Autumn

It's been busy again...

Last weekend was full. Sprout had some champaign girls over and I got to hang out with them on Friday. Fun times chilling and playing games.

It was also Kendra's baptism... most of my cousins were here. We stayed up late with them Saturday night. Much telling of Jakey's "email story" and funny conversations. We were talking about how 'homemade' apple pie isn't Pillsbury pie crust and apple pie filling- "what does that say about your home life?," "Yeah, do you live in Walmart?" *grin*

Tuesday we went to Grandpa and Grandma Beutel's for supper. It was fun and we got to look at old pictures, which I love.

We have a lot of leaves in our yard that we need to rake sometime. My flowers are dying...I like spring a lot better than fall. But- I bought a bunch of bulbs the other day, so hopefully I'll have flowers sooner next spring!

Blessings.

excitement

So far this week the most exciting thing that's happened is that there's half a pig at the locker with my name on it. Yes, I realize how pathetic that is. :) I'm just excited to see familiar looking packages in my freezer.... I don't know what to do with all these newfangled store bought cuts of meat. (ok, not really. but I am excited for real, thick bacon!) :)

Hopefully I can spend less time in front of the meat case trying to decide what to get...

I miss Lindy's. But I don't really miss being a cashier- the other day I stopped at the grocery store for two things and went to the 15 items or less express lane. I was behind an older lady and a very patient guy. It would have been faster to get in the line behind the very full cart. Seriously, the lady in front of me spent close to 10 min trying to convince the cashier that her coupon for ice cream would work on any frozen item and that the cocoa she had was the brand that was on sale.... which she didn't want if it wasn't. She saved a total of 78 cents. Frugality and thrift are great; but, I hope we are never so poor that I'm worried about 78 cents.

Blessings.

on being a wimp

So last Friday night we'd been planning on going camping with Dale and Meg and some of Bob's second cousins.... but then it was cold and rainy all last week, and the forecast for Friday night and Saturday was the same. So we decided not to go. Instead, we took all of our camping food to Dale and Meg's and had supper there and played games inside where it was warm. And enjoyed intelligent conversation on a variety of topics, which I love. And then I don't think it rained much Friday night and it was beautiful Saturday... *sigh* o well. Maybe next year. :)

Rhonda got married on Sunday. It was good to see her and her veil with little hearts all over it. So very Rhonda. And we got to see a few other fun people.... hooray for weddings.

Blessings.

long weekend

Hooray for celebrating long dead explorers who didn't really discover anything! Kind of like Nobel peace prizes....

I'm not complaining about having a day off though- it was great!

We went to sing at Timber Ridge Friday night, it was interesting as always!

Saturday afternoon I went home for a few hours... it was necessary to see the new shed on Matt's farm layout and shoot Jakey's new gun that he bought quick before our revered president changes gun control laws. It's an AR-15. In mossy oak. We were carrying it out of the house just as the appliance repairman showed up. um... no worries, you'll be perfectly safe working here, we just have a semi-automatic weapon.... haha. Then Fred and boys drove up- their eyes were as big as saucers- so funny.

I went to my first and the "coldest ever" pork chop fry. woot woot. It was fun, although I think they're breaking truth in advertising laws since the pork chops are grilled, not fried. There's a big difference. :)

Sunday we went to Derek and Leanne's for supper and we got to play Lincoln logs with Wesley and Lexi. Good times.

Poor Bob had to get up and go to work on Monday... and I went shopping. I met mom in Peoria and we went to Olive garden for lunch. I mostly got wedding and shower gifts, which are not my favorite things to shop for. I can never find the exact thing they registered for, or they don't have it in stock so I spend forever looking for something that isn't there. *sigh* O well.

and for randomness- I love our down comforter. It's great. Pretty sure that who ever invented the feather bed/ feather comforter should have gotten a medal. There was some snickering when we got it at our church shower.... about how we 'won't need that! nudge nudge smirk'.... to which I rolled my eyes. You try living with old drafty windows and radiator heat and just a bedspread. It's cold. That and the ridiculous, 'you'll really only need a twin bed' comment... seriously, so not true. anyway. That's my list of dumb things you can say to newlyweds...... *grin*

Blessings.

random acts of poetry...

Autumn Fires
Robert Louis Stevenson

In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!