities. Now I can get back to New Beginnings. I am getting more excited about the story line every day that I am able to work on it.

Korana is busy coaching volleyball like she has for years and that keeps her very busy. That also means Wayne is busy with three little girls.

Shawn and Lesley had a break over the weekend because Shawn Jr. and Ben spent it visiting Aunt Mary and Uncle Rob. Ellianna enjoyed being an only child but frequently wanted to know where "her boys" were. I understand they had a great time.

We are looking forward to flying to Nashville next week. We are leaving on Monday and returning the following Tuesday evening. I can't wait to see my family out there. Bryan is doing well after jaw surgery last month and I haven't seen Sam's haircut yet. I hear it's very nice. Looking forward to spending time with Gin. We also hope to spend some time with Ron. I understand he is coaching hockey and so may be very busy but we will probably be able to see him a little bit.

School will start here in a day or so and I'm so glad I am done with getting kids off to school. I know our two great granddaughters in Florida starting weeks ago. It was very nice to see them here a few weeks back. I really miss them. We had a lot of fun. Even getting caught in a thunderstorm in Stony Brook Park couldn't damper the pleasure of our being together.

The Saturday after we get back from Tennessee we are attending out nephew's wedding. I guess our next two or three weeks will be busy.

I'm going to scan some pictures so let me close for now.

Until next time.

May God Bless you richly.