FALL is the season for NEW BEGINNINGS, NO STRESS and NO CHAOS..

What is a dream or change you have been thinking about? SUMMER is for thinking and dreaming. FALL is for doing! DOING a project that could change your life! What has been building in your "what if" thoughts?

IT'S FALL. WANT IT? DO IT! BUT, FALL CAN DUMP SOMETHING UNEXPCTED IN A FLASH! And, what is the most important thing to remember??

DO NOT PANIC OR STRESS - PERIOD!

It is just LIFE, like a popped balloon! And, here is the rest of the story....

Why do so many crazy, unexpected, weird things happen when we're sleeping?

To me, it happens a lot when I have just fallen asleep and I'm so deep in sleep I don't want anything to bother me. I'm enjoying my sleep.

Then suddenly something goes POOF in the night!

It could be an alert from Buddy, my Lab, at 12:30 AM that the big old snake was in the kitchen! After that, I was on guard wishing I was asleep.

Or, like wee hours yesterday morning, it could be the sound of an avalanche from another room in the house and not knowing what caused it. Was it a critter that snuck in and is trying to climb something? Did the snake's brother arrive and decide to cause havoc in the house? Or do I just need to investigate?

Well, investigating won. I took my phone and a flashlight and started going room to room switching on lights as I went. I got through all the house except the extra room (my old office and exercise room) next to the laundry room before I realized I hadn't found what it was and I couldn't think of what in that extra room could make that big of a noise for so long.

Well, the door didn't want to open very easily. Was some intruder holding it or was it stuck on something? I watch too much true crime on TV! That was the first clue that something was wrong.

As I pushed the door open, I found that it was one of the biggest messes I've ever seen and, believe me, I've had BIG messes. It was a portion of the ceiling that had fallen down on top of the big desk, the floor and a laundry basket. OK, nothing could be done at that hour of the night. I knew I would call my insurance company in the morning.

Morning came, I called the insurance company.  Then I decided to go back and take some daylight photographs of the mess. Well, over half the room was covered with debris by then. It seems that more of the ceiling had decided to join in the party on the floor. No way was I going to clear a path into the laundry room! It would take me a month! So, I took pictures, closed the door and just hoped for the best. That's all I could do at that point. So I thought…

Next on my list is to finish putting together this week’s SCOOP and get it off to you.

Well, the Internet was gone. Even my phone refused to connect to WI-FI.

My WI-FI had been running slow, really slow, for a few weeks despite my super high speed connection that has slipped in speed over the last few weeks. I knew something was wrong. I just haven’t had a block of time to make that call to the provider (that I hate doing!)

I called the provider, spent about an hour on the phone with the rep, he does a bunch of tests and finally ends up scheduling someone to my house the next day.

Periodically I would check to see if the internet would connect. It wouldn't. Finally, after I had a quick bite of lunch today I decided to check again and WELLA!  It was connecting just the way it had before it died.  And, it died while I was using it!

So, I know for a fact it wasn't me because the settings on my phone connecting to Wi-Fi were the same as my laptop connecting to Wi-Fi. It wasn't a problem with me! It was the provider's fault. So now I'm faced with whether I should let the service tech come out today or reschedule it.

COMMITMENTS I MADE TO MYSELF MANY MONTHS AGO ARE
1. DO NOT allow other people's choices or schedules cause me STRESS
2. NEVER change MY life to match someone else's MISTAKES or CHAOS

It's kind of like “don't cause chaos and expect me to join you in it!”

So, I'm going to call and reschedule that appointment. The tech still needs to come out and fix the speed to where it’s supposed to be and to what I'm paying for.

But not today! I have other things on my agenda today that are far more important to ME.

So, there you have it.

NO SCOOP OF COOL STUFF FOR YOU TODAY.

But.. I will have COOL surprises for you NEXT WEEK. Maybe we'll have cool weather to go with them!

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I was going to give you teasers today but that's not going to happen. I'll just give you the whole enchilada next week.

I love FALL, I always have! It’s an exciting beginning of what’s to come! If we let it!  

Till then, watch out for surprises that go BUMP in the night and I will see you next week.

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September is an exciting month because it's like a new, invigorating start of new beginnings and exciting projects. Maybe it's the trigger and start of something life changing for you.

Tell me your plans and dreams for the rest of this year, especially for September and even your hopes for 2025. Sharing is the first step in making all these visions come alive!

Maureen