half way through the week...

got some things done outside today...

thought I had dropped the belt on the mower, but it was a quick fix after hubby got home...

just stopped up with crap...

raked and hauled and blew leaves from one place to another...

then started on the mowing before supper...

got over half of it done before it got dark...

I hate these hours!

will get it finished sometime this week...

dumped some pots and still have roses blooming...

in the 70s here...

wore a tank top...

go figure...

;0)

Doug might have an apartment, not sure...

got to fill our another application and he didn't get there in time today before the office closed...

so probably go back tomorrow...

we are all slowly on the mend here...

except for DH...

he still sounds awful...

I am heading for bed early tonight...

both kids are gone and I am pupt...

have a good night....

I finally have my voice back...

its been a long 5 days of this stuff...

but I finally feel better...

I had almost lost my voice completely last week...

then I sounded like a budweiser frog...

Doug is good and Craig is improving...

DH came home hacking and coughing and his voice was toast last night...

everything here is on stand by...

waiting for all of us to be good to go...

I am able to keep up the basics and keep us fed...

made potato soup today...

we haven't had that forever...

and it would be nice on a cool day...

but we are back in the 70s and have the air on...

we had some thick as pea soup fog last night and this morning...

and I heard the most awful commotion going on right behind us, just about the time Craig was due home...

a pack of coyotes had someone's smaller dog...

and it took them a long time to kill it...

and I will never forget the sound....

ever...

and there was nothing we could do with the fog that dense...

no way of getting a clear shot...

or seeing one come at you from no where...

we had to just listen to it...

I ran out and got Craig as soon as he pulled up...

told him to leave everything and head for the door...

its just insane at how they are coming into town more and more here...

town critters are easy kills...

neighbors leave feed out for them...

one of these days, its going to be a person screaming for help...

and until then, nothing will be done about it...

;(

other than that, life is going on as usual around here...

laundry, dishes and mopping...

(I use a steamer, so its not that bad)

been doing my nappin', too...

Happy Halloween....

I have been missing in action for several days now...

been sick...

whatever the kids had/ have...

found me...

living on Nyquil and fluids...

the coughing is terrible...

and I lost my voice some time in the night before Friday morning...

I missed the harvest party with DH and the people he works with last night...

I even called and cancelled my doctor's appointment yesterday morning...

I am better...

but its not gone...

we worked on the second wall in the kitchen today...

I made it through the first coat of paint until I had to take a nap...

the guys did great with the rest and I got up in time to move it all back...

;0)

one more to go and then the built ins...

going to wait until I am over this to try that again...

its raining here and there have been no trick or treaters at our house...

DH and I drove around and didn't see very many...

nothing like it used to be when our kids were small...

it makes me sad...

I am sure a lot of people are out celebrating with it being on a Saturday night...

nothing much else happening here...

trying to get over all the sickness so we can get the yard work done...

before the snow flies...

med central going here...

got 2 sick kids...

and yesterday wasn't a good day for me...

but today, me meds are finally kicking in...

and its much better...

Doug came back last night...

he had no where else to go...

found some things out that he hadn't told us...

like he was evicted from his apartment...

for not keeping it clean...

he wasn't raised that way and not sure why he didn't heed their warnings...

and from I have gathered, there were many...

and this apartment he is trying to get...

he needs a co-signer...

and we are not going there...

he will just have to keep looking...

and until then...

he will be here as long as he behaves...

he has to man up and get this right...

its way past time...

and when the guys aren't sick anymore...

I can make lists of things to do to keep him busy...

pray for me...

its not going to be fun around here, I am sure...

and we have the toy drive gearing up...

and I still need oral surgery...

yippee...

;0)

ya know, God put him back here with us for a reason...

its time to go to work on it...

got rain here today and it so looks like fall...

squirrels are busy little dudes...

and I have this young one, born this year...

he grabs a nut and runs to the window here and shows me his prize before running off to hide it...

he looks so proud with his nuts...

;0)

its been 21 years today that I found my mom gone at her home...

hard to believe...

seems like a lifetime ago, yet, she really never went away...

have good days!

one wall down...

1 down, 3 to go...

so far on the kitchen make over...

still trying to get the counter right...

will be tweaking this a lot until I can find the right layout of things...

we will replace the stove one of these days...

thinking about a floating shelf on the left to go from the fridge to the stove for all the spices...

freeing up the space under it to spread things out a bit...

the cabinets were oak...

21 years of yucky looking cabinets....

the island is black and its half painted...

will have to do that soon enough...

going around and doing a wall at a time...

Craig is down sick...

had to call in yesterday and won't make it there today...

I am up with him now...

he has been vomiting...

fever...

feels like crap...

sore throat, the whole nine yards...

Doug left...

after he pitched a fit...

(didn't want to help anymore)

I told him to take his drama and go...

I wasn't dealing with it...

so Craig and I worked hard on the kitchen Thursday...

and we got so much done, without Doug being in the way...

he is just impossible to work with anymore...

he wanted to cut corners and do things the easy way...

and I wanted them right...

he would only do things his way, so, he had to go...

he did meet with the lady on the apartment yesterday...

now he wants us to co-sign for the apartment...

not happening...

 I love my son, but cannot afford to do that...

I am not going to be responsible if he doesn't pay his rent or tears the place up...

this guy has so much potential and he could be so much more...

but he won't...

and its sad...

seems like the only time he comes to see us or talks to us is if he needs something...

if he has money, we don't see him...

he spends it with his friends...

so, let them deal with him...

on a brighter note...

harvest is OVER...

I have my hubby back...

;0)

work on the kitchen will continue until we get it done...

taking the weekend off for Craig to mend and get better...

there's always other things to do!