September 2017

I had a busy day today doing different things.  This morning a friend called and asked if we could meet somewhere to just chat.  We met at Duck Donuts where you can get a freshly made warm donut with your choice of glazes. I had a blueberry donut with blackberry glaze.  Too good.  They are famous for donuts all along the east coast.  
                          https://www.duckdonuts.com/menu/

The weather has cooled down a lot, (80 and sunny) so when I got home I felt like getting into the garage and going through some of my boxes.  I love BOOKS.  I have multiple boxes of books. (I mean multiple!) I pared down by emptying two small boxes by sorting some for the thrift store, and some to take to Second and Charles (Where they will give me store credit to buy more books!  Goody!)

                                               http://2ndandcharles.com/

As we have been preparing for Hurricane Irma, we cleaned some things out of the freezer.  I found a container of pumpkin so this afternoon I made a pumpkin bread.  We have been running the icemaker and packing ice into gallon ziplock bags to keep the freezer cold longer in case of power outage.

About that Hurricane.  Irma has been the talk for more than a week and "she" has been fooling the meteorologists as to where she will go.  At one time we thought we would have to evacuate.  Then the supposed track changed and we were left with "Where would we go to get away?"  Now today they are more aware of where she will go.  We won't get a direct hit, but we will have the wind and rain that goes along.  

We are stocked up with water, water, and more water in case we need it during the storm. We have plenty of canned food items in case we lose power and the refrig. food goes bad.  There's one more Hurricane (Jose) behind this one, so who knows what comes next.

I haven't written this in my blog yet, but, guess what?  I'm moving to an apartment on November 13th.  I'm very excited.  I applied in May and was told it could be 6 months before one would be available.  I paid a deposit in August (3 months) and it's available in November (6 months later), so I'm glad I didn't have to wait any longer.  I think I have it figured that I haven't lived alone in 11 years.  Not sure I know how!  This is the reason for going through my boxes in the garage. No sense in moving stuff I no longer care about.  I have plenty more boxes to go through before November.  

Second balcony from left will be mine

Longbourne Apartments

The apartment is one bedroom, in a senior housing building. There are only 24 units in the building.  It's on the second floor (there's an elevator) and I will have a small balcony where I can have a patio table and chair and look out at the thousands of trees across the way.  The apartment is quite large as one bedroom apartments go.  I'm told that the church will help me move, so I'm counting on that!  I will get serious about more packing in October.  This will be the third move since late 2015. I'm ready to settle!

I still volunteer with the USO, but have also signed up to volunteer with the Women's Shelter here in Jacksonville.  They have training in October, so I won't be able to help until after the training.  They have a thrift store (Yay!) so maybe I will work there when I go.

Well that's how September is starting out. Life Group starts this month after being off for the summer. I think Autumn is here, regardless of the calendar date.