Our 2010 Halloween Visitors!

Our Halloween Visitors last evening!  They were all so cute.  We had 20! 

Popeye and Olive (granddaughter) stopped by on Saturday nite.  Too cute!

Waiting yet to get baby granddaughters pic from Louisiana.

Almost done!

Our garage that we started this spring is almost done!!!!!!!!   

Got two garage doors installed yesterday and today.  Oh, I can't wait to start parking inside.  We have had the outside done for a few weeks, and have done some dirt work and set bricks around where we will have river rock installed in the spring.  I think I'll plant some slow growing greens, like mugo pine or another low growing decorative bushes.  Just not sure what I want yet. 
We bought our garage doors from an installer that is now retired, but he did sell them to us, and came to help install two of them.  Steve is going to do the third door by himself.   So he'll work on that next week, while I'll be painting inside walls.  I've painted this east side with the two doors, and he has the west wall up, so I can start painting that. 

West wall - it takes a base coat and another coat of paint to cover this OSB board.  Our walls are 9' high, so there is a foot of plyboard at the bottom - so that if any water splashes when washing cars, etc. it won't be absorbed by the OSB board.  We have a drain in the middle of the floor and water faucet on the west wall.  This west wall will have a work table for Steve.  I'll get some extra storage for me on the south wall.

South side of the garage.

North side of garage and the third garage door.  Skidsteer and other farm equipment will be able to come in and get warmed up!

Lookin good.

My flowers have frozen, and little scarecrow boy is pretty cold.  Time to put him away soon!  Snow will be flying again soon, and next time it'll probably stay on the ground.  Look at how icey the deck is.  It did melt off later as it warmed up.  Our wet snowy week is past, and now a couple of nicer days are here again.
Are you all ready for the Halloween goblins?  We will have a few.  Looking forward to them coming.  Wishing my kids were little again - it was always fun to clean out pumpkins, decorate and help with the 4-H haunted house that we did as a 4-H club for years.  Happy Halloween to you all!

 

Dead meat treat!

Should have taken a picture of two happy dogs that found a deer carcass in our field next to the house!  Why do people shoot deer and leave them - Plus it's not hunting season yet!!!!  We've had this problem in the past, drive by thrill seakers shooting from their vehicles - are we out in the wild west?    NOT ! 
Heard shots the other night, so spose that is the result of those shots we heard. 
Anyway, both dogs were chewing on the same leg - one at each end.  Picture in your mind is enough, right?
So I coaxed them away, by shouting out  asking if they wanted to go for a ride!  Well - that worked.  They're happy dogs when they can go for a ride - even if it's around the section!  I had to go to town to get groceries, so happy dogs came with.  Hooch sits on the council next to me.  He likes to look important siting up high and looking at the traffic.  Odda is in back.  She's happy there.  We have a SUV, and bars to keep her in the back.  While we were grocery shopping, Steve gathered up the carcass and bone so they wouldn't have anymore dead deer treats.  When we got home, they went right to the spot the bone had been and sniffed around.  I did find a small bone later, and got rid of that too. 
It just makes my blood boil when people leave carcasses lay after hunting, and how when hunting season opens, we'll have other bones turn up on the front yard.  Guess we need to call the game warden and let him know that this is happening before season, so they can start patroling our area better.

Amanda - Favorite Senior Pic

Leah and Amanda were up in the Smokey Hills woods a couple of weekends ago, and got some great pictures.  Here are a couple of my favorites.

Throughout the years we've taken some really nice pictures of our kids, and now the grands, up in the woods.  A fun thing to do.

Renee now at 15 months

Seems like I've been busy, but not getting much newsworthly accomplished.  Cleaned up one of the out buildings that I keep all my gardening stuff, washed clothes, cleaned, fixin meals, etc.   Who cares about that?  I noticed that Jessica had pictures of Renee on her facebook, so I'll share a couple.  She is getting so big.  And I will also share pictures of her in her Halloween outfit when I get them.  I haven't heard that they got that package yet.  Maybe tomorrow.  It takes about 5 days for mail to get from here to there.

Lookin pretty steady on her feet.  Guess she walks a little now, but sounds like it's not a big deal for her, so sometimes still crawling!

I sure can't wait to hug her! 

Yesterday we were over at Leah's and Amanda was home.  She is a senior this year.  So grown up, and I don't get many hugs there any more!   Blake and his girl frient came over later in the afternoon.  He needed a haircut.  So we got that done, and then played a game of "Golf".  That was a nice visit too.  Dena is on a fall break so is home a couple of extra days.  Blake had to leave for his home as he needed to work today.  He lives about 3.5 hours south of us.

Jessica's volleyball team at Catholic High in New Iberia, LA  is doing really well.  They are rated #1 statewide in Louisiana for 2A schools.  They have won 30 and lost 3, and have two games this week and another tournement on this next weekend.  Jessica says they are really playing well together!   That speaks for itself, with all those wins, they have to be playing as a "team".  Great job Jess and girls!

Busy Hands

I've been busy making hats (crocheting) and also made granddaughter Renee a Halloween costume.  She is now 15 months old, and Jessica pulls her hair into a little pony tail directly on top of her head.  So she is going to be Pebbles Flintstone for Halloween.   I got some  cougar cat looking material and made her a little off one shoulder top and pants.  I hope they fit her.  Kind of hard when she is so far away!  Then I made her a little bone and tie for her pony tail.  Of course, couldn't just send the outfit.  Had to get a little pumpkin for our pumkin!  I had some books, but they didn't fit in the box, so will have to send them later when I'm using a bigger box.  The postage on this little box was over 8 dollars. 

Then I've also been busy making the hats.  Sit and do that when we're watching tv at night.  Not every night, but I'm getting quite a few done.  Want to get more done for a little craft show that Leah and I are going to have a table at in late November.

When I had the camera out the other day Odda, sat down, and I felt her saying to me,

"I'm good, take a picture of me!!!!!

Yesterday I started cleaning out the little barn shed that we have stored all our extra outdoor stuff in for years since the girls got done using it as a horse barn.  I'll have to finish today.  What a dirty, dirty job.  This is where all my garden stuff is stored, and overflow of everything from the barn to yard to house!

Start of another nice weekend here.  Have a great one y'all!

Halloween Memories

Steph (3) and Leah (8) with their pumpkins in 1975.  Jessica wasn't born until 1979, so only the two girls in this picture.  Uncle Vern and Georgia were here helping them.  A get together every year!  Pumpkins with curly hair!