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I've said my goodbyes and given my thanks. I've heard from a few of you and thank you for taking the time to say your own goodbyes.
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Dear Friends,
I got busy this morning, not intentionally, and started the big fall cleaning.
What prompted me? I had planned to spend the entirety of the morning working on the three books I'm studying my way through. I shared what those were a few weeks ago and I'm trying to do something in each of them every single day. Until I miss a day which somehow becomes two, three, four days, and I have to hunker down.
And to think that just yesterday I'd told Sam that in school I would never put off any project work but get started right away on it because I loathed the anxiety that comes with putting off major work until the last minute.
Hello dears. I have had my share of struggles, frustrations, and temperamental issues today. All related to technology.
Sigh.
If only it didn't add so much to our lives!
John had his procedure early this morning and it went very well. We had the pleasure of the most beautiful sunrise to view for at least 25 minutes of our journey. John and I both kept commenting on how lovely it was. We don't get out at sunrise very often these days. Misty fog crept over the low places in fields the sunlight hitting it made it white as snowy clouds. It was almost surreal looking, clouds down in the fields and clear blue skies overhead.
Saturday: Today when we arrived at Katie's, John stopped in the yard to speak with Cody, who was hard at work cleaning out and leveling one of the flower beds where they'd pulled out shrubs a couple of months ago. I went on up the steps to the porch and heard a loud squeal. When I peered in the storm door, Henry was standing in his playpen, grinning from ear to ear, and began to bounce and jump as he looked at me. What a lovely welcome to a Birthday party celebration.
I was barely able to sit down before I had three children on my lap and a fourth child (not a grandchild, but he calls me 'Gramma' anyway) telling me all about the car he was holding in his hand. It's good to be welcomed wholeheartedly when you enter a home and no one can be more welcoming than children who consider you a loved family member.
Monday: It's already been quite a day...and it was good. It might not have held big revelations (although it did hold a couple of small ones) and there might not have been a long list of accomplishments, but there is a list. That's quite enough.
I started out early and wanted to share that while others are grabbing the Pumpkin Spice creamer for their coffee, these days I am adding a splash of maple syrup, barely a tablespoon if that. It adds a barely sweet something to that first cup of coffee in the morning that tastes just right on a pre-autumn morning.
What an awesome start to a new month. All the excitement I felt about September was certainly justified if the first seven days are anything to judge by. It makes me even more excited to see what else September will bring.
One thing it's bringing are the signs of a changing season. Goldenrod is blooming here and there and some of the leaves have started to lighten, or to be tinged with red. That indefinable something, that isn't quite a new season but is, lingers in the air. It feels a bit early, I know. It is a bit early. I had to remind myself today, as we drove home, that indeed we have not hit the halfway point of this month, we are not near the equinox.