things

 We had NEW snow on the mtns!!! Had a couple warm days and now it is Fall for certain.  Supposed to get a couple freezing nights this week

 Took another painting class.. don't know., sometimes, they just don't look right, but, the process is fun and learn something new every time!

My niece got the keys to the new house!!! Went over to see them.  it is a fixer, they have alot of work in front of them. but it is liveable and prob 5X bigger than what they were in, so that will be fun for them.  There is ALOT of wallspace.  she is like me, in that, we don't like any empty spaces and fill it up with pictures and what not.  they are busy painting, cleaning.  the back yard had hardly any grass in it, mostly weeds. and he needs to build a chicken coop.. they will have a busy month ahead of them, what with working and moving...

I have most all of my yard work done, but need to make another dump run and have a couple more piles of dry sunflowers and limbs to load up the pick up. then will be all cleaned up.  even cleaned out the front yard borders, so things all look neat and lean.  but boy it is dry out there. 

 

 

 my plant, whatever it is bloomed!!! it does about once a year,  just the right amount of neglect must work for it... it is a vine and is growing all over my shelves over my workspace in craft area and is right by  a window and in the sun.

 

 

 

 

She insists  on sitting on my lap and has gotten used to yarn/string falling over her.  sometimes she takes exception, but not very often really.  she is really pretty good. right now she is letting me rest my right arm    on her while i type, so am moving all the while, and she just sleeps away...

 

 

 this is latest baby picture,  we were at a soccer game... it was one of the last really lovely days, warm and bright, with the leaves starting to turn...  after a while the wind picked up, i got cold, so had to leave early.. baby was very happy being out...

 

 

One of my former co-workers passed away.  She was more fun. We went to the Country Fair in Eugene  one year!  It was a fun time. She had bariatric surgery about a year b4 i did and developed kidney failure.  she had Lupus also, so had other mitigating issues.  But the last year has been terrible for her.  I just saw her a week ago , in of all places, the optometris .. had a good talk and hug.  I m SO glad that we 'bumped' into one another and i got to see her,  she had been recovering from  medical emergency, her port for dialysis had burst, she had to be air lifed to Bend (they live in Prineville, about 40 miles distant) so she did not look very good at that time. But still, she was the same old Debi. I will miss running into her.  We get so busy, with our little lives and what we are doing and what is going on.  we don't get to those things that will later be important to us and realize, we should have made time. I got my great cat Miki from them  had gone to their house to ride horses a couple times. Her husband called me 'hippy lady' cuz i took his wife to a hippy gathering.. We worked side by side for about 5 years. she went on to work for the prison system as a guard. She was a great worker and was a dream to train.   only had to tell her something once, rarely did it take more than that  I will miss her.  we never did get a picture together 

Take Care  All and God Bless