fall finally happened...

we were in the 90s last week...

it's in the 70s now and 50s at night...

turned the furnace on...

so where have I been?

oh, where to begin...

#1- taking care of babies...

they are now ready to go...

#2- a guy DH works with came and stayed with us for 4 days...

thought it would be longer, but he decided to go home and face what was going on there...

SHE was hitting on him...

#3- Craig did the sleep study and got the results back...

severe sleep apnea...

he is scheduled to get his machine and mask fitting next Monday and then on the 29th, he does the next sleep study with his machine and mask...

they will adjust the settings to make sure its where it needs to be for him...

#4- chasing down a possibility on getting his car fixed...

there is another one here that is a perfect match motor and transmission wise...

intentions are to put our motor and transmission in the other car...

the transmission is going out of the other one...

Problem: the guy hit a raccoon and tore up the underside in front...

then he crunched the left fender a bit...

need to see if he did damage underneath...

it needs front breaks...

everyone is in harvest and will be next month or so before it can be done...

we need to decide on which way to go...

#5- mad dash to unearth the fall and winter clothes...

get everything through the wash and determine what to keep and what to let go...

(had no idea I had so many clothes)

so one big bag in the trash...

3 walmart bags to a friend...

and very little back in the closet...

goal was to go down to 10 outfits...

got it to 17...

and I am good with that...

(DH said it looks like I moved out)

#6- squeezed in our bi-monthly shopping trip to Ruler Foods...

(miss Kroger, but next best thing)

and Walmart, Rural King and Goodwill...

we are stocked until the first of December or when harvest is over...

#7- sneaking in yard work here and there...

pulling the tomato plants this weekend...

they are tired and so are we...

#8- got a new phone...

discovered last night via my nerdy son that I can download the photos on the camera to my laptop...

and then post here...

oh, the possibilities with that...

plus tons of other stuff that just happens day to day...

allergies, colds, chin hair plucking...

you know, things that just come and go...

well- have a great day and expect me in here more often...

missed you guys...

3 days left...

a couple of the babies...

the are super sweet and cuddly, and starting to talk to me when I look in on them...

had a visitor yesterday afternoon...

and she looks pregnant...

doesn't she?

just hanging on the window...

wrong time of the year to be having babies...

got the dryer fixed yesterday...

had trouble with it getting hot at times...

it was the dial thing...

but it would work...

just had to run it a few times sometimes...

the estimate on the car isn't going to be good...

our body man, Brian, said if it was full coverage...

they would have totaled it out...

the rocker panel is going to be a fortune...

so we will see...

he isn't finished with the estimate...

we will probably just put enough in it to get it functional, safe and road legal...

and we might have to save up to do that...

but we are good on transportation now, so we can do that...

starting to feel a little better...

DH and I think we have had a touch of some kind of bug...

cold? flu?

its a lot like allergies with a low grade fever sometimes and feeling tired off and on...

maybe there is something going around...

we haven't felt really bad but we lose our  zip when we are doing things really fast...

many breaks to get things done during the day...

 3 days left of warmer weather!

then we will be in the mid 70s most of the time...

and the nights are going to be cool enough to use the fire pit on the weekends...

the weekends will be spent getting the rest of the flower beds ready for winter...

the nuts are really falling off the walnut trees...

cleaning up and getting things put away...

so we are ready if it turns cold quick...

I think we will have a warm winter with moderate rainfall...

its how it looks in my yard...

we don't rake and burn leaves in the fall...

I use the mower and mulch and blow them into the flower beds...

and we put the walnuts in them, too...

so the squirrels can find them in the winter...

we rake it all out and burn in the spring...

keeps the plants safe through the winter with a covering...

have good days...

Craig is off tomorrow and we have 3 totes of toys in the living room that he needs to get to storage...

so we can have the living room back...

:O)

we are scraping our popcorn ceilings...

hallway is done...

doing the living room and kitchen, too...

don't like all the dust...

but it will be worth it when we get it done...

then painting...

ready to have that done...

then onto the kitchen cabinets that are left...

our fall/winter project...

will be glad when its all done...

just takes time...

hugs and prayers...

have great days...

catching up...

the weekend came and went...

inside stuff, mostly...

got the car on Thursday...

title transferred and tags and sticker done...

Craig loves it...

babies are getting bigger and look good...

fat little tummies and starting to play a bit...

we are dry and hot...

doesn't feel like fall yet, but looks a little like it...

no one is in the fields here yet...

late start last spring...

need to get some photos sometime...

just haven't felt very good, but I'm not sick or anything...

I don't think..

so, that's what's going on...

not a lot of anything...

:O)

have good days

evening time...

the end of summer is upon us...

some things look ok, still...

and other things, not so much...

but it all happens in God's time...

we get compliments on our yard all the time...

and we don't do anything special to it...

but we love it...

although we don't have a lot of money to put into it...

it always "happens" every year...

not so nice looking now...

I will dead head them this next weekend...

and finish cutting down the ferns...

getting ready for the leaves to fall...

and to put them in their place for winter to come...

not sure if I posted on Craig's sleep study...

but tis the 29th of this month, so we have a small wait...

other than that, nothing much going on...

its that time of year to go through seasonal clothes and all that fun...

find the fall decor and see what's going up and fall house cleaning as I go...

not an exciting life but its mine...

all mine...

:O)

have weeks and stay thankful for what you have...

and what you don't have...

ferns and the rose garden...

the ferns have loved this summer...

I need to give them away this fall before the frost comes...

this is doing really good...

can't wait for another few years on it...

the growth will be amazing...

we lost another town lady...

only four years older than I am...

we did baseball together many years ago...

they have 2 boys. also, so paths crossed many times in those years...

are you ready for another weekend?

I am...

miss my guys when they are working...

will love when DH retires...

the babies are doing really well and have fat little bellies on them...

eyes are open and mama's are taking good care of them...

its about time for my nap...

got my housework done and been on youtube this morning...

have good days and hope your blessings are many...