turn out the lights, the party's over...

the southern breezes flew the coop...

and the northern gale took over...

and this is what it brought...

more naked trees...

frost advisory tonight...

let Bebe out a little bit ago to potty...

yeah...

had a tank top and shorts on 2 days ago...

ain't happening now...

so what do you do when the gale winds sail in?

you make a big killer pot of chicken and noodles...

bake a chicken...

strain the broth...

heat it back up...

dump in the egg noodles...

home made or bought...

de-bone your chicken and hand tear it apart...

add that to the pot...

along with...

1 can of peas- drained...

and...

1 pack of meatloaf seasoning...

yep...

that's what I do...

pepper to taste...

and parsley until it's pretty...

we now have NINE...

yep, count 'em...

9...

cats in my house!

got 2 more this morning...

neighbors caught the other two to the litter that goes with Baby Bear...

those 3 will be gone in a few weeks...

kennels are full...

taken in no more!

looking forward to indian summer now...

got tulips to plant and junque to clean up...

leaves to throw in the beds...

hope this frost happens and kills it all so we can move on...

got to get it done before the snow flies...

still have tomatoes on the vine and the roses are still blooming...

geez...

may have fresh tomatoes for Thanksgiving...

wouldn't that be weird?

I have done more in the last 2 days than I have done in the last 3 months...

sorting,  cleaning, and pitching...

and not whoo, either...

and there's still more to do!

laundry...

does that ever end?

no...

washing up the winter coats and getting them ready...

need to find the long johns, too...

maybe now I can pack away the summer stuff...

putting up the flip flops...

having to wear socks now...

I think today is Friday...

not real sure...

but bet it is...

need to call mower guy and tell him it's on for this weekend...

need to check into snow tires for the wheel chair...

or skies...

shoot...

just get me a sled...

with a rope so they can pull me...

welp- that's it from here...

don't know when I will be back in here...

we haven't even started on my bedroom...

after 3 days...

send in a search party..

later, girlies...

been chasing tail...

his, hers, mine...

Beau Beau...

who hardly ever sits still...

love his coloring...

it was 75 here yesterday...

guess where I was at...

playing...

bag of promises...

crocus in the spring...

Craig planting...

it's a slow turning fall...

it was rainy today...

foggy...

but I still played outside...

DH worked Sunday instead of Saturday and my whole week is off...

thought Sunday was Monday...

Tuesday felt like Thursday...

have no clue on the date anymore...

just know that October is almost over...

and I might still have bloomers when November comes...

Baby Bear started voiding on his own...

so  he graduated from the bird cage to a big kennel...

brought in the green bench to stack the kennels on...

moving things around...

cooking...

chicken and noodles today...

still no frost...

got all these leaves to put on the beds...

but not until it frosts...

more things to do...

more days in the sun...

soaking up what I can...

come back later...

I don't feel like blogging today...

maybe tomorrow...

yesterday...

DH had a Saturday off!

after he went to town for stuff...

had the truck's battery checked and replaced...

we headed for Ashmore...

now this is like 3 blocks out of town north...

I have not been down this road before...

and it's my newest favorite place...

there is a tad bit of corn left standing...

and they were working it hard yesterday...

I would love to own this space...

I'ld put a house there...

wouldn't ya just love to snoop around in there?

heading out of Ashmore for home...

we have a new road!

smooth as a baby's bottom...

then, back in town...

dummy me calling cows for photos...

only the bulls looked my way...

move on, dear...

I messed up...

that's a puney fence and those weeds just aren't thick enough...

there is color all around and more coming...

Laurie, look!

more leaves!

she has a thing about them...

love this...

she has been spruced up this summer...

steps fixed, painted...

this is the first house in town to have an inside toilet...

really...

blue skies and orange leaves...

around the square...

just a sleepy little town...

deserted on Saturday afternoons...

everything closed at noon at Saturday so you can go to town...

that's Charleston...

it was homecoming weekend at EIU...

so many went to the parade and game...

the only time this place hops is at  harvest, which is winding down...

and when someone needs help...

DH had to go in early today...

after 3 inches of rain, it didn't slow things down at all...

the farmers where hitting the fields Thursday...

thought the guys would get a breather...

nah...not here...

we were so dry...

could use some more, too...

we had a good day...

just being together...

take a drive...

watching tv...

went for a couple walks...

and played with 3 baby kittens...

nothing much better than that...

freaky phone call...

yesterday just after lunch, the phone rang...

just had gotten done with PT...

and we didn't get to the phone in time...

but the area code was Richmond, Va...

I know this because my in-laws live there...

but it wasn't their home number...

my brother in law is have some heart tests done...

having some problems there...

so thinking that this might be one of their cell phones...

and that something might have happened...

I quickly dial back...

it's a lady named Debbie with a sugary sweet southern accent...

looking for my sister in law...

my brother in law was transferred to South Carolina and since he is so close to retiring...

they locked up their townhouse in Richmond...

and are renting in NC now...

so the townhouse should be vacant...

but this Debbie was standing in the middle of their house...

found our number in an address book and was trying to find my sil...

Debbie is on the board for the townhouses...

the door was found wide open...

someone broke in, had been using it to sell drugs out of...

they took the downstairs tv, but they think that's all...

most of their stuff they moved with them...

and took anything of value...

so there was really nothing in there to get...

they left the tv because it was too heavy to move...

I wouldn't give Debbie my sil's number...

I called my sil and gave her Debbie's number and told her what she had said...

Debbie said the house was trashed...

it wasn't...

a friend went right over and checked it out...

pretty freaky...

but it has been used as for drug dealing...

but not drug cooking...

there was no smell...

their friend stops once a week or so to check the mail box to make sure nothing is in there...

but he doesn't go in...

he is going to start doing that now...

it was a little freaky...

not knowing if the whole house was trashed or not...

freaky...