Gorgeous Fall!

 Well, here it is over a week since my last post.  I'm going to first of all post a lot of beautiful Fall photos I've taken around here.  We have been having wonderful weather and so much beauty!

Our marigolds have been hit by frost since I took this picture last week, but that's ok.  They were starting to look pretty old and worn anyway.

 

This tree is right across the street.

I took this one yesterday as I drove up Anthony and Lori's driveway.  Things are fading fast, but those yellow ones are still beautiful. 

Last week I did not have Elizer since he was down in Lancaster with Alex, and I did not have any "company" here, so I tried to get some major stuff done.  One of them was getting Stanley Steemer here to clean our carpets.  All but the bedrooms, which is where we carried all our stuff.  I was thinking I kinda like our spaciousness without all our stuff, haha!   

Our carpets desperately need to be stretched, but part of me doesn't feel like putting any more money into them, because I dream of putting in vinyl (??) that looks like wood.  But we are having other major expenses right now (like Dick's teeth, ugh!), so that will not be happening in the near future.

One thing I was willing to spend some bucks on was a replacement for this horrendously flaking recliner!  It looks even worse in the sunlight of the kitchen to where we moved it before the carpet was cleaned.  

I found one locally on Facebook Marketplace and I ran it by Jeremy.  He knows furniture, of course.  The person advertising it did not know who made the chair since she had not gotten it at a name brand store.  Jeremy found it right away on Ashley's site and told me what he would need to pay for it, plus shipping, so he thought it was a good deal if everything worked - electric controls, phone charger, etc.  He sent me this.

  

So I went to look at it and said I would take it.  They delivered it to us on Saturday!  Dick took the back off our old one and delivered it to the local recycling - what we used to call the dump, lol!  We are happy with the new one. 

Gotta show off some very good-looking grandchildren - school pictures. 

First grade Brennan out it Portland!

Third grade Bianca and fifth grade Sammy!

On Sunday after church we went out to eat with some friends.  I couldn't believe how the petunias were still flourishing outside the restaurant!

Last week I had some fun with an advertisement I saw for the Thelma recliner.  That's my first name.  Someone asked if my best friend was Louise.  I do have a friend Louise and someone found an ad for a Louise accent chair, haha!!   Here are Thelma and Louise at the restaurant on Sunday, hahaha!  You can't see it, but we were both wearing black and white plaid pants!

I am so unaware of movies and shows from the past since we didn't even have a TV till 1989.  So when people joked about Thelma and Louise I honestly thought it was an old TV series.  Then Louise told me it's a movie about two friends who went on a wild trip and ended up holding hands in their convertible and driving off a cliff.  WHAT???  She said I would probably not enjoy the movie.  No I would not, and I'm glad she forewarned me, haha!

On Sunday afternoon while Destiny was at work, Dick and I met up with Alex to bring Elizer back for the week.  We're always so happy to see him!

Look at this view on our way back home!!!  

I'm going to end this post here.  My next one will have lots of pics from this week with Elizer.  Unfortunately he has a pretty bad cold.  But he doesn't seem to mind.  I'm trying to keep my face away from his coughs, and so far I'm good!