Round Up

11-6

It was a pretty quiet day spent at home.  I rented a carpet cleaner and spent the morning cleaning the carpets in the living room and bedroom.  It did not take long to dry and the carpets did look better.  The water was gray, yuck!  In the afternoon I needed to get outside and so did Baylor.  We played in the leaves for a bit and then I wandered off to dig out the horseradish plants.  We have had a few frosts but not a killing frost but I had the time to dig so I did.  And then Baylor came over to help me.  

I taught him how to jump on the shovel which he enjoyed practicing.  

It was quite a large harvest, but of mostly small, narrow roots.  They are a pain to peel but taste just the same.  

And then he wanted to help me cut off the stems.  I should have brought down a cutting board but I did not know he was going to help when I grabbed the knife.  He did pretty good and did not cut himself or the table.    

After Gloria got home and we had dinner, I worked on processing the roots.  I ended up with nearly two full quarts of horseradish and it was strong enough to make my eyes water a few times.  I need to find some small jars or freezer containers so I can share the bounty.  Gloria will never eat all that!  

Day 17

And I found a few ripe strawberries in the patch. They were not edible mainly due to bug damage or from being stepped on while we were digging up the horseradish but since odd to see in November! 

11-7

Day 18, with a setting sun sky thanks to the end of daylight savings.  

I went to Big Lots and picked up a creepy cat for Heather. I had told her about them at her party and she said she would like one.  It was 75% off and only $5.00.  Baylor hated it when the eyes were red and it yowls and chatters but Grimm seemed to want to know if it was going to steal his treats.  

My new favorite App: Prisma.  Fun artsy photo filters.  

Meghon was worried her cats were getting fat, because our cousin Melony told her they were. I sent her a photo of what a fat cat looks like!  

11-8

I could not figure out where the light reflections on the side of the house came from this morning. 

While at work I made the mistake of looking at Petfinder.  Bad, bad idea.  

Baylor wanted to vote with me so we went after work.  There were no lines and no haters outside but lots of signs, and not the ones I liked. 

While I made the selections, I let him hit the Vote and the Confirm buttons.  We made our choice and left it to the rest of the population to make theirs. I was 851 in the M-Z line. I always like to know my number.  

Day 19 with a Baylor on the swing, we got home only 15 minutes later than usual and that is with voting and the detour. 

I had to make some baked goods for a bake sale at work so I spent the night up in the kitchen. Gloria was down with Baylor most of the time but went off to bed before him.  When I was done and had cleaned up it was about 7:40 so I went downstairs to spend some time with him.  He was fast asleep on the couch!  I had forgotten he woke up around 5:30 again!  

11-9

Woke up (at 3 am) to sad news on the election.  Not what I was hoping to happen for sure but that is how it works.  But life goes on and I had baking to due.  I made Churro cookies but did not get to try them. There were just enough to put three in the bags and no extra.  But there were not any left over after lunch so they must have been at least appealing.  

Day 20 

My final thought for the day, after I removed Facebook from my phone for a while, I will continue to love my son, hug him everyday and teach him to love and to be kind.  

11-10

There is a table at the day care for people to kind of swap items or unload them on someone else.  Dora was here with Diego but it appears Diego was left all by himself. 

It was movie day and Baylor looked asleep on his mat.  He was not.  

Day 21- no leaves but a nice sky. 

11-11

I found Box Tops on my desk when I got into work.  I have a secret Box Top collector apparently. 

The light was amazing when I left work and the flag looked beautiful.  In honor of all the Veterans, Thank you!  

11-12

The Super Moon is coming! 

And my super son crashed on the couch before bed time! 

Round Up

10-30

Greeva is sweet and sends me Diwali wishes every year.  

I spent the morning cleaning and putting away Hallowe'en party stuff and getting the garage put back together.  I texted Heather before lunch to see how things were doing and other then they woke up at 4 am, they were fine.  I texted back that if he melted down sooner rather than later to let me know.  I was planning on picking him up around 3:30 but received a text around 2:20 saying she thinks it would be a good time.  They both won't admit to being tired but it was not going as well.  I finished up moving the mowers back into the garage, changed clothes and headed over.  Ryder was already passed out on the couch and Baylor fell asleep in the 10 minute ride home. 

Before getting out of the car I noticed the temperature, very nice for the end of October.  

Day 10 of the tree 

Three of them together.

10-31

My only dress up for Halloween was my candy corn shirt, socks, and scarf, that I also wore on Friday to the school party.

And I got to participate in the work dress up photo! 

And thanks to Snapchat I got dressed up to wish my brother a spooky happy birthday. 

And my friends a Happy Halloween 

Day 11

In the midst of all the fall change, I found a lone blooming black eyed Susan. 

Greeva, Akshat, and Kartikey picked Baylor up around 5:40 to go TOT in Greeva's brother's neighborhood.  They sent me a lot of photos of the boys having fun!  And this neighborhood went all out for decorations too.  

When he got home around 7:30 we combined all his candy and sorted it out.  I was gifted the Reese's and he hoarded all the Kit Kats. 

And Baylor sent Jamie a spooky birthday wish as well. 

11-1

On the first day of The Day of the Dead.  It may be to honor lost children but we kept the candle lit for all our loved ones. 

Beautiful morning 

While driving to Target for some after holiday shopping I had to go out of my way to see this yard.  I wish I could have seen it at night!  They go all out at Christmas as well. 

After picking up Baylor we had to make a delivery for a winner of the guessing jars.  On the way out we saw about nine deer crossing the road in the neighborhood.  Baylor even enjoyed it. 

Day 12

When we got home we did the annual Pumpkin Chunkin.  Usually we don't carve the pumpkins and they last longer but just after nine days, they were black and shrunken and gross. 

For the carved pumpkins he used a stick to whack them over the edge.  We took a lot of video too.  

It was hard to find where the landed but he liked the one hiding under a fallen tree. 

Throwing the stems was fun as well. 

The view from the other side of the trees was beautiful. The first tree on the left is really struggling this year because of insect damage.  I hope we don't lose them. 

11-2

 The morning sky was really beautiful. 

And so was the evening sky. 

Day 13

Baylor took advantage of the beautiful weather to rake the leaves to play in.  Vanessa and I helped him out to make a big pile by the rope swing. 

And I finally got my Fall photos.  

Even of Vanessa 

Just BEAUTIFUL

Natalie hopped out of the leaf pile before I could get her leaf photo.

Back to the sky 

Back to the boy 

And the leaf toss! 

He built a fort out of the leaves again this year.  He looked like an bunny clearing out the nest. 

Back to the sky. 

And the nest. 

When you light the candle, they will come. 

He fell asleep while reading a book to me.  Thankfully right on the last page.  

11-3

No words, really 

Apple has a great app for photos, NoFade, and sadly I am not an Apple person.  But Jarrett is and he is kind and took a scan of my favorite photo of Eddy when she was just a kid.  We took her to Knoebles when we took Jason and by the end of the day she was in my lap, too tired to walk anymore. I had to carry her out of the park, like a kid.  She was my daughter in a dog suit for sure.  

If there is going to be a late afternoon rain it will start at 4:30 when I leave the office.  Today was no different.  Just poured on my way to the car and to pick up Baylor. 

But shortly cleared up with the beautiful light from after a rain. 

Day 14

11-4

Day 15

I have about five purple clematis blooming on the garden fence, a lovely sight for November!