Taking today and devoting it to rest...relaxation...and maybe the Colts-Raiders game at 1:00...
This week has been non-stop!
From last Sunday's
BBQ with James, Nicole and The Grands
Meet the meat!
Everything was amazing! And I had never tried (although I had heard of it) Chicken Grilled with Beer Cans & Beer
up their bums...
The alcohol evaporates and the beer doesn't really flavor the meat. It just keeps the chicken really really moist and juicy!
It was a wonderful afternoon.
Enjoyed Coffee and Chat with Diane and Brenda on Monday at our local Starbucks since I would be gone the rest of the week.
Chris stopped in that evening to share one of his latest targets with me.
His groupings are getting much better.
And he is teaching Tina to shoot, as well!
Spent Tuesday getting the last minute supplies before our
DRAGON Adventure.
(...oh...and this is the new Salted Caramel hair-color!!!! I'm loving it...)
Although I still wake up with bedhead looking like
Steven Tyler (
Aerosmith)
A fireplace room with a balcony and a view at
The Seasons.
(...view from the balcony at the break of dawn...)
The Pool
And a fire at night.
Off to the
Brown County Inn Restaurant for the most delicious dinner.
A Romantic Evening.
And off to plunder
Brown County's Nashville, the next morning.
I might add we both
love photography...a lot...all in all there were roughly 450 photos taken between us.
Relax...I'll only share a few...lol!
(...I'm not Cezanne...but I think I may have to paint this
gourd grouping as my first attempt at a
Fall Still Life...)
Spent the entire day in town...complete with the obligatory stops at Pitbull Leather...J.Bobs for Hot Sauce...The Candy Shoppe for FUDGE...Jack and Jill's Nut House...and more.
Ending our day just before everything closed at
HobNob Corner!
(...I was stressing so much...since Hobnob is much less than accessible...being such an old (historic) building...wasn't sure I would EVER get to enjoy it again in my lifetime...)
I shouldn't have worried.
Between John (and a waitress that certainly went above and beyond) they were able to get both the wheelchair (and I) up and into the building!!!
Words fail to express just how
HAPPY that moment was...
I have been coming to Hobnob Corner well over 50 years!
Perfect Day...Perfect Weather...Perfect Company...
It couldn't have been any better.
We came home this...
"They're home...act nonchalant..."
~ Sofi
"SERIOUSLY???"
~Also Sofi
"I'm a KITTEN...it is WHAT I do..."
~Suri
We brought home mums and a big fat orange pumpkin.
Sofi and Suri are buddies now and spend a lot of time playing tag...hide and seek and wrestling with one another.
Double Trouble.
It was an incredible time, John.
Love you!
Yesterday was
Our Monthly Sisters Day.
We started the morning with
Banana Pecan and Cream Cheese Scones.
We celebrated with a Spa/Manicure Afternoon at
Mona Lisa's
Where we all got our nails done in
Fall Colors...Chocolate, Pumpkin and Gold...then off for Chinese and
chat...and chat...and chat...
And back here for
chat...and chat...and chat...and more chat...
Until it was nearly dark.
Next month we are gathering at Tina's Farmhouse for a
Sisters Day Bonfire and Pitch In.
So wonderful to have Sisters!
(....and it is tattooed right on our shoulders...lol)
"...now you smell like ANOTHER strange cat...it is okay...come over here...I Love You, Anyway..."
~Gizmo
The Movie this Week
Which was kind of surprising to me...as I was absolutely hooked on the show.
Technically it was perfect. That lush
Downton Abbey world we always knew and loved.
Queen Mary coming for a visit.
But something was missing.
The wait.
The cliff-hanger that kept you coming back to the series every week.
It was good...but it just wasn't as good in one huge block.
A bite of cotton candy is good...but if you gobble the whole bag at one time...well..you are going to have a stomach ache.
Wait for the video...you'll thank me.
The Book of The Week
A self-proclaimed
Memoir of My Brain...from Vallance.
Her
true story of reclaiming her life and adjusting/adapting after being thrown from a horse and going from working on her PHD and a good government job to Traumatic Brain Injury...disability and loss of IQ (128 to 80)
Excellent...Raw...Read.
A must have for anyone who is dealing with a TBI or ABI, whether themselves- or someone they know.
Very motivational and real.
And last..but certainly not least...
The House has started the official
IMPEACHMENT inquiry.
Trump is tweeting...and twittering...and lashing out like a cornered rat...er...narcissist...
And it is a step in the right direction.
No...there is very little chance the Senate will ever actually agree to impeach or remove him...
but we will in November 2020.
Then he can go to prison.
September 24th will live on as
"Happy Impeachment Day"
Catch everyone next week...
I'M CLOSED!
Back to caramel corn and the game!
Stone from Bali with a tea candle...
