Chris1981's Journal

HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEK!!! :) The sweet countdown to halloween is on!!! :) my family and i are enjoying a nice relaxing, and peaceful day. :) FALL FOILAGE sight seeing! :) We were originally going to go too buy pumpkins today, but plans changed, but tomorrow is sweet pumpkin sunday!!! :) We are so very happy and excited!!! :) my mom, dad, and i enjoyed a nice fall foilage car ride in our city today. :) my dad treated us to a nice lunch! :) it's so very nice of him. :) We saw lots and lots of beautiful fall foilage. :) The seasons are shining and shining!!! :) i treated myself to some sweet treats at Tim Horton's. :) The halloween spirit is in the air!!! :) pumpkin spiced iced coffee cheers!!! :)

Today, i was on fall foilage watch! :) i love to see the sweet beautiful sights of the autumn season. :) As we are getting deeper into the month of October, we are seeing more and more beautiful waves of the sweet delightful bright beaming orange, red, golden yellow, light green, and light brown colors of the season. :) Going into the weekend, i knew it was gonna be a sweet pumpkin heaven weekend!!! :) It's truly amazing, how halloween week is here! :) just 7 more days, until the big halloween holiday! :) The entire halloween season, feels like a big halloween party!!! :) my family and i are having so much fun, and having the time of our lives, celebrating the sweet halloween season with everyone. :) my great niece Taylynn has been watching the "monster mash" ecard that our lovely friend Deb (Stardust) made. :) She watches the ecard over and over, and smiles and claps her hands, and she even is dancing and dancing! :) awww! :) Taylynn says, "jib jab! monster mash!" :) hehe! :) Those ecards, are so cute, and adorable. :)

We've reached the sweet halloween week! :) Lots of great things going on, and many very special memories being made. :) Each day, filled with lots of great joy, happiness, energy, spirit, excitement, festivities, and celebrations. :) Going into today, i thought we'd be traveling out to Franklin farms, i was so very hyped up, and was looking forward to going, but sometimes plans do change. i've been keeping in good spirits. :) it's been raining at times today, and tomorrow is expected to be a nice sunny sunday. :) i was really hoping we'd go today, but we decided to go tomorrow. :) We're still gonna have pumpkin carving sunday tomorrow, and gonna bake pumpkin seeds. :) i've been keeping focused on positives. :) i love to keep active, i've missed going shopping, and have been looking forward to going shopping again, sometimes the days fly by so very fast, it's incredible how it's already October 24th. i'm soaking up all of the sweet halloween festivities and celebrations each day. :) my mom mentioned to me this morning, that my dad was gonna pay the car bill in our city. :)

i love going for nice car rides, especially fall foilage car rides. :) around late morning, we drove over to big y supermarket to pick up my niece Alyssa at work. :) i went for the ride, and had my camera. :) i was taking some pictures of the fall foilage to share with everyone. :) The fall foilage is spectacular! :) WOW! WOW! WOW! :) It's definitely peak fall foilage season. :) We enjoyed the nice ride to pick up Alyssa at work, and around 12pm, my dad arrived home from work. :) We then drove over to Tim Horton's. :) i wanted to keep into the pumpkin spirit. :) i treated myself to a large pumpkin spiced iced coffee, and a pumpkin spiced donut. :) the treats are delicious! :) CHEERS!!! :) it was beginning to rain a bit more, i knew there was always chance for the weather to clear up, and i had my camera all set and ready, just incase there were some picture taking opportunities. :) We drove to our city. :) We were enjoying a nice talk, and car ride. :) You all are always with us in spirit. :) the weather did clear up, as we were approaching our city. :) i'm always on the lookout for the sweet sights to take pictures of. :) i love to bring you all right there with us, with my writings and pictures. :)

We went to the autosales place, and when my dad was all set, he mentioned that he was gonna buy us some lunch! :) awww! :) we drove to Vocatura's bakery and my dad treated us to some nice ham and cheese grinders for lunch. :) it's so very nice of him. :) Thank you dad, so very much! :) We enjoyed our lunch. :) it was delicious! :) we drove around our city a little more, i took some pictures of the fall foilage and the city buildings. :) my mom and dad wanted to do some rearranging in our living room. :) we made our way home. :) it was really nice driving to our city. :) i took lots of pictures to share with everyone. :)

i love going for nice car rides. :) it's very relaxing, and peaceful, and i'm very happy and thankful that i got some opportunities to take pictures. :) i wanted to mention to everyone, my dad has a new job at a different restaurant. :) in recent times, things have been changing at the papa gino's restaurants. my sister Jenn left working there about a year ago, and my sister Lisa left working there too, and there's been lots of changes, and one change my dad wasn't happy with, is how they were treating him. he has been very loyal driver to them, driving during blizzards and nor'easter snowstorms since 2004, and he saw his hours being cut back more and more, and eventually it got down to tuesdays, thursdays night time hours being taken away from him. he left the restaurant, and earlier this week, he applied for new delivery job at domino's pizza. :) he was accepted. :) a very special Congratulations to my dad! :) We're very proud of him. :) he begins working at Domino's on monday, he's very excited about the opportunity. :)

THANK YOU!!! :) awww! :) You all are so very wonderfully nice, and sweet. :) i shared your beautifully heart warming comments, warm well wishes, hugs, and messages with my family. :) We thank you all, so very much! :) You all are so very wonderful, and always warm our hearts, brighten our days, and make us smile. :) We are so very happy, delighted, and thrilled, that everyone enjoyed our monster mash themed baking friday adventure. :) that warms our hearts, and makes us smile. :) we love your baking friday adventures. :) we had so much fun baking a spooky graveyard themed cake, and tombstone themed sugar cookies. :) it was a sweet magical halloween season day, filled with such great joy, happiness, excitement, festivities, and celebrations! :) my family and i are having so much fun, and having the time of our lives, celebrating the halloween season with everyone. :) This is awesome!!! :) we love sharing our baking friday adventures with everyone. :) We wish you all could come over and enjoy some baking friday goodies with us. :) It's a wonderfully wholesome tradition. :) yesterday Kayla and i baked goodies, from around 11:15am to 2:15pm, it was one of our most funnest, and most longest baking friday adventures we've ever had. :) We were so very into it! :)

around 4pm, i went out into our kitchen, and said, "Hey Kayla! want to bake some more goodies!" :) hehe! :) She smiled! :) awww! :) Kayla has a very special message for everyone. :) She says, "thanks! cool dudes!" :) awww! :) The halloween season is so much fun! :) We've had so much fun baking goodies the first 4 friday's in October, and are already so very happy and excited about our next baking friday adventure. :) There's many sweet adventures to look forward too. :) our favorite thing about baking friday, is family and friends joining us in the kitchen, and sharing in all of the great fun times with eachother. :) each week, it's so much fun, planning our adventures, preparing, buying the supplies for baking friday adventure, the sweet countdown to friday, and when friday arrives, the amazing excitement, spirit, and energy in the air, is awesome! :) We love baking friday, so very very much, and are so very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have baking friday in our lives. :)

Everyone loves the goodies we baked. :) my mom enjoyed a tombstone themed sugar cookie. :) She said, "These are delicious!" :) awww! :) we love, cherish, and treasure, these very special, and magical times. :) lots and lots of great memories being made, to always cherish and treasure. :) Kayla and i are having so much fun baking halloween themed goodies, we wish the halloween season was 2 months long! :) hehe! :) we are planning a sweet halloween party baking friday adventure for next week. :) all of the halloween goblins from previous baking friday adventures this month, will all be gathering in the kitchen, for the big halloween baking friday party bash!!! :) oh my! :) it's gonna be AMAZING!!! :) next friday, is October 30th, ALL HALLOW'S EVE! :) with the sweet traditions of the halloween week celebrations, carving pumpkins, next friday, Kayla and i are going to be baking a pumpkin jack-o-lattern themed cake, and also baking pumpkin jack-o-lattern themed sugar cookies. :) it's going to be so much fun!!! :) The kitchen will be rocking and rolling, with all of our halloween town friends, for a sweet halloween season celebration!!! :) i'm going to buy a pumpkin shaped baking pan this week. :) walmart has some on sale, for just $2. :) SWEET!!! :)

We have so many great memories from this halloween season, and from all of the great fun baking friday adventures we all are having together. :) i think it's so cool, how all hallow's eve is going to be on a friday. :) It's going to be one of the most wildest and funnest baking friday adventures, we've ever had! :) We'll all be with eachother in spirit. :) baking friday! :) WE LOVE IT!!! :) my family and i thank you all again, so very much, for joining us in the kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into your kitchens. :) This is so much fun, and very special, getting to celebrate these wonderfully fun times with eachother. :) Life is so very special, and very special times like this, reminds us all, and makes us realize, how very special and wonderfully precious life is. :) Happy halloween, and happy baking friday smiles, from all of us here in CT. :)

NATURE'S SWEET FALL FOILAGE CARPET! :) This is such a wonderfully beautiful time in the autumn and fall foilage season. :) This is time of the year, where autumn leafs line the yards, and streets, as more leafs fly and glide through the air, carried by the nice gentle breeze that is the sweet spirit of the autumn season. :) we are seeing a beautiful wave of sweet delightful and amazing colors blending together, to create such wonderful nature paintings all around our neighborhood, and city. :) This is sweet classic, and golden autumn season. :) oh my! :) we love it!!! :) i enjoyed a sweet nature walk this morning. :) last night, we recieved some rain, but this morning, there was a sweet break in the rain! :) i was able to enjoy a full nature walk. :) i'm so very happy, and delighted. :) the autumn season is shining and shining! :) it's these sweet and very special moments, where we find ourselves so very deeply in tune with the seasons, with the times, as many festivities and celebrations are taking place. :) this is so very wonderful. :) life is amazing! :)

Early this morning, i was on puddle watch! :) i was looking out our front window and door, to see if there were any signs of rain, i saw new puddle rain drops! :) SWEET!!! :) i knew i was gonna be able to enjoy a full nature walk. :) i love to rise and shine with sweet beautiful and peaceful nature. :) it's been a big nature week for us all. :) The frost earlier in the week, really has helped the fall foilage change to a deeper color of each color that has been shining this autumn season. :) sweet deep bright glowing orange, red, golden yellow, light browne, and sweet delightful halloween season green! :) it's the wonderful wonders of nature! :) as i write this, i hear a bluejay outside! :) those cute little rascals are just waking up, beginning their day with a happy nature smile! :) i began to get ready for my nature walk this morning. :) i made my breakfast, got the big bowl of peanuts, had my camera, and began my sweet fall foilage shining nature adventure in our yard. :) as soon as i walked outside, that sweet fresh, crisp, and wonderfully nice scent of the autumn season welcomed me! :)

The scent of the autumn leafs is so very nice. :) We are only 7 days away from halloween! :) it's looking a lot like halloween, smelling like halloween, oh my! :) it's feeling like halloween!!! :) the countdown is on!!! :) we are so very happy and excited!!! :) i love to breathe in that fresh autumn season air! :) it was still a bit dark outside, but the sky was becoming lighter. :) There's always that wonderful sunshine hope and unfailing faith. :) i walked over to our bird feeder/gardening area, and put some peanuts on our bird feeder. :) i feel so very deeply in tune with nature. :) i've got that sweet autumn season, and halloween season bounce!!! and pep!!! in my step! :) It's been a really nice weather week. :) We've gotten sweet chances to enjoy nature walks, and all of the beautiful views of the glowing fall foilage season. :) at the top of our street, there's some huge trees in one of our neighbor's yard. :) The trees are changing to this beautiful golden yellow color! :) WOW! WOW! WOW! :) it's sweet fall foilage goodness! :) nature takes my breathe away, every day! :) i love it so very very much. :) The bluejays are going wild!!! right now, i hear them outside! :) they found the peanuts treasure! :) hehe! :)

The fall foilage season is so very delightful. :) it's a beautiful season, within a beautiful season, within a beautiful time of the year. :) i began walking out back. :) the sweet calm of the early nature morning was in the air. :) i put some peanuts on the fence poles, and smiled as i thought about how very soon, our wonderful nature animal friends would be so very happy and excited, as they gather the peanuts. :) nature warms my heart, melts my heart, touches my heart, and makes me smile. :) i walked into our backyard, and noticed a sweet fall foilage carpet near our gardening areas. :) i love to look at the autumn leafs, they have such beautifully bright colors! :) it's sweet classic, and golden fall foilage season. :) there's a bluejay outside here right now! :) oh my! :) The bluejay says, "hi everyone! we happy! we got peanuts!" :) hehe! :) We love those cute little rascals. :) the fall foilage is all around our yard. :) leafs lining the walk ways! :) it's sweet!!! :) it's amazing, walking amongst the seasons. :) as i was walking around our yard this morning, i thought about how very nice, special, and sweet it is, to experience these wonderful times, celebrating in all of the great festivities, and celebrations with everyone. :) celebrating the seasons! :)

i began walking over to the forest area. :) it was still quite dark in that area, i put some peanuts on the pine tree branches, and on the picnic table. :) the scent in the forest, is pure wonderful! :) i could smell autumn leafs, and pine needles! :) That sweet pine scent! :) nature is amazing, and spectacular! :) i walked over to the bird sanctuary area. :) i heard a red cardinal! :) there was a red cardinal in or around our yard, singing and singing, so very happily. :) awww! :) i was taking in all of the beautiful and peaceful sights and sounds. :) i put some peanuts on the tree branches, and continued to enjoy a nice walk around our yard. :) very soon, as the sun rises up earlier, i'll be spending more time in the forest, and bird sanctuary areas, watching the sweet sunrises, and awesome bluejay shows! :) it's gonna be SUPER MEGA SWEET AWESOME! :) lots of great things to look forward too. :) i enjoyed such a wonderful nature walk this morning. :) You all are always with me in spirit. :) many great memories being made, to always cherish, and treasure. :) It's a sweet time to enjoy nature, the autumn season, and all of the super fun festivities and celebrations. :) i already can't wait until my next nature walk. :) i was talking with my dad this morning. :) he came outside, he was walking Tucker around our yard, and we spotted some seagulls flying and soaring in the sky! :) it looked like the seagulls were flying toward the marina in our city, to enjoy a sweet day at the marina! :) my dad and i walked around winterizing our gardens. :) It's gonna be a sweet autumn season gardening adventure! :) Happy nature and fall foilage smiles :)

HALLOWEEN TOWN UPDATE! :) as the sun rises on a sweet new day, it's October 24th, the sweet arrival of the halloween week!!! :) everyone in halloween town is getting ready, for the wonderful halloween week breakfast buffet! :) The halloween town friends are all uniting, to kick of one of the most funnest and exciting week's of the year, HALLOWEEN WEEK!!! :) The halloween town is abuzz, with all of the great excitement of the big week, and the sweet halloween holiday that is approaching! :) The halloween town friends have all been getting ready, for this very special week! :) They've been buying fabrics, and supplies to make their halloween costumes. :) the halloween goblins are all shopping for sweet halloween treats for the trick or treaters. :) The halloween trees shine so very brightly, each and every day! :) The halloween town friends all gather for the breakfast buffet, and very special meeting! :) during the meeting, all of the halloween goblins cheer and cheer, as the halloween town halloween week festivities and celebrations plans and schedules are announced. :) halloween cheer, excitement, energy, and spirit fills the air! :) It's announced, that this week, there's gonna be a halloween dance in halloween town! :) The friends in halloween town go WILD!!! :)

this is so much fun!!! :) Halloween town friends are getting ready, for the big halloween town tour! :) it's gonna be spook-tacular, and boo-eautiful! :) on tuesday, October 27th, Mr. Pumpkin is going to be guiding everyone to a sweet tricks and treats tour, of my halloween town here in my computer room. :) i'm smiling and smiling!!! :) i've been having so much fun, and having the time of my life, decorating my halloween town. :) i'm so very happy, excited, and thrilled about giving everyone a tour of my halloween town. :) HORROR-WEEN MOVIE FEST! :) it's sweet classic, and golden day 24, of the halloween season! :) the pumpkins and halloween goblins all united today in the "haunted movie theatre" in halloween town, for the very special feature presentation showing, of the movie, "CLOVERFIELD" :) it's an intense and spooky movie! :) we're kicking off the sweet halloween week celebrations, with pumpkin themed treats being served at the haunted movie theatre! :) hehe! :) this is so much fun! :) i enjoy "horror-ween movie fest" so much, each and every day. :) a sweet new and super fun tradition, 31 movies, in 31 days, celebrating the wonderful halloween season! :)

It's a really nice relaxing, and peaceful day. :) i called our lovely friend Claudia (ClaudiaD) and her family today. :) It's always nice talking. :) We enjoyed a nice talk. :) Claudia, Mike, thank you both so very much for the great talk! :) my family and i are doing well, we're in good spirits. :) i really wanted to go today to get pumpkins, because i thought today would be great to get the pumpkins, and then tomorrow we could carve pumpkins, and decorate our front yard for halloween, and also make a scarecrow, filling pumpkins and ghosts lawn and leaf bags. :) it's a lot to do in one day, but i believe tomorrow we can do that all. :) it's always possible. :) since Kayla is in school during week days, it's hard to find the time to decorate for halloween, and i thought tomorrow could be our big day. :) when i found out we weren't going to get pumpkins today, i admit, it was like sudden change of plans, really took hyped-up-ness out of my spirit, like air coming out of a balloon, but i kept in good spirits. :) i looked forward to going today, all week. i'm not discouraged, just thought today would be day to get the pumpkins, and tomorrow could be day to carve pumpkins and decorate. :) i'm being patient though, i was talking to my mom, she says we can go to get pumpkins really early tomorrow morning at franklin farms, and once we arrived home, we can begin the decorating festivities. :)

halloween is sneaking up on us, and we usually have gotten our pumpkins by this time. :) it seems like time is flying by. :) We're not gonna let the quick flowing clock prevent us from having a sweet pumpkin heaven sunday! :) Tomorrow, it's on! it's on! :) We gonna travel to franklin, CT farmlands, and going to buy pumpkins, and when we arrive home, we'll begin the festivities and traditions, and celebrations. :) You all will be with us in spirit. :) we look forward to sharing our day with everyone. :) it's gonna be an amazing day! :) tonight, i'm gonna enjoy my pumpkin spiced iced coffee, gonna make some popcorn, and gonna treat myself to a movie night. :) thank you everyone, so very much, for everything. :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of our hearts. :) tomorrow's pumpkin sunday! :) lots of great things to look forward too. :) we're very excited about tomorrow. :) 

We love you all, very much, and we care about you all. We think of you all every day. You all are so very loving, caring, and supportive, and you all are so very sweet, kind, and thoughtful. :) Thank you everyone, so very much for everything! All your kind words, support, well wishes, advice, positive vibes, encouragement, guidance, keeping me balanced, hugs, comments, messages, texts, treasures, everything! we appreciate everything, with all of hearts, spirits, and souls. :) You all are in our hearts, always, and forever. we adore you all, and i cherish, and treasure our friendships, with all of our hearts :) You all help uplift us, and keep us in good spirits every day, giving us strength, and hope. Thank you, so very much. :) You all give us wonderful guidance, and help guide us through the experiences. :) our ds angels :) You all will always have a very special place in our hearts. :) You all inspire us, giving us hope, and strength, keeping me strong, focused, determined, and motivated, to work hard toward achieving our goals, and fulfilling my dreams. :)

my family and i hope everyone is enjoying a wonderfully safe, sunny, and happy weekend. :) god bless. You all are in our thoughts and prayers. :)

my mom says hi. :) She says, "hope everyone had a good day" :) She says, "it rained here, how is weather there?" :) She says, "have a good evening" :) awww! :) we love you lots and lots mom! :)  Thank you, so very much, for everything! :) take very good care. stay safe everyone. :) Kayla says hi to everyone. :) She says, you all are very nice. :) awww! :) We hope everyone is well. :) We thank you all, for everything. :) my mom and i want everyone to know, we'll always be here for you all. :) i tell my mom and family your wonderful messages. Thank you so very much, for being a very special part of our lives. :)

stay strong angels, think positive, keep determined, motivated, focused, and lets continue to move forward together, one positive step at a time. :)

my family and i send our love, warm friendship wishes, and caring thoughts :) We think of you all, often. :) We wish everyone, great health, happiness, peace, and smiles surrounded by sweet blue sky, and sunshine :)

much love and big warm sunny sunflower hugs for everyone here from Connecticut! :)

BIG GROUP HUG! :)

"Together we are united from one side of the world to the other and have made such great friendship from the love and encouragement our highs and lows triumphs and tragedies but we can stand tall as you and i have realy achieved so much from our friendship our encouragement and your inspirational journey for 2007 that has just touched my heart so much as i took that journey in 1987 and like you i fought hard and won!Stay positive
Love mum xoxoxoxoxoxoxo"- my lovely ds mum (bloss) :)

"Live for the moment i say and will say forever, you will always be you and you'll end up where you want to be when it's time."- our dear angel friend Jeremy Olearnick :)

"live for tomorrow. yesterday is gone and we cannot change what we did yesterday, but we can look forward to a bright and happy tomorrow" - my lovely ds mum (bloss) :)

"i'm a completely different person now. Ready to take on the world, instead of hiding from it. i'm ready to live! oh my!" :) -Dee (DeeKorn13) :)

"in the garden, my soul is the sunshine." :)

"sunflower, i support you as you bend, you support me as you make me smile, you and i stand strong together, even if it takes a while. from seed, to sprout, to beginning your journey rising tall. i know that we have eachother, we will never fall." :)

"true peace comes from above. It's like the sound of falling snow" :)

"where there's a sunflower, there's a smile" :)

i'm so very thankful and blessed with many wonderful things in my life. :)

family, friends, dailystrength, having good health, celebrating my birthday with my wonderful family and wonderful friends, nature walks with my mom, visits with grandma, grandma's smile, my mom's smile, seeing people smile, for having the wonderful opportunity to spend time with our dear friend Jeremy Olearnick, birthday lunch with my mom, spending my birthday with family and friends, talks with my mom, my mom's homecooked meals, baseball talks with my dad, memories of when my dad and i would buy sports cards, memories of my dad teaching me how to garden, and gardening with my dad, my dad and i playing basketball together, walks with my mom, pictures colored by my little niece, playing in the snow with my little niece, building a snowman with my little niece, birthday excitement, Christmas gatherings with grandma, sweet countryside and oceanside summer traveling adventures, sweet trips down memory lane, trick or treating at grandma's house, helping my grandma decorate her tree, decorating Christmas tree with my family, Christmas gatherings with family, my ds angels, opening gifts with my family, riding around in the city on Christmas night looking at the beautiful Christmas lights, thanksgiving turkey decorative from my lovely friend Deb (stardust), Christmas spirit and holiday cheer, gardening shopping adventures with my mom and dad at Malerba's farm, MEGA holiday shopping experiences, building sand castles with my little nieces, holiday talks with family and friends. birthday rainbow, decorating halloween town, and giving everyone a tour, sweet sunny summer time visit with my ds brother Taino and ds sis Cyn, wonderful happy birthday wishes, and treasures, autumn's beauty, Easter egg coloring adventure, enjoying a wonderful Easter dinner with my family, and friends, Easter angel, getting a Christmas tree with my family, baking friday memories, game days, having a home, making other's smile/laugh, seeing someone smile, uplifting strength and hope that i recieve everyday from everyone here, hope and unfailing faith, prayer, memories, my mom's love, care, support, talks with my mom, walks with my mom around the neighborhood and our yard, my mom's hugs, building a snowman and igloo with Kayla, holiday christmas shopping excitement, Rose City sight seeing adventures, my mom giving me advice and guidance, my mom's encouragement, the strength and hope my mom gives me, my mom coming on field trips with me while i was in kindergarten as we went to the apple orchard, and farm, my mom holding my hand, memories of cooking food on the grill with my mom, when i was younger, as she taught me to how to cook, memories of picking dandylions for my mom, giving my mom tour of the gardening areas, my mom being with me, every step of the way, memories of when i was younger, my mom and i would walk across the school bridge, and we'd collect pinecones, my mom always giving 150% effort to make me happy, my mom's laugh, gardening with family, celebrating the Kentucky Derby with family and friends, celebrating the superbowl with family and friends, discussing gardening with family and friends, look for ladybugs in the garden with Kayla, writing, pumpkin carving adventures, halloween excitement, horrow-ween movie fest, the smell of autumn leaves, and enjoying a nice cup of apple cider, spring excitement, celebrating Easter with family and friends,  coloring Easter eggs, fresh crisp warm spring air, cleaning gardening areas and getting them ready for gardening, big gardening weekend, surprise gardening blossoms, feeding the squirrels and bluejays and watching them enjoy their yummy foods, bird watching with my dad, writing in my journal, talking with family and friends on the phone, exchanging text messasges with friends, spring returning, the smell of flowers, fresh cut grass, and mulch, seeing beautiful birds soaring and flying over, with sweet blue sky in the background, and the birds flapping their wings so peacefully, and gracefully, so happily, 4th of July fireworks shows, 4th of July holiday excitement, energy, spirit in the air, discovering our first ear of corn growing in our garden, celebrations, nice soil for gardening, potato treasure hunts, harvesting sunday, sweet blue sky and sunshine, nature walks in the yard and garden, soaking up sweet sunshine with the sunflowers, the smell of food cooking on the grill, the spring excitement in the air as spring is here, and many are into the gardening spirit, my plants, tending the plants, gardening, beautiful views, sunshine and rain to nourish the plants, sunflowers, treasures, nature walks, amethyst treasure hunts, excitement of seeing someone open treasures packages, excitement of opening treasures packages, DS superbowl party, superbowl sunday excitement, summer time gardening adventures, cookie decorating adventures, raspberry and snap peas picking adventures, giving everyone a tour of the plants, blossoming sunflowers, sunflower smiles, sunflower dreams, early morning visits with my sunflowers and hearing songbirds singing and enjoying breakfast as the sun rises, spring time gardening adventures, football and those sweet sunny sunday's when it's 1pm and football games are beginning, the excitement of the crowd, and the opening kickoff, and a sweet awesome football game, that goes all the way down to the wire, with 2 minutes left, and the game has us all on the edge of our seats, introducing myself to sunflowers, that very special moment, when seeing a sunflower blossomed, and knowing once, i held this sunflower in my hand, as a seed, and now, the sunflower is here, it's journey is complete, getting to witness that, feeling that in my heart, spirit, and soul, it's wonderful, October blossoms, October gardening, leaves changing color, fresh crisp autumn air, goals, dreams, beautiful, peaceful, and relaxing countryside rides, very special visit by owl, nature, listening to birds sing, photography, bird watching, autumn season lunch at the marina, picking fresh from the garden goodies, harvesting sunflower seeds and baking sunflower seeds, the first sip of a fresh iced coffee and thinking, this is great!, hot chocolate and hot tea on a cold day, adventures in the kitchen, going for nice relaxing and peaceful car rides with my family and looking at the Christmas decorations, a view of winter's beauty, the cozy warm feelings and excitement knowing that a snowstorm is coming, and enjoying a hot cup of hot chocolate, and watching it snow outside, autumn and halloween shopping adventures, Christmas excitement, holidays, cooking/baking, baking friday's, sharing baking friday stories/pictures with family and friends, nice relaxing and peaceful countryside rides, breakfast with my sunflowers, apple picking adventures with my family in our yard and garden, first signs of seeing plants sprout, talking with friends, talking with friends while walking around the yard, giving everyone a tour of the gardening areas, watching a sunflower make it's journey to growing strong, and tall, and blossoming, and smiling at the sun, breakfast with the squirrels and bluejays, animal friends, pumpkin picking adventures, holiday shopping, Thanksgiving excitement, helping my family prepare a Thanksgiving meal, the scent of a Thanksgiving meal being prepared as the parades are on tv, the excitement when recieving something in the mail, the surprise of recieving wonderful treasures, laughter, a nice jar of sunflower seeds, that i've harvesting, and enjoying the sunflower seeds, as i watch movies/tv, fall harvesting season, harvesting sunflower seeds, harvesting goodies from our yard and garden, cruising the city with my family, Thanksgiving parades, the first snowfall of the season, BBQ cookouts, sunrises, sunsets, beautiful letters/cards, snowfalls during the night, where it doesn't feel cold, and the snow is calm and peaceful, nice relaxing sunday's, sweet blue sky and sunshine days during winter, Valentine's day messages/goodies/treasures, the excitement of the countdown to halloween season, super wednesday post office adventures, Kentucky Derby day excitement, pickle making adventure, potato harvesting adventure, visiting the beach and collecting seashells and rocks, holding a seashell close to my ear, and hearing the ocean, seeing the water when the sun is shining on it creating a sparkle, super wednesday post office adventures, the fresh crisp winter air during late winter where it feels like Spring is coming, new experiences, social interaction, sunny sunday mornings, indoors gardening, wonderful simple pleasures, great shopping experiences, making eye contact, enjoying shopping, walking outside on a sweet blue sky, and sunny day, and breathing in the fresh air, and thinking, "i am so very happy to be here! to have the chance to experience life", and smiling! :)

Enjoy the simple pleasures in life. They truely are, simply wonderful! :)

-never lose hope

SWEET FALL FOILAGE OCTOBER ROADS, leading the way! :) we saw lots and lots, and lots of beautiful fall foilage today. :) it's sweet classic, and golden fall foilage season. :) The autumn season is in full swing. :) lots of great things going on, and many very special memories being made. :) i took lots of pictures today, during our car rides. :) The fall foilage is so very beautifully bright and glowing. :) these are such wonderfully special times. :) i dedicate the next set of fall foilage and city pictures, to my wonderful family and wonderful friends. :)  i love you all so very very much! :)

This is a close up picture of the Waurwegan hotel. :)

HORROR-WEEN MOVIE FEST! :) it's sweet classic, and golden day 24, of the halloween season! :) the pumpkins and halloween goblins all united today in the "haunted movie theatre" in halloween town, for the very special feature presentation showing, of the movie, "CLOVERFIELD" :) it's an intense and spooky movie! :) we're kicking off the sweet halloween week celebrations, with pumpkin themed treats being served at the haunted movie theatre! :) hehe! :) this is so much fun! :) i enjoy "horror-ween movie fest" so much, each and every day. :) a sweet new and super fun tradition, 31 movies, in 31 days, celebrating the wonderful halloween season! :)

happy halloween smiles, to end a sweet halloween season day! :) our lovely friend Deb (Stardust) created another sweet and awesome halloween ecard for my family and i. :) awww! :) This is so very wonderfully nice, sweet, kind, thoughtful, and generous of Deb! :) Deb, we love it! :) We thank you so very much! :) here is a link to the halloween ecard. :) In the ecard, there's Kayla, Taylynn, my mom, niece Alyssa, and me. :) awww! :) this is super mega sweet halloween awesome! :) We enjoyed watching the ecard together. :)

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/NqYB9a25YN96ZSK8

This is a picture of Taylynn watching the ecard. :) Happy halloween smiles! :)