Waiting for the storm!

 We're predicted to have wild weather this afternoon and evening- rain and wind.

Weekly updates! Neutral rectangular granny, and working on another page of the cross stitch.

Ali posted this memory of happier days. I miss him so much!

Picture for inspiration! 

The time change is late this year, not til after Halloween. I'm not looking forward to the early sunsets and long nights. 

Another week passing

 Time goes by so quickly! I started out today by getting on the exercise bike for the first time in weeks. I did 2.5 miles in 20 minutes, while reading on the kindle app of my iPad mini. Ralph was at breakfast with the Veterans.

I don't know why it's sideways! It was time to move the Q snap. I'm not halfway there yet!

Snakes are up to date! A little over 2 months left til the end of the year. 

We went to lunch at Lamp Post yesterday! Jersey shore salad for me, wedge salad for Ralph.

We did a library run the other day to pick up books I'd requested.

A stolen pic for inspiration! The quilter called it Strawberry Lemonade.

Time flies!

 October is halfway gone! As the old saying goes, the days are long and the years are short.

Another page is moving along! 

We had a cold front zip thru last night, dropping the temps by about 20 degrees! I have all the windows closed, and Ralph covered the air conditioner. 

Our nephew David's funeral will be November 13. Manda, Steph and Dan are coming in for it. They are fully vaccinated. Ben will stay home with the kids, who are too young for the vaccine. Several members of the family on Ralph's side are refusing the vaccine, so the kids are better off not here. 

It will be so nice to see Manda- it's been over 2 years! She's staying here, and Steph and Dan will use hotel points. They have a whole agenda for while they are here, starting with Balsalmo's pizza on arrival. 

Ralph left here at the crack of dawn to go see Eddie race. Ed is feeling better by the day, but in no shape to race or set up. He'll be cheering Eddie on. 

The house cleaners make their monthly visit tomorrow, yay!

October

Hello October! 

Another terrific page in the calendar that Heather made for us!

We were out of meatballs, so we made a trip to the Amish market for meatloaf mix, and I made 4 pounds of meatballs and froze them. Ralph likes them for a quick snack or lunch. The recipe is the one his Nana Rose taught me, except I over bake them rather than deep frying them. 

Another page done! This page had less areas of confetti, so it went faster. 

I'm up to season 8 of Chicago Fire! 

My new thing is nagging my children to make wills. Yeah, they should not have to be nagged, but hopefully it will work. Both Joseph and David died without wills, and it creates so much havoc. I even put up a PSA on Facebook about making a will. At least Joseph died in jersey, David lived in Virginia and it's causing all kinds of headaches for his family.