Happy September!

What a perfectly beautiful September afternoon we are having! It’s pleasantly warm outside, the birds are tweeting, the breeze is lazily teasing the changing leaves, and there’s that wonderful fragrance of fall in the air. It feels sorta strange, though...like the weather is warning us to enjoy it, because any day now it could turn bitterly cold. The leaves on the tree in our backyard are falling, and when we take walks around the neighborhood I see the prettiest orange berries. Fall is my favorite time of the year! Uh-hum…Don’t I say that about every season as it rolls around? (chuckle) Well, whatever…

Hey, did you notice anything? Last night I messed around with my HTML code until I got my blog template wider. I like it so much better like this! Praise the Lord! I’m very thankful for this blog where I can share my thoughts with you all. God is good!



I had big plans when I woke up this morning. Unfortunately they didn’t all come to pass, but that’s okay.

After my devotions, which were a blessing, as they always are. I don’t know what I’d do without my time with the Lord in the mornings. Every Christian needs that! I’m hoping to write about some things I read today. Jeremiah is pretty neat. I’d be a liar if I said I understand everything, but what I do get out of it is good.

After devotions, getting myself ready for the day, and checking my email, I headed downstairs. Mom was on the couch looking something up on the Internet, so I plunked myself down beside her with a bowl of cereal and crunched in her ear. She was intent on what she was doing, so she only said “You sound like a cow” once. (chuckle) It’s sorta hard to eat cereal quietly.

We got some good and bad news today, but I can’t share either. What a day!

I spent part of the afternoon baking banana bread (recipe here) and cleaning in the kitchen--the never ending task. =)

I’ll let you in on a little secret. On September the 21st we’re having Friend Day at our church, and I really want our neighbors to come. In Proverbs 18:16 it says, “A man’s gift maketh room for him.” My plan was to make banana bread and bring it to our neighbors with an invitation to the special day. I want to have lots of “room.” =)

After the bread cooled I headed out the door to hopefully do some damage to the devil. George, an older man, loves my banana bread, so he was happy. He said he wouldn’t promise he and Lisette would come, but he would check his schedule and see.
Hennie and Corrie were next on my agenda. Corrie seemed stressed out when she answered the door and said she hadn’t gotten much sleep. All three kids were gathered around her. Michael, the baby, smiled happily. Corrie says he recognizes me now. She said she would talk it over with Hennie and they would see if they could come to our church and they would let me know. I’m going to see if I can watch the kids for Corrie tomorrow afternoon; I feel bad for her. Anyway, we’ll see what happens. I wasn’t able to give the last bread out, because the neighbors weren’t home.

We ate dinner--lasagna--soon after that. Sure tasted good. I think I ate a little too much. (guilty grin) After dinner I went on a bike ride with Lydia and Josiah. My little brother put new handlebars on my bike, and he was eager to see how I liked them. I do! =) Little brothers are good to have around. Not only do they do a lot of hard, dirty work that boys should do, but they’re also quite a lot of fun.

Speaking of fun…I’m going to go have some fun now. I’ll talk to ya later!