Sunday October 11th~

Life does what it does, and half the

 time we are just hanging on for dear life...

 Yesterday morning as I was driving to the

 grocery store I saw a whole lot of dead creatures on

 the road, and I mean a lot. There was a dead deer, 

dog, cat, several raccoons, a bunch of armadillos 

and even a few skunks. Broke my heart. 

When Arvid drives I close my eyes to not see 

them, but when I’m driving they are right there in 

front of me.  I know all about nature and survival

 of the fittest. Still not easy for me to see.

We’re having really nice weather, but still

no birdies. The other day as we were returning

 from one of our outings we saw hundreds of

 birds in the sky, but none next to where we

 are.  Fall sure  is beautiful in Branson.

I’m sad because soon we will leave. I bought

 a lot of bird food;  and I leave food out for them 

every day, and I will still scatter it around when we 

leave, but I sure wished we would see Fatboy, Daisy,

 Pigeon, and the rest of the “gang” before leaving. 

I have not seen PiP Kara's cat around either😭

Yesterday evening we went to  Lake Vibez Branson 

 formally known as Area 71.  There is always some

 kind of live music going on, and for sure it is a 

very cool place.  We met up with Roger and a few

others from Star Bar. It was a perfect evening.

The music was more toward country, but it was not bad. 

We met some new people and found out they had Norwegian

 backgrounds.  It seems many of the people we meet have some

 Norwegian in the.  Strange if you ask me, but it's true.

After Lake Vibez we decided to go check out

Cheeky Monkey   Last time we tried it was so packed 

there were no seats, but last night it was better.  Lots 

of people, but Roger got there before us and saved

 us a spot.  That place was ALIVE and kicking.

I may have mixed my drinks a bit too much, but I

 guess it helped me have a good night's sleep.  Happy 

for that. Arvid had quite a few Bacardi and coke. Roger

 also had quite a few, but we had a great time definitely 

worth it. Everywhere we go, everyone knows Roger.

  He's like the local celebrity. He told us that he had

 lunch yesterday with Dean Martin's daughter.  She

 lives in Branson and is good friends with Roger.

To all a very good day. Today we most likely go to 

The Landing and have a quiet and relaxing outing.

Sunday is the perfect day to refuel your soul and 

be grateful for every one of your blessings...

~Nadiya~