Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

A little feast without the calories!!   Please visit  Jodi's blog!   She posts these for us.   Feel free to play along for some yummy fun! She will post a new one each Thursday night.   JOIN IN!!!   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GRATITUDE   Breakfast ~  What are you most grateful for right this very MINUTE?  Right this minute I am grateful for a warm house, a computer to write on, and Christmas music playing in the background.  (Yes, I know that it is only November, but I love Christmas music and this is the first time I have listened to it this year.) Lunch ~  What are you most grateful this WEEK? This week I am so grateful for my great friends (I include my sisters as my friends).  I love that we can have fun, be silly and crazy, and yet we can also discuss deep emotional or spiritual issues. Dinner ~  What are most grateful for this MONTH? Actually – even though I am very co...

Monday morning Tammy, Ashley, Robin and I decided to go to breakfast instead of lunch, so we headed to J&D's.  I had a waffle with strawberries and whipped cream.  It was really good! For some reason, I forgot to take pictures. When I got home I was pleasantly surprised to see that my front lawn was covered with turkeys and they were busily chomping away on the millions of box elder bugs that reside at my house! I was so glad to see them because autumn always brings an infestation of box elder bugs.  It doesn't seem to matter how much we spray, swat, and vacuum the darn things, they are still EVERYWHERE!  I noticed a drastic reduction after the turkeys' visit - but within a couple of hours the pesky bugs were back!  It seems to be worse on sunny days because they seem to like the warmth of the south side of the house. For some reason this week I have been feeling very nostalgic so I spent a lot of time watching home movies.  I have a real love-h...