Happy Birthday, Jessica, Sue & Ducky!!

First of all, I want to wish my daughter, Jessica, a very HaPpY BiRtHdAy!! She will be 20 years old tomorrow, Saturday, November 3rd.

And, my sisters Ducky and Sue will also celebrate their birthdays on November 3rd, different years. There are 2 years between them but their birthdays are both on November 3rd. I won't say exactly how old they are, but Sue's the oldest and Ducky is next oldest.

Happy Birthday, Sisters!

If you think it's strange that Jessica, Sue and Ducky all share the same birthday, different years, you'll think this is even weirder. My other 2 sisters, CECIL and DONNA, also share the same birthday, February 19th, 11 years apart. I'm the only one of the 5 sisters who has her own birthday, October 23rd.Time to acknowledge a blog award from my dear friend, ANGELA @ LIFE AND TIMES OF GRAN. Sweet Angela has given me the SWEET TREAT AWARD and I'm very grateful that she thinks my blog is a sweet treat to read. Several of my favorite bloggers have received this award and I'm flattered to share their company.

Thank you so much, dear Angela!I know I've been a bit scarce this week on the blogging front but nothing is wrong. Just had some business to attend to this week and having a flare up of my arthritis.

As you know if you're a regular reader of my blog I've had a lot of difficulty with my office chair(s). I had 2 office chairs to begin with, an older wood and naugahyde (anybody besides me remember and know what naugahyde is?) monstrosity that is ugly and ungainly but built like a tank, and a newer leather model that acquired a broken leg and had to be shot. Or put out on the curb for the garbage guys to pick. Same thing.

When the newer office chair broke, I went in search of a new one. In the meantime I was using the old monstrosity. I bought 2 new office chairs, on different occasions, brought them home and assembled them, then ended up disassembling them and putting them back in the boxes for return to the store. They were just uncomfortable and I was sort of like the prince in search of the foot that fit his glass slipper, only in reverse and it wasn't my foot I looking to find the perfect fit for. Otherwise it was EXACTLY like the prince.

This past week the Ye Old Monstrosity chair broke down, so I've had to use one of my dining chairs here at the computer. Not good. Not good at all. Something about the angle and height of my dining chair is just not a good position for me and my arthritis has been giving me fits, so I haven't been blogging much or even using my computer much at all.

But things are beginning to look up. I got a new office chair! Yay! It's similar to the one pictured there, except it's brown with a fancy name, but still just brown. Right now the new office chair and I, we're in love. Let's hope the flames of romance continue to blaze, because I've had my heart broken far too often of late by office chairs that promised me the world and then jilted me.Part of the business I've had to deal with this week concerns my disability. We've had to make several trips to our local Soc*ial Sec*urity office and to the Dep*artment of Hu*man Ser*vices to take care of my insurance and my monthly check.

I'm ecstatic to report that I'm the proud new owner of a valid insurance card and I received my first regular monthly disability check this month! It's not much but every little bit helps and the most important thing is that I now have insurance. I have appointments to see my doctor and my optometrist for the first time in over 2 years.

Praise the Lord! What a blessing! I am so thankful to finally have my disability.I'm also happy to report that Jessica and Jason will be moving into their new rent house this weekend. They've been working hard every day to get the house painted and ready to move into. They still have some work to complete on the house but they can work on it after they get moved.

Lamar and his Mom and I had some shopping to do Thursday (including my loverly new office chair) and on our way home we stopped by Jessica and Jason's place to see the progress they've made and visit with Jason a bit. He's still job searching but in the meantime he's been working on the house every day while Jessica is working at the daycare. I had my digital camera with me but I left it in my purse, which was locked in the car, so I didn't get any pictures. I'll try to get some pictures soon.As I type this I have a beef roast cooking in the oven for our supper. Part of Jessica's gift from me and Lamar is her favorite meal of my homemade beef roast, potatoes and gravy, so they'll be joining us for supper tonight. I already gave her the rest of her gift. She needed clothes, so I let her pick out a shirt she liked the other day, and I got her some, um, unmentionables, as she requested. Unmentionable not because I don't think you can handle the real words, but because of the creepy searches, if you get my drift.

Anyway, I got her a couple of upper foundations and some unmentionable bottom foundations and she assures me that she is pleased with them, which is unusual. Sometimes I can please her with my clothing choices for her, but more usually not. That's why I let her choose the blouse she liked the other day when we were shopping together.Lamar and I have plans to go to Memphis on Saturday to Red*Lob*ster for lunch, then we'll be going to our church's weinie roast and hayride which was rescheduled from last Saturday night. Otherwise we'd be helping Jessica and Jason move, but my contribution would be taking care of Miss Emmy.

So we have a full day planned for Saturday. It's forecast to be a beautiful Autumn Saturday here in the Midsouth. It's sunny and 65º right now, perfect, and the leaves are beginning to show more Fall color. Another couple of weeks and the leaves will be near the peak of color here. We should see some good color on our 1 ½ drive to Memphis and back, and then we'll have a couple of hours to rest and perhaps take a nap, then it will be time for the weinie roast and hayride. It's going to be a crisp Autumn evening, just right for a fire and for a little snuggling on that hayride.

I can hardly wait!I'm going to visit as many of you as I can before the roast gets done and I have to peel the potatoes to add to the roast and finish cooking supper, so I'm going to try to get this published and make my way through my Bloglines.

I'll be back Saturday night to post my Sunday Dinner plans, Lord willing.

Y'all have a great Friday evening, and a wonderful weekend.