My Bucket (list) Has a Hole in It.

 I am constantly changing. No use in me making a bucket list. What I like one month will most likely be on my 'hate' list the next. Problem is... I have so much I want to do and time is running out. So, my priorities change.

 I made this scrapbook journal page some time back. Let's see how it has changed . 

#1. That is still doable. It's not far, I could even drive it and I do like sitting on the porch of the Outer Banks Inn in Edenton N. C. So, I'll keep that one.

#2. I've been in the Norfolk area for over 20 years and this Spirit Harbor Cruise has never happened for me. Don't expect it to. 

 #3. I'd still like to go to the Lewis Ginter Flower Garden in Richmond, Va. Maybe I can talk someone  into taking me. It's not far but I don't drive in city traffic anymore. 

#4. This is always a go! Anytime I am in the car I have my camera. Well, nearly every time. Love making pictures. I use a lot of them on my blog so i can't take that off my bucket list.

#5. Hmmm.. Wonder where that will be. A place I've never been?  I still have trips dancing around in   my head. Need to make it happen once this Coronavirus is over.

#6. If I ever get back to the sea... to throw a bottle with a note in it into the water.  But you know, that's not such a great idea. The ocean is too full of  junk right now as it is. I don't want to add to it. Besides, I'd never live long enough for somebody to find that bottle with the note in it and let me know.  

#7. Oh, that's a good one and another doable. Sometimes I find things that make me laugh on YouTube,  or a blog or any social media.; Of course, you have to wade through all the 'junk' on there, the hate and decisiveness. Social media does have it's draw-backs. 

#8. I think I'll start writing letters to my children to be opened after I am gone. I think about it nearly every day. And, I still haven't set down to do it. One of these days the good Lord is going strike me dead and there won't be a word written to my kids. I gotta get on this one. I'm not about to let those kids forget me!! Or know how much I love them!!

#9. I could do this every day. And, I don't. Lazy me. there's a walking path through some woods at the  edge of our complex. And, there is even a bench to sit my butt down on if I get tired. And, I don't  do it. Shame on me. What good does it do to make a bucket list if I totally ignore it? 

#10. I did so love the strolls I have taken on the streets of New York. Susan used to live in the city and  we'd walk everywhere. I'd even get out and go for a danish or just windowshop while she was at  work. There's such energy in New York. I need some of that right now. 

#11. Oh boy, I work on this every single day. I am picky about who I let into my life. Negativity can      drag you down big time. I stay away from anything that I possibly can that will make me unhappy.  I think I deserve this peace and quiet in my life. So, I fight for it big time.

Well, how did I do? 

So much I could do on this list.... if I'd just get myself out the door and do it. Maybe I'm perfectly content with life as I am living it today. That's a good thing, don't you think? 

Dreaming about Dill Pickles

 Oh my gosh...

I dreamed last night that my daughter and I were on a bus and I was going to give her my credit card so she could buy something. I open up my little black wallet and pull out a small piece of waxed paper. In the paper.... two slices of dill pickles! Then I woke up.

No, I am not pregnant. No, I had not been drinking before bed. No, I was not hungry. You figure it out. 

But, I was in the mood to cook yesterday. I made pineapple-cheese casserole and saved most of it for the crockpot chicken and dumplings I am making today. I get these crazy urges ever so often.

It is getting more fall like... it is just around the corner and I love fall. I wish I could go to the apple orchard and pick some apples. Then I would make me some Cracker Barrel style fried apples. That would go great with my chicken and dumplings. 

                            There is the recipe in case you get hungry for fried apples. 

We Will Never Forget!

 

Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again Another Day

 

It's raining again today.

I feel terrible about getting all this rain and those poor people out west (especially Calif.) need it so desperately. 

But, God knows best. We just question His motives sometimes. 

I hope you have a bunch of rainbows today. 

Happy Labor Day

 It's Labor Day Weekend. What do you plan to do this year, it being a different sort of time in our lives?

This labor thing has me puzzled. Are we suppose to Labor on this holiday? I think it should be called Laborless Day! 😋

                      Whatever you do, stay safe, have fun and be thankful.

Ice Cream, Figs and Crab Cakes.

 Continuing with the story of our four days on the Eastern Shore!

We played a lot of Scrabble. It was so good for Dylan, learning new words, adding up scores, connecting letters to make words. And, the little buggar beat us... every time. Of course, we did a bit of suggesting and encouraging. That's what Nanas and Gigis do. 

He took me on a ride or two on the golf cart! 

He asked if I minded bumps and I said no. 

So, he hit every one he could find.

We even rode over to a neighbors house. The old gentleman lives alone. We explored his yard and picked ripe figs and shot pictures of flowers and other pretty things. It's a gorgeous place but he can't keep it up anymore so it's pretty grown up. I'll share some pictures.

Ripe Fig

A tame persimmon not ripe yet.

The house

In his back yard

We had the best ice cream... butter pecan and I swear, there were more pecan halves (no, little bitty pieces) than there was ice cream. So yummy.

Dylan's Gammie (step-grandmother) brought us lunch and she made probably the best crab cakes I've ever eaten. 

So, we had quite a grand time of it over the weekend.