Autumn Is Coming

 

 

September has taken me by surprise and snuck up on me too quickly.  I'm getting ready to change the door wreaths with Fall ones.  Perhaps seeing the changing of the greens will lift my spirits and refresh my weary soul.  The hot temps are making a come back and I nooo o o o o like this. So please let Autumn come.....sooner the better?  If the temps stay in the 70s for 6 weeks....I'd welcome that.




 
This September, I will go looking for Autumn Decorations.  Then sweep and wash the front porch, take the bistro set off the porch to wash, clean the two front porch lamps, wipe down the front doors, then hang different wreaths to reflect anticipating Autumn coming.

The chandys through out the house need polished.  Need to work that in this September as well as to damp wipe the radiators. 

I tried out my sewing machine and it needs some maintenance done to it so she'll run smoother for me.  Hoping that this happens this week so I can dive into sewing balloon shades for the small bedroom.  I have been waiting to do this for months.  Kinda scary how I put this on hold for so long.  (note to self: hubby oiled the machine!  check her out)

Speaking of Balloons......near the community I live, a Hot Air Balloon takes Bungee Jumpers up in the Balloon and allows them to jump from on high.  $125 a jumper.  Hubby overheard some people talking at a Restaurant saying that they had 60 jumpers.  Pretty good part time job. 
 



First load of clothing that has been stored in the garage will be taken to a ministry today.  Just waiting for the doors to open.  It's a start of much more to come.  It's going to take some time to clean out the garage....she's a horrific mess.  Waiting for cooler weather.  Hubby bringing the tub in from garage caused a sweat fest. 

The spare bedroom upstairs to be cleaned out, is penciled in for this Autumn.  If I spend 10 minutes a day thinning through this mess.......signs of getting organized should be apparent by Christmas.  Some would say that this is too slow of a technique.....okay, it's slow, but then so am I.  Slow and steady is what I will have to do.  If by chance she gets done sooner....GREAT!  If not, I will have to rejoice that progress is getting done.

This reminds me of a man that had little finances and lived in a house with dirt floors.  Each pay period he would go purchase a wood floor plank.  Little by little his living room ground was covered by wood planks.  Nice wood floor.  He had vision and stamina.  True story. 

I am very human and I do get discouraged from time to time.  I can be impatient and lack hope that certain matters will get completed.  It is an act of discipline to bring to remembrance words of hope and promise.

Since July 23rd, we have been watching our outdoor dogs for signs of any kind of illness.  They are kenneled and these are in our fenced back yard.  Only my husband has been in the backyard to tend to them since he was vaccinated for rabies due to a bat bite to the head.  From the advise of two Vets, he has been following their advice to keep them as calm as possible and to not handle them.  They are up on their vaccines and when hubby was bitten by a bat, the dogs were given an additional rabies booster.  We were to be cautious with them for 42 days.

The end of the 42 day watch was September 1.  On Saturaday, September 1st we had to put one of our dogs down.  Very quickly his health declined the last week of August.  Our Vet came to the house and put Bear to sleep in his kennel. 

When dealing with the Law in this small town, we were told that our Vet would have to take care of this matter and work with Kansas State University concerning checking Bear for rabies.  Our Vet said that the University told him that they have never heard of a vaccinated dog getting rabies.  So as we wait for the results....we just know that Bear took ill.  Until we get word about Bear's results....we will have to wait a while longer before going in the backyard.  Just because a well know Vet Department from a very well known University has not seen something or doesn't know about something doesn't mean it cannot happen.

We no longer believe that the three year rabies vaccines is the way to go for outdoor dogs.  There is another small community around here that has enforced their animal owners to vaccinate their animals every year.  I would suggest as well.

Perhaps you know what it is like to go through an experience that opens your eyes to the truth about what is really going on and it pops your security bubble.  What you thought was safe... isn't.  You had a false sense of security because you believed a certain way and then pop....the reality of what was really going on is exposed.  The revealing of the truth is experienced and you go.....like whaaaaaat?

It can be disturbing, unsettling, stunning, shocking.

The times you share with others this revelation may not be well received.  They may not quite understand where you are coming from.  They are not well informed and their false sense of security bubble is still there.  It isn't until they experience something that pops their bubble that they may comprehend what you are sharing with them.  Perhaps they are blinded to the truth.

There's been a few times that my bubble got popped.  Honestly, it takes a bit of time for it all to soak in, but when it does......the truth shall set you free. 

My son from Missouri came for a week-end visit.  It was wonderful to see him. What he is going through with his marriage has been an eye opener to me.  Six months ago another bubble got popped and my eyes were opened wider.  I have been grieving for 6 months about this situation.  But you know what....I'll be alright.  There are some people out there that don't get it.  They do not understand. Knowing what I know... I am no longer fooled about this situation. 

Did you know that God is all knowing?  He knows our hearts and our intentions.  He is not fooled and He will not be mocked.

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