What a week I've had - I started to think of all I've done this week and it made my head spin! I really need to slow down. Of course, my thought has always been that I can sleep when I'm dead...

Yesterday I traveled to Tupper Lake to go to the doc with my stepdad - that turned into what my husband would call a goat rodeo. Meds changed but not called in, now he has nothing to take....I'm looking for a new doc for him. I couldn't even get in touch with anyone to take care of the problem today. So I'm hoping he will be AOK till we get this resolved next week. I wish we had docs in the area that specialized in geriatric care. The elderly have special needs and need someone who can take the time to listen to their problems. It is truly needed and I have not found that available. Heck, won't be long and I will need that too. LOL.

But Tupper Lake was a lot of fun. I went to "Girls Night Out" at my friend Joy's beautiful store. She had an open house from 5 till 8 pm with door prizes (I won a really nice picture frame - Thanks Joy!), beverages, snacks, massages and Deanna from Activate Wellness Naturally was there to do homeopath health screenings. Surprisingly enough, I was pretty free of toxins and she advised me to keep on doing whatever I'm doing. It was very interesting and a wonderful night with my pals that I grew up with. I was talking with one lady and Joy said, "You remember Laura?" - a former high school pal I had not since those days. It was great to see her - she is one of the classmates I fondly remember.

Here's a link to Joy's store. http://www.theadirondackcompany.com/
Check it out and when you are in Tupper Lake stop in! She has a wonderful selection of Adirondack furnishings and accessories and the store looks and smells beautiful. For you old timers (like me...) her store is in the JJ Newberry building - our former 5 & 10 cent store on Park Street - right across from the movie theatre. It's a great place for holiday shopping and you can support a local merchant!

Now it's time to get ready for a concert! Doug Knight and Friends tonight at the Ausable Valley Central School. My pal and talented bluegrass musician Doug has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease so the Ski Club at the school has organized this concert filled with talented musicians and good friends of Doug's. We are all hoping and praying that Doug can beat this disease and I know there will be lots of positive energy flowing his way tonight. It will be quite a night.

This morning I woke up early and wanted to go for a walk. I went down to the park in Tupper Lake and walked around the lake. I missed Coco, whom I had left home but thanked her for training me to want to walk every morning. She's been good for me and I think she is one of the reasons my body is low on toxins. Exercise helps get them out of your system!

Lovely November day in the Adirondacks...could this have been Indian Summer???

Had a nice visit with friends M-A and Joyce today and a nice lunch at the Deer's Head Inn in Etown. I had a bread bowl full of chili - very yummy and a nice hot cup of tea. It was lovely.
Joyce's stepmom Judy joined for a bowl of soup - can't remember what it was - pumpkin, ginger maybe - something unusual and she said it was very good. After lunch we toured the new thrift shop over the Deer's Head. I bought a brass angel/bottle opener for Joyce (she collects brass stuff); a yellow fleece vest for BEP; 5 vintage Flintstone birthday party hats (why? I have no idea but I HAD to have them) and a magnetic photo frame. Spent $3 on these treasures! I love thrift shops!

I'm going to go back and browse the books and cds sometime too. They had a nice selection. Like I need any of those too. It takes me about 2 months to read a paperback book now. Right now I am trying to get through "My Stroke of Insight" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, the brain researcher who had a massive stroke and spent 8 years recovering. Good reading and gives great hope to stroke victims and their families. Lots of useful information on how to help the stroke patient in their recovery.

Happy birthday to two of my favorite 7 year olds today!

So in addition to the great photos....I am awaiting the first "comment" on my blog. I feel very exposed here - so join me and leave a comment or two. Don't be shy. No one will read it any way. How do I do that you ask??? Click on "comments" below and a box appears for your writing pleasure. Click Publish Your Comments after you type your message and that's it! I hope to hear from YOU!

From the "I learn something new every day" corner, OMG! I just discovered that in my email address book I can add a picture of the contact. Now I need all my friends to send me the photo they want in my address book. Hop to it friends! Otherwise I may have to seek out photos that you might not want representing you in my address book. Yes, I know, only I will see these photos but it's my excitement for the day. Send those photos my dear posse. I await your best shot.

Besides this beats watching the election returns. That makes me nervous.

I dressed up for Halloween this year! First time in many - thanks to my friend MJC for the costume idea and accessories! But me a mime???? I can't shut up for very long! I lasted about 2 minutes before speaking. Ran into the Girl Scouts getting free ice cream cones at Stewarts and took some pics of my favorite fairy princess and little vampire.

November 4th! Election Day and my daughter's birthday! What a day! We are going to get supper from Pizza Hut. I can save 20 percent there by ordering online for the first time so what the heck! I'm going to make a birthday cake - box mix Devils Food (my favorite and Cris' too) and then I add 3 eggs and a can of cherry pie filling to that. Serve with frosting or cool whip and dang good. NO! You do not add oil or water - just eggs and pie filling. Trust me on this - it works. I didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday - although I did fall off the pumpkin truck last month but that is another story - thankfully without photography or medical bills.

It's a fine day here in the Adirondacks. Supposed to be 60 degrees today. We are blessed! That is great for November. Coco and I had a hike on the mountain this morning and it was just lovely in the woods. I keep an eye out for hunters but I've never seen any on our property but do wear my red jacket just in case. We came across a dead gray squirrel on our hike. That was our only wildlife encounter today. Hopefully something will scavenge that carcass away today so I don't have to pick it up.

Well, best get that birthday cake started!

Well, it's been awhile since I created this blog and got busy and forgot about it. But my friend John suggested I needed a blog and I remembered - oh yeah I have one!

Well it's Election Eve - and hardly a creature (elephants or donkeys) are stirring. It's been an interesting campaign but I'm looking forward to it being over. We don't talk politics in our house - we have a democrat and republican happily married. We stay happy by avoiding some subjects and will just probably go cancel each other's vote tomorrow. The American Way!

I checked the number of emails I authored today - 25 - wow - plus some other press stuff I sent as part of my volunteer efforts. Holey moley.

My little dog Coco and I went to get our truck inspected today. It ran out on Friday but luckily I made it to the garage without getting a ticket. Coco loves to ride and is always ready for a road trip. She's a good little dog and will be 2 years old next month.