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Good morning MMC! Happy Monday! Can't believe it's Monday already - AND the last week of October. How did that happen??

I'm getting a later start on here this morning ~ Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on everything here since Thursday afternoon. Whew!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend & now a good Monday! (as good as Monday can be!) ;)

Good morning Holiday, Happy Monday!
 
Usually I just go to work for the half-day, but I had enough vacation days this year to take off the day. That's the day I string lights on the tree, while listening to "The Cinnamon Bear."
That sounds like a good way to spend the day before Thanksgiving. I bring in breakfast for people at work on that day. It's amazing how everyone is in such a good mood on that day.
 
Good Monday morning, my Christmas friends!

We had a great weekend in Bellville with the Tom T. Hall Appreciation Day on Saturday! It was a big crowd, and the weather was perfect. I had to deliver a 15 minute speech, and think it came off ok. After the speaker finished and the plaque was dedicated, I was surprised with a recognition plaque of my own. Nice! Later we had a pancake and sausage supper and live music. It was a great evening!

Jacob's band played Saturday afternoon at the fair that was in nearby Statesboro, so I had to miss that show. It was the first one of his gigs that I missed. He didn't mind, though. He got to drive his new car and show it off to all the other kids in the group. LOL

I finally washed my truck yesterday afternoon. It was awful! I washed Nancy's car, too, hoping to win a few points.

I hoe y'all have a great day! :D
Glad your speech went well, had a nice supper and got your cars washed. Doesn't hurt to win a few points with the wife I would imagine...
 
Good morning MMC! Happy Monday! Can't believe it's Monday already - AND the last week of October. How did that happen??

I'm getting a later start on here this morning ~ Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on everything here since Thursday afternoon. Whew!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend & now a good Monday! (as good as Monday can be!) ;)
Happy Monday Holiday...or as I'm saying Happy Halloween week. Sounds much better than Happy Monday!
 
Happy Monday, everyone! My week has begun in a good way so I'm looking forward to what is to follow. I hope you guys are having a magical Monday as well. :jump
 
Happy Monday, everyone! My week has begun in a good way so I'm looking forward to what is to follow. I hope you guys are having a magical Monday as well. :jump
Happy Monday, Coen!
Glad your week has started off well!
Enjoy your day!
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TGIF, my Christmas friends!

What a busy weekend we have in store! Tomorrow is Bellville's Tom T. Hall Appreciation Day. For those who have never heard of him, Tom T. Hall is a (now retired) country singer/songwriter from the 60's & 70's, when he was a superstar. Anyway, back in the early 70's, when the school that my kids attend was first opening, they had several fund-raising concerts, and Tom T. Hall was booked to play. Before his show started, he walked over to the train depot (the same one across the road from Bernie's store) and was moved to write the song "God Came Through Bellville, GA". It wasn't a smash hit, but it was on his biggest album, "Country Is".

We've decided to dedicate a plaque on the depot in his honor, I've already signed the resolution declaring tomorrow as "Tom T. Hall Day", and we're having an art exhibit. Then later that evening we're having a huge pancake & sausage dinner, and live music. It should be fun!

Here's the song, if you're interested:


We invited him to attend the celebration as the guest of honor, but he said his health won't allow him to travel. He recorded a 10 minute note of appreciation that we'll play during the dedication, and we're sending him a second plaque. I'm looking forward to my last official function as mayor.

I hope y'all have a great day! :D


How cool is that??? Thanks for sharing!!
Congrats to you on your plaque!!!
Have a great day Brad!


 
Good Morning. I slept in this morning until after 10 am. That's a first for me in such a long time, with so much going on, I have not been sleeping very well, I was exhausted and it caught up to me. Lisa's grandfather passed away yesterday very peaceably about 1am. We were there up till 8 pm and we were the last ones to see him before he left to be with his wife in heaven.

Today is the viewing, tomorrow the funeral. My MIL wants it over and done with quickly. I can understand and respect that. Life goes on and this is just another part of the life that we get to experience and one day go thru ourselves....It was just hard to watch at times. But I do understand that it is life. He was comfortable, with family present and in no distress or pain. I am happy that now he is in heaven.....
I am so sorry for your loss! I'll be keeping you all in my thoughts & prayers!

 
Hey! Quick check in, had a couple of people check up on us with the floods we have here in Dallas, thank you! Thought I better update that we are good but it is really bad with lots of roads closed. Due to this rain my daughter did have a car accident, she's a little sore but did not require having to see a doctor. The rain has continued falling and flooding continues. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!
Glad to hear you're ok! Thanks for checking in! Continued prayers. Sorry to hear about your daughters accident. Scary! I'm glad she is ok too!!

 
Good Saturday Morning MMC! We currently have 37 degrees under partly sunny skies. We are expecting a high temperature today of 55 with partly sunny skies. The late October chill is here.
Now on to some BUSINESS. This is what we enjoy reading every morning. Time for the count. Let's take a look at some numbers this Saturday morning shall we?
Days to Halloween: 7 (that's 1 week from TODAY!)
Days to the Season: 20 (LESS than 3 weeks away!)
Days to Christmas: 62 (LESS than 9 weeks away!)

Wow those numbers are almost frighteningly low. But this is what we wait for all year. To be THIS close...yet we still have everything ahead of us. It's a great view to be THIS close yet a great feeling to know we still haven't even started the Christmas Season yet! Enjoy where we are right now and let's enjoy every single minute that we can leading into it all beginning.

Have a Sensational Saturday everyone!

Nice job Edge!!! :) Thanks!

...As you can see, I'm caught up to Saturday morning....LOL It's taking awhile this AM! ;)
 
Ahhhh, hello Christmas friends! Hectic morning for me... decided to clean out one of the toy boxes in preparation for the onslaught of Christmas toys and ended up being able to get rid of a bunch of JUNK! (Shhh, don't tell my kids!) Have to pick up the little guy shortly, but was just doing my online writing course, which I am loving! Wrote a new beginning to my story (possibly!) too... now I am just sitting down for the few minutes I have left!!!

Enjoy your day!
 
Happy Monday Holiday...or as I'm saying Happy Halloween week. Sounds much better than Happy Monday!
Monday Holiday as in you've got the Monday off? How nice! :)
 
Ahhhh, hello Christmas friends! Hectic morning for me... decided to clean out one of the toy boxes in preparation for the onslaught of Christmas toys and ended up being able to get rid of a bunch of JUNK! (Shhh, don't tell my kids!) Have to pick up the little guy shortly, but was just doing my online writing course, which I am loving! Wrote a new beginning to my story (possibly!) too... now I am just sitting down for the few minutes I have left!!!

Enjoy your day!
Enjoy your day and your rest, Judes! I look forward to reading your story once it's done (or any time you appreciate a preview reader) :D Enjoy your little guy. According to my parents they grow up really fast ;)
 
Oh no! Hope it's an easy fix this time!
I'm going to try to get out of this "expenses group"...lol...furnace guy says we may want to think about a new furnace rather than repair. Furnace is 19 years old - he says life of a furnace is 20. REALLY???? He's supposed to be coming to look at it. xx
Would you believe it? The component that failed on the car was the same component that was damaged by road debris on the other car less than two weeks ago. And it cost similar $$$ to get it fixed, too.

We're in the same boat with the furnace. Ours is over 50 years old (it was in the house when we bought it), but built like a Mack truck and still going strong. Just the same, they are recommending that we get a more efficient one to work better with our new water heater and save on fuel. They say if we wait until spring, there will be rebates available so we would get some of the cost back. That reminds me ... we were supposed to get a rebate on the water heater ... must check into that.
 
Good morning everyone, Happy Monday!
I'm having my coffee and flipping through my Taste of Home & Food Network Thanksgiving magazines. I'm going to finalize my menu plan and grocery list today. Can't believe we're in the last of October already, it's so exciting!
Not too much going on here, typical day of errands and chores. I'm going to head out soon and take Maggie for a walk. I need to run to the pet store after. I think I'm going to pick up more Halloween candy while I'm out. Every year I'm afraid of running out of candy but we always end up with a lot left over. At least it doesn't go to waste!
That's about it for me. I hope everyone is well and has a nice day!
I still need to look at my Taste of Home Thanksgiving! So exciting. Good luck planning your menu! Have a great day HMG!
 
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