{"id":13312,"date":"2025-10-06T22:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=13312"},"modified":"2025-10-06T22:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:54:34","slug":"october-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=13312","title":{"rendered":"October Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now I know why many bloggers wait forever to write new blogs.\u00a0 Life gets in the way.\u00a0 The past couple of months have gone by in a whirlwind and now it is October, one of my favorite months of the years.\u00a0 It usually starts to get cooler now, but we have been having Summerlike days for weeks now and hardly any rain.\u00a0 We are living in a drought area now where we are not allowed burning outside.\u00a0 Today it is grey and cloudy and they say it is going to rain, but they have been saying that almost daily and no rain.<\/p>\n

We went to a wedding last month. Our oldest grandson’s. He met the love of his life at college.\u00a0 He was a lacrosse star and she played on the basketball team.\u00a0 So two athletes got together and got married.<\/p>\n

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Ahh, the kiss. The best part of the ceremony!<\/p>\n

They washed each other’s feet during the ceremony which I thought was extra special.\u00a0 Shows how they will serve one another in this marriage.<\/p>\n

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Jesus washed feet in the Bible. It shows a humbleness and love and shows He was also here to serve His Father.<\/p>\n

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Somebody isn’t happy at all to be married!\u00a0 \u00a0It is now two become one for all the rest of their lives.\u00a0 So proud of both of them and so blessed to have another granddaughter.<\/p>\n

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This is the groom’s brother.\u00a0 I asked him if he was going to be next and he kind of acted like it might just happen!\u00a0 He has a girlfriend he has been dating since high school.\u00a0 So…..<\/p>\n

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This is David and me and our daughter and younger son.<\/p>\n

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My son and his wife, my daughter-in-law.\u00a0 Very nice lady.\u00a0 She makes beautiful jewelry.\u00a0 They got married a few years ago and since then I have worked on something to give them and brought it to the wedding and gave it to them finally.<\/p>\n

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I started this quilt several years ago and always thought I would give it to them if I ever got it done and this Summer I sat down and began hand quilting thinking I would get it done for Christmas, but it went faster than I thought and I got it done and knew I would see them at the wedding so decided to take it there and give it to them as a late wedding gift.\u00a0 Thousands of stitches in this quilt. Done with love.\u00a0 They live in Florida so I hope they can use it.\u00a0 The quilt measures 108 inches by 108 inches and fits a kingsize bed very well.<\/p>\n

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Our granddaughter and her husband who have been married just a few years.\u00a0 The girl beside them is my grandson’s girlfriend and the girl on the end is my son’s stepdaughter.\u00a0 I didn’t recognize her at first because I haven’t seen her is a few years, but we had a nice conversation. She is going to be an animal ophthalmologist if I understood her right.\u00a0 Sounds interesting!\u00a0 Our granddaughter has a good job at Conner Prairie an 1820 pioneer reenactment village.<\/p>\n

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Groom’s mother, my daughter-in-love, and her husband who has helped raise the kids. Yes we are an American family with his, mine and ours and whoever else wants to be in the family.\u00a0 I will take them all and love them all.<\/p>\n

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My daughter and her husband, my son-in-law.\u00a0 A very good one, too.<\/p>\n

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A small wedding cake for the bride and groom to cut. Thankfully, they did not shove pieces of cake in each other’s mouths like I have seen done on Facebook.\u00a0 I really believe some marriages end right there when this happens because it shows lack of respect for the other person.\u00a0 David and I fed each other little pieces at our wedding.<\/p>\n

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250 cupcakes later!\u00a0 Red velvet was what I got and it was good.<\/p>\n

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Here is my grandson with the girl he walked with down the aisle. Right now he is the tallest person in our family.\u00a0 Well over six feet and still growing, I think.\u00a0 Very handsome, but it seems like only yesterday I was babysitting him while his parents worked.\u00a0 He reminds me of my daddy in manner and personality.<\/p>\n

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I think they enjoyed this too much!\u00a0 Ha!\u00a0 I don’t blame them.\u00a0 When you came into the door of the building where the wedding reception was held there was a table with pictures of the parents’\u00a0 and grandparents’ weddings and of course, David and I were kissing in ours.\u00a0 Guess our grandchildren take after us!<\/p>\n

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It was a happy day and we had a good time.<\/p>\n

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I think I told about our old dog, Molly, who had surgery last month on her mouth and her tail.\u00a0 She had a growth on both places and her poor tail had to be bobbed.<\/p>\n

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Went from a long Labrador tail to this.\u00a0 I call her Molly Pugtail now.\u00a0 She doesn’t seem to mind. I think she feels so much better and has lost some weight and acts like a puppy most days.\u00a0 So glad we could get it done for her.<\/p>\n

Then there are these two…..<\/p>\n

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Lucy and Sugar.\u00a0 Look at Lucy. She looks like I am going to beat her. She always gets this look every time I take her picture.\u00a0 Her ears all droopy and “please, don’t beat me, mama.” look on her face.\u00a0 Don’t know why she does it, but every time.\u00a0 She wouldn’t know what a beating is.<\/p>\n

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Now this is a Labrador tail.\u00a0 Look how shiny Sugar’s coat is.\u00a0 Like a seal almost. I love all these dogs so much.\u00a0 I always say if I were rich, lived on a farm with a big, heated barn I would have ten or fifteen dogs.\u00a0 I have been looking at silver Labs online, but don’t think we can manage four dogs and I worry what will happen to them if we are gone.\u00a0 My son-in-law told me once they would take care of our animals so I feel better about that.\u00a0 When they say dogs become almost like your children, they are right. They are dependent on us for everything like children and need to be around us like children do.<\/p>\n

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We went to a comedy show last night featuring Jim Gaffigan, who is from our state.\u00a0 He had a series on tv for one season several years ago that I watched and enjoyed.\u00a0 Anyway, we drove to Indianapolis and driving through downtown on a Saturday night was quite the thrill. There was something going on because there were women dressed in formals and men in dress suits all going into this one building. There was a picture of one the Indiana Pacers outside so I was wondering if it had to do with the Pacers.\u00a0 There was also a knifing last night in Indianapolis if you saw it on the news.\u00a0 There is not a lot of violent crime there so this was not the norm. Evidently some drinking was involved and an altercation about where a truck was parked.\u00a0 Tempers flared and someone got knifed.\u00a0 Why I don’t like being in big cities anymore.\u00a0 Especially at night.\u00a0 But that is me.\u00a0 I like the country, but it is not like bad things don’t happen in the country, also. I\u00a0 watch a lot of murder shows and there are a lot of murders in the southern part of my state. David and I just did a road trip and went through this town where two young girls were walking a train trestle and evidently got accosted by a man who shot them both.\u00a0 It was on one of the shows I watch.\u00a0 Anyway, one of the girls had the presence of mind to take a picture of the man as he walked toward them with her cellphone and it was a pretty good picture, but it took forever it seemed for the police to find the murderer. They finally did and he got arrested, put on trial and convicted. I don’t know if he got life or the death penalty, but either one would have been appropriate for such a horrible crime.\u00a0 Two young girls barely in their teens.\u00a0 I don’t know how their parents stood it all.\u00a0 But back to where we were going……<\/p>\n

When we got to the venue, David showed his cellphone to the gatekeeper who was supposed to help us download our tickets.\u00a0 He sent us to the box office where we found out Stubhub had sold the same tickets twice and that a couple were already inside in our seats!\u00a0 The cashier told David Stubhub is good at doing that and found us seats that were far better than the ones David bought. Eight rows back, center stage!\u00a0 Anyway, don’t buy tickets through Stubhub.\u00a0 They, in essence, steal your tickets that you buy and sell them to someone else.\u00a0 We learned our lesson well.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Jim was funny although he talked mostly about Bourbon.\u00a0 I know.\u00a0 That doesn’t sound like it would be funny, but it was.\u00a0 David and I were talking about bourbon before the show.\u00a0 I don’t know why.\u00a0 But I was wondering how it tasted.\u00a0 It’s big at the Kentucky Derby.\u00a0 I don’t drink, but for some reason I have always wanted to know how it tasted.\u00a0 Maybe because I read Gone With the Wind when I was a girl and the men were always drinking bourbon.<\/p>\n

After the show we were hungry.\u00a0 Neither of us had eaten anything all day but a package of peanut butter and crackers and me a Snicker bar.\u00a0 We like Pizza King and I found one on Garmin so we took off down the streets to the restaurant,but when we got there, it was already closed.\u00a0 It was 10;30 at night so I was afraid we would not find anything open but fast food which I don’t like anymore.\u00a0 I looked up on Garmin and found a Bubbas which we both like so we set it on Garmin and went to look for it.\u00a0 It was open until 11;00 and I asked the girl at the desk if it was too late for us, but she asked this one waiter and he said he would wait on us, so we got our seats and ordered our meals. The waiter was so nice and did a great job getting our drinks and food out.\u00a0 I got a hamburger with sausage cut up on it, queso cheese, lettuce and tomato and it was so good.\u00a0 Probably because I was so hungry.\u00a0 David got the same.\u00a0 We left the waiter a very nice tip because he was so nice.\u00a0 I told him we would be coming back.\u00a0 We usually eat out in Greenwood when I have to go to my eye doctor.\u00a0 I have to go again in December.<\/p>\n

Our motel was very nice except we had to ask for something to help me get up on the bed it was so high and I am short.\u00a0 The manager was kind enough to bring a bench for me to crawl upon.\u00a0 I have to use a stool to get up in our Jeep also and this trip, David forgot it. Left it in our driveway when we left so he and I had fun getting me up on my seat in the Jeep.\u00a0 I wish we had added the extra step you can buy when you buy a Jeep.\u00a0 I cannot get up on high seats. You know those high stools some restaurants have.\u00a0 We ate out with some people once and I could not get up on those stools.\u00a0 Finally, after being helped by two strong people, I got up there, but it was not comfortable so I steer away from those.<\/p>\n

Another thing about some motel beds is they have four little bitty pillows on them that are not at all comfortable so we always take our own bed pillows.\u00a0 The bed in this particular motel was very comfortable once I got up on it and I slept like a baby.\u00a0 I need my creature comforts.<\/p>\n

David will be taking another short vacation before the Holiday chaos starts at the store.\u00a0 We have some plans and I will tell you about them later on.\u00a0 Hope to do some Autumn leaf looking trips and there is a light show we are interested in so stay tuned.\u00a0 Hope the cooler days come soon as I want to start wearing sweaters and socks again.\u00a0 Been barefoot almost all Summer!\u00a0 Bye.<\/p>\n

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Now I know why many bloggers wait forever to write new blogs.\u00a0 Life gets in the way.\u00a0 The past couple of months have gone by in a whirlwind and now it is October, one of my favorite months of the years.\u00a0 It usually starts to get cooler now, but we have been having Summerlike days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13312"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13317,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13312\/revisions\/13317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}