Housewife, 54

There have been times these past few weeks when I have had so many different things that I wanted to post about, that I could not decide how I wanted to set it all down.  Of course, now that I have a few minutes to write, I can't think of many of them!  Here are a few things that I have remembered: DH and I took advantage of a beautiful fall Sunday and went to the Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL. I have enjoyed blog posts of other people (Isabelle) and the lovely gardens and places they visit, so here is a place that we have visited and enjoyed: Sculptures by Swedish artist Carl Milles Waterfall Our trees are more beautiful this year than ever before: Recipe Night: In an attempt to boost interest in my Pampered Chef business, I have hosted a couple of parties at my house.  The first was a "Girls Night IN". I had my guests help to make a couple of the new Pampered Chef recipes, and my friend brought some of her Stampin'Up business items to make

[Insert all those redundant comments about time... how it flies, where has it gone.....] Okay, so it is now October.  I have been telling myself all through the month of September that it was 'still Summer!'  Now I guess that I have to admit that it is fall.  The trees are just beginning to turn here, this is a tree on our street - not one of mine, my Maples are just barely beginning to go red at the tops. I think it is so interesting that this tree is changing color from the top down! SO, since September was still "summer", here are some highlights: We finally got the work done on our deck; the old one was ripped off in about 2 hours, and it took about 3 weeks to get the new one built, thanks to weather delays and a busy schedule for Building Inspectors... But here is the final product: Most of the deck work is finished, and Jim and I started enclosing the underneath for the dog kennel, using lattice on this side to block view of dogs for the 'back do