Monday - July 2, 2018

I'm still doing laundry! LOL!  I was just starting to relax when my neighbor called and wants me to take care of her cat....again.  We are not friends, we don't socialize together yet I seem to be her 'go to' cat person when she travels.  Didn't I just take care of her cat when she went on her cruise?  I'm trying to be a good neighbor but she has all these friends that she 'hobnobs' with all the time yet "she hates to ask them because I'm right next door".  Really?  I know, it's not about her and me....it's about me and God.  So, despite the fact that I have 4 animals of my own to take care of with meds twice a day, I will do it.  Someday maybe I'll need her help....although I can't  imagine how she could help me but Jesus would do it so what's the matter with me?  The matter is I feel used but that's my issue evidently. 
Today I made 2 cards, for Sam and Uriah whose birthdays are July 5th and July 6th respectively.  I would have taken a picture but they were pitiful.  I am no card maker!  But Grandma made them and they are personalized with a Lego theme for Sam and a Cub's baseball theme for Uriah.  Another reason I might be a little 'on edge' is that my daughter just found out that a sexual predator just moved in one house away from theirs.  I will be praying every day that the children in that neighborhood remain safe.  There is no rehabilitation for these people but they let the rapists and child molesters go while they put immigrants in jail and take their children away

who are seeking asylum.....go figure.  This country is going to the dogs.
Speaking of..........I am currently reading this very interesting and informative book.....scary too........
 If you have any doubt as to where we are headed you need to read this book...........

On a lighter note.......I am also reading this wonderful series by Alexander McCall........I read him when he first started publishing this series but that was years ago so I am starting over.  I've read the first book, "The #1 Ladies Detective Agency" and now this is book #2 in the series...........I'm not even sure how many there are but he is one prolific writer!  They are excellent and I highly recommend them.

 Since my YOP 2018-19 start yesterday I have been back knitting on my Hitch Hiker shawl on breaks and taking care of "the girls".  I still have leftover spaghetti sauce and salad and garlic bread and the last of the Banana's Foster I made for the grands.  Tomorrow I'm hoping to make  some cookies and get back on my 'healthy meal planning' except for the cookies, of course.
Happy Trails!!!