babies...

Patches...

she is long haired...

8 weeks old and ready to go...

they leave tomorrow...

Oliver...

long haired, green eyed...

Nellie...

green eyed...

Maggie...

these four had a mama that was a Maine Coon...

3 of them are long haired and all 4 have green eyes...

they are going to the next foster home on their way to be adopted...

got their photos posted this evening on facebook...

cross your paws for quick adoptions...

then we got these 2 in today...

they are 10 weeks old...

Myra...

and Lightening...

he must be fast...

simply beautiful babies...

should be easy to adopt out...

got a message last night and we said good bye to Bobo this afternoon...

2 people want him...

the first lady is meeting him tomorrow...

and you know she won't be able to resist him...

but if she does, he is being transported north to someone who wants him there...

we are going to take a break from fostering for a bit...

get the rooms finished...

and everything back to normal...

we might even wait until after Christmas...

got the toy drive coming up and we have to do the fund raising before...

had a good day and even got a run into town to do the grocery shopping and snag a gallon of paint...

we are painting both rooms...

then, if I am lucky, I want to get the kitchen painted...

before the holidays...

rainy day, but I loved being out in it...

wonderful...

;)

these were taken the other day...

been a very busy day here...

my son has been saying all summer how he is going to switch bedrooms...

paint the front one...

and move into it...

well, guess what I woke to this morning?

towers of boxes and totes up to my chin...

in my living room...

I almost killed him...

seriously...

what began as a ME room, soon became the dump room...

all the decorations are in there...

props from when I did shows and booths...

junk, as far as the eye could see...

and beyond...

I purged so much today...

I only kept 2 totes worth...

and will be going through the decorations later this week...

and most of those will be going, too...

we are pretty much down to moving the big stuff...

shampooing the carpet...

he is painting the walls...

then...

he can start sorting and moving his junk...

and there is a ton of it...

so...

I am starting a flare...

and know this might not end well...

I am already trying to talk myself out of putting up the outside Halloween stuff...

just too much for me to handle...

but that's ok...

because so many times today...

I swore I would never shop again...

that half of all of this is going somewhere else...

donating what I packed up to the Kid's Shopping Night...

were kids can come and 'shop' for their families...

even if they can't afford it...

(things are marked a nickle or a dime)

they will walk out with something...

and we are doing that back to back with the toy drive this year...

and I solemnly promise to not do this ever again...

(until next time)

there has to be a 12 step program for this...

maybe I don't have too much crap...

maybe, just maybe...

my house is too small...

am I in denial?

;0)

it is so beginning to look like fall...

its been feeling like it for weeks...

the temps have been up and down and all around...

but it is finally starting to really look like fall now...

we still have blooms here and there...

the walnuts are almost completely bare now...

Hermie was nappin' on the porch today...

rose moss is dormant now...

but the rest is still going...

I wonder how big the carrots got this year?

snap dragons...

marigolds...

got a bit of rain sometime last night again...

they picked the corn field at the end of the street today...

glad I got these before they hit it...

a couple of nuts...

live here...

the leaves are beginning to turn...

the autumn clematis bloomed and then started dying out...

but its come back again...

and where do you hide your nuts?

we hide ours in the flower beds...

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

it was a good day to be home alone...

spent some time with the kitties...

they will be leaving this week and I will be packing up the kitty stuff until spring...

I need a break...

;0)

hope you had a good day...

homecoming, small town- prairie style...

the whole town gets involved in our homecoming week...

and on Friday afternoon, the parade happens...

they go from the school to the town square and back...

with a huge pep talk, cheer leading and band playing on the square...

but this year, we watched from Main Street, just a little farther down...

the theme was "The Roaring Twenties"...

the dance squad, who are totally awesome and one of the girls is the daughter of the office lady where DH works...

people with cool cars carry the royalty...

and there she is...

our own Miss Arianna!  See that princess wave?

she has been practicing that in my yard all summer!

I thought this was hilarious!

the 'marching' band riding...

while the music teacher walked behind them...

now, the best part, besides the candy...

are the floats...

not sure which one took first place...

there are 4 total...

and mascots from our local grocery store...

yes, folks, there was a nude cow in our parade this year...

JFL football players...

home coming court...

another float...

I know that little girl's mama...

from when she was a little girl...

this is my favorite float this year...

so awesome!

and they did beat the Panthers...

pretty bad...

and the home coming dance went off...

and everyone looked so pretty all dressed up...

I about froze to death sitting in my wheel chair...

it was pretty cold and the wind kicked up a bit...

but I got a bag full of candy thrown at me...

a local newspaper...

shook some political candidates' hands...

waved at so many we knew...

talked to a few and came home...

we didn't go to the game...

just too cold and rainy...

we had a low of 42 last night which is better than what they warned us about...

we had a frost advisory last night, but it clouded up and stayed warm...

it should start warming up tomorrow again...

and kick up back into the 70s during the days...

came close to turning the furnace on, but sucked it up and baked instead...

going to do a fish fry tonight with the guys...

;0)

DH got the weekend off after the 3 inches of rain that fell Thursday and Friday...

he has spent it resting up and trying to kick this stubborn bug he has...

he is sounding better and sleeping sound again...

and they ended up cleaning up about 3 semis of corn off of the ground up there after the fire...

that's a lot of scooping...

but its done and they can go back to business as usual on Monday...

Hope your weekend was a good one and you stayed dry and warm!