Have you ever went to a store KNOWING that YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING?

     It's HARD to go to the store with your friends or family when you KNOW IF YOU GO then YOU WILL SPEND MONEY on things you DON'T NEED.

     The OLDER I GET the MORE I REALIZE that I ALREADY HAVE MORE things than I NEED after COLLECTING FOR DECADES.

      BUT when I GO SHOPPING I BUY STUFF DESPITE KNOWING that I DON'T NEED ANYMORE STUFF to FILL MY HOME.

      My OLDER Grandkids just want MONEY for CHRISTMAS so I thought I only have TWO YOUNGER Grandsons to BUY FOR so that will MAKE me SHOP LESS.

     BUT ...NOPE..... I just BOUGHT BOTH OF THEM MORE than I NEEDED.

      And AT FIRST I THOUGHT I SHOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT so MUCH then.... I REALIZED HOW MUCH EXCITEMENT I HAD SHOPPING.

     I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES WHEN THEY OPEN THEM.

    TODAY I wrapped all of the CHRISTMAS GIFTS and I TOPPED THEM ALL WITH A BOW.....so NOW HOPEFULLY I DON'T GO SHOPPING ANYMORE THIS YEAR.

     

Seems like just a few MONTHS have gone by yet it's DECEMBER ALREADY

     It DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A YEAR has GONE BY .... YET IT has been almost a YEAR AGO that we were making our CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PLANS.

    And at the END OF THIS MONTH we have to make a PLAN for OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS to make 2026 OUR BEST YEAR EVER.

    And the OLDER I GET the MORE IMPORTANT I ENJOY EVERY MOMENT that I CAN because I SEE HOW FAST TIMES ARE PASSING BY.

     EVERYDAY is a CHANCE to ENJOY EVERY MINUTE for the next TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. 

    EVERYDAY is ANOTHER TWENTY-FOUR HOURS for YOU TO ENJOY but WILL YOU CHOOSE TO ENJOY IT?

     

Since YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT then.....

     Worrying about it OVER AND OVER again DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED because it HAPPENED.

     Worrying about it JUST makes YOU FEEL IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

     ACCEPTING IT is NECESSARY so YOU WON'T REPEAT IT then.... JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind and NEVER DO IT AGAIN.

     It's HARD TO ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES but if YOU DON'T ACCEPT YOUR MISTAKES then YOU WON'T EVER LEARN FROM THEM. 

    REMEMBER the saying that INSANITY is DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN and yet YOU EXPECT A DIFFERENT RESULTS.

     But if YOU DON'T DO IT DIFFERENTLY then it WILL NEVER CHANGE and NOTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT.

     WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES because WE ARE HUMAN but whether YOU LEARN from it or NOT is UP TO YOU.

     If YOU WANT A FRESH START then.... ACCEPT IT and then DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND GET A FRESH START. 

    

It's TIME to SPREAD the HOLLY JOLLY to EVERYONE WE SEE

     Holidays are full of LOVE and JOY for most people but for some it is PAINFUL.

    Every CHANCE that YOU CAN take a MOMENT OF YOUR TIME and MAKE SOMEONE SMILE that will also MAKE YOU SMILE TOO.

    You could.... OPEN THE DOOR for someone and that will MAKE THEM SMILE 

    You could..... Simply SMILE and without even THINKING about it they will automatically be forced to SMILE BACK at you.

    You could....... Take a MOMENT and STOP BY to VISIT someone that you hadn't seen in a while, that will MAKE BOTH of you SMILE.

     You should..... Always be KIND to EVERYONE that YOU MEET and that just might be what THEY NEED to MAKE THEM SMILE.

     SPREAD the HOLLY JOLLY to EVERYONE that YOU SEE so we can all FEEL the HOLLY JOLLY TOGETHER.

     

     

As we PREPARE our THANKSGIVING PLANS we have to PREPARE.... how to....

     As we begin to start MAKING PLANS for our THANKSGIVING DINNER we have a LOT of SPECIFIC TIMES we have to make PLANS ON because we are COOKING MANY THINGS.

     It takes a SPECIAL AMOUNT of PREPARATION if everything is going to be READY AT THE SAME TIME.

     No matter how many TIMES you COOK YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER you will still have to MAKE PLANS if you are going to get EVERYTHING HOT at the SAME TIME.

    As we start to EAT OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER we have MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

     And although it is A LOT OF WORK to PREPARE OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER.... it is WELL WORTH ALL THE WORK. 

      There are MANY THINGS that you ONLY COOK ON THANKSGIVING and..... MY OH MY you realize that THEY ARE WORTH THE EFFORT to BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEM.

      After we finally COOK OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER then we get to RELAX AND ENJOY THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITHOUT HAVING TO COOK.

     AND because it's a HOLIDAY.... then you KNOW that you DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT the CALORIES no matter WHAT YOU EAT.

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE 🦃

       

OH NO the parking lot is stuffed with cars

    With THANKSGIVING just days away going to the GROCERY STORE can be filled with anxiety.

    I had already bought all of my THANKSGIVING DINNER FOOD already but I still NEED everyday items today.

    And unfortunately the GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT was full and we had to PARK FAR AWAY from the front door.

     I just kept reminding myself that I NEEDED TO WALK more so PARKING so FAR AWAY is actually a GOOD THING.

    I only NEEDED FOUR ITEMS but with the amount of cars in the PARKING LOT it could take a while to purchase them.

     LUCKILY I BARELY SAW ANYONE in the TWO AISLES I was in.

     And CHECKING OUT was EASY  because I could go to the TEN ITEMS or less aisle.

     I guess EVERYONE was SHOPPING but I was IN AND OUT WITHOUT RUSHING INTO THEM so a BUSY PARKING LOT DOESN'T MEAN that it is BUSY AFTER ALL.

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE 🦃

    

    

No matter what had happened today you have to.....

     Sometimes TIME GOES FLYING BY so..... YOU have to STOP and ENJOY YOUR TIME.

     FLOWERS only BLOOM at certain TIMES so STOP and ENJOY the FLOWERS WHILE THEY ARE BLOOMING.

     CHILDREN are only CHILDREN for a SHORT TIME so TAKE THE TIME to ENJOY THEM before they GET OLD and they get TOO BUSY to VISIT.

     The OLDER YOU GET the more YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT it is to STOP and ENJOY PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME AROUND.

      At the END OF THE DAY you have to just STOP and REMEMBER the HAPPY TIMES YOU HAD TODAY.

      OBVIOUSLY not EVERY MOMENT WAS EASY but EVERY MOMENT that YOU DID ENJOY TODAY is something that YOU are LUCKY YOU HAD TODAY.

     What YOU LOOK FOR is WHAT YOU WILL FIND. Like if you LOOK FOR TROUBLE then YOU WILL FIND TROUBLING TIMES.

     If YOU LOOK FOR the POSITIVE IN EVERY SITUATION then YOU WILL FIND POSITIVE MEMORIES.

     YOUR THOUGHTS are YOUR REALITY so...... Be like Peter Pan and THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS and BE HAPPY. 🧚