Fall is in the air . . .

LaDonna, your lake pictures are beautiful. We have been having the same kind of weather here; in fact, I think they said we did not make it out of the 60's yesterday and it was probably in the 70's today -- very cool at night too, have to close most of the windows. Even Trapper wants in out of the cold. He is a spoiled pup . . . has to have air conditioning and heat! A far cry from his first six months tied to a box before he came to live with us.

Norman wanted me to post a few pictures of his so you all can see how busy he's been cutting wood in preparation for winter.

OK, now none of you were fooled into thinking that he really cut all that wood, were you? LOL $120 for all that wood and we are thinking it might take us through the winter. Let Obama tax the utilities, we'll at least be able to stay warm, providing they don't ban wood burning!

Lot's going on around here . . . we poured concrete in about half the barn and it's wonderful to work on. Now when they paw I'm not in a cloud of dust! We also added a shed roof on the other side of the barn, which you can see in the one picture. We needed more storage for the tractor and bush hog, etc. Too much "stuff" around here. We also got our small, day ride trailer painted, which it needed badly. It was starting to look like a rust mobile and was almost embarrassing to pull! Then Sunday when we were on our way riding, we lost a wheel bearing so it now has all new brakes and wheel bearings. Lesson learned: repack the wheel bearings more than once every six years!

I'm trying to get ready for our trip and as usual, the countdown has started and I'm nowhere near ready. I've been very busy with work, which is a good thing, but it seems like there just isn't enough time in the day. Looks like I'll be working while we travel, although I expect Friday to be a slow day.

Well, my ham and green beans are almost done - finally at 8:30. Either the days are getting shorter or I'm getting older! LOL

Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend and sorry that we won't get to see others. Would be nice to have the entire family together like old times.

Kathy