Bring It On!

Today was Plainfield's main event: Quaker Day, with parade. It's the only parade in Plainfield all year, and (wouldn't you know it) it rained! We haven't had rain to speak of in the Indy area for months, but today it truly rained on our parade!

It was also jacket weather. That in itself is kind of scary because we had temperatures in the 90s just last week. (Scattered frost is forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Good ol' Indiana weather!) When the National Weather Service started making noise like cooler temps were coming, the wheels started grinding in my head. I needed to get things ready for the heating season. I got the furnace filters cleaned, thanks to a lot of help from my friend, the Amish Santa in the M&Ms jacket. Santa Ryan also helped me change the bottom sheet on my grandson's loft bed. (The mattress has to come completely out of the frame. I can't do it alone without major effort.) Got the area around the baseboard heaters in my garage/bedroom cleaned up (Dust, cobwebs, and dead flies gone, etc.) I have the fall decorations in front of the house, complete with pumpkin. I've located the leaf rake (and the snow shovel), so I'm ready. Okay, Mr. Weatherman...bring it on!

Yesterday was payday for me, so I stocked up on groceries and meds. I have a stash of my grandkids favorite foods for next weekend. I just have to keep on pluggin' on the rest of the house...which I am doing. If I EVER get it the way I want it, I will be encouraged never to let it get so cluttered again. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!)

I got an email from my grandchildren's stepmom, giving directions where I am to meet up with them next Friday. Thankfully, it will keep me out of Chicago traffic. I will be meeting them in the Gary, IN, area at 7:30 Eastern Time, which puts me on the road in the dark...but it is fairly familiary territory for me, so--unless it is raining--I should be just fine. I will make sure to have the windshield clean, inside and out. This will be a new venture for all of us. We will have to make allowances for traffic delays on both ends and hope for the best. Since this is a 3-day weekend for the kids, I will meet up with them again on Monday at 7:30. I think it's about a 2 1/2 hour drive up. We'll get back plenty late, but we'll manage! I miss the little skunks. They are growing up way too fast for me.

I'm teaching adult Sunday School tomorrow. Wish me luck!