Not the day I planned

Today has not been the day I planned.

I'm not feeling so good.

Bad headache, lower stomach ache and no energy.

I've had a few long naps and just trying to do nothing.

I sure hope I'm better tomorrow.

Hope you are well and healthy

and enjoying your day.

happyone : )
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A Psalm of thanksgiving

Make a joyful noise unto the the Lord,

all ye lands.

Serve the Lord with Gladness;

come before His presence with singing.

Know ye that the Lord He is God;

it is He that hath made us,

and not we ourselves;

we are His people,

and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, 

and into His courts with praise:

be thankful unto Him, 

and bless his name.

For the Lord is good,

His mercy is everlasting;

and his truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm 100

Ken and I are very thankful that we have found a wonderful church with so many sincere and warm hearted Christians.  It is cause to celebrate because today we have joined this church and are now a part of this church family. : )

A blessed Sunday to you, my friends.

happyone : )

A Good Day : )

First thing I want to THANK all of you who said prayers for our friend Ron.  The surgery went well and he is now having physical therapy to get his shoulder back in shape.  He should regain full use of his arm and shoulder.  : ) 

38 degrees and sunny made for a very pleasant morning walk.  I walked on a road behind the Dollar General that runs parallel to the main road.  I thought this would be better than walking on the main road and thought perhaps it would make its way back to the main road farther down but it happened to be a dead end, so I turned around and went back.

Instead of going back to the main road I turned right and walked around a small industrial park.  There are a few businesses there and the Phenix Technology School.  From the parking lot I took this picture.  My house is there where the arrow points.

 Then I zoomed in and took this.

There is only one way in and out of the industrial park but when I came across this road I was tempted to follow it but thought it might be someones driveway so I turned around again and walked back to the main road.

From there I walked around town for a awhile before heading back home.

I stopped to chat with another walker, Mike for a bit.

Passed by Lone Chicken to see how she was doing.  Today she was eating elbow macaroni with pieces of carrot and something that looked like cookies with smiley faces on them!! 

I walked 6.1 miles - 11,610.

Another coin day - a quarter, a dime and a penny. : )

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This afternoon we went looking in another antique store looking for blue plates to put in the kitchen above the cabinets.  I found 4.  Now we have to figure out what to put on the back of them so we can hang them up.  I want something that doesn't show. 

Went to the Tractor Farm Store.  The have been open a week but were having their grand opening today and everything was 10% off.  We were going to get a cart with 4 wheels so it would be easier for me to haul the wood chips for the trails, but they were all sold out.

Home for a little while and then we were off again.  This time to Perkins for a surprise birthday dinner for a special friend of Pastor Leatherman's who will be speaking at church this week and does chalk drawings as he speaks.  We thought it would be another opportunity to meet more people from church.  We are getting to know more and more people and they all are so nice and really make us feel welcome.  There were about 50 of us there and we had a great time. : )

So that's it for today.
Hope yours was a good one too.
happyone : )

I try to be grateful 

for the abundance of the blessings that I have,

for the journey that I'm on

and to relish each day as a gift.

~ James McGreevey

Vee - since you and John liked the old building right at the edge of the road yesterday, here's another picture of it for you.  I took this one coming from the opposite direction from yesterdays photo.

A man named Harry

A warm 35 degrees this morning with no breeze and I got to watch the sun come up again.  Didn't see much of it after that though because the clouds covered it up and my walk was a cloudy one.

I took a different route today walked up the main road here in the picture.  Up ahead on the right before the bend is a road to the right which leads up to Happy Trails.  I passed up that and continued down the hill.

I made a left turn and walked down here

which took me over a bridge and along this road along the river.

I walked till my Striiv said 3.2 miles and then I turned around and headed back.  

A couple of photos on the way back.

I saw a huge deer with antlers in the woods along the river.
No people were out.
It was nice walking along the river and listening to the water.  So nice and peaceful.  Only one car passed me.  Then it was back to the main road and uphill all the way home!!

I walked 6.5 miles - 12,719 steps.

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Ken went up to Happy Trails again today and I stayed home again.  I wanted to get some reading done and work on my counted cross stitch.

Oh, some happy news.  Brenda, from the nursing home called me this morning to let me know that I now have a person to adopt for Christmas. I wrote down his gift list and she told me that is name is Harry. : )  I will be going to meet him on Monday.  Brenda said he loves to talk and can't wait to meet me.

I went to Pastor Leatherman's house this evening.  His wife Kathy invited all the ladies over for a turkey meal.  She made hot turkey sandwiches and we all were asked to bring something pumpkin.  Those Pumpkin Whoopies I made yesterday was what I brought and none of them came back home with me.  They were a hit!!  Thanks again Nellie. : )
I had such a nice time with the ladies and it was nice getting to know them better and meeting new people too. 

No ice cream for me this evening.  I had more than enough snacks already and they were all pumpkin!

Hope your day was a happy one and I wish you all pleasant dreams.
happyone : )

It is not happy people who are thankful;

it is thankful people who are happy.

More horses, more making and more laundry

Nice to get back out and walk this morning after missing yesterday.  It was 25 degrees with a slight breeze and I watched the sun come up.  I walked the farm loop and around town.

A couple of horses I haven't seen before came down by the fence.  The other horses must have been talking about me. : )
They smelled my hand and then I petted them both. 

At one of the cemeteries I saw a woman walking her dog but was too far away to say anything to her.
Saw some rabbit prints in the snow but no sign of them.

I walked 6.5 miles - 12,616 steps.

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Ken went up to Happy Trails today and I decided to stay home.  I had lots of things I wanted to do inside.

One of which was making Pumpkin Whoopies.  I got the recipe from blogger friend Nellie at Berries and More which you can find HERE.  Thanks Nellie, they are delicious.  I'm thinking like you Nellie, that I next time I'll use a smaller scoop!

I like to bake and these were fun to make.  : )  They do take quite a lot of time though.  I didn't eat lunch because I ate too much of the batter!! There was one left without a top so I put icing on that and ate that too.  One thing nice about having your kids grown and gone is that you get to lick the the bowl and beaters!!

I did a load of laundry and hung it on my inside line down in the basement in my drying room.  I keep forgetting to post a picture of it but remembered today.

We went to Mountain State Brewery for supper and had a pizza.

I'm going to read some before television time.  I have three books I'd like to finish before starting on next months book club selection which is Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline.  It sounds good and I think I'm going to like this one!!

Hope your Thursday was a good one.
happyone  : )

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation,

you will discover that your life will 

suddenly be filled with gratitude,

a feeling that nurtures the soul.

~ Rabbi Harold Kushner 

Comment replies:

Kim - Yes, I froze some of the pumpkin breads.  I'll be making more of them too.  They make great little gifts. : )  I looked at the time you left your comment and I was indeed out there walking and was taking pictures of the horses above. : )