A run down....

Well lets see, compared to last week, this week has been pretty great. T and S (A's daughters) called me on Monday and we visited about school, football, softball, boys and of course their Mom. They both were so glad to have my cell number and it made my day that they felt comfortable enough to call me. They both told me that they loved me and wanted to see me, so I was planning a trip to Amarillo in December for my Goddaughter's debut in the Nutcracker ballet, so I just added a couple of days so maybe I can make it to Perryton and one my way there I can pick up S and B in Pampa and take them to lunch or something and at least finally give them that hug I been dying to give them!! And T called me night before last just to chit chat, she invited me to KState for her 21st birthday weekend in Feb and I am planning on going, I sure hope I can. Her Mom always made her Birthday so special and fun, its the day before Valentine's Day... they would have a bunch of girls over, do toenails, fingernails, and watch chick flicks. "A" had told me that she wanted to make T's 21st birthday amazing, so I would love to be there for her on her day! They have just really made me feel pretty good. S started her new school on Wednesday and had an ok day, I can't imagine how hard it is for her and her brother B to pick-up in the middle of the school year, move to a new town and start a new school all without a Mom to talk to about all the changes going on in their little lives.... Continue to pray for them and M.
As for the whole trying to quit smoking I am now SIX days smoke free... the only thing I have been trying to fight and I have found really hard is the habit of being out on my porch when I am on the telephone. So to fight the urge, I went out on the porch talked on the phone and chewed THE CRAP out of a straw!! I am feeling fantastic!!! Trying to fight EATING all the time though.... I've been doing good and even better once our Halloween candy was out of the house!
This weekend I am not sure what we are going to do, J called me this morning and asked if I would want to take a picnic out to the lake tomorrow and maybe drive around some more in Nashville to take pictures.... You can not believe all the COLORS! There are several spots on my way to work, I would love to just stop and shoot a picture. Off 440 there is a cemetery and the back drop is all the colors you can possibly imagine, reds, oranges, yellow, rust, deep purple's and dark greens... I haven't seen anything this gorgeous since we lived in Wyoming! I absolutely love fall in Tennessee!! So we will either do that, or I may try to talk him into taking a quick trip into the Smoky Mountains this weekend and take some really awesome pictures, plus some much needed time out of the house together!
I'm pretty excited about next week, one of my girlfriends from Amarillo is coming here to see her sister in Mt. Juliet, her and her mom will be here the 13-17th, YAY! FINALLY SOME GIRLFRIENDS!! And some GIRL TIME!!! AND.... someone who knows me!!! I'm pretty excited! I will finally get to show off my house to one of my friends! This is probably really wishful thinking but I called Tana last night and told her to catch a flight with them! Now that would be fun! I sure do miss her and my Goddaughter, I miss going to lunch, running by her house if I wanted to, just hanging out! She's my family and we have been best friends for 29 years, her mom and my mom have been best friends since 6th grade, so we feel like sisters. Anyway, I'm rambling, but this week as definitely been a better week! Hope to take some more great pictures of fall this weekend so stay tuned....