Thursday, November 6, 2008

A Teaching Moment


I am teaching Chris how to put pictures on his computer, so we had to take one of him to upload.....decided to post it here, because he is seldom the subject of my posts. This year he has made our backyard another living area with the outdoor kitchen and firepit..........it is probably the place our kids will remember the most having big conversations and just hanging out.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

What to replace your "W" sticker with......

A friend sent this today and I found it quite clever..............I had that "W" on my car the first time Bush ran....................and now I have voted for Obama............I have to say...I wasn't crazy about anybody really......it's all a crap shoot!

Gardens

I planted 4 of these hydrangea nikko blue bushes yesterday in one of the new beds we started last June...............I worked all day getting my garden beds ready and am toast today. Had several meetings and was really too tired to think well in any of them. So, I came home from work early and we are having leftovers and will call it an early night...........My sister told me I had to read the Twilight series and I bought the first one yesterday..........finished it tonight...........hate it when a good book is over.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Election Day


Today is Election Day................and like half the country, I believed the media about the long lines and got up at O' dark thirty to meet my friend Poody at the polls.....When I got there 100 people or so were already in line. I knew several people and actually had a great time waiting.....about 40 minutes in all...............Chris went at 8:00 and had no line,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and there was no line the rest of the day..............oh well! Kids out of school again and had another great yard day, planted hydrangeas.....finally and used all the pine needles lying around for mulch..........felt like I saved a fortune in not buying pine bark..... and really enjoyed just being home with the boys................E. was of course out canvasing and working the polls...........The funniest part of the day was when J. answered the phone and said, "Mom, Robert Duvall (pictured above and my FAVORITE actor) is on the phone.............he wants you to vote for McCain........do we know him?"

Monday, November 3, 2008

Yard Day-No School



After another trip to the apple orchard, I made the kids help in the yard. Could you hear the complaining? Even E.'s buddies helped!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Good Mail




These two received hand knitted hats and scarves in the mail today from Grandma.....in the special colors they requested. T. got his earlier, but is never home for me to get a pic. E. and her "young liberals" friends have been canvasing for Obama all day.................

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Work Day



Today was one of those days I will pay for tomorrow.......and maybe even the rest of the week....Everybody was gone all day but me.......such a rare thing.....and I moved furniture around the house......therapy for me....worked in the yard for hours!!!! I did laundry, changed sheets, went to the grocery store and have smoked a pork tenderloin, baked a pie (I am on a quest for the perfect pie crust.....not there quite yet) and we are having company for dinner...I hope I can stay awake to visit with them....