Another day

In God's Grace
each dawn is a gift and every day a miracle......

Ecclesiastes 3:1

To every thing there is a season,

and a time to every purpose

under heaven.

Have a blessed Sunday 

and don't forget to thank God for the gift of another day.

Happyone  : )

A deck is started

We had a great nights sleep on a queen sized bed in our lovely new trailer.  It's bigger than our bed at home which is just a full size! 
Love the trailer.  It is all we hoped it would be. 

We decided that it would be nice to have a little deck by the trailer to sit on and enjoy looking out into the woods where one day our cabin will be.  So first thing this morning after breakfast we headed out to Lowes and bought some wood to get it started.
This morning it looked liked this right out side the door.

Some hours later the framing of the deck was done.  

We still have to put up the railings and of course the decking.  The Lowes we went to didn't have the dark gray decking we wanted so we will get some this week down this way and finish it next week, weather permitting.  Those shingles on the tractor barn will just have to wait a bit longer to get done!!

This is what we see from the deck.  Some day our cabin will be down there.  The little stream is down in there too though there is very little water in it right now.

Ken worked some more on the road he is making and I took this picture of him in the woods from the deck.

We left about 6 to come back home, traffic was light and we were home a little after 8:00.  Had some supper and I thought I'd write a quick post.

Hope your Saturday was a good one.
Happyone

The trailer arrives

It is after supper and we are in the parking lot of MacDonalds so I can blog.  : )
The trailer arrived earlier than expected.  Here it comes up the driveway.

The man had no trouble at all getting it up and around some steep parts of the driveway.  He parked it right where we wanted it to go and made sure we were happy before he left. 

Ken got the trailer leveled and then he went off to play on his tractor.  He is making a new road down to the creek.
I got everything nice and clean in the trailer.  Wiped down all the surfaces and cleaned the floor. 
I got rid of the blah bedspread and brightened the bedroom up a bit with this red, white and blue quilt.

We made a trip to Walmart and came home with these bags of goodies for the trailer.  A rug, some towels, and a few other little items.

We didn't do any work on the tractor barn and it was nice for a change to just enjoy the day without working.

On the way back to the trailer in just a bit we are going to stop and get some ice cream to bring back for our snack.  I think we may play a game of 500 Rummy and then later go to sleep in a real bed.  : )

Hope your day was a good one.
Happyone

My new shoes

Another one of those great mornings for walking.  55 degrees with a mixture of clouds and sun. 
I walked around the lake again and this time walked my usual route to the right and up around the bunny trail.
The usual amount of people around as well as a couple of fishermen in boats.  I stopped to take a picture of one of the small boats.
Lots of bunnies about eating grass on the side of the path, but all the deer were hiding this morning and I didn't see any.  All the geese families were up on the grass again like yesterday and they are so used to people walking by now that they just keep right on eating when we walk by.

I bought a new pair of walking shoes last night and wore them this morning.  I usually buy New Balance and have worn them for years.  I tried a pair on that felt great but they only had white and I just don't like white shoes.  I would have bought them though if I couldn't get any other color because I'd rather have a pair of shoes that feel great than ones that only look nice.  For my walks they MUST be GREAT feeling.
I tried on a pair of Under Armour cross trainers and knew right away that these shoes were for the ones for me.  They felt great and the support in my heal was fantastic.  Not only that, I like the look of them too.  Looks like I'll be saying good by to New Balance.

This morning walking along I felt like a kid with a new pair of sneakers that made me fly along faster than ever.  All the people I knew that I came across had to hear about my new shoes!!  I must be the only person who has not heard of this kind of shoe before because everyone knew all about them. 
Here they are!  I was going to buy two pair like I usually do but they only had the one in my size.

Me and these shoes have many happy miles to walk together.  Best of all my heal is no longer hurting!!  I just needed that extra support.
I walked 6.4 miles and enjoyed every step!

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Last night I finished making the last weave-it square for the baby blanket I've been working on and finished sewing the squares together.  This one went pretty fast and only took me about a month.  If you would like to see a picture of it you can, click HERE to see it.

I did some laundry and gathered some things up to take with us when we go up to our land tomorrow.  The trailer will be delivered and it will be great to move some things into it.  It should be a fun weekend!!

I spent a couple of hours outside cleaning my car.  I washed the outside until it sparkled.

Nice clean car

While I was washing it one of my neighbors had a repairman at their house and he came over to talk about my car.  He said he was surprised to see a woman taking such care in washing a car.
I also cleaned the inside.  Wiped it all down, took out the mats, vacuumed them and the rest of the inside as well.

My cockpit

I noticed that the garage needed sweeping out so I did that.  Then swept the driveway too.  Before I knew it two hours had gone by.

Had some lunch and by then all my clothes were dried so took them in, folded them, put them away and that took care of another chore.

It clouded up, we got a good shower and then the sun came out again.  I'm glad my car was in the garage and my clothes were already in and put away!!

That's been my day so far.
Hope your day found you more often than not with a smile.
Happyone

I value the friend who finds time on his calendar,

but I cherish the friend

who for me does not consult his calendar.

~ Robert Brault

Great white clouds

My lake this morning

A perfect morning for taking a walk.  It was just 50 degrees with lots of bright sunshine.  I walked around the lake in the opposite way that I usually do.  There were a lot of others out enjoying the early morning too.  Walkers, runners, bikers, fishermen at the waters edge, and a few boats as well.
I have always liked to walk but it wasn't until June of 1988 that I started taking a morning walk.  So this month is my morning walk anniversary for 24 years.  I don't remember the exact day.
Up on the grass away from the water there were five different geese families with the babies of all different ages.  I took this picture of one of the babies that was off to the side all on his own. 

Little one wondering off

People I meet on my walks are usually nice, friendly and say good morning and have a few words to say.  Even the people who don't talk or look at you continue on their way.  Then there are the few who say just a bit too much like the man today.
I said, "Good Morning, how are you today?"
He said, "Good morning I'm pretty good. How about you?"
I said, "I'm perfectly fine. "
He stopped, watched me walk by and said, "You certainly are!"
I kept walking, but he did gave me the creeps just a bit.

Today I walked just a bit over 6 miles.

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I made up a shopping list and left to go the commissary right after breakfast.  I've read a few times that Wednesday is supposed to be the best day to go shopping because that is the day the least amount of people go. It seems to be true.  I picked up a few extra things to take up the trailer.  It will be nice to be able to leave some things there instead of lugging everything back and forth all the time.

When I was finished shopping and walking with my things back to the car I looked up at the sky and it was a very bright blue and the clouds looked so big, white and puffy that I just had to stop and take a picture of them.  The picture doesn't come close to how grand the clouds looked. 

I had fun moving all my books around yesterday and finished them up this afternoon.  Now they are all dusted, organized and in their proper places.  Now I just have one problem!  Which one to read next!?  : )

On my walks the last couple of days my heal is starting to bother me a bit, but I think it is just that I need a new pair of walking shoes.  The ones I have are worn down and don't have that much support anymore. 
When Ken comes home, we are going out for pizza and afterwards will try to find me a new pair of walking shoes. 

Till then I'll be puttering around the house for the rest of the afternoon.  Maybe even pick out a book to read.

Be thankful for your day and make it a good one.
Happyone

But friendship is precious,

not only in the shade,

but in the sunshine of life,

and thanks to a benevolent arrangement

the greater part of life is sunshine.

~ Thomas Jefferson