Ah.....a THREE day weekend! I am so blessed to have paid vacations and Monday, as you know, is Columbus Day!

I'm dragging once again tonight. Not so much from work, as my daily duties were fairly light today. (Grandpa was visiting and shared the afternoon with the girls, making pottery projects!) My biggest tasks today were preparing two meals "from scratch"; Chopstick Chicken, a family favorite casserole for lunch and a big pot of vegetable chili and home made cornbread for dinner. After those tasks were accomplished, I spent the late afternoon playing at the beach with a 1 year old!

We are having a wonderful streak of BEAUTIFUL weather; much more like September than October! I am relishing every moment of it!

This evening after work, my daughter and I popped in to Subway and picked up the $5.00 foot long sub deal. We went to a nearby park to share our sub and I enjoyed a relaxing time. We then headed to the dreaded grocery store... where we spent the next 1 1/2 hours stocking up on necessities and other "NON-NECESSARY" stuff of course!

How many of you come home from the grocery store with FAR MORE than you ever planned on purchasing? And.....Have you ever bought stuff that you were SURE you HAD to have, only to end up throwing it out 'cause you didn't get around to using it????? Oh....I am guilty there! What a waste!

We Americans live very carelessly and even "extravagantly", compared to many people in the world. From those of us who are moderately secure in our finances (IF there are any of those folks left these days!!) to the poorest of Americans, we have it better than many, many people of third world countries! I have often said that if schools sent their students on 'class trips' to third world countries, instead of the Bahamas and Jamaica and other vacation spots, Americans would grow to be a more conservative and much more THANKFUL and THRIFTY nation.

Anyway....it's GOOD to be home and relaxing for the next THREE days!
I pray weekend blessings to all!!