Wednesday, October 28, 2009

front yard this morning...



We are having a lazy day today. I'm hosting our milk co-op this month so we have a cooler full of milk in the front yard. It was so nice this morning that I dragged out the camera and let a few kitties out. Here's what came of it.













In other news...

Ryan is having a Halloween party Saturday night. We aren't sure how many to expect. His pool party was attended by 40 kids!!

Check this out, its GRUESOME but looks delicious too!! This would be FUN for his party but we're going with pizza since they are teens. Much easier!

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Suds...

but first, a blast from the past! Halloween 2004...



If you know Spongebob you know about the suds. It is his version of being sick. I'm pretty sure I caught Ryan's version of the suds when he COUGHED ON ME a few days ago. Sigh. How rude. So, there's that. And there's this:

My completely made up outta my butt string beanie!! Amy's is blue and Sarah got a mulberry one. Mine is a 70s avocado gold-green.


And there is also this:

I planted something and it is still living! Yay me!!


In other news...

Ryan is having a Halloween party this Saturday night. We have no idea how many kids will be here. His pool party had 40. I'm hoping for somewhat less, like maybe half of that.

Amy is working at a Trunk or Treat thing Wednesday night, she'll be handing out candy and she's also suffering from the suds.

I'm going to rest as much as I can before these events. Wish us luck!!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

pumpkin carving...

We went old school as far as our tools were concerned. Instead of fancy-schmancy cutting kits we used steak knives and a spoon to carve our beautiful white pumpkins. It was really fun and I think they turned out great!!















Our neighbor down the street has also caught the spirit. I LOVE her decorations!



Saturday, October 17, 2009

Howdy from the Yamboree...

There were cows...




At one point the girls and I found ourselves in a sea of them...





Other critters...









Pretty colors...(I bought pickled carrots)




(these are done by grade schoolers, decorated yams of course)

Music...



Refreshments...







And rides...






(the girls and I did this one)

Now its time to take a cue from the grand champion swine and get some shut eye...



In other news...

Mark finished his Half-Marathon in 2 hours 18 seconds!! 145th of 295 runners! Not bad at all!!!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Carpetless...



And loving it!! There are small pieces from 3 closets left but the rest is gone, gone, gone! Mark took up the tack boards in the living room but they're still down in the hallway, our bedroom and the girls' room. We are still not sure if we want paint or stain. There are some major dark chocolate stains in the living room, probably from woodwork my dad did when building the house. If it doesn't come up we'll just have to prime over and paint. We are also trying to decide if we want to take up the linoleum in the kitchen/dining/utility rooms and entry hall. It makes more sense to do it all at once but it is a lot of work! It would be nice to have this all done by Thanksgiving but I'm not holding my breath. With Mark working an hour away our evenings are kinda short, weekends are pretty busy too. Furniture will have to be moved out, the entire area will need swept, mopped, vacuumed, and the concrete will need prepped with chemicals. I'll try and get pictures from each step and post our mishaps as well.


In other news...

My brother has been learning to kayak over the past few months and has bought a camera to film his adventures. Here's part of his latest trek.



It is raining like crazy here, expecting up to 2 inches, more in some areas. I'll be willing to bet we've already had our 2 inches here! I can't recall a wetter autumn that didn't include a hurricane or two. Our front yard is a lake and was yesterday too!

I'm working on a new crochet project, another afghan! Just plain half-double stitches but in gorgeous fallish colors from I Love This Yarn put out by Hobby Lobby. Pix later. I'm also working on basting a quilt so I can get started hand quilting it in November.

Monday, October 12, 2009

I'm HUNGRY!!!

And of course none of these is made for dinner yet. We'll have leftover spaghetti I guess. Sigh. It isn't bad but I'd rather have the pizza tonight.









Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Happy Fall Yall...



Today we are going to carve apples* to dry for Halloween! We did these several years ago and they were soooo creepy. I hope it isn't too humid this time around. They tend to mold if its too moist. We might start the process in the oven on low heat. I plan on taking pics soon.

We are finished with the living room carpet removal and have even got the tack boards up!! We have the hallway and the girls' room to go. Most of the furniture is back into place but not exactly where I want it. Now we have to choose a color for the floor paint. Mark and I are leaning toward red but not a maroon red. We'd like something bold but not garish. Right now we're thinking about taking up the linoleum in the entry hall and kitchen/dining/utility rooms. At least those rooms have less furniture!

Because of the mess I still don't have my computer up. The plug we have to use for the power strip will NOT stay plugged in. I think we need a new outlet box. There is really only one place my computer can go so it may be a while before I'm back and able to share easily. The girls computer is very quirky even without the shift and comma keys messing up. I don't like using it. Hopefully soooooon sooooon.

Today I'm headed back to our dairy because the runner this week is down with the flu(I'm assuming; her whole family has been stricken). I love driving out there but today is dreary and damp; not nearly as pretty as a sunny day would be. Oh well at least it isn't 90 like tomorrow is supposed to be.(the comma key isn't working either so ignore the semi-colons).

I have 8 specific tasks to complete in my bedroom today. Including moving some stuff out to make room for our china hutch. One of the glass sides got knocked out years ago(before it was ours) and the cats love getting inside to wreak havoc. In our room I can put the open side up against a wall to keep my pretties safer.

It is also church night which means running to pick up Ryan's girlfriend before dropping them off at their youth thing(held at an old movie theater inside our town's mall) and then taking the girls to their activities at a different church. I'm going to find out about signing them up to eat at the church before their stuff starts. They feed the workers and anyone else who needs a meal. The activities start at 6pm which doesn't leave most of us with a decent chance of feeding kids before they have to be there. I think its $5 a meal paid in advance. Anyway they'd be fed and I wouldn't have to worry about it. What we're doing now isn't working; Ryan doesn't get out of his thing til 9 and we have to take the g/f home. Its 9:45 before we eat sometimes. Heck I may sign myself up to eat with the girls too!


*for some bizarre reason I can't use my shift key to put in a link here. This is the website for the shrunken apple heads: http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-make-ghoulish-shrunken-heads.html