I've been keeping a low profile lately, as we've had a couple doses of bad news in the past two weeks, and it didn't seem right to drop a load of sad into everyone's celebrating the 'Bers. First, our household income has taken a serious hit for the foreseeable future; hopefully something will come along to at least partially replace that. But even sadder, we lost our dear Gloria Jean over the Labor Day weekend. (If you visit the celebrity deaths thread or the prayer requests thread, you will see more details.) We were afraid her passing would go unnoticed, but Extra TV, Hollywood Reporter, and The New York Times all posted obituaries for her, as well as some blogs. She will be greatly missed, but oh, such a lot of wonderful memories Mr. and I have of the times we spent with her during the past 15 years. The GloriaJeanSings.com website is still up and running in her memory; you can see film clips of her there, and listen to audio clips of her amazing voice. (That's her picture in my avatar---it's a screenshot from "Snowtime Serenade" that I colorized. She presses her nose against the window at the end of the film; that's why it looks a little squashed.) She loved Halloween and Christmas; she'll be in our hearts during those holidays.
, will be sending lots of prayers your way!
. For some reason when I opened the door to let the snowdog out this morning I was expecting crisp cool autumn air.. but instead got hit with a moist heat wave, yuck! We went to the beach yesterday and snowdog had a great time 
. Not this upcoming weekend but the weekend after that starts all the fall TV shows! I'm sooo excited! This morning hubby and I had pumpkin spice doughnuts!
