Good Morning

                            

Good Morning my dear friends/family here in Jland. I'm going to have a busy day today, so I thought I would try and get an entry in before I get ready to leave. On my list today is the post office, my doctor's office to get a form filled out for social services, pharmacy for some Robitussin and Mucinex, then to grocery store. I will be doing all this walking. I am going to put Rebecca in the stroller and push her so I have something to hold onto to walk with and to help carry the items I have to pick up. It's going to be a long day.

             

Thanksgiving is coming up soon. We will be going to my daughter Emma's for dinner that day. I will be there doing the cooking. Making both a ham and a turkey that day, and all the fixings for both, plus pies and cobbler's. I love peach cobbler and apple crumb cobbler during the thanksgiving and christmas holidays. And top it off with some vanilla bean icecream and it is just fabulous. The kids love it.

Well, in case some didn't get the posting I made from Angie on her Giving Tree journal, I want to post it here. Angie is having problems due to technical difficulty and she is hoping to have her computer up and running no later then monday. For those who have a request for a need of help or have something they wish to donate to on the Giving Tree please continue to email Angie at CanyonSun04@aol.com  and she will get back to you as soon as she is back up and running again monday.

I had better go now. I need to fix Rebecca some breakfast and get us both dressed. Then we will be out the door to run our errands. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

 

                   

                 

                          

I want to extend a warm thank you to Roxy for making this wonderful tag for my daughter Rebecca, so I could use it in this entry today. Thank you so very much Roxy, I love it.

Last night after I gave Rebecca her bath and was combing her hair getting very frustrated, and hearing Rebecca yell, owwwwww that hurts, I decided it was time to make a change for her. I got out my hair cutting scissors and went to work. And after about 15 minutes, my little girl looked absolutely beautiful. She was kind of nervous at first, because she had it in her head that when you cut your hair it hurts, lol. And the look on her face seeing her hair laying on the floor afterwards was priceless. This morning in better lighting, while she was sitting at the computer in her PBS Kids site, I took her picture. So here she is with her new Do!!!!!!!

It was just about to her butt in length, now it is at her shoulder's. But I think she looks so cute with shorter hair. Her sister Emma hasn't seen it yet. She already has told me to not cut Rebecca's hair, but did I listen? NOPE!!!!!!!!!! I cut it because Rebecca has that very thin soft as cotton hair like her Dad and it gets so tangled and full of knots. I feel bad combing it out and hearing her say it hurts. So now we won't have so much to deal with.

Eagle's are playing the Redskin's right now. And the birds are kicking butt, woooooooohoooooooooo. Score is now 10 Eagle's and 0 Redskin's. And yes Rebecca is wearing her Eagle's Jersey.

The weather man said it was going to rain today, and he was right. It has just now started to rain. He also said heavy rain and lightning is moving in, and it may delay the Eagles/Redskin's game becausethey are playing here in Philadelphia. Good thing Jim walked to the store earlier, otherwise he would of gotten wet. He won't use my bright red umbrella, lol.

Well I set out the mousetrap again last night, and woke up this morning to another mouse in the trap. That makes 2 so far. And when I went into the kitchen a little while ago, I seen another mouse. This one ran into one of the back burner's of the stove. So, I put the trap out again. I hate mice, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. We are getting them because my neighbor is moving and she has been going through boxes and boxes of things in her basement from her packrat soon to be exhusband and as she is cleaning out the basement those furry lil varments are coming over here. But I'll get them, everyone of them, heehee <evil grin>.

Eagle's just got another touchdown, woooooohooooooooo goooooooooo EAGLE'S.

Well guess that is about it for now. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far. Gonna make up some homemade Chicken and rice soup for supper. Warm up the bone's. My chest cold seem's somewhat better. That Musinex is some good stuff. Have a great day.

                  

Graphics for the music lovers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Veteran's Day Tribute

                              

On November 11, 1918, in a railroad car somewhere in the forest of Compiegene, France, the armistice to end WWI was signed. WWI was called The Great War, because american's felt there could be no other war any greater. Little did they know what the future would hold!

This armistice became an annual observance on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1920's. Only back then it was called Remembrance Day in England and in Canada, and in the United States it was called Victory Day.

In 1921 the United States began honoring it's war dead soldier's. However November 11th didn't become a legal federal holiday until 17 years later in 1938. Back then it was felt that the death and destruction of WWI would never again be repeated, and when WWII came, those beliefs were changed.

In 1954 President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill declaring armistice day would forever be known from then on as a legal holiday to give tribute to all the men and women who served their country and November 11th will be forever celebrated as Veteran's Day.

                             

So on this day November 11, 2006 I salute all the men and women who have served and are now serving in the military. Thank you for all you have done and all you are doing for my country, for our country.

                      

                  

Click Here           As a tribute to all who have served and are now serving in the military, this is for you.

VIVI AWARDS

                      

I just wanted to say congratulations to all who have won the vivi awards. Your journals are awesome and are so worthy of an award. I must say I was a little sad at first to see I hadn't won the Best New Journal award, but then I thought, I actually won something I can cherish for a long time, and that something is the friendships I have with all of you here in Jland. So, I am a winner also. I would like to thank all that nominated me for Best New Journal, I really appreciated your votes. Now that the voting is over and the winners have been announced, I hope and I pray no one causes any grief because he or she or a friend didn't win. This was a fun thing to do, a way to get to know more people, read more journal's. Let's keep it fun please? So far all you winner's, woooooooooooohooooooooooo happy dance going on for you all, congratulation's to you. Everyone and I mean everyone here in Jland has such wonderful journal's, I enjoy reading each and everyone of them. I also wanted to say, if your journal is not on my sidebar but you have received comments from me, it is because I don't have your journal url, but I do have you on my alerts. And if you want me to add your journal to my side bar, drop me an email and I will add it.

Also, christmas season is coming up on us and a few have stated they want to give out cards. I for one want to send out cards also, in hopes of getting one from you. So, if you would like to join in the fun and send and receive a card from me this christmas season, please send me an email with your name and address and I will add you to my card list. You can pass the word around through Jland by putting an entry about it in your own journal's.

 

Let's not forget our men and women who are overseas fighting in this war. Let's keep them all in mind and prayer during this holiday season and also their families. How hard it must be for all of them to be apart during the holidays. God Bless them.

                              

Well, as the even comes to end and my body is screaming to crawl into my bed under my covers I just want to wish you all a good night, and sweet dreams.

                           

No graphics tonight in this entry. Photo bucket is down for a short maintenance it says. So, instead I will share this very beautiful song with you. I remember singing this song as a child in church. I always loved hearing it. You can sing along with it because the words will show. Have a great evening all.

Click here: Closer Walk With Thee

 

CINDY

                                   

Today starts the month of November. Halloween is behind us and now we can enjoy all the signs of Fall/Autumn. Until later in the month when we look forward to Thanksgiving. But until then I will just sit and enjoy the Fall season. All the colorful leaves falling from tree's, seeing the little one's jumping into piles of leaves that have already fell from the tree's. Hearing the laughter, and cry's of joy as each takes a turn in the leaf pile. Yesterday I watched from my livingroom a man, go door to door knocking and asking if they wanted their leaves raked and bagged for a small fee. A couple people on my street let him rake up their leaves. He bagged them all, sat the bags on the curb, was paid for his task and off he went to try another house.

There is one thing I wanted to share with you about Rebecca's trick or treating last night. She came home with a bucket full and half a pillow case full of candy. I dumped it all out and Jim and I  went through it checking for tiny holes or marks it had been tampered with. We found nothing wrong. We told Rebecca she could have 1 piece of whatever she wanted. Her choice.....a small bag of sunflower seeds. All that candy and she chose sunflower seeds, lol. Guess my telling her she has to eat healthy paid off last night. We took out the gum and those lil laffy taffy things. She cannot have those, due to it may loosen one of her fillings. She was ok with me throwing those things away, cause she doesn't want to go back to the dentist anytime soon, lol.

Well, just wanted to ask everyone to please pray for our dear friend Angies grandpa. He is in the hospital, and Angie is very worried about him. Let's get a chain of prayer's going to send out to him. I guess that's about all there is to write about this morning. I still haven't made up my mind what I want to do about Jeff. But I said a prayer last night asking for guidance, so I'll just have to take it one step at a time and really think about my decision. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.