Welcome to a new week!!

Afternoon Sweet Friends,

Welcome to a new week!!

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We worked out in the yard this 

morning,  and I have to tell you

my heart is just so full of joy

 today......Although, it was officially

Autumn on Sept. 23rd,  these last

few mornings have finally felt like

it is officially Fall.  The weather is

truly glorious.....and if I could give

it a score,  it would definitely get a

 perfect 10!!

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I have to say this girl just functions

better in cooler weather!!  lol

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We were able to spend time out on

the porch doing some bible study

as well.  I just love love love it!!

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Then the mail arrived and I got

a sweet surprise in the mail.

Remember my friend, Diane

 of 38 yrs. I was telling you

 about on this past Thankful

 Thursday.

Well,  she sent me this.....

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Beautiful card with these

blasts from the past............

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pictures of she and I.  This was taken

38 yrs. ago in Goldsboro, N. Carolina.

I was about 20 1/2 yrs. old here.  

Are we so 70's are what??? lol

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We were both pretty much newly weds,

 and these were our kids back then!!

Diane is on the left with her Irish

setter baby,

 "Herkemer Peaoppwhopper"

and I am on the right with my baby,

a long haired Dachshund, we got

when we were in Germany,  his

name was "Rookie"

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Hubby and I only lived in N.C. for

3 months back then, but we so bonded 

to this couple,  and we have only seen

 them once since then, but have talked

and written back and forth for many 

years. I think it was our common bond

 of knowing the Lord that cemented this

relationship, even tho,  we didn't totally

 understand that at the time.

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Here is a better shot of Rookie, that

she stuck in as well.  We have such

delightful memories of great times.

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Their dog Herkemer was such a riot.

He used to let himself, out of  their

 fenced in yard, and come and let himself

 in our fenced in yard, to play with our dog.

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He also used to strip the bushes of 

leaves.  He would bite way down on

a branch and pull and pull till he 

pulled all the leaves off.  He tried to

teach Rookie,  but thankfully it didn't

stick!!  lol

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It was her hubbies first Christmas back

from Viet Nam,  and he was so eager to

get a Christmas tree, so Diane finally 

gave in, and  they got one right after

 Thanksgiving, I think it was.......

then put it up and it looked sooo nice. 

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 Then we all went somewhere and 

came home.......  the dog had knocked

 the tree over, and pretty much 

destroyed it, and had seriously now, 

eaten about a box of glass bulbs,  but

never had a problem.  amazing!!
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Later after my post, Scott and
Megan came by and I was showing
them the pic and telling the story
again, and hubby reminded me
that the vet. told them to feed
the dog a loaf of  bread,  and that
would help to protect them from the
 sharp edges hopefully.  Sure worked
in Herkemers case!!
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It also worked for parents we
knew that their child swallowed
a tack.  
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For the rest of the Christmas season

They had to tie the tree up to keep

him from knocking it over again.

We had more laughs over that dog,

He was just too funny!!

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Oh Yea, I remember he also ate

her pooh bear she got at Disney

World on her honeymoon.

She was really thrilled about that,

as you can just imagine!!

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They also, rescued us when we ran

 out of fuel for our heater,  we spent

the whole day at their house till ours

 warmed up again, since it was like a 

fridge.  We both lived in mobile homes,

 and they didn't have a lot of insulation,

 so got cold really fast,  and took a long

long time to warm up.

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It has been so neat to have this

lil trip down memory lane,  hope

you have enjoyed it....but probably

not near as much as I have!!  lol

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Aren't memories just the neatest,

and for some reason I am way

more nostalgic in the Fall, don't 

know why that is!!  Maybe cuz

some of my best memories were

in the Fall,  who knows!!

But it's all good!!

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Hope you had a delightful weekend,

Did you do anything fun or exciting??

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We got to go over to some friends 

house, on Friday for dinner and to

play cards.  We relearned a game

we had forgotten the instructions

to, and learned a new one called

"Play nine",  which has all golf

related scoring and rules,  but it 

was great and we figured out how

 to play it with regular cards.

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So we are really enjoying it.

It was great to get a few new card

 games to play, we have just about

worn ourselves out on skipbo and

rummy.  lol

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Have a Hap Hap Happy Evening

Sweet Peas,

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And if you are participating in the

140 days of prayer for our nation

This is our 14th week,  and our

scripture for this week is in 

Genesis 12:3.  We are to pray for

God's protection of Israel,  and

that the U.S. would continue to

be Israel's most faithful ally.

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Love, Hugs, and 

 Cool weather Blessings to You!!

Nellie