To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn 

There is a Season, Turn, Turn, Turn

And a Time to Every Purpose Under the Heaven:

Its becoming fall here in Texas, or Indian Summer, wait I may not be able to use that phrase, is it racist? Anyway, it means some cooler days, mornings where we can open windows, enjoy the fragrance of fresh air, watch the leaves fall and set out new decorations.  

I made my first Pumpkin cake roll last week for my granddaughter's care package.  I have ingredients for another and plan to bake additional care packages for my other two grands in college.  I had this idea to prep care packages with laundry products, stain sticks, first aid stuff, etc. to send them every so often.  

I'm excited to get to baking other things too, its apple season as well so we can't wait to bake apples, apple crisps, and other fun things with apples. Also of course the pumpkins, pecans, and turkey!

I just got a reminder from the Social Security Service of our wonderful government that I will be 65 in a few months and will need to register for medicare. lol I will be able to start drawing from my retirement as well, but I will get more if I wait a year before "retiring". In the meantime, of course, I have to register for medicare. yea!...not.

Its not that I am not aware that I am getting older, when I check the mirror, right?  Just last week, hubby and I had a conversation about my age and medicare.  I do have the benefit of Tricare for my supplimental policy and it has carried me these past 4 years. As my title suggests to everything there is a season and every purpose under heaven.  I guess it is becoming my season.  Look out sibblings, your turn is coming....lol

Thanks for staying with me.

If its too good to be true...

Ok I admit, I am sometimes gullible, I don't consider myself a pessimist, or cynic, but I got caught last week responding to a webinar that promised to give me magic words.  I thought, yeah, I have tried these things before and they always want to sell you something instead of really telling you anything.  But I'll give it a shot.

I showed up at the appointed time to sit for a 75 minute period in which I would learn how to recruit leaders and new people in my Avon down line with magic words.  She pointed out several good points, ie appeal to their feelings, and tell them how the product or business would make them feel etc. Well I said there were a few, maybe only 1, before she started trying to sell the viewers the full course at the special online price of $$$ .  I'm sorry if I didn't stay for the end, but after about 55 minutes of being told the same thing in a different way, I was bored, hassled, and aggravated.  So I didn't stay for her punchline.

I like to try new things from time to time.  Life's too short to remain in the same old routine, or rut.  I took a writers course once that recommended you even try to go a different way to work, to try to re-route your thoughts.  I decided to give a vegan product a try.  I love a good tender steak, don't get me wrong, but as I said I like to try new things.  So I bought the Morning Star breakfast sausage patties, last week, and the Morning Star Bacon yesterday.  I tried them, and admit they were tasty. I think its a good way to include extra veggies in my diet, and not so much fat.

I was invited today to download a cookbook from the Viking River Cruise Company.  I looked through it, and decided to give it a try.  When we took our cruise in 2012, we were served such delicious food, I was curious what this company had to serve their guests.  It was so cool, limoncello, a tasty sounding liquor desert made with lemons,  homemade, poached salmon, a shrimp dish, another salmon dish, a pistachio torte, something sweet I presume. I cant wait to try the recipes, they don't sound too complicated.

Two of my granddaughters are about to embark on their own life course to try new things and new adventures. I pray they stay safe and remember their values and beliefs.  Life is very amazing and it is too important to be timid in challenging situations, or ideas.  But the thing is we also have to think for ourselves and not become gullible to every supposed prophet or "good idea".

Thank you for reading if you've gotten this far. Till next time, and ya'll come back now!


To find the Morning Star products I mentioned go to your local HEB or www.heb.com in the freezer section.  VikingRiverCruises.com  before August 26 to ask about the free ebook download.

BACK TO THE FUTURE

I guess before I start right in with today, I should fill you in on what has been going on for the last few years.  It has been 5 years since I posted to this blog and if FB hadn't reminded me this past week about it, I wouldn't have ever remembered, I guess.  

Its not that my memory is short, but life happens, and before we know it, we are caught up in other activities, and start a new page. However there are times when I walk to the kitchen wondering why I came and start to put milk in the pantry.  I had a friend who once said, "its not that you are absent minded, you just have too many things on your mind."  I choose to agree!

Back in July 2011, I was blogging about retirement, my husband had just retired and I was trying to live with it.  It was for me an adjustment.  He tried to renew his interest in fishing, I tried to go with him.  I would take photos while out on the fishing pier of the sunset upon the water.  It was nice to take a break.  But  "like sands thru the hourglass so are the days of our lives.."; hurricanes and weather changes left the pier almost out of water, and increased the beach under the pier, and the walk to get to water on the pier became long and hot.  Fishing decreased and my hubby hasn't been fishing for nearly 2 years now.  We have been in a drought for several years, and finally God has blessed us this year with abundance of rainfall.  Hubby has learned to load and unload the dishwasher, make breakfast, even pancakes!  He has also learned what can be washed in the DW and what cannot.  He does his laundry, and has read dozens of books.  He put together a great raised garden, and we have had fresh veggies from time to time.  He even vacuums for me, but I haven't taught him to make the bed yet, nor clean the toilets. Oh well!!(big sigh) 

In 2012, we took our first ever cruise, we went to Key West Florida, the Bahamas and back.  It was interesting and fun.  It was very interesting to learn about the different peoples and also to be a tourist in Key West, where we saw Ernest Hemingway's home, another light house along our shores, of which I am a fan, and went on a Pub Crawl to enjoy local refreshments...yum!  Ever tried Conch salad? You wouldn't forget it.  I didn't appreciate the delicacy, too tough. The cruise tho' was so much fun with all the shows and food and we were on deck 12 in the front of the ship,  right by the sauna and hot tub, we could go in any time.  We had a balcony where we drank coffee in the mornings, and watched the different ports come into view.   It was during December so the weather was perfect.

2013 was highlighted by our first grandson's high school graduation, and acceptance into Texas A&M University in the Air Force Cadet Corps.  That was a big year!!  We were very proud of him! At the end of that year, I was given the opportunity to increase my Avon business by 4 times the size of it then.  I advanced in 2014 to Rose Circle level of achievement, which meant, I sold over $40K that year!

2014 was also highlighted by our first ever trip to Disney World in February, courtesy of Avon, all expenses paid!!! and let's not forget our beautiful little Keely Rose Eddleman was born in May! By the summer, we took a vacation to Port A, along the coast to play, fish, and visit.  It was a fun few days.  

2015 was the year we took another Disney World trip a family one, this time for a whole 8 days.  It was a fantastic time, filled with lots of fun, food and laughter.  We need that memory as sadness, began to creep in upon us.  Loss of a few family friends, one very nice man, husband to my friend Judy, loss of other friends, over the year, and great sadness over a marriage collapse. 

2016 We are in the middle of, so far it has been highlighted with 2 beautiful granddaughter's high school graduations, and my learning to quilt.  I promised them each a quilt for the grad. gift.  I have made a few new friends, which was the reason I started selling Avon to begin with, over 20 years ago.  Yet the great sadness hasn't lessened as we still deal with loss.  Our world has become even more dangerous with the media highlighting violence, and death.  We question our safety as we travel and pray for protection as the violence gets too close to home.   

So I guess that catches me up! Can't wait for the next installment.  Thanks for listening and hope you enjoyed reading.