1. Small blizzards all day…
2. …beautiful soft huge snowflakes…
3. …the kind we love for Christmas Eve
4. Baking banana bread for GPa
5. Hot homemade beef stew on a snowy day
6. Refurbishing my Mother’s lovely antique chair
7. Coldwater Creek’s Tuscany soy candle..yummy fragrance
8. Learning to help Pepper have a good quality of life, keeping her active with her growing sightlessness…
9. …taking her outside in the snow, wearing her warmest sweater, she’s always been such a trouper :)
10. I didn’t know John Steinbeck said this..did you?  “I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition and even some affection. But with Montana, it is love.” -John Steinbeck

1. God Bless everyone serving in our military
2. God Bless our military veterans
3. Service
4. Selective memories
5. Freedom
6. Sacrifices of military men and women…
7. …sacrifices of their families.
8. Eleven Eleven Eleven!
9. Having this WLG published on 11/11/11 at 11:11 a.m.EST.
10. Belle’s Creative Spiritual Women messages!

Happy Birthday to a family member who is awesomely special to our family! 

Happy Birthday to each person who is having a birthday today, November 10!

Blessings!

1. Love the song, “America the Beautiful” !
2. More shopping with my ohsofun daughter!
3. Snow, about 3 in., lovely snow covered “Christmas” trees everywhere, winter coats, boots, gloves.
4. Deep conversations..discussions that could go on forever
5. Fun looking/listening to various musical cards and finding the right one!
6. Our GreenBayPacker banner is flying high!
7. Getting an extra hour of sleep, setting the clocks back
8. Our computer coming back to life :)
9. Belle’s enlightening CSW subjects!!
10. “You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”  -Oprah

1. Glowsticks and Hershey bars given to the interesting characters who came to our door last night…
2. …Darth Vader..the bride of Frankenstein..cowboys..a princess..so much fun!
3. Today it snowed while the sun was shining…wonder if there was a rainbow?
4. Shopping with my daughter today for l.room drapes, rugs…
5. love to go early in the morning when the stores are nearly empty…fun fun fun!
6. 3 birthdays in November
7. Planning for Thanksgiving
8. Making lists and more lists
9. Even Christmas cards, oh my..
10. Positive energy!!

1. Thrilled to have a wonderful all-day visit with my daughter!
2. Plans to go shopping this week
3. Keeping in my thoughts and prayers those in the eastern U.S. who have been inconvenienced by the recent snows…
4. …and being grateful for the power company employees who come to their rescue
5. Appreciating even more our lovely sunny day today
6. Loving our new tv
7. So happy to be getting back to our “habits” (routines) with Pepper …
8. …see Belle’s CSW about Habits…it’s great!!
9. NFL…go Green Bay Packers!
10. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate…our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”  M.Williamson

1. Our neighbors said “brrr..it’s getting cold..we’re gettin’ outta Dodge”…and they got the motor home all ready and headed for Yuma, AZ :)
2. GPa has about 2 in. of snow on his bus route
3. Had frozen puddles in the a.m.
4. A man who looked like Santa entered the grocery store and the beepers went wild…we all laughed along with him because he said he wasn’t stealing anything….I guess he had a metal cane that set it off :)
5. Trucks loaded to the max with firewood
6. Construction workers holding the signs were wearing face coverings
7. Cool enough for gloves
8. One of our ski hills is preparing
9. A tree in our neighbor’s yard is always such a lovely pink in the spring…now it is a beautiful burnt orange
10. Pepper’s home!!!

Our min. schnauzer, Pepper, has had some health issues for the past several weeks and I wanted to share some of my feelings:

A week ago the prognosis was not good … here is some involuntary grief we experienced:  devastation; a heart that actually felt like it was cracking; tears flowing out of control; pacing; going about our routine with numbness; thinking about nothing else; not eating.

And the RAINBOWS!…Grateful for the 7 years of unconditional love that Pepper has given us; so glad that we take her with us everywhere we go; her little tail wagging and her soft eyes looking at us with trust; Today we received encouraging news from a specialist that she can be healed and she has already begun her energy and healing process! 

So very GRATEFUL for our Granddaughter and Daughter who showed us the energy and good thoughts to hold on to…always…to replace those dark clouds of involuntary experiences.

We are so grateful for the kind and caring Veterinarians who have treated Pepper as though she were their own.  And it was fun to visit with other pet owners who have such great pets…let’s see..an English sheep dog; a beagle; a cocker spaniel; a yellow lab..to name a few.

Yesterday, there was the most beautiful, vibrant, brilliant RAINBOW I have ever seen sweeping across the sky…amazing and a Praise God…I just knew everything would be good!

Thanks to Belle for her CSW subjects of grief, joy, thoughts…these indeed will continue to help process whatever our experiences may be!

1. My mother-in-law (Helen) was an interesting and talented person……all 5 ft. of her.  She was raised on a farm with four brothers.
2.    Thank you, Carol, for reminding me of Helen when you mentioned the red plaid flannel shirts in your list today!  Helen made my husband and I red plaid flannel shirts.  She was an accomplished seamstress and made beautiful clothing..suits, coats, etc.
3. She was the BEST cook ever!!!!!!  Ever!!!!
4. She and fil had two huge beautiful gardens and she canned food that will undoubtedly not be equaled.
5. She had a 30-30 rifle and hunted deer and elk
6. She fished and her secret for catching them was a bar of ivory soap in her tackle box to make sure her hands were washed  before baiting her hook.
7. She made dandelion wine and home brew that…I was told…would knock your socks off :)
8. She and fil would backpack into the mountain wilderness for many miles.
9. She loved music and when a song began she’d challenge us to say the name of it before she could.
10. She was intelligent and a woman’s woman who could hold her own with the guys at a time in history when “a woman’s place was in the home”…she would gladly take a theoretical trip down the rabbit hole with you.

1. Lovely rainy day today..umbrellas in our closet…we don’t use them :)
2. Had the studded snow tires put on our car
3. Frequent “deer crossing” signs
4. License plates from Maryland…oh, and Butte America!
5. Sweet hot mustard…yum!
6. Simple but cute store name, “Cranberry Corner”
7. Found a new store that has bed/bath/rugs, etc. .. quality and inexpensive
8. Berber rugs..long lasting
9. Checker at the grocery store who said she toured the Pringles factory…
10. …saw how each chip is lined up perfectly for packaging..fun!