our heat is finally breaking, going from mid 80's to possible snow on Saturday night. We'll see.
Reading...
the library took back the last two audio books before I was done so I'm now listening to another:
reading on blogs:
I loved this post, thoughtful, timely, meaningful by Melva: https://melvalovesscraps.blogspot.com/
Watching on videos:
dog math
https://youtube.com/shorts/lfBI93aG-nQ?si=fL1FMOfgaIjLQ5DcAt first I thought, meh when looking at him cope with fresh pineapple but kept watching and BOING!!!
awesome list of life hacks to try! I WILL be using the vege peeler to thinly slice cheese and making his cheese chips in the oven!
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| the delish fettucino was from stonewall kitchen |
We cook with that marsala wine, and keep a bottle in the fridge, so good. Can't find it now tho...
I liked this ointment for dry feet:
finished my knitted cowl this week, pictures on Saturday's creativity post!
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| oldie but goodie, Dancing Skeletons |
Our prompt this week is ghosts!
about ghosts or paranormal... have you ever had an
encounter with a spirit, seen one, had a family member show up
after they passed to spirit form on their way to Heaven? Known
when someone passed before being told?
do you ever go on ghost tours ? Do you know anyone who says
they've had an encounter with one passed on?
does it scare you to think about?
On a stay at the Sonoma hotel, we turned off the lights to sleep and woke to every light in the room on. The hotel manager said it was their ghost likely since it's happened to other people.
When my spoo Cole passed, I had encounters with him. Once I had gone to bed, and was shocked to feel him land on the bed turn around and sink down into the covers! I felt him leaning on me. I turned on the light and dh was asleep already... I saw an indentation in the covers and felt him jump down.
I was grieving long after his passing, and taking a lot of walks. One one, I was stopped in mid stride when I felt him say to me "Mama stop grieving now, I'm here and okay and will see you again. But you must stop pining for me, it's holding me back"
I had a teaching friend
who told me the night her sister passed, she saw her clearly at
the foot of my friend's bed, and she said she loved her... then
she got a call later with the bad news... after that my friend
had a lot of intuition or awareness of what was going to happen.
Oh the same night, my friend's little daughter had a visit from
her autie too, in spirit form saying goodbye.
we have visited a lot of old towns and always take the ghost tours... lots of history and fun. I loved Occoquan VA, Williamsburg VA, Annapolis MD, NewPort RI, towns in Massachusetts, etc. Never saw one on those but fun stories about the past, and fun to walk around after dark.
what about you? I hear the most interesting stories when I ask friends about this... they are sure of the messages from loved ones....
Milo's moments
Mama: stop barking! have you noticed it looks dead in the daytime and alive at night? It's not real.
Milo: OH IT"S REAL alright! What kind of things does that!?!
Milo: Barkbarkbark! It's getting up! ARGH! Mama come look!
Mama: (petting a squirming poodle who doesn't want reassurance)
Mama: If you bite it, it will fart and fly away! Let's just close the blinds shall we?
now please visit these people to see what they liked this week:
please visit these people to see what they liked this week!
new this week,
welcome: chasing my stories
I can picture Milo's concern over that blow-up figure. There is a house on a corner not too far from us that has about 20 of those things in the yard plus lots and lots of other Halloween decorations and lights. Crazy, but kind of fun to see!
ReplyDeleteWe did a ghost tour once in New Orleans. The house I grew up in was over 100 years old, and we had some interesting, strange, and disturbing things happen over the years.
Are you looking forward to the snow? Do you get a lot in your area of CO?
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful experience your friend had, and that is a cherished memory about your beloved pet. I'm with Milo about the lump on the ground. We have Jack Skellington everywhere in town. I'm not into creepy - lol!
I really really need the stick shirt LOL
ReplyDeleteYou're always so good at trying new recipes and subbing in the ingredients you have. Loved that dog video! Milo, I can certainly understand how that thing across the street could worry you. There are all kinds of crazy creatures showing up around our neighborhood, too! Happy Thursday!
ReplyDeleteThat was a cute doggy video!
ReplyDeleteSnow? Yuck, we're gonna get frost this weekend and I hope we don't see snow this year. Milo, good boy protecting Mama and Papa from the evil and windy one! Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteI’m with Milo! I don’t like the inflatables either! That one is especially creepy! I think cheese crisps sound wonderfully! I will give them a try also!
ReplyDeleteTangerine and rosemary - what an interesting combination. We may be getting snow on Wednesday! Eek - but if we do it will melt quickly.
ReplyDeleteNelson got totally spooked when an inflatable he was looking at deflated right in front of him. It was hilarious, but not in his mind! Halloween is a funny time of year. Things that are scary to humans don't bother dogs and things dogs are scared of don't bother humans. Soon we will turn the page to turkey which everyone likes.
ReplyDeleteTangerine and rosemary. Quite the combination. I absolutely LOVE the idea of cheese chips. Must try that.
ReplyDeleteI'm not fond of ghost stories. They creep me out.
I'm with Milo. I'm also not fond of inflatables. Have a super weekend, LeeAnna. I'm here from Friday Smiles.
Oh how I’ve chuckled at Milo. These dogs of ours really do enhance our lives don’t they?
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Annie x
I'm with Milo. I don't like inflatables nd less so skeletons. Creepy!
ReplyDeleteI watched the life Hack video. Very informative. I will try a few of those things.
Have a lovely weekend,
Lisca
I am with Milo on thinking those blow-up decorations are a little creepy! The weather has turned cold here, too - the flowers are gone except for the pansies. I've felt the presence of my pets after they have passed - used to see my cats clear as day and absentmindedly went to pet one and they disappeared! Had a dog that loved a certain toy and when he passed, we put it behind the shed, but that toy would appear in all sorts of different places. My Dad was sleeping in bed one night (they used to live right down the road from me) when my Mom was gone visiting my sister, and he woke up in the middle of the night to a man standing at the bottom of his bed. He had a dirty cloth over his nose and mouth and old, dirty clothes on. His property sits over an old coal mine. I've had lights flicker off and on and one time a tiny lamp that was my Mom's, flicked on and off right after she died, and then the shade flew across the room! Also, the phone would ring with her number, but nobody was there. Totally believe... x K
ReplyDeleteIt is so comical when dogs are spooked by the odd thing. Something that waves and flaps dead and alive would drive any dog to bark! No real encounter with ghosts, but have had my mother come once or twice since she is gone.
ReplyDeleteHee, hee...I loved the dog math video. And it's sooo true!
ReplyDeleteYes I can see why Milo is bothered by that Halloween character. One lady walks her dog around Beth's neighbourhood and says he's barking all the way at these blow up creatures bobbing about. I need to get more creative with my cooking. I fall back on the same old things all the time. Interesting ghost stories...I have three friends who have ghost stories and I believe them. Nada for me though.
ReplyDeleteI use that Badger product along with the night soother lavender. Used it on my kids when they were little :) Milo has a right to be spooked. I don't like inflatables either! Thanks for linking up.
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