THE HOLIDAY BAZAAR

Good morning everyone!  Here we are on the down side of the week already.  And the month is almost 1/3 over.  Isn't this a pretty road?  Wouldn't you want to walk down it to see where it leads?  Or even maybe ride a horse.

Yesterday Carol, Donna and I went to my aunt's retirement community for the annual Holiday Bazaar they have.  This is the third year that we have gone and we always have fun.  I picked up Donna, then we headed over to Carol's house.  Carol always drives because she knows how to get there.  Me?  I haven't a clue.  So I sit in the back of the car and take pictures of the scenery out of the window.  Let me show you some of the beautiful trees.

The first shot I took, though, was of these beautiful mums growing on someone's curb.  Flowers can grow anywhere and brighten up someone's day.

The trees have finally turned magnificent colors.

The front of the building is always decorated so nicely.

We went through the bazaar and I bought a purse, a loaf of pumpkin bread, some cookies and a couple of books for Hadley for Christmas.

We went to get something to eat and met up with my Aunt Alice there.  It was so good to get together with her and catch up.  As she says, we only see each other once a year.  She is a wonderful lady who let me know that next year she will be 80 years old.  I got Carol to take a couple of pictures of us.

Looking at these pictures I know I really have to lose the weight!

After we left Carol wanted to stop at Trader Joe's. 

 Donna and I waited for her in the car.  I had been telling them I wanted to try Everything But the Bagel seasoning mix and when Carol came out, she had bought me a jar of it.  She wouldn't let me pay for it either.  What a nice gift!

The trees were pretty on the way home, too.

When I got home, I quickly changed my clothes and got ready for our first Homework Help session over at church.  I was only 15 minutes late and 15 minutes before the kids were set to show up.  Rick and I prayed for the session and then sat there and talked waiting for the kids.  No one showed.  So at 4:30 we decided to give it up, put on our coats and locked up.  As we were leaving, I saw my Sunday School girls walking down the street.  They said they didn't have any homework so didn't come.  We told them to come on in and play some games with us for 1/2 hour.  One of the called home and got permission and they all came in.

We had such a good time with them.  They think Rick is the funniest man ever.  They were giggling at everything he said.  He asked me why they were giggling all the time and I said they were teenage girls.  He asked if teenaged girls giggled a lot.  Of course I said, YES!  They are 12 and 13 -- just the age to giggle!  We played two games and then did a word search.  The half hour flew by and they had to leave.  I told them to come next week even if there was no homework and they said they would because they had fun!  There were only three girls, but that's a start.  Rick asked if there were any other kids on their block that could come.  Elyssa said yes, and they should come to church, but they should come to church with MANNERS and that was something they definitely did not have.  In other words, this is fun and don't ruin it for us.  She is such a character and I love having her in my class each week.

When I finally got home I was exhausted.  I was too tired to eat, so I called out to Dominos and got Joe a salad and me some chicken wings.  I'll be making an early dinner tonight before we go to Bible Study.

On the calendar today is take Joe to church this morning to fix the heater, take Jack to his vet appointment this afternoon, and Bible Study tonight.  Another busy day.

Hope you are having a good day!

Kathy