Monday October 5th, & THE DUMBEST IDEA EVER!!!

 I had a great weekend!  I spent some quality time with my dad and got to enjoy a wonderful symphony Saturday night.  It was called "Silly Symphonies."  This was a tribute to Disney cartoons.  My dad took me to dinner at the Green Derby in Newport Kentucky.  It was delicious and you got a ton of food.  His friends Paul and LaVerne came with us.  They are the hippist old folks I know.  Paul is just so chill and he loves craft beers.  They both like to take the train on trips and its interesting to hear them talk about the train.  LaVern was talking about her love for the opera and how she first became introduced to the opera as an usher when the opera was at the zoo.  Coincidently, my dad was first introduced to the opera when he worked at the zoo in a janitorial type role!  Small world!   It was exciting to hear them talk about this and discover that they had a similar past experience.

Sunday, I went to church.  I go where my dad goes and I am now part of the health ministry at church.  I take blood pressures the first Sunday of the month.  This Sunday, they also had welcome cafe.  This is a small breakfast and gathering of church members.  People can bring food or make donations.  I made pumpkin muffins.  My kids were disappointed that I took 2 dozen of the 32 that I made to share. (Truth is, they are worried because of the challenge and that we will run out of food by the end of the month) The muffins are super easy to make and they are pretty tasty.  1- small can of pumpkin and 1 box of spice cake mix.  Yup!  Thats all!  Mix and bake. 350' for about 15 mins.  I use the mini muffin pan and it yields 32 mini muffins.  Those muffins were a hit with the church folks.  Especially my dad!  He even put one in his pocket for later.  (yes he wrapped it in cling wrap first.)  But, some woman came into the blood pressure room to report to me that he was hogging the muffins and not sharing with everyone else.  I will have to make them again next month.

In this post I included some pictures of my kids.  My youngest daughter is in the band and my oldest in a sorority.  For the record,  my kids think this challenge is the dumbest idea ever.  I am pretty sure they have uttered these words about a dozen times.  I hope by the end of the month they remember that I love them and I hope that they still love me!

I have found that by being transparent about this challenge to everyone I know, many people are willing to invite us for dinner.  My youngest is doing some volunteer work tomorrow at my cousins school for National Honor Society.  My cousin has invited us for supper.  Yes please and Thank-you!

 This is a picture from my walk on Saturday and I also included one of my little dog in her sweater.  I am happy to report that I removed the sweater yesterday, as it was a lot warmer.  See, she is frowning in that picture.  I guess she thinks that was the dumbest idea ever!