Halloween Feet

(Snag or Tag)

I'm on my way out, so

I am just posting a drive-thru!!

LOL

XX,

Free Broom Rides

This weekend there will be a three day and three night celebration of the death of El Nino Fidencio. El Nino Fidencio was a very well-known spiritual healer in Mexico.

On or about 1985, I went on a college field trip with my professor and my classmates to the small town in Mexico where El Nino Fidencio lived. I do not remember if we were there for three days and three nights, but I think we were, because I remember that we were there for several days.

Yesterday, I spent the day with the people who will be conducting the celebration at their home. What I did not expect is that the man and his wife are both in wheel chairs. You only have to look at their property to know that they are very devoted to the movement, because it looks like a miniature of that small town in Mexico.

The celebration sounds as if it will be interesting. I don't know if I will be there all three days, but I do plan to be there on Friday, camera in hand.

I have another interview tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. (central time). Please keep me in your prayers.

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Hang Around for a Spell

:::Snag or Tag:::

I cannot deny that I am feeling a bit anxious this morning. My unemployment was short-lived to only cover the summer months. I thank the Lord that I am economical and I have spent my money wisely, especially since I do not know what lies ahead.

That wise decision helped me to pay the rent in September and October, but it is two weeks until November, and here I am... still without a job... counting my pennies to see how much money I have left to work with and how long it will last. I am right back where I was in January...

I keep trying to be as economical as I can with my phone and electricity. All of the lightbulbs in my apartment have been changed to 40 watt, except for the one in the kitchen, because I cannot reach it.

The weather in the Valley continues to be so hot and the heat makes it difficult to sleep at night. I keep praying for cooler days but every day is just another hot day. In the meantime, I continue to wear as little as possible when I am in my apartment in order to keep my body temperature as cool as I can. I take a quick one or two minute cold shower during the hottest part of the day and another one before I go to bed so that I can sleep at night.

My grocery list continues to be as modest as possible. I continue to make tortillas to stretch my grocery dollar. Once in awhile, I treat myself to a $1 cheeseburger, but my body wants to eat things that are outside my norm.

As for gasoline, the prices appear to be going down at the pump, but I continue to limit the places where I have to go, and if it is not absolutely necessary for me to be there, I don't go.

The biggest chunk that comes out of my pocket is the rent... I continue to pay by the month instead of signing a lease, which hurts because it is more expensive, but I don't want to be caught not being able to fulfill my lease. After all, there is no income coming into my life, not even the pennies I use to find on the street... Lord, I don't even want to think about having to put my things into storage or the possibility of having to go into a shelter. Even if I go to a shelter, they only give you 30 days...

The last time I went through this, I asked Mother if I could come to stay with her until I could get back on my feet. She said no, and my daughter and I were homeless for two years... If she should say yes now, her home is full of mold, there are problems with plumbing and electricity, and there is no room for me, because she lives in a very little house that is over-crowded with her things, because she has no closets.

It is amazing the things that we can accumulate in ten years! I continue to sort through boxes, trying to see what I can part with so that I won't have as much stuff to transfer to wherever the Lord leads me... be it to a new environment, a new job, or to put it into storage until I can find a job.

Parting with some of my things is difficult, but I keep reminding myself that I must be generous with the things that I choose to give away. They have served me well these past ten years, but putting them into someone else's hands will help to brighten someone else's life... and it will help to pave the way for new opportunities in my own life.

These days I find myself having to fight against feeling so discouraged. I have so much to offer, Lord. Why do I keep on being over-looked? Finding a job has taken me so much longer than I expected. This year is almost over, and I am still without a job. Still, I try to hold on to the thought that God is never late.

The moon is 98% full. I am looking forward to taking a moonlit walk with God this evening.

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I Love Halloween~ Marilyn Monroe

:::Tag is Snag Only:::

I wasn't going to post today,

but some people are following my blog

and I am not able to read theirs.

I hope they are not thinking

that I am being rude by

not visiting their journals

but I cannot get in

so what do I do?

Do I delete them

from my list of blogs to follow?

ALSO...

If you know how to add

the blog list that shows

who has updated their journal,

please let me know,

because it has been hard to keep up

going one by one,

especially because

I am probably the only one left

with dial up. LOL

If I haven't visited your blog lately,

I do apologize,

but I am still exhausted

from last week's job hunting.

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DOTW~ Addams Family

'Tis Halloween night and all through the Mansion

many creatures were stirring in their own grisly fashion.

Uncle Fester was hung in the closet upstairs

While Grandmama snoozed in her favorite chair.

Wednesday curled up dreaming Halloween dreams

too sleepy to hear Pugsley's bone-chilling screams.

Lurch settled in for his Halloween nap

while Thing dressed for bed in his P.J.'s and cap.

On goblins, on demons, on creatures of sin.

On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen ...

It's almost that time for treating and tricking.

For haunting and scaring and screaming and kicking.

And the night air was filled with horror and gloom

as wolves outside howled at the moon.

It's the one time of year when everything's right.

Happy Halloween to you, and to all a good fright.

~author unknown

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