I have been very busy lately with some things that need to be taken care of. Good things so at least there is that. Still waiting on a few things before I make the announcement. A few of you know already and I appreciate your confidentiality. I am very excited about it all and I just don’t remember the last time I was this happy and excited about something.

I made the best pies last night. I pretty much made up the recipe and will post it when I get a chance. It was made with Butternut Squash and was similar to pumpkin pie but tastes a little different. I have a LOT of Butternut Squash and am finding different ways to use it all. Thank goodness I have neighbors so I can give each of them some and won’t end up weighing 500 pounds from my baking escapades. LOL

Things are very good at home. Everyone is healthy and doing fantastic. I myself feel better than I have in years and have thus far been blessed with good health and happiness so far this year. Good fortune continues to fall upon me and mine and I am grateful….so very grateful….for that.

I have been dreaming a lot about my Mother and both Mam-maws lately. I had dreams of visiting one Mam-maw in her little old home. I will never forget when I was a teenager and Mam-maw got an indoor toilet. LOL It was not even a proper septic system but hey….it worked for her. My dream of her was very short. I was simply walking into her home and the door had a string through a hole and you pulled that to lift the lock to open it. At night, you simply pulled the string inside the house form the hole and no one could get in. I always loved that lock on her door. LOL All I dreamed was I pulled the string and entered her house and it was just as old and perfect as it was when I was 14.

The dream about my other Mam-maw was sitting on the porch with her and we were peeling apples. I was in a porch swing and she was in a rocking chair and she was telling me about things she felt I needed to know of life when she was little and she was very happy and smiling and by the Gods I loved her so much. It brings tears to my eyes when I think about my love for this woman.

With my Mother, she was excited about something and was telling me all kinds of ideas she had. Every sentence started with “Don’t forget…” I was writing things down and she stopped and said, “did you find those milk jars?” I have no clue what milk jars she was talking about but you know… it does not matter….it was just nice spending time with her again.

  So all has been great and continues to be so. I smile more and more every day and life is good!