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Thank you for commenting on my post and for the kind words. I do check your blog every day, Sharon and sometimes more then once a day and am always happy to see something new. Funny how a pat on the back will change your (my) mood about something.
This effort seems to come and go with my moods too. Sometime I hit a dry spell where it seems nothing happens worth writing about but I try to look at it like when I was writing a journal, nobody ever read that but it was done for my benefit. If I think of it that way it is a little easier to just jot down a little something for future archives.
I better go take my Advil and go to bed again. Hope I feel better tomorrow.

Terry has had a problem for years with the way Sarah Beth dresses for Halloween. He thinks it should be more like he and his brothers did when they were little. They just gathered stuff from around the house and piled it on and made sure nobody could tell who they were. Well, you know we, as girls, have a different idea of how to dress up for Halloween. We like the pretty, girly, stuff. Well, he has been trying for years for her to let him dress her up 'properly'. She agreed, albeit very reluctantly and this is the results! The only reason she agreed was because she could hide behind all that stuff and nobody would recognize her.

I told her if we let him do this just this once we can insist that it never happen again! He had a ball though, and really got a kick out of it as you can see below.

We jsut went to our neighbors and then to Terry's Mom's house. We didn't make a killin' on candy that is for sure, hardly worth the effort to dress up. I figure this won't even happen in a couple of years so I better enjoy it while I can.

Why is it so much easier to write here if you know there is someone reading it? Hello? Is there anyone out there? I tell myself that I am just doing this for me and it doesn't matter if anyone else reads it but it is nice to know if you are there or not. I know.... I should comment on more of what you guys write too and I promise, I will.
We made it through the night, I had to get up and take another Ibuprophen about 4am and another at 8am for a sore throat. Terry was complaining about cold chills this morning and Sarah Beth is just complaining but this too shall pass and I'll be glad when it does.
Lois needs a Bible Character Halloween costume for Timmy tonight and we have some I made for the Christmas play at church so I need to go borrow a church key and get some for her to choose from. She is scared to be around us (wise choice) so I will leave them on Mom's porch for her to pick up.

Seems like we are all coming down with colds in this house. Terry had an Alka Seltzer Plus night last night and I can feel an Advil night coming on tonight. Sarah Beth has been complaining of many aches and pains for 2 days now. Seems like every time we get a change in the weather we end up feeling like this. It doesn't help that it is near Halloween and we have a good excuse to have lots of little chocolate bars in the house. Well, we had a lot of little chocolate bars, them darn little things sure can disappear fast!
Blade is in the dog pen right now and is looking at me like, "You don't expect me to have to stay in here tonight, do you?" "What do you think I am, a dog or something?" I was going to put Whiskers in the back room again tonight but on second thought, I really don't feel like 'throwing 60 lbs through the door' tonight. If he starts that barking again I'll just have to put a pillow over my head I guess.
No church tonight so we had another nice quiet evening at home. We watched Kidnapped on Masterpiece Theater but it is continued next week so we didn't' get to see the end. Here is something to wonder about, how come I never read all the 'classics' when I was growing up? I never read Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevens or Moby Dick or Jane Austin or any of those stories that you hear so much about. Seems like I always steered toward something a little more obscure. Does that say something about me that maybe I wouldn't want to know? Who knows. It's too late at night to be worrying about such philosophical questions. (Thank you for spell check on that word) Good night.

I am really having trouble with the internet today so I thought I would get on here and rant and rave a little. I can't get into the sites I need to work on. One is having maintenence done and the other server is busy so I get to play a while I guess.
The beautiful Sunday morning turned out to be a gorgous day! There won't be many more of these. I hope everybody is out enjoying it. I am looking forward to our all girl get together in Brown County in November. I am saving my money. It has been changed from Saturday to Sunday the 27th, just in case everybody hasn't heard. I hope everybody gets to go this time. Seems like there is always at least 1 that gets left behind. And pray for nice weather!
Am having a good weekend on Ebay, I am excited about that. Not getting rich, by any means, just making a little more then we spent. That is all that counts. Just keeping the money in circulation so it seems like I have a little more in my pocket that I did the last few years.
Well, I'm gonna so back and see if I can get some work done yet. See if the server is still busy. If it is I will just go for a walk or something. I could use a good walk in the fall sunshine anyway. Come join me.

It may be just my imagination but I have always thought that Sunday Mornings are much prettier than any other mornings. I can remember thinking about that when I was little. This is one of those beautiful Sunday Mornings. The sun is up, the air is clear and the fall leaves are still blazing with color. Make you glad to be alive! It is about 40 degrees out side so it looks best on the warm side of the window.
I had to manhandle that big outside dog of mine last night and put him inside the back room for the night. He didn't co-operate but I won in the end. The night before he had barked outside my bedroom window ALL NIGHT!. I said to him, I did, "That's the last time, Buddy. You will sleep inside until you remember your manners!" I forsee a struggle every night but I can still pick up 60 lbs and throw it through a doorway.
I felt so sorry for Tabby last night, she seemed so uncomfortable. She is so big that she cannot lay down in any position and be comfortable. There was a lot of grunting and groaning and she seems to whine a little with every breath. I can just imagine her saying, " I'm too old for this kind if shananigans." Well, this will be her last. I think she has earned her rest. She is too big to even get through the doggy door now. She does but she has to get her head through then hook her claws into something and pull her self through the rest of the way. I feel sorry for her and let her out the door now.

This is Sarah Beth's costume this year. She decides what and tells me how to make it and I just try and follow her directions. She started out wanting to be an Enchanted Forrest Protector (her words) but ended up calling herself a renaissance girl. She was tickled with it so I am happy too.

It is usually too cold to sit here in the evenings and ramble on but we've had a nice fire going tonight so it is not bad here at the moment. It has been a relaxing Friday evening at home and we could do with a few more like this. We watched a good movie on the Hallmark channel, Terry played fetch with the dog and his 'everlovin' ball. I folded clothes so I wouldn't fee like I was wasting my time and I think Sarah Beth was picking her toenails while she watched, YUCK.
I've sold all my pups and we sure miss them when they are gone but Tabby is due in about a week so I think I can wait that long. I thought she was late having them but when I went back to the calendar and counted the days again, I was 2 weeks off! Man, and I was sooooo ready for them babies. I think Tabby is really ready too, she is sooo big this time.
Hildie is recovering nicely from her surgery but my checkbook will take a little more time. She had a really big abscess on the side of her neck that had to be lanced and drained. She has 2 cuts, about an inch long each that have to be kept open so they can drain. She has never been easy to handle and I thought this was going to be so difficult but she is co-operating so well, it surprised me. I think we might be bonding over this experience, as long as I don't hurt her too bad.
Lois and Timmy came over to the shop today and Lois browsed for a couple hours. I did manage to get a 20 dollar bill from her but had to give 8 of it to Lucille, some of it was her stuff.
Terry, Chris and David put up the wood stove at the shop today so we can have a little heat out there now. That will feel good this week end, I just don't know what our insurance company will have to say about that.
The pretty leaves are about gone here now, just a few more days and a high wind and the trees will be clean. I didn't get any pictures of them this year but ....... Oh well. I so miss the green of summer when it is gone and everything looks so gray outside but I love winter too because I get to spend so much time at home with nothing to call me away.
The cocktail's laid an egg the other day, I found it in the bottom of the cage. I guess she wasn't feeling like nesting this time. Sarah Beth wanted to get it and incubate it herself but I talked her out of that real quick. I don't need any more babies around her to have to worry about. Believe me, the worrying part is the hardest part about having and being responsible for all the 'babies' we seem to end up with. I just hate that part.
Well, Terry has gone to bed and I sent Sarah Beth upstairs to read about raising and training birds so I better quit here and wind the cat and throw the clock out. It's been fun, we'll do it again sometime. Yaaaaawwwwwnnnnn. zzzzzzzzzzz

Sarah invited Sarah Beth and Timmy to camp out with her at the park on Friday night. Sarah Beth agreed and was excited at first but the more she thought about it the more worried she got and almost backed out. I had to do some talking but she finally decided she would and she had fun too. Lois and Kenny were cooking the chicken for Lois' church bar-b-que the next day so Sarah Beth stayed to play with Timmy. Rachel, Greg and Isaiah showed up right when we were there to get Sarah Beth so we didn't get any time to visit.