Symbols.

A beautiful creation

A beautiful formation with color and meaning

Symbolic of war and peace

Good morning.  A new week starting and I wonder what it will hold...good things, I hope.

The weekend was a quiet one, nothing special going on.   Pat and I had a ride out to get one of those soft cones and enjoyed it.    The television got a lot of attention and I found out I do have Netflick, now all I have to do is learn how to use it.   Not an easy task for me.  The mind seems to want to stay put and not add anything new and different.   This nonagenarian state is quite interesting;  there seems to be a cheese like cloth over the brain and it takes longer an longer to learn anything new and different no matter how simple it is.   I wonder if there is any place you can order a new brain;  um...probably put in a request but to get it you would have to leave this earth and there is no guarantee you can get back.  Guess I will have to continue to make the one I have work...do not laugh, I may be losing a few cells at a time and then you will have to work harder to understand me.  I think of giving up the daily blog, but then it would be like giving up YOU and I wouldn't like that at all.   You 'guys' have been a part of my life for some time now and losing you would be something I don't even want to think about.    Friends...family friends......friend friends......um....has a nice ring to it.   So, what is there to talk about this morning.....nothing really as it is very quiet around Ridgemont.  The folks went to church,  had dinner up in the dining room,   went back to their rooms and closed the door and all stayed quiet.   No one set off a fire alarm.  No one knocked on the door.  No one ventured out with the exception of daughter Pat who came over and put the ending pieces in the puzzle...all done....a beautiful puzzle when completed and would have been lovely framed, but only if you were a book lover as it was a puzzle filled with shelves of books of all color and shape with a few little 'things' added.  It was a fun one to do.  The puzzle board is down, the table cloth is back on and I am thinking of taking a puzzle break...but....there is another box on the bottom shelf of the bookcase and I think it is a puzzle that is waiting to be put together.  um......

So today starts a new week;  a November week heading for holiday time.    Doesn't seem possible we have changed the clock and we are going to have to get busy and prepare for celebrations.   Are you going out?  Joining family?   Having friends in?   We are all signed up for the Ridgemont Manager's dinner ;  a lovely celebration and a gift to all of us.   It will be on the 18th , then I think I should take my daughters out for a celebration dinner and give them a day off from their kitchens...but...I think Christine wants to cook and she is very good at it.  Pat is too and she would contribute to a dish and of course I will be happy to bring some treats along.  I just don't stand at the stove and do all that heavy duty cooking any more.   I miss it though,    I never felt it was a chore; but rather a fun job.   Baking, cooking, fixing special treats for family and friends are what makes the holiday really big and bright.    When you do something you love, it is never a 'chore'.  

So think about what you can do to lighten the load for your holiday dinners whether it is you playing hostess or you are going to enjoy the company of someone who is going to be the hostess.   Make sure you bring your smile....a hug or two....and always a gift or two....a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates, a special desert and YOU, what more could possibly make a holiday better....Just prepare early and then you can relax and enjoy the holidays.    

Be good, be kind, be gentle...be YOU....share you with those you like and love.  Hugs to all.