BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR it is cold , is it to you all ? I have been out helping Joe try to clean ut this old wooden shed of all of our building supplies so that our people that are moving into the little house have some place to store some things..it is eventually going to be torn down but right now is needed. I just got so cold i couldnt stand it anymore. I came in the house and turned on my little heater;anyway.. i didnt get much done for sure.lol


been online checking out plane tickets for Ecuador...lol  we really have been looking and seems like they want to route you really silly ways. thought since we will be going to see daughter, Teresa who lives in Tucson Arz. i thought ok we will drive to San Diago and get on a plane since it is on the Pacific coast too and guess what they do ....fly you to Miami , Fla then to Panama then to Ecuador lol crazy huh?  so thought ok will see about Houston, my Sister, Kathy lives there and could go to airport there and leave our truck at her house well that goes to Panama then to Ecuador so that may be the way we go. that is about half the price of the ticket from San Diego . weird how they route things. will keep looking maybe find something cheaper yet. they say that there are certain times of the the day , week , month that you can get cheaper tickets. Wednesday night very late or Sat night very late are both good days  so will check again tonight. will see......we want to stay at least 3 to 4 weeks or maybe longer.
as it stands right now we will be leaving here sometime in January but may go earlier if things work out ....i hate this cold and my body cant stand it either. ....the reason we picked Ecuador to visit and maybe more, is that the climate there is so good. most of the places have year round 70s day and 40s at night but there are areas that are jungle. temps then there are the coastal areas with beach temps but all is good .......plus all the good organic foods....lots of fresh fruits and veggies and good fresh sea food. ... clean mountain air. and cost of living is  almost nothing. ....

well got to go check on my stew im making for supper. need to stir up some cornbread or biscuits to go with it. ....hope it is good. smells good....talk to you all later.

Susie....wondered where you were.  So how are things going  on the personal front? hope everything is doing well. and since i see you are taking trips together it must be....hope to see you at the meeting in November

Thank you.

 Just got back from a trip to Dh's high school reunion. I was a year behind but knew some of them.  We had to rerouted on our flight because of weather but made all our connections without any problems. I love visiting family but its always good to get back home.
I hope we are done with severe weather for a while, my guess is we are not but I can always hope.

Jan, you can go to town in your jammies.  I saw a woman at Walmart in her jammies or at least that's what they looked like.  People go out wearing most anything. 

No storms here but it is very windy.  None of the rain forecasted for the weekend came our way.

Thanks to Jan and Lana for the words of encouragement re my son.  When I start thinking about him and worrying I tell myself to stop and rely on God's will.  We can be supportive of Greg but he has to do the work.  It's like us with eating.  If we eat all the wrong foods we will gain weight.  No matter how much someone tells us what we need to do, it's up to us.

I have 2 goals this week.  One is to cut back my addiction to artifical sweetners and to exercise every evening.  Dr. Oz had 2 doctors on talking about sweetners.  You should only use 2 or 3 packets a day and I was using about 10.  The last 2 days I have cut way back and I can tell a difference in my cravings.

Hope all of you have a great day!!