a sunny summer saturday! :) Shopped, Re-decorating wall, and nature spirit :)

SHOPPING WILD SATURDAY!!! :) oh my! WOW! :)We went out to shop earlier, it was wild time, shopping, and so nice, to be home, resting, and got some really nice treats, goodies, and treasures at the stores today :) my mom, dad, and i went shopping today, at the dollar store, and walmart :) it went really well, at the dollar store, i bought some nice snacks, and treasures :) i found this huge bag of rice snacks, and my mom said, "wow, that's really good!" :) i went back to the aisle to pick up a bag for her, before we checked out :) at walmart, it was mega busy, and i struggled with anxiety there, and feeling shy, and off-balance. i'm ok, it was just one of those experiences, where i couldn't get into the zone, i just felt a bit off-balance. i bought my cell phone card at walmart :) this afternoon, i brewed a nice iced coffee, and been taking it easy :) i'm working on a really cool new decorating project, here in my computer room :) my wall, above my computer area, i need to re-add the cards there, as the posters on the wall, were beginning to have the tape coming off, so i want to refresh my whole wall there, with my cards :) it's gonna be great! :) i bought some scotch tape :) i found out, what was causing the wall of cards to slip, it was some calendars toward the bottom of the wall, that was adding extra weight, and the whole wall of cards was slipping down, yikes!!! it's ok, and i have neatly put all of my cards, in a stack here, and so excited, to put the cards back up onto the wall, without the 2 huge posters, and calendars, it's gonna be so nice, and fully refreshed :) It's a beautifully sunny day here in ct :) it's breezy, and cool too :) our plants are doing really well :) We got cosmos blossoming wild, and the plants are growing absolutely wild! :) i'm gonna do some weeding in the gardens tomorrow, and we may go out for a car ride too :) i bought some really sweet summer themed stickers at the dollar store today :) i'm so excited! :) i'm gonna create/write some cards :) tonight, our dear friend Holly and i are going to watch some awesome videos on youtube :) i found some sweet videos for us to watch tonight :) It's an awesome day, sunny spirit, and lots of summer time joys! :) CHEERS! :)
Hi angel friends! :) my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great saturday! :) it feels like a nice holiday weekend, with the 4th of July yesterday, and weekend arriving with lots of spirit :) we've been enjoying a wonderful time, hearing about everyone's 4th of July celebrations, and festivities :) it was such a nice day yesterday :) We had a beautiful time, celebrating the 4th of July with everyone :) We're so very happy, and delighted everyone enjoyed our baking friday adventure, and pictures :) Thank you all for your lovely comments :) we had lots of fun, baking the cake yesterday :) during the evening, i cooked some hotdogs, had coleslaw, and a slice of cake, and also got a nice caramel iced coffee :) it was such a nice 4th of July, and we'll always cherish the special memories made :) my family and i enjoy a wonderful time, celebrating these special times with you and your family's :)
This morning, we woke up to a beautiful cool breezy morning, with lots and lots of sunshine! :) oh my! : )There's that summer sun, painting the sky a sweet shade of blue! :) it was a bit chilly/breezy this morning, in the 50's here! wow! :) it felt like one of those early september days :) i love sunny weekends, and all of the special summer spirit in the air :) Kayla and Taylynn went out to visit with Taylynn's dad's parents today :) our city is gearing up, for the big fireworks show tonight at the marina :) it's always a big day in our city, when there's fireworks show :) this morning, i went outside, to check in on the plants, and to feed our nature animal friends :) i was so excited, to see how much the plants have grown, especially after the nice rain nourishment we recieved yesterday :)
The plants are GROWING WILD!!! and we have some sweet blossoming cosmos flowers, and snowball bush blossoms, in our front yard garden :) It's so nice, and sweet to see the flowers, and how well they are doing :) also all of the plants, flourishing nicely :) we did have some windy weather here last night, but the plants held up really well :) i think the SUNSHINE sunflower, is getting taller than SUNNY sunflower! oh my! :) it's gonna be a very exciting measuring on tuesday, to see how much the sunflowers have grown :) i think Sunshine is a bit taller than Sunny now! What an amazing growing comeback, all in the course of a week! :) WOW! :) we're very proud of the plants :) we got some weeds in the garden too, that we'll be pulling, to freshen up the gardens :) it's gonna be very nice :) This morning, i picked some more raspberries :) We have enough raspberries now, to bake a raspberry pie :) it's gonna be so nice, and a very special joy :) we always look forward to baking the pie, using fresh raspberries, from our yard and gardens :) i took some cool new pictures of our plants today too :) wow! i'm just so amazed, at how much the plants have grown :) i want to make a new garden tour video soon :)
This morning, was a nice relaxing, and peaceful morning :) i enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :) i also have began, a new decorating project, here in my computer room :) on my wall here, above my computer area, i had 2 huge posters, and i then put cards on them, and toward the bottom of the wall, i've had some calendars i've put on the wall, and what happened was, i noticed, in recent months, the cards were sliding town the wall, and i knew it was from the weight of the calendars causing the 2 huge posters, to slide down a bit. i would put a few more pieces of tape toward the top, but this morning ,i noticed it had really slid down a lot more, so i knew i was gonna be beginning a brand new project :) freshening up my computer room wall above my computer area here :) i carefully removed the cards/calendars, and posters, from my wall, i put the cards in a nice stack, for when i put the cards back on the wall :) i removed the 2 posters, so that now the cards will be going directly onto the wall, which will be good, so that the cards will stay, and the posters won't be pulling down the cards :)
i'm very excited, for this decorating project :) i got a sweet idea! :) in one area, of the wall, i want to put postcards, i think this will be so cool, and neat! :) plus, i'm only gonna put 1 calendar next to the cards area :) This is a great new project, i'm thrilled about, and have already began the process, as i picked up some nice scotch tape today :) as soon as i put all of the cards back on the wall, along with more cards, i'll take a sweet picture to share with everyone :) my mom came into my computer room this morning, i was telling her all about my new decorating project :) while i was working on the project a bit, i also did some dusting, and freshened up my computer room window area too :) it's coming along really well :) i should have the new project completed, within a few days :) it's so nice :)
Around mid-day today, we were gearing up, to go shopping :) my niece Alyssa joined us today, for the shopping adventure :) i wanted to browse around, at the writing supplies, hotwheels, and also other items too :) i was so excited, to go shopping :) a sweet sunny summer day, and shopping, sounds awesome! :) my mom, dad, Alyssa, and i began our adventure :) We first went to the dollar store :) i'm so glad, and thankful we went to the dollar store first, as i really did struggle at walmart later on during the shopping trip. We arrived at the dollar store :) we found a good parking spot, my dad went into rent-a-center place, to pay the bill, and we walked into the dollar store :) we were enjoying browsing around :) i looked at the cards, and also the candles/crafts aisles :) i was buying some nice gifts, treasures, i found 3 super cool packs of summer themed stickers :) they are nice 3-D stickers :) i was so thrilled to find the stickers :)
my dad met up with us, we were browsing around :) i found some nice snacks, on the snack aisle :) they are rice crackers, a big ole bag of them! : ) wow! :) i love these nice rice crackers :) i picked up a bag, plus a box of wheat crackers to enjoy with some nice deli salsa my mom bought for me :) the experience was going really well, we were just about done shopping, we went to the checkout :)my mom noticed i got the rice crackers, she said, "hey, i'd like a bag too" :) i walked over to the aisle and picked up a bag for my mom :) She was so happy! : )awww! :) We checked out, it went so nice, and smoothly :) i was in that zone, while shopping at the dollar store :) the sweet calm relaxing, peaceful zone :) i felt really confident in there :) We put our stuff into our minivan, and then drove to walmart :) i just wanted to browse at walmart, the hotwheels, and also needed to pick up my cell phone card/time :)
We arrived at walmart, and i did well, going into the main area of the store, but the main aisle, was extremely busy, and lots of people had carts, i got a bit stuck, on side of the main aisle, and i was waiting up for my mom and dad, i felt very out of place, and my nerves got a bit racked, and i know i was probably gonna struggle a bit, in the store today, as it was busy. instead of walking the whole main aisle, we took a short-cut through the women's clothes area. i was a bit off-balance, just felt a bit anxious, and just wanted to get into some sort of relaxing zone. we looked at the digital camera's, in the electronics area, and also looked at the candles aisle :) i actually went on the aisle, to help calm my nerves a bit, i was surprised i was so off-balance in walmart, just felt a bit shy, and out of place. we went to the hotwheels aisle, it was a bit busy there, and decided to come back to the aisle, later on. i knew i should have went on the aisle, but i was not doing too good, with my anxiety inside of walmart today. sometimes, just being a little off-balance, is enough for anxiety to take control of my nerves.
We browsed around the store a bit, went to the cats/dogs food aisle, and then went up some of the inner aisles there, the food aisles :) i was focusing good, on the aisles, foods :) i felt a little better, i was texting our dear friend Holly :) i mentioned to her, the store was a bit busy, but i was holding strong :) we went back over to the toys aisles area, and looked at the hotwheels cars a bit :) i was happy to get a chance to take my time, to look at the cars :) i didn't find any new ones, but it's always fun to look at the hotwheels :) We finished up shopping, and went to the checkout :) i felt better at the checkout, the cashier was talking with us :) i helped put our stuff up onto the checkout counter :) definitely felt better, and also felt relieved, that we were just about done at the store. anxiety can sometimes get the best of me, but i like to take the positives, out of the experiences, it helps me during future experiences :) my dad and i went to put our stuff into the minivan, and my mom and Alyssa went into big y supermarket, to pick up a few items on sale :) We then made our way home :) i'm very happy, about the items i bought today :) new stickers, some snacks, and treasures :) even though it was a bit rough at walmart today, i think i handled it well, and will look forward to going out to shop again soon :)
We're enjoying a great saturday :) my family and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) i brewed a nice iced coffee this afternoon :) tomorrow, i'm going to be putting cards on my wall, doing some writing, and also tending the plants, and gardens :) We may go out for a nice car ride tomorrow too :) We love summer time weekends :) i've been finding some cool adventures/treasures themed videos, for our dear friend Holly and i to watch tonight :) We call it our fun saturday night party night :) We're gonna watch the videos tonight, next saturday night ,is a brand new episode of ghost adventures we'll be able to watch :) it's a really nice sunny day :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) You all always warm our hearts, and brighten our days :) We deeply appreciate everything, withall of the lvoe of our hearts :) BIG GROUP SUNNY FRIENDSHIP HUG :) i'm going to have some nice crackers with salsa, and iced coffee tonight, and watching youtube videos :) There's many more great things to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a beautifully sunny summer day :) Enjoyed picking some raspberries today, and getting some nice stickers, snacks, and treasures at the dollar store :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a nice day" :) awww! : )We love you all bunches and bunches :) You all are always with us in spirit during our adventures, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) we hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :)
SUMMER GARDEN GROWING WILD!!! :) the plants enjoyed the nice rain yesterday, and are super growing, with the wonderful return of the summer sunshine :) i enjoyed some nice nature walks today, checking in on the plants :) The plants are growing wild :) they always seem to grow so much more, after a good raining :) i am so happy, the sunshine has returned, and enjoyed picking some nice raspberries, and took pictures today, to share with everyone :) love to see how much the plants have grown :) it's a really special time in the season :)
Cosmo blossom! :) our cosmos are blossoming in our front yard garden :)

Fresh Picked Raspberries :) We're going to be baking a nice raspberry pie very soon :) The raspberry bushes are producing lots of nice raspberries :)
Raspberries ripening : )

The Sunflowers are growing very tall :) in this picture, you can see 4 of the sunflowers, are almost taller than me :)



Tomatoes :)
Pumpkin plants :)
Mini roses :)
corn plants :) it's so neat, how much the plants have grown : )
Roses :)
Potato plants :)
Our flourishing summer gardens :)

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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a good day and a nice shopping adventure.You did great at the stores.Sorry to see your status now not sure what is going on Just relax and stay calm. The Raspberries Sunflowers and tomatoes look awesome.Thanks for all my nice hugs today.Have a good night. hugs to everyone-Stephanie
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris, You know I have times where my anxiety gets the best of me too,so I can relate.I think your did the best you could you could when in Wallmart and that is all anyone can ask you know.Thats what I tell myself when I am having one of those moments...anyways I hope your feeling a bit better. Take some extra time to just do the things that help you feel better. I too have watching some of the Walking Dead on AMC. I watched Lone Survivor which was really good. Based on a true experience. My tomato plants are getting more and more tomato\'s on the branches. I am going to have to get more support for it. My jalapeno plant has I believe three to four peppers on it. I didn\'t know you could freeze them. I am going to watch Ghost Adventures and The Dead Files tonight.. Say hello to Holly and your family,and You take extra care of yourself okay. Love/Blessings/Greenies
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

i understand the anxiety of your day all too well. Wal-mart is not my thing for sure. don\'t be too discouraged. i think it\'s too crowded there all the time. you are brave for trying so diligently! just remember to be gentle with yourself.
DCUK
DCUK

BOYO YOU DO HAVE ONE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN THERE BUDDY BOY ;D MY CARER ALWAYS TELLS ME WHATS GOING ON IN YOUR PICS,

SO SORRY TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR ROUGH ALMART TRIP [[HUGS]] DO YOU USTHATE IT WHEN ANXIETY TAKES OVER N IT HAPPES SO DARN QUCKLY TOO,

I MYSELF HAD AN OFF BALLANCED DAY YESTERDAY I TOOK MYSELF TO BED REAL EARLY WHEN THIS HAPPENS SO FAR IVE HAD 4EARLY NIGHTS THIS WEEK [[SOMETIMES WHEN I GET OVERLY EXCITED I COME CRASHING DOWN JUST AS QUICKLY]] I GET SO PANICKY ISIDE THIS HEAD OFF MINE! SO I NO HOW YOU FEEL SENDING OVER MUCH LOV PEACE N HAPPINESS N STRENGTH...

JUST LOVE THE SOUND OF YOUR NEW PROJECT MAKES ME SMILE IMAGINING YOU BUSYING YOURSELF HARD AT WORK BACK THERE ;D [[[ I JUST LOVE FINDING NEW PROJECTS TO KEEP ME BUSY]]]...

AWWW WOW! THOSE 3D SUMMER STICKERS SOUND SO COOL BUDDY BOY [[[YOUR LIKE ME JUST LOVE ME STICKERS ]]] N BY THE WAY THE POSTCARD IDEA SOUNDS AWESOME IT WILL LOOK GREAT ALL THE DIFF ONES YOUR GET OVER TIME [[[DONT FORGET IVE A POSTCARD FOR YOU TO THAT YOU CAN ADD!! ;D SENDING IT OUT NEXT WK ! SHOULD OF GONE OF SOONER \' BUT THE BILLS CAME IN...

KEEPING YOU N ALL IN MY THOUGHTS N PRAYERS ALWAYS, HUGGLES N CUDDLES N GOD BLESS MY LOVE TO YOU ALL KEEP THAT GRIN ABOVE YOR CHIN NOW ;D FRIENDS FOREVER.

PS! THANKS FOR WRITTING IN MY JOURNAL N BY THE WAY IVE WRITTEN SOME MORE [[[HERES TO HAPPY CALM SUMMER DAYS-N WONDERFUL NATURE GARDENING FUN]]]
ZenEm
ZenEm

I\'m really liking the decorating ideas you have for your computer room, dividing up into postcards and cards sounds like a good idea, and keeping the heavier pics and calendars for another area sounds good - looking forward to seeing photos of the newly designed area! (Still looking forward to the walking dead zombie town in October. Hehehe!)
Sorry to hear your anxiety knocked you around today. You\'re not alone. I\'m still having trouble eating in front of people at the moment, and have been getting really shy stages as well. I talked to my doctor about it who really just reassured me that it was the anxiety and social anxiety speaking up, and it\'s not *me*, not the essence of who i am, and it does fade back and will go away for patches of time.
We can get through this!! We can do it! We\'re with each other in spirit. We know this anxiety, and it is not our boss!
Please rest well and get back into balance. It\'s been a busy time for you with fourth of July celebrations, so much gardening happening, the trip out to the water with family. Kick back, relax with some healthy snacks, and look after yourself.
Thinking of you xxx
mindy027
mindy027

im really glad you all had a great 4th!!! good luck with your new decorating project. do not let yesterday get to you. we are all allowed to have an off day. look how far you have come. take pride in that and know that today will be a better day!!!
stix24
stix24

Good luck with your new decorating project angel Chris. I know your computer room will look fantastic with all the gifts/cards etc from your friends. I am so sorry you experienced anxiety at the store. Just remember sweetie not to let these times knock you and you are stronger than the anxiety. Take some nice time to rest today and wishing you a peaceful day :) Luv and hugs x
1Patriciann
1Patriciann

You bring such inspiration to your sharing -- it is a true JOY!!!

Love you bro!!!
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I love your Garden! It is very beautiful! :-) I know your Decorating Project will be great! :-)You are strong ,dear Chris and I know you can do it!
I believe in you,always! You are truly very inspirational,supportive and I am
so grateful for our wonderful friendship! thank you so much for everything,
Words can\'rt express,how much everything mean to me.I worry about my
sister....but I will be okay! Sending best wishes to you and your family!

Love and Hugs,Maria