Coupon Fairy... "ing"

I LOVE using COUPONS... and I LOVE "Fairying" coupons... ESPECIALLY when they are as good as THIS one is!!! I HOPE this made someones gift buying a little more pleasant!

I actually had 8 of these coupons... so was able "fairy" the whole shelf!!!

Times They Are a Changin'...

We had our first "snow"... white stuff fell from the sky... but THANKFULLY didn't linger on the ground... I fear it's a "pre-show" of what's to come!

6 BIG BLACK TRASHBAGS have been filled... my "FAVORITES" list got (DRASTICALLY) pared down on the computer... my skin got "itchy"... I HAD to "clean house"...

When my OLDEST was little (around 9ish) he couldn't watch AIRBUD without busting out crying... 14 years later... not much has changed

We've switched over to a "Fall Menu"... soups, potpies and casseroles... and YUMMY CHILI (just spicey enough to give ya the sniffles!)

I was in the store the other day and had to stop short... WAS THAT CHRISTMAS MUSIC I WAS HEARING over the PA system? YEP...

It feels like we go to bed Sunday night... wake up and it's FRIDAY already... time didn't seem to FLY so fast when I was younger!!!

More days than not lately I just stand here DUMBFOUNDED and think to myself "WHERE did my SWEET GIRL go"???

A Special Day...

For our FAVORITE GIRL...

A Lesson in PATIENCE... but Worth the Wait!

In Mid-July we planted some MOONFLOWERS (on a whim)... and ANXIOUSLY waited for them to bloom... well... we waited... and waited.... and WAITED ... we noticed some buds forming... and then the "pods" formed... to say that we were excited would be an understatement!


And FINALLY 2 nights ago... SURPRISE!!! Our VERY FIRST MOONFLOWER BLOOMED!!!





We thought it would NEVER HAPPEN (or the FROST would arrive before we even got to see one of the blooms open!)... but it did... how PRETTY the MOONFLOWER was! Almost GLOWING... and the fragrance was WONDERFUL!!! We didn't realize how BIG the blooms are (it measured almost 4" across!!!) and couldn't decide which "side" of the flower was/is prettier... the FRONT... or the BACK...

We excitedly counted the other buds and pods... and are HOPING that our first FROST holds off so we can enjoy ALL the MOONFLOWERS that we can!!!

We will DEFINITELY be planting these next year (before mid-July!)...

We were HONORED to Attend...

And we will NEVER FORGET...

"CAT" itude...

YES... I'm listening....





UH HUH... REEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLY????...

Are you STILL TALKING???...

He's Such a POSER...