Mid-October

Hello and happy Thursday! I hope you are doing well as we head towards the end of October and to Halloween.

We also have the twins’ 6th birthday celebration coming up at the end of the month, and it’s hard to believe these little guys are almost 6 years old. I spent a good bit of time with them earlier this month because they were ‘tracked out’ of school and their mom and dad had to continue to go to work. I enjoyed all we did together and I enjoyed all the talking they did, and constantly asking me how to spell words. After only a few months in kindergarten they are learning word sounds, vowels and consonants, etc. I loved seeing their enthusiasm for it. I loved how they wanted to figure out words – and it reminded me how our language has so many ‘exceptions’ to the rule. Yikes! It’s a tough language to learn.

Each day that I was with the boys though it was nice to have mom & dad come home and take over – while Mimi poured a glass of wine and relaxed. Ha

October is a wonderful weather month. We are now experiencing cooler mornings and lovely afternoons, where it is still warm (not hot) and without the humidity. We don’t get frost on the pumpkins here and I am okay with that.

Tonight we are going to a Willie Nelson concert down in North Charleston. Hubby and I both love his music and we figured we better see him live now because he is 93 years old and he may not be around much longer, or he may not be able to entertain on stage. It’s an outdoor concert at a distillery. Low key. Sitting on a blanket, and enjoying the music under the stars. Willie has so many classic country songs I look forward to hearing. I love concert experiences.

Of course October has also brought some pretty bad news – including the horrific violence on innocent Israelis. At this evening’s concert I will be thinking of the young people who were at a music festival there, heinously killed in the big attack on their country. It is hard to understand such hatred to do ‘eye to eye’ murder, pulling people from cars, and taking lives brutally. It is beyond any understanding.

The history of that area, along with the opposing religious beliefs, and the feelings of ‘entitlement’ and the lack of freedom, and so much more, goes into what is happening. BUT, the Hamas terrorist group has to be accountable for what is going on now.

Here at home, today Sydney Powell has agreed to a plea deal for her actions in Georgia when she participated in a scheme to try and change the presidential election results. I hope this will be the first card to fall and that more and more will come out now in court. There is no doubt in my mind that Trump was very involved in it. Hopefully those who took his orders, and who tried to cover up for him, will speak now.

As all this goes on, the Georgia indictments, and the NY cases, and more – the Republicans are still beholdened to Trump. It is another thing beyond understanding for me. But, I do understand that those so entangled with him are holding up the Democratic workings of our country by not electing a Speaker of the House. It’s been weeks now where our Congress has been at a stalemate, unable to enact laws, to vote for defense needs and non-political positions we need. We Americans are paying the salaries of Congress while the Republicans squabble and do nothing.

October is football time. The South Carolina Gamecocks are once again unable to come together as a powerhouse team and beat the tough teams of the SEC. Poor coach Shane Beamer. He was so frustrated after last Saturday’s game that he kicked something and broke a bone in his foot! When things go wrong they just get worse.

October is the quiet before the holiday trifecta: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Enjoy the calm days of now.

I’ll end this with a tease: Hubby and I are dressing up in costumes for the grandboys’ Halloween birthday party. Want to take a guess on who we plan to go as?? Pictures will be on Facebook at the end of the month.