a spirited, shopping day! :) goodies, treasures, and warm hugs across the miles :)

SPIRIT SUNSHINE SHOPPING DAY!!! :) Happy Saturday! :) We're enjoying an awesome day! :) my mom, Lisa, and i went shopping with Kayla and Taylynn today! :) we had a really nice time shopping, browsing around :) The kids bought some cool items. :) i got some goodies, and a cool collectible hotwheel car, for our dear friend Holly :) i treated myself, to some onion soup mix, pickles, green olives, and also bought some tea light candles :) we went to the dollar store, amd walmart :) We saw lots of holiday items, for Thanksgiving, and Christmas :) it's a chilly cool day, but is nicely sunny outside :) our shopping experiences went well :) my mom and Lisa picked up some nice items too :) it was great going out to shop :) We're gearing up, for those big days of the holiday shopping season :) i was digging in the hotwheels bin at walmart, it was awesome! :) i'm gonna make some nice hot onion soup this evening, and having some pickles and olives for snack :) Holly and i are going to watch a movie tonight, "Waynes World" :) it's a classic comedy :) This morning, i enjoyed a beautiful sunrise nature walk :) it was very active in the bird sanctuary in our yard :) bluejays, woodpeckers, sparrows, and squirrels :) i took some sweet pictures to share :) i recieved some beautifully heart warming, very special, and awesome gifts, and treasures, from our dear, and lovely friends Audrey (MaxiS), Steve, and their family :) awww! :) It's a spirit soaring day, and tomorrow is football sunday! :) The football party is on! :)Whooo!!! :)
Hi angel Friends! :) Sunny smiles, across the miles, on this beautiful saturday! :) it's a day of nature, shopping, and looking forward to a fun movie night tonight :) my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great saturday! :) my mom, Lisa, Kayla, Taylynn, and i went out to shop today :) We saw some really nice holiday items at the stores :) it was a spirit soaring shopping adventure, browsing around, and found some really cool items :) Kayla and Taylynn each came home with 2 bags of items! :) they got fleece blankets, all kinds of cool stuff! : )i said to Kayla and Taylynn, "you both are the shoppers of the day!" :) awww! :) we were so happy to go out to shop, and to enjoy this beautiful November day, as we continue to get closer to the Thanksgiving holiday :) my mom is making homemade baked beans with bacon tomorrow, for the football sunday party :) yum! :) this day and weekend is rocking and rolling! :)
We're enjoying a nice saturday :) We love the weekends :) thank you angel friends, so very much, for all of your wonderful comments, on our baking friday journal, and pictures :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) awww! :)We're very happy, and delighted everyone enjoyed our adventure :) We had lots of fun baking the goodies yesterday :) during the evening, i made a cookie monsters visit to the kitchen, to get some dinner, pizza, macaroni and cheese, and a pumpkin cookie :)Yum! :) i love to treat myself on friday evenings, to a nice dinner :)
This morning, i bundled up, for my early morning nature walk :) We had a nice sunrise this morning, and a beautiful blue sky :) i saw birds soaring over :) i wore my nice fleece jacket outside, as it was in the low 30's this morning, we recieved a freeze/frost here overnight, wow! it was a deep frost too, that even froze our grass in our backyard! icy!!! brrrrr!!! i was putting goodies all around our yard, and spent some time in the nature forest, and bird sanctuary area of our yard :) i put breads, some pizza we had in our fridge for a few days, and also some bird seeds all around our yard, on the feeders in the bird sanctuary :) i found a nice spot there, where i was kneeling by one of our smaller trees, and had a great nature front row seat, to the birds, and squirrels :) i heard a woodpecker, and then spotted one of them, along with some bluejays, squirrels, and sparrows :) The golden autumn leaves in our yard, were glowing from those sweet beams of sunrise sunshine :) i took some nice nature pictures this mroning, to share with everyone :) i'll include the pictures in my journal :) it feels like it's gonna be snowing outside soon, as it's getting more and more colder outside, definitely bundling up, for my nature walks :)
It was a great morning :) i spent some time here on ds, writing to friends, i replied to an email, and also was gearing up, for going shopping later on :) i was feeling really relaxed, focused, and in tune with the day :) i was really to browse around at the stores today, especially the foods/aisles at the dollar store, the hotwheels at walmart, and also the holiday items :) my dad went into work this morning, he's enjoying his new work :) he's been doing very well, and even has been getting out of work at the domino's pizza place a little earlier, which is helping him to be able to get some more rest :) We're very proud of him :) my mom mentioned about going shopping around mid-day :) Sweet! :) my sister Jenn and Mikey came over to visit for a little while :) i enjoyed some phone calls, and was just about all set, and ready to shop :)
Shortly after 12pm, we began our super fun shopping adventure :) we all bundled up, as it's chilly and windy outside. We took my sister Lisa's car :) Kayla and Taylynn were very excited about going shopping :) They each had some nice dollars to spend :) We first drove over to the dollar store :) We found a good parking spot, and walked over to the store :) as soon as we walked in, we could see 3 aisles of holiday items, oh wow! :) they got Christmas stuff, the holiday mugs, all kinds of candies, decorations, wrapping paper, gift bags :) we were browsing around the items a bit, and also looked at the cards :) they got strings of Christmas lights at the dollar store! :) i'd love to buy some for my Christmas town in December, that i'm gonna decorate :) it's a sweet time, with Thanksgiving, and the holidays coming :)
Kayla and Taylynn each had a shopping basket, they were buying some items :) on the food aisle, i bought, some spicy and sweet pickles (my favorite!) :) i also got some green olives, 3 packets of onion soup mix :) yum! :) i love onion soup :) it's been a while since i've bought some of the onion soup packets :) i also bought, a gift for a friend, and also got some tea light candles on the candle aisle :) i love my tea light candles :) we were browsing around, my mom and Lisa got a few items :) We saw some beautiful Thanksgiving themed tableclothes too :) it was so nice, at the dollar store :) lots of holiday items :) We all checked out together, which went really well, and smoothly :) we were all set, and walked outside, nice cool crisp chilly air, and feels like the holidays are coming :) it wasn't that busy at the dollar store today. it was layed back, relaxing in there today :)
We put our stuff into Lisa's car, and then cruised over to our local walmart :) Taylynn and Kayla wanted to play the crane game there, to win some stuffed animals :) they still had some dollars, and quarters :) We arrived at walmart, and parked our car :) We walked over to the entrance, and saw some holiday gift sets in that area :) the kids with my sister Lisa, to play the crane game, and my mom and i walked over to the men's clothes section :) i saw a new "the walking dead" t-shirt there,i may buy it sometime :) it was great browsing at the t-shirts :) Kayla looked at the clothes in the clothes area, and we then walked over into the foods aisles :) we were browsing around :) i bought some orange juice, for $1. :) COOL DEAL! :) i was doing really well today :) it wasn't too busy at walmart. :) i felt like i was in that shopping zone :) We walked around the store a bit, over to the cat food, dog food aisles, over near there, they have lots of holiday aisles they are putting together, we saw many candies, holiday gift sets :) WOW! :) it was awesome to see! :)
We walked over to the collectible hotwheels aisle/section :) i was digging in the hotwheels bin a bit, i found a cool hotwheels van, for our dear friend Holly :) She and i collect hotwheels :) it was nice looking at the hotwheels again :) i love digging in that bin! :) it was fun, browsing through the many hotwheels cars they have :) i know Holly will love this cool hotwheel van i got for her, for her collection :) Kayla and Taylynn got a few more items, they have these nice fleece blankets for about $3, and my mom and Lisa got some more items too, including coffee cream, and butter :) We finished up shopping, and then went to the checkout :) it went well at the checkout :) Kayla and Taylynn went over to the crane game again, they played a couple more dollars, they didn't win, but had fun, Taylynn almost won a stuffed animal m&m toy! :) We walked outside, i pushed our cart a bit today, in the store, and to our car :) it was great, and went well :) i felt like i was branching out a bit :) it was really cool, shopping adventures we had :) we made our way home, i couldn't wait to share with everyone, about our shopping adventures :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, ou sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We love spirited times like this :) i would love to take this time, to share about some very special treasures my family and i recieved :)
HAPPY FRIENDSHIP SMILES, SENT WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE, AND WARM COZY FRIENDSHIP HUGS, FROM ILLINOIS! :) awww! :) WOW! :) this is so neat, super cool, and very beautifully heart warming :)Awww! :) i am smiling and smiling! :) a very special delivery, sent our way, with wonderful warm thoughts, and wishes, for a sweet wholesome Thanksgiving, and Holiday season :) We're so blessed, and thankful, to have you all in our lives :) You all always warm our hearts, brighten our days, and touch our hearts in many special ways :) During the day yesterday, i recieved a cool box, treasure, from our dear, and lovely friends Audrey (MaxiS), her husband Steve, and their family :) awww! :) They ordered me a special gift, on QVC :) i opened the nice package during the evening yesterday, while resting :) i am so very tickled happy, excited, and thrilled! :)
Audrey (MaxiS), Steve, and family sent me, a wonderfully warm, Holiday Christmas snowman themed blanket! :) awww! :) wow! :) This is so nice, and sweet of them :) the blanket is a nice decorative holiday blanket, with snowman design :) it's a nice fleece blanket throw, that is so warm :) this is awesome!!!! :) SUPER MEGA SWEET AWESOME!!! :) woot! :) i love my new blanket! :) it's so nice, and warm :) oh yeah!!! :) this is gonna be so nice, to keep me warm, during winter time :) i often love to put a blanket around my shoulders and back, or on my bed, to keep warm :) this wonderful blanket, from Audrey, Steve, and their family, will help me keep warm, this approaching winter season :) This is such a sweet, kind, and generous gift :) it really touched my heart, when i opened up the package, and saw the blanket :)
i was showing my nice holiday blanket to my family :) my mom said, "This is so nice of our friends" :) awww! :) Audrey, Steve, and family also sent us, a wonderful friendship card, and letter :) on the front of the card, there's a nice bear, with a nature theme :) sweet blue sky, sunshine, nature animal friends, and flowers :) i'm going to put our nice friendship card, here in my writing area :) inside the card, Audrey wrote me a lovely new letter :) awww! :) this is great! :) i'm going to write a new letter to Audrey soon, and also a thank you card :) These are such sweet gifts, and treasures :) my family and i love them, and will always cherish, and treasure them :) Audrey, Steve, family, my family and i thank you all so very much! :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) We love you friends! :) i love my nice new holiday blanket :) sending lots and lots of love, happy friendship smiles, and warm cozy friendship hugs, from our hearts, and home to yours :)
We're enjoying a great saturday! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) it was so nice going out to shop today :) i'm gonna make some onion soup, and having some pickles, and green olives for snack this evening :) Tonight, our dear friend Holly and i are going to watch the comedy classic, "Waynes World" :) it's gonna be great! :) We love our saturday night movie nights, during the ghost adventures off-season :) tomorrow, my mom is gonna make some nice homemade baked beans with bacon :) one of our favorite treats, she makes :) We're gonna watch football tomorrow :) We love football sunday party's :) foods, snacks, drinks :) my family and i thank you all so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP COZY WARM FRIENDSHIP HUG :) Tonight, i'm gonna have my soup, snacks, and watching a movie :) There's many more great things to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, i enjoyed an awesome nature walk this morning, and also shopping today :) i love the weekends :) writing some cards, and got football tomorrow :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is enjoying a good day" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) we think of you all often :)
Happy Friendship smiles, sent with lots and lots of love, and warm cozy friendship hugs, from Illinois! :) awww! :) This is so very beautifully heart warming, very special, and wonderful :) i love my nice Holiday fleece blanket, and we also love our sweet friendship card, that our dear, and lovely friends Audrey (MaxiS), Steve, and their family sent us :) This is so nice, and sweet of them :) We're so blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) You all always warm our hearts, and touch our hearts in many wonderful ways :) my nice fleece blanket, will help me keep warm, especially this time of the year, as the weather is getting colder. Audrey, Steve, family, my family and i thank you so very much! :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :)
Our lovely friendship card, from Audrey, Steve, and family :)
Happy nature smiles :) i enjoyed a sweet nature walk this morning, deep in the heart of our yard :) putting lots of goodies, all around our yard, and seeing our nature animal friends :) i love those golden glowing moments, of the sunrise hour :) nature, rising, and shining into a beautiful new day :) i'm so excited, to share my new nature pictures with everyone :) i'm gonna be enjoying many more nature walks :) it's an awesome time, to dwelve into nature :) Sunrises, Sunsets, November nature joys :) i love it very much! :)
The sparrows were waiting for me this morning :) they gather around, so excited, to enjoy goodies :)

Mr. Nut Squirrel! :)
Bluejays :)

Collectible hotwheel car, for Holly :) We bought these cool hotwheel van, for Holly today :) She loves hotwheels :) She and i collect them :) We're very excited to send this new hotwheel to Holly, for her to add to her collection :)