just another fall day...

 can you see what's happening here?

again?

this might help...

its that four letter word!

the only good thing about it...

it makes people shop...

for Christmas...

for toys...

for the kids...

ok, Lord...

I'm game...

whatever it takes to get toys under the trees of the kids that you have placed in our lives...

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do you have snow?

are you happy about it?

just rolling with the flow here today...

am I out in it?

only for photos...

am I smiling?

sure...

why not?

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hello walls...

its just you and me until spring!

have a great day...

stay warm...

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the last photos of the woods...promise...

I just took so many of them...

be grateful that I am only doing 3 posts of them...

I took 95 really good shots...

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its 29 out there with a wind chill of 18...

so you are stuck with these...

this chick isn't going out for new photos today...

and...

its been spitting s*@#!

I just threw a pork roast in the oven...

with potatoes, carrots, red onion and corn bread stuffing...

mixed up some brown gravy and country gravy mixes and poured that over top...

should warm the house up this afternoon...

and make it smell good, too...

stopped up the sink with the potato peelings, so had to undo that...

I washed a load of clothes, but haven't gotten it in the dryer yet...

if I time it right, I might have help folding it when the beeper goes off...

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spooky clown is looking kind of shabby out there on the bike...

forgot to get him put up...

another thing on the list this weekend...

all the cats are in today...

they are not liking the cold, either...

Lester's been in the field...

black feet...

he better stay off of my bed...

he normally sleeps on Craig's...

does that make me a bad mom?

Charlie got lose on us last night...

Craig didn't shut the gate on the deck and he ran out when I opened the door...

I didn't know the gate was open...

and off he went...

DH and I were headed to Casey's for his cappuccino...

(he loves the pumpkin spice one)

so Charlie is long gone, half way down the street...

and we get in the van to go get him...

cold, wind blowing...

he heads back for us when we get on the street...

he is afraid of vehicles...

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so we had to turn it off and I hopped out...

he comes up so close...

but not close enough to grab, turns tail and bolts again...

I go back to the van, get in...

and there he is...

so I get out again...

and I bend over, he comes up and sniffs...

and I almost got him, but he blots again...

thinking its play time...

by this time, I am calling him bad names...

and he's loving every minute of it...

thank God I had put his blue hoodie on him yesterday when the temp dropped...

its the only way I caught him...

he was so busy bouncing all over the place, the fool thing came over his head...

and it didn't stop until it covered his whole face...

so, blinded by the hoodie...

he was confused...

and this fat old lady had a shot of nabbing him...

I will tell you right now...

I am too old to run...

let alone run when its cold out...

of course DH is in the van with the heat on...

(he started it back up)

and by the time we got in...

I was huffing and puffing and wheezing...

I won't even tell you what my butt fat was doing with each step...

lets just say that dark is a good thing...

and the neighbors were all inside...

so you won't see it on youtube...

this dog may get the best of me yet...

can I move this morning?

not very good...

can he?

sure!

he's a dog and young!

I am sure he is in there plotting his next escape...

with Bebe, all I had to do was open the door and he hopped right in...

this one can't jump, doesn't like car rides(yet)...

and is a major pain in my butt...

but we love him anyway...

good thing...

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so, how's your day going?

more woods and happy Veterans Day...

some more photos of our Sunday walk...

reminders of what so many have fought for...

to keep places like this...

where we can all go...

they fought to keep this land...

from falling into enemy hands...

so we can take Sunday walks...

a land of peace...

no soldiers guarding the entrance...

no shots fired...

except during hunting seasons...

places like this of solitude, even filled with people...

it gives off a peace...

the fallen are still apart of the peace and beauty...

just like our own...

row after row...

still reminding us its worth fighting for...

we are worth fighting for...

I am thankful...

and remembering dad, my father in law, grandpa, uncle...

and all others who left the warmth of home and family...

the ones who marched in my place...

the ones who came home...

and the ones who went home...

very thankful...

God Bless the ones still marching...

keep them safe and bring them home...

a walk in the woods...

well, if you remember from yesterday...

DH had the day off and took me out the state park for a ride...

and they have this great paved trail...

so he unloaded the wheel chair and away we went!

this is a half of a mile long...

there weren't many leaves left on the trees at this time of the year...

they are mostly on the ground...

but they have 2 paths to the water on this trail...

this is just off of the parking area for the trail...

this is on the other side of the park...

they have several handicapped docks that you can fish off of...

but I think someone lost a bobber or two...

its great for kids to fish off of, too...

they are completely fenced in so they can't fall in...

I have more photos to go through and will post them this week...

I have had computer problems this afternoon and have been getting all that straightened out...

I need to go through and get rid of some of my pics and just clean up my files...

got 3 home alone days, so have the time...

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hope your weekend was grand...

these were taken yesterday when my son and I went for a drive around town and just a mile or two out of town...

they were working on getting 100 car train filled and out of here...

3rd ground pile going in...

it was a very cloudy day, but no rain...

that's ice, folks!

the grain elevator is in the background...

making progress here, slow and sure...

did a little bit outside and a little bit inside...

there was one field of corn left that we could find...

can you imagine someone who would not stop eating just long enough for a couple of shots?

so I got him with his mouth full...

as much as he was eating you would think winter was coming or something...

I am sure he had no plans to stop anytime soon...

but I found someone who would look up every now and then from grazing...

pretty babies...

DH did get the day off...

and we did go for a drive, too...

those photos will be posted the next couple or three days...

got a major cold front heading this way...

and probably your way, too...

plenty of inside play time coming at us...

and if you promise not to tell...

I will let you know that there are 4 Christmas trees in my living room...

not decorated or anything like that...

we are just going through things and decided to just start putting things where they will be going...

and as I come across those "keeper" things, they will be put added to the normal decor...

and by the end of the holiday totes sorting...

the decorating should be done...

and...

all the stuff that's going will have time to find a new home by the time the fat man heads out in his sleigh...

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