Hello everyone. I was just reading that there is a weather alert in effect for Halloween, high winds and rain. It doesn't bode well for the Trick or Treaters. I know there are a lot worse things going on in the world at the moment than nasty weather for Trick or Treaters, but I was hoping they would have nice weather for it.
I can remember it being a lot colder on Halloween when I was a child, than what it is these days. We often even had snow, especially when we were living in Manitoba. I always had one of those plastic masks to wear and it was always down around my chin by end of the night as it made your face all sweaty. First world problems. I don't think many children wear masks these days. Most of the parents dress up as well. It's lovely.
My brother goes in for his kidney ablation tomorrow. He will be spending most of the day at the radiation clinic for a combined biopsy ablation procedure. Assuming there are no issues he will be home by tomorrow evening. This has been a very long wait for him as he was diagnosed with kidney cancer almost a year ago this November. Fortunately, it is a slow growing cancer. Fortunately, also that it was picked up early on another test they were doing. I am hoping and praying for the best. Worst case scenario is that he will lose his kidney, but many people live with one kidney for a very long time. I do not believe that it has spread outside of his kidney, so that is a great blessing. Please keep him in your prayers that all goes well.
He's my baby brother and a very good man. He is always doing things for other people. I can remember dancing around my grandmother's kitchen hand in hand with my sister singing with happiness on the day he was born. We were so excited to have a baby brother. He means the world to me and to her.
And to his family for that matter! He just turned 65 last March.
My heart goes out to all of those suffering the effects of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean. It looks devastating from what I have seen online. A load of farm workers here in the Valley just left at the end of last week to go back to their homes in Jamaica. What a terrible thing to come home to, although I am sure they would rather be there with their families than away.
We are so blessed here in Nova Scotia that we only ever rarely experience severe weather like that. We did have that bad hurricane which affected the south and eastern parts of the province several years back, but that was not a usual thing. Normally we just get the rain and high winds from the tail ends of hurricanes and not a direct impact.
The high winds and rain that we are getting here on Friday are from the Hurricane as it passes South of us. It will be largely petered out by then.
Cindy and I will be going out with Dad to the Big Scoop for supper tonight. It will be Hazel's (my father's friend) last night coming this far until next Spring. The clocks go back this next weekend, and it will be too dark for her to drive here after that. I don't blame her for not wanting to drive in the dark. It is quite a distance from where she lives and a busy road so lots of bright lights blinding you as well. Anyways, we are going tonight so we can see her one last time before the Spring.
Dad will probably want to go each week regardless of Hazel being there or not. He will probably want to go to Greenwood for Chinese food with her on occasion as well. That Chinese food restaurant is really nasty. Their egg rolls are filled with some kind of paste which tastes foul, and it is dirty. We have not been impressed any time we have gone. Plus, it is expensive.
Dad likes the chicken balls. I could make him chicken balls here at my place that would be better. I have a really good recipe for them and for the fried rice that he enjoys. I would be happy to do that for him on occasion rather than have him try to drive all the way in to Greenwood.
It was quarter past seven when I woke up this morning, which is really late for me. I have been so tired since the weekend and all of that hassle with the kidney stone. I keep waiting for the other one to drop as well, which is a horrible thought. I am hoping to blast it away myself with lemon water and other things. They say lemon water is good for kidney stones. Anyways, I have been really tired since the weekend. Just exhausted. My get up and go has got up and gone. I am not the kind of person who likes just sitting around and doing nothing, but I have so little energy. I hope I get back to my old self soon. This feeling like crapola is for the birds!
It is hard to believe that we are only a few days away from the month of November. Before we know it, it will be all things Christmas. I like Christmas. It is one of my favorite times of year. I hope I have my energy back by then. Early days yet, I am sure that I will.
These potholders remind me of the beautiful ones that my friend Ginny made for me. They are so lovely that I hate to use them. I really need to use these things though. What is the point of having lovely things if you don't use them. Every year I tell myself I am going to use my nice things and then I don't. Perhaps that should be my resolution for next year. To use the good stuff.
There's not a lot been happening in my life lately. I went out to check my mail yesterday and came back with a whole armload. I also took a meal to my next-door neighbor. She was most appreciative. I didn't get to church this week, of course. So, I haven't really got an awful lot to talk about today.
There's a certain stillness to these last days of October. Almost a lull before the excitement of the holiday season catches hold. A palpable pause between the Jack-o-Lanterns of October and the festivity of Christmas. By Saturday the pumpkins will be melting on the doorsteps and there will be a distinct odor of burnt pumpkin in the air. Everyone will begin taking down their cobwebs and ghosties and be preparing to replace them with snowmen and elves. Corners of the garden are overwhelmed with wet leaves. Every year I vow to bring some in and press them, but then I don't. This year I felt all gung ho to paint them like little foxes, but . . . there is always next year, God willing.
So with that I will leave you with a thought . . .
A thought to carry with you . . .
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Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”
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I really do hope that you have a lovely day today. Do something nice just for you! Don't forget!
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