Explaining...

Pat's blog is but one site with which I have had this issue!

Just a quick note...thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the sweet support you have given me! I love you all. I also wanted to explain one reason I am having trouble visiting everyone this week. When I stop by some blogs, I get a default notice and the page shuts down. I don't know if this is Blogger's fault or the fault of my own computer. I have tried to visit each of you this week so if you received no comments, this is probably why! I am having Dan check it for me...I have to work this particular snigglidoo out pronto!

And the way I look in the post picture? Thank you for saying I look *pretty* (I blushed) but believe me! It is all done with smoke and mirrors. Good skin? Nope...Bare Minerals...it covers a multitude of sins! And you saw NO double chin! Joni Webb at Cote de Texas taught me THAT trick! Lower your chin and shoot from above! Aha! Believe me, I DO have a double chin! (Just ask the bloggers that have met me in person!) And chubby cheeks and you DID notice I didn't shoot my body below the shoulders right? *grin*

I wish each of you a wonderful weekend...see you soon!

Love and Hugs,

Susie Q

Can It be November Already?

"How silently they tumble down And come to rest upon the ground To lay a carpet, rich and rare, Beneath the trees without a care, Content to sleep, their work well done, Colors gleaming in the sun. At other times, they wildly fly Until they nearly reach the sky.Twisting, turning through the air Till all the trees stand stark and bare. Exhausted, drop to earth below To wait, like children, for the snow."

~ Elsie N. Brady

Hey all...just me peeking in for a moment! I am sorry to have been AWOL last week and weekend. Our neighbors had some work done and the guys hit the cable lines. Poof! No TV and NO computer! ARGH!

I am finally able to properly thank all of you for the sweet birthday greetings and for helping to make my 52nd as special as it was! I will be posting pictures of the past week, including Halloween, tomorrow. Till then, please know how much I adore you all. I have just passed my 2nd year of blogging anniversary and will be having a giveaway in honor of that event! I can not even imagine NOT knowing all of you...what a blessing it has been in my life to have *met* all of you.

Thank you for being a part of my life...

Happy November!

Love and Hugs,

Susie Q

Apologies, Thank Yous And Salutations!

Okay, I DO apologize for posting such a lengthy list. I got carried away... I just am having serious computer withdrawal pains. I was using another computer and threw this list on just for fun. Seriously, it IS too long! Just ignore this little bit of self indulgence! But hey, the part about me NOT being elegant is so true. SO, SO true. If there are 10 women in a room, I will be the one that spills her drink, trips on the wrinkle in the carpet, laughs too loud, breaks the heel off her shoe and drops her hot appetizer down her blouse. I will be easy to spot! Gosh, I can not visit most of you and can not post photos. I had such a lovely weekend attending a house tour and our city's "World A'Fair" and so want to share those photos with you all. Hopefully this problem will be rectified soon. I am in dire straights. *gulp* Dire...and I do not mean the band. Nope. I also have a photo of the ever so special art piece that Lisa (Oceandreamer) sent to my Grace. I want to share that wth you. I saved it for a very special day. Lisa? You can not imagine how thrilled Grace was to find her "Fairy" card! She had 5 primary teeth extracted by a pediatric oral surgeon last Friday. It was difficult as they just did not wish to leave her mouth! She had a hard time throwing off the meds too. But all is well now and gosh. When she found that card and the gold dollars, well, she actually said it was "all worth it!" Thank you dear Lisa....thank you with all my heart. I do miss you all and hope to be back visiting all of your sweet blog homes soon. Take care of yourselves! Be good...stay well. Sending hugs to you all...

Susie Q

A Bit Of Trouble

Hi to you all.... I am having a wee bit of trouble with ye old computer. Poor old thing has picked up a virus and is terribly ill. Gravely. Oh my. So, it may be another day or two before I can return to visiting all of you and to posting here on my blog. (Okay, I *heard* that collective sigh of relief!) I hope you are all well and enjoying your week and behaving yourselves! Smile a lot and be good to yourselves. You are all so important to me! I will be back online as soon as I can!

Many hugs, Susie Q

A Word From Our Sponsers...

Just a word from the other half of the Rabbit Run Cottage team....Sue is having computer issues so the much anticipated post bearing the winner's name will be up as soon as possible. The big drawing has been held and, I have been told, it was terribly exciting! Screaming and fainting and mass pandemonium occurred but that happens everyday at Rabbit Run Cottage. Go figure. Sue did have to beat the paparazzi away. She was terrified that they would leak the name to the outside world. These matters are cloaked in secrecy I have been told. And yes, I DO know who the winner is but you will never get me to tell. Not now, no how. Yes, Sue IS crazed to get back online and visiting with you again. You are all so very important to her. Thank you for your friendship. Cheers! Bill