Autumn Has Fallen

Sunflowers are in bloom across the Prairie.  

Autumn is here.  Welcoming the cooler temps I am.

SHADES of FALL are coloring the scenery.

I will be ready to place the scarecrows on my porch.

Some MUMS have appeared.

AWESOME AUTUMN HAS FALLEN.

LABOR DAY week-end is almost a thing of the past.  Our St. Louis son and Grand drove over for the HOLIDAY.  Husband and I worked really hard to get the Dining room looking like a Dining room AGAIN when it was complete chaos filled with items from the cellar that we continued to sort through.  Boxes most everywhere.  Watch your step so you don't stumble.  Now what I call the OLD Dining room is holding the mess as we celebrate, we will have to empty it out in the near future.  

With our Son and Grand here, I invited our Daughter, our new Son-in-law and Lil Miss over for Supper.  I haven't fixed a meal for the newly weds as of yet because the house was so messed up.  Finally I fixed a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner in September because the turkey in the freezer was singing to get out of there.  I was waiting for the right time to thaw the bird and slow cook her in a baking bag.  I do love the baking bags.  Love 'em.

A week ago Sunday, I pulled the bird out and placed her in the fridge to do a slow thaw.  She baked up really well and we dined on Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Turkey Gravy, Dressing, Waldorf Salad, Corn, Green Beans, Strawberries, Relish, Dinner Rolls with Butter, Banana Cream Pudding, Coffee, Iced Tea.  I tried to make it simple, but was growling as the afternoon went on because working in the tiny Kitchen HEATED me up.  When I heat up I stay heated up with sweat and all.  We managed to pull this simple meal off a little after 6 pm.  

The eating always seems to go so much faster than the actual prep time and clean-up...imagine that.  Not to mention the shopping along the way.  We will have some great left-overs this week.  

Cellar CLEAN OUT is about half done as we took a break.  We'll pick back up after the holiday and away we will go.  I need this task to be over.  OVER.  Then I move upstairs like a whirlwind cleaning out the spare bedroom.  We have been at this location almost ten years and it took a turn for the worse when I got sick then husband got sick.  Daughter with a daughter came to live with us before we were settled in and the messes grew.

I kept buying thrift items to help fill a void with making this place a HOME for a while.  The cellar filled from the floor to the ceiling with goodies that I had so carefully packed in bubble wrap and stored in vinyl storage boxes. 

Now the day has come to lighten the load and downsize.  I am beside myself how this got so out of hand.

BESIDE MY SELF.  Not screaming just making myself stand at attention and let it go. 

If we can gather enough stuff to get rid of...it'll be time for the city-wide garage sale and perhaps we can let go of more stuff.  It will be a huge accomplishment to be downsized enjoying items we enjoy having at HOME.

Entering into our sixties is a work-out.
Please pass the water,
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