Sadly Summers Over~However, the beauty of fall is upon us!

I know some of you are thinking 'What Summer',
the weather was typical of what people believe the
greater Seattle area to be! I really have to say,
I enjoyed not having to water my lawn and it stayed
G*R*E*E*N!!!

Now, lets talk slugs...I'm truly thinking we would be
a lot better off with just one hungry duckling!
Don't ya think? Seriously, our yard, sidewalk, patio,
GARDEN...are in bodied in some sort of slug/snail
slime! Some plants I've grown over and over summer
after summer, because I love them, well, this year,
they barely made it, and were not beautiful like
usual. They were slug & snail food. :(

Thank goodness fall is my favorite season!
It makes going back to school easier.

I love the leaves turning and the incredible
fall aroma's in the air! I hate the thought of
how much our propane will cost, because of
course I love to be snugly and warm , but
best of all, I love coming home from work and
sitting in front of my cozy warm fire with a cup
of coffee and a good magazine or book!

School...One of our kids moved over the summer.
We of course got several 6th. graders, and tomorrow
we get a new student(transferring from somewhere
else), this is the middle of the second week, so we
have made a few changes in schedules and pretty
much know who we have! Classes look good!
I'm doomed though...I pretty much know I'm
going to be heart broken at Christmas, because,
I'm going to be so attached to a little girl by then,
who will be moving. :(

Button, Button, who's got the Button?

Wish me luck I've started my jewelry, and
loving it!!! When I start putting it in my
Etsy shop I'll link you to it!!!

WooHoo!

Huge thankYOU to JEN, for doing our( Pattie & my) ad
for Craigs List !!! I tried to do it and found out that
(which I already knew), I don't talk html. Sooo, Jen
to the rescue, and we have a fantastic ad!
Check it out! Pictures and everything! WooHoo!
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/gms/804470263.html

Another fantastic thing that happened today was one
of my very favorite past students came to visit me today!
His Grandma brought him over as a surprise for me and
him too! Love that boy, made my day! WooHoo!

My creepy crawly painful stuff (shingles), seemed way
better today than yesterday....WooHoo!

...and I'm venturing into a new creative adventure!!!
a lot of my treasures arrived today!!! WooHoo!

I really feel blessed and today seemed to be a crazy
busy day, where in quiet , simple ways ...I feel so
very lucky...and thankful for friends and family,
especially for Devon, I love YOU son!!!

Ps... Special prayers and positive thoughts
to Larry's fast and total recovery and for
Sandy, we know how hard this is on her
and wish her all the love, strength, (rest)&
((((((hugs))))))) that she'll need to get
through this scary time with our
Uncle!!! Love to you both!

~~~~Positive Thoughts~~~~

We went to the Farmers Market today and enjoyed the
'Art Show' that was also there along the pier! Great
hands on booths for kids, and a lot of cool exhibits
were put on by different artists, for instance,
there were glass blowers, and lamp bead makers
showing how it was done. All very fun to watch.
A work friend, Joli, was there with her beautiful
jewelry (we had a nice visit)!
The only down side was, the high humidity,
and for some (dumb) reason I wore a poly blend
shirt...:( and about melted! I also have a health
issue going on, and the heat and humidity,
caused it to be terribly uncomfortable.

If any of you read my Fill In Friday post,
then you already saw, that I have the
misfortune to have got shingles, this
past week and it is a terribly painful
disease...The Dr. said I was lucky,
and I guess I am...I don't have them
on my face. I have them attatched to
my trunk nerves. On me it's actually
my right side, chest, shoulder, arm
to elbow, it's moving around to my back
now, but won't cross over my spine.
(They stay on the lines of nerves and
don't cross over!?!?! The other reason
the Doc said that I was lucky, is that
I figured out what it might be and
got in to him right away, so the treatment
was started, and we'll know if it'll work
by a weeks time...(fingers crossed).
For those of you old enough to remember,
Grandpa Razz was plagued with Shingles
and so I already have a 'horrid memory' of
how it was for him...
So send all your positive thoughts my way!!!
I sure hope I can beat this right away and not
have all the after postherpetic neuralgia
(dibilitating pain that can last for months or
even years after the actual shingles (rash) is gone...
FYI...
The reason I thought I might have shingles,
was that I had terrible pain all day, my chest,
(boob), shoulder, arm, elbow, my back
itched terribly and hurt...it felt like I'd
been burnt and sometimes I had jabbing
pain, but when I'd take my shirt off...zippo,
nadda, not a darn thing to show for the pain.
I'd worked in the yard a couple of days before,
but this was NOT muscle pain, very different!
Finally, after the whole day of this, at bedtime
I saw two small blotches...and I started
thinking about it and remembered Grandpa
Razz having so much pain and the rash...
In bed the pain was really bad...and by
morning I had a rash and more blotches.

So, thats where I am right now...The Dr.
said, it'll get worse before it gets better,
but that we will know soon, if the meds
will work for me...

I start back to work soon, so I'm hoping
the worse will be over by then!!!
~~~~POSITIVE THOUGHTS~~~~

Friday Fill-Ins #10

1.) The last meal I had at a restaurant was a delicious
salad at Cristiano's, they're huge and yummy, I
especially love their garlic bread that comes with it,
but I was good and didn't eat it the last time...
(damn diet)!

2.) Just getting shingles is something I intensely dislike.
( I have more to say on this subject...but I'd better freakin'
not...)

3.) The full moon is so intensly beautiful, romantic , bright
and makes me want to hoowwwwwwwwwwwlllllllllllllllllllllllll!

4.) That we all must have webbed feet...is one of my favorite local expressions.

5.) Sometimes it's best to just kiss and make up.

6.) "Across the Universe", is the best movie I've seen so far this year!
Jerry bought it for me!!! :)

7.) As for the weekend, (tomorrow night), I'm looking
forward to organizing...(yeah right!), Saturday, finishing
the job of pulling stuff out for the garage sale and getting
it all marked, and Sunday going to the Farmers Market,
they're having live music and a huge art show too!
However, one of my favorite things will be picking
out a new bouquet ! I love fresh flowers and I always
choose one with lilies to make my house smell, as good
as they look!!!

Sample Peek of our Garage Sale!!! Tons More! Bring all of your friends!

If you like blue glass, this is the sale for 'YOU'!

Lots of collectables!

Holiday Decorations!!!

Tons of Halloween & Christmas decorations!!!!

Garage Sale is at my friend Pattie's house in

Arlington, on the Burn Rd.

Thurs. Aug. 21st. Fri. 22nd. & Sat. 23rd.

Follow the signs & it'll be in the Herald & on Craigs List!!!