~Good Easy Day ~

The trees across the street are droppin leaves as fast as they are

changing.. I didn't notice my crystal till I put the photos into my

psp where I resize them.. Its a really pretty crystal and when the

sun hits it every afternoon its just beautiful..It was such a dull and

gloomy fall day today..not cold tho..in the 60's so it wasn't too

bad.. Those poor trees of the neighbors..isnt that just sad to

see how Asphlund butchered those trees.. I have read a lot

on the web, many complain about the 'hatchet job' they do on

trees then their foremen brag they are 'tree men'..no..I beg to

differ..THEY KNOW how to trim a tree and don't leave it looking

as sorry as those there do..I had a tree service for too many

years and I KNOW good tree work..This is NOT good...those

trees will eventually have to come down..all that weight on one

side is not good..
My backyard as you can see is covered..it is so pretty..To look

Out the window and see those leaves all over and the brightness

its almost rosey out there.. Penny came today and put some fresh

birdseed and bread crumbs and cleaned the water bowl..We had

talked about how to make a place for them to eat and it not Get

covered with snow.. The way the squirrels have been working, I

see them and they are steady going..The old farmers say when they

do that it means a long hard winter..Our past few have been cold,

but we werent snowed in and I think we only had a couple big snows

last winter and it didn't even stay very long.. Which for the drivers in

it they were glad..Dawn and Donnie have to drive all the way into

Elkhart to work, which many do, but live in Michigan, its a little bit of

a drive, depending on which way you go its about a 45 minute drive,

and of course the weather too..
Well..there you see it.. Now BOTH are in the same box.. I

heard them fighting and looked and there they were.. You

see LB is NOT happy..Dutch just looks so innocent..and you

KNOW who was in the box first..LB..those 2 smaller boxes

are right above them on the couch..Penny brought this box

up from the basement to throw out..well you see how far it got.

As I write this they are both in there and I think its LB that I

hear snoring.. is he mad there or what.. I love the looks on their

faces..they don't have to say a word and I KNOW what they

are saying or thinking..

We are all clean and I am glad to say that today was just a nice calm

quiet BORING day..no..I really never get bored, I can find something to

do and Ive been digging out some of my knitting again and some

little crafty stuff that I thought would be cute for Christmas for Theresa

and Heidi and Penny of course.. Penny is very talented herself.. she

can knit just beautiful.. I will take a photo of her baby booties shes made.

She has made 3 pair already for our baby.. I am so anxious to make a

couple quilts and receiving blankets.. I am SO ready to SEW.. I enjoyed

sewing even when I worked for the sewing places Ive worked at , in

Buffalo, and Green Bay, Elkhart, even Houston I did for a while..I noticed

that Buffalo had quite a few sewing manufacturers.. The place I worked

for we made some jackets for JC Pennys...I made the collar and cuff and

the bottom band..then the surger ladies took it from there..Surgers are a

great machine.. These industrial machines are so wonderful..but they run

with a foot platform and to raise the needle is the bar that hangs down

that you use your knee to push it ... I don't think I could run one now..Well

I could if it was adapted to me... Id try to anyway :-)

We had burger king for lunch and it wasn't the greatest. Holiday today

so nothing was open..I had forgotten that when I sent Penny to the

store and asked her to go to the bank and the post office..She reminded

me when she got back..It was on her route so im glad she didn't go

out of her way with gas as much as it is.. She is supposed to get a

gas allowance and apparently the caseworker, Julia is messing with

Pennys checks.. She has NO trouble with mine, I think Julia just does

NOT like Penny for some reason which is amazing shes very nice. I

hope she gets it straightened out..its hard when you depend on your

paycheck to be there and its not.. I don't know what I would do if I

didn't get mine for what ever reason.. I would be in DEEP DODO..

Theres none of that in the kitchen so I don't have to worry and I KNOW

I can find that pumpkin pie out there.. I love that stuff.. I like pumpkin,

pie, bread, cookies, all of it.. Why I like these holidays so much ..Its

not thanksgiving with out pumpkin pie..or Christmas for that matter..

GOT to have the pie.. This GORGEOUS WEEBLE has been in this

chair long enough for one day and Im getting out of it and watching

TV. . My butt says I HAVE to and say "Nitey Nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya..and thanks :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again.....