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SUNDAY STEALING1. Have you turned the heat on in your house yet this fall?
Heat? Turn it on? Ummmmm, not here!! The 'heat is turned on' when we open the door...it's 80 degrees here in the Fall!! Question is: Have you turned your A C off yet? We haven't...it's running 24/7 still.2. Do you allow your pets on the furniture?
It's rather the opposite here...it should be do our pets allow US on the furniture? We recently bought a couch and loveseat...and before we had the last of the cushions placed in place, BOTH CATS took possession!!!3. What were your final words for September?
"Tomorrow's October"4. What are your first words for October?
"Today is October"5. Do you think you’ve ever seen a ghost?
I haven't, but Bud swears he has!! In our Colorado home.6. What is the one color that represents this time of year?
Aspen Gold7. Which of your senses do you think is most sensitive this time of year?
Smell...the smell of apples baking, pies, cool fresh ocean breezes...scents of outdoors!!8. What is your favorite thing to do at the county fair?
Since our county fair here is held in February, I love to walk around check out the crafts and check out the 4H animal exhibits...blue ribbon predictions!9. What do you like when you have a cold?
My warm wuzzy BED!!10. Are you willing to spend over $100 for a piece of winter clothing, like boots or a coat?
I have. But that's our little secret....I don't think Bud knows.
12. What do you have too much of in your kitchen?
Too many cooks spoil the broth? Nah...don't cook much....I guess it'd hafta be dishes that need to be put in the dishwasher....that's Bud's job.13. What gripes do you have about this time of year?
None whatsoever....this is a favorite time of year from now 'til it gets hot again in May.14. Other than yourself, are you responsible for getting anyone ready in the morning?
Who would that be?15. When was the last time you cleaned your gutters?
There are no gutters around here....with hurricanes, gutters are something you don't see on homes.16. So, it’s after Labor Day. Will you still be wearing white?
Perhaps....which makes me think of an old jingle...oh you wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.17. What shows are you most looking forward to this Fall?
I WAS looking forward to two...NCIS and The Big Bang Theory, but so far, sorely disappointed in both. Actually, more so would be the Baseball Playoff Games. League Championships, and then WORLD SERIES. That's my final answer...and I'm sticking to it.18. What three things have you just not gotten around to from the summer, but probably should do before snow flies?
Snow? It doesn't snow here. Thank gawd!!!!! And I'm laughing myself silly for all those who like it....my sister told me yesterday the high country is getting snow....awwwwwwwwwww, poor thing! [she lives in the high country on the western slope of the Rockies]END OF SUNDAY STEALING
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Sunday's SummaryNuttin' Honey!!!
From Monday of this past week, it was a bit boring. Nothing was crucial in getting done. Mostly watching a new storm developing below the island of Cuba and becoming stationary for some time. Predictions are it {named storm, Richard} will be heading into the Gulf waters soon. The path is still a bit 'unknown'...I guess it depends on pressure areas and temperatures. There will be a chance it heads to the Texas coast, but for now, a slim chance of it being a STRONG storm...
Bud and I had planned on going to the opening of the new Matt Damon movie, "Hereafter". But, after reading the professional critics' critiques and the movie goers reviews, we changed our minds...I understand there are a lot of subtitles and such...I personally don't want to READ a movie!! LOL And of course, our walks along the beaches. We stopped at a new section. Well, new to us anyway. We've never pulled off the freeway to stop at this particular area near Nueces Bay ---the park is AT sea level and floods easily. Each and every time we've driven by the park, it was always a bit 'under water' from storms. It's not worth getting the car stuck in the mire and pay for a towing job. Since it's been dryer these past few weeks, we decided to go by and see if it was 'safe' to drive into the area.
The book I've been reading [and finished] was really good. It really wasn't a crumby book from the beginning, but slow to begin. After the queen was beheaded, I didn't want to put it down. How I love to read about this era. In fiction of course. And this author, tho I've not read any previous writings of hers, is just simply super. With this particular novel, she has written it in first person, which is the best for me anyway...it's like sitting at the hearth on a cold wintry night and the person is regaling to me a life experience. And in Old English style...her chapters are even marked....Chapter the First, Chapter the Eleventh and so on....unique. Heck, it doesn't take all that much to please me. LOL The book is "
The Queens Governess"...it begins with Anne Boleyn and her lady...and the lady is now the governess of the daughter, Elizabeth, the Queen. Wonderful. I highly recommend it for those who like England's historical novels. I'm trying to decide which book to begin reading now...I have three I'd really like to start reading. Two books, one, a long time hunted for book that I found in Books, Ink. over in Portland a couple of weeks ago, when we drove over to attend the Fall Festival...on the way back home, we stopped at a little 'corner' bookstore of used books...and I found it. My mother in law highly recommended it years and years ago...and I FOUND a copy and bought it!!!
The Silver Chalice---since it's so very old [first printed in the early 1950's] it's out of print of course, the only way to have found it is to look in used book stores ---I did see a copy of it quite a while ago at Abe Books [online book finders], but never ordered it. The 2nd of the two books I found there was a novel on Lizzie Borden [the infamous 'ax girl'] which is entitled "
Lizzie". The third book is one I found at Half Price books the other day is
Archie and Amélie. Of course they're all novels of historical value, The Silver Chalice is about a silversmith commissioned to produce a silver holder for the 'holy grail'...while Lizzie is a novelized version of Lizzie Borden and her lifestyle; the third one is a novel of the Astor Family, the rich, filled with scandals--love, marriage, drugs, with a bit of his psychiatric tendencies and time spent in an asylum....
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We did attend the 50th annual Jazz Festival over the past weekend. But the time there was cut short because of the daytime ballgame. Heritage Park and the City of Corpus Christi each year holds a terrific festival of many many nation-wide jazz bands attending for the festival held over three days.
There are three different bandstands within the park along with food, historic homes to tour, craft booths and drinks!! All three days, the times are from noon 'til the wee hours of the morning. Each band has a time slot to perform, usually about 45 minutes. Some with encores.
This one band in particular was local, and as Bud and I toured the grounds, their music was superb, so we stopped and enjoyed the ambiance their talents poured out. So many 'jazz' bands are NOT jazz to me, but either modern jazz [more of a rock genre] or BLUES.
To me, Blues is not JAZZ. This band [the three top photos] were the good 'old time jazz'!! The older gentlemen performing for us were playing the oldies but goodies...at the time of the photo shoot...they were playing "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons" with a fabulous 'jazzy' rhythm...quite good...I used to love listening to Nat King Cole sing this very song! While the last photo taken at another bandstand was more blues....we didn't hang around much longer after that. And the third bandstand was more Latin rhythm jazz...this other one we walked over to see, the program was nothing exciting...In the past, I've found that the 'best bands' are playing at night when the crowds are much larger. And there is something quite special when the lights are strung from tree to tree, around the bandstands, and through the grassy areas of the park...it just has an old tyme atmosphere of the days past. Quite fun and the demeanor of the attendees are more relaxed and enjoying the surroundings.
Well, the Texas Rangers Won the AL pennant!! I was so excited. Either team in the playoffs for the American League winning would have pleased me. Tho the Yankees lost, and deservedly so since they played like Little League to me....the Rangers are IN!! The first time for a long time that a Texas team has gone this far....wow. The way they played the past couple of weeks, I think they have a biting chance of taking the Fall Classic Trophy. Exciting.
This year, for some reason [maybe it's because I have so many now the way it is], I did not find any new and worthy of bringing home witches for my collection. The cloth one Bud found for me, and the little ceramic one is from my sister in Colorado. That's it for this season. And that's quite all right by me. As much as I love 'em and how fun they are sitting out and making the home all creepy and crawly with creatures and sound...they all have to be packed away each and every year. Right? So the less I buy/receive, the less of a job I have come November 1st. Tomorrow I plan on tearing everything down and begin cleaning and dusting and then I'll begin putting the small amount of Thanksgiving knick-knacks out that I have. Once that is over, then, it's Christmas Santas that'll keep me occupied for a week or two. As much as I love the holidays, and as much as I love decorating, I WILL be glad when it's over this year. I think a lot has to do with all the other stuff that'll be going on in November and December. I have the cold I'm still fighting with, then I have several doctor's appointments scheduled in November. It's decorating and baking and cooking and cleaning that I think will slow me down this year. The week past has been nothing but a T B-like ward here within the compounds of our 'prison of a home'...I say prison, because we've been locked in for days it seems. I don't like not being able to get up and go out when I want. Yet, I don't like to spread the cold and flu germs either!! I just wish others felt the same way and stay home when they know they're contagious. It just doesn't seem right. I did have to go out to the Pharmacy and pick up a refill of my heart meds, and I tellya, that was an effort. I knew I'd collapse by the time I got back to the car, so I used the convenience of the drive thru this time [no tiring getting out and walking to the back of the store...AND no spreading of the germs as much]. Bud didn't go with me either....he was home in bed with the creepin' crud too!!!
