Guess Who Is Back?

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted. I should be ashamed of myself! Who ever said that retirement is boring? I haven't made a card or put together a scrapbook page in over a year. It really dawned on me how much I have been slacking when I had to go buy a wedding card for some friends. That is something I never thought I would do again and I just about had a fit when I saw how much I was going to have to pay.

It's not like I have been sitting around soaking up the sun and eating bonbons. We put in a good size garden last spring and it kept me quite busy. It is time to put in our fall crop now that the weather is starting to get a little cooler. We have been told that we can plant just about everything that was planted in the spring plus some additional root vegetables. I guess that means we will try our hand at potatoes and onions.

I am still making jewelry but just for myself and a friend or two. Not selling them as I did in California. I do enjoy attending a beading club on Monday evenings and that seems to be keeping me busy learning new techniques.

I imagine all of you noticed the new Freedom's Phoenix banner I posted at the top of the blog. It is a wonderful and interesting source of information. We have personally met Ernest Hancock and his wonderful wife Donna and their lovely family. I consider them very dear friends and I make sure I check out the Freedom's Phoenix Website at least twice a day. It keeps me in touch with what is going on in the world. I am amazed at all the interesting and informative information I can obtain from this website. Take a minute and click on the banner and it will take you directly to the site. Check it out and I can assure you that you will feel very informed after reading some of the amazing articles. The individuals that find articles of interest and post them to the site do a wonderful job of keeping all of us on top of what is going on in our troubled world. Take the time to sign up for the free newsletter.

One other thing I would like to take a second to tell you about is the Freedom's Phoenix online magazine. The fifth edition will be coming out the first part of October. It is truly a wonderful informative magazine. Each month there is a new topic of interest and there is a wide variety of authors that contribute to the magazine. The August issue has an article written by Gary and me, telling of our experience with our new garden plot and what to do with all the extra veggies we managed to grow in this desert climate. A subscription

to the Freedom's Phoenix online Magazine will give you the opportunity to see an interview Ernest did at our garden plot in Sun City West Arizona. Not to mention what a wonderful Christmas or birthday gift it would make for any family member or friend.

Purchase a subscription and enjoy all the upcoming issues. I can guarantee that you will be more and better informed then you have ever been. I am amazed at all I have learned from Ernest, his site and his publications. Not to mention all the fun and mischief Donna Hancock and I have managed to get into.

This is two of the three tiny miniature goats Donna wanted to take home. They are in our dog Beignet's kennel in the back of our car. All three goats are huddled together with plenty of room to spare. They have grown so much you couldn't even get one goat in the kennel now. Not to mention how great her pasture and shrubs are trimmed.

Well, as you can guess, accidents do happen and Donna insisted that she was going to give our car a complete detail job inside and out. I don't know why she felt that was necessary as we had been hauling manure for the gardens so it wasn't like the car was fresh and clean. LOL Like I said, we can get into a lot of mischief.