Time on the clock

I was fooling around on the net and found a time calculator.  As an interesting site it wasn't bad.  I figured out that I now have 25,000 hours on my personal clock.  Not a bad milestone.  Birthdays come every year, if you are lucky. This is a once in a lifetime.
If you are curious.  The web site is Timeanddate.com.

Last Saturday Trap Shoot

Got up at 5:30 this morning and it was 41 degrees and raining.  My mature self said "NO WAY" and I went back to bed.  By the time I got up near 9:00 the sun was out. Still cold though.

I started a fire for the first time this season.  We broke down and got a new grate.  What spendthrifts.

Just after 1:00 Colleen and Justin stopped by on the way to a wedding in St Louis.  Don't they look nice.

All for now.

Sarah's Birthday

Well, Sarah has had another good Birthday.

When she got up all her current friends were waiting for her.

She has a new favorite doll that Cootie brought her. The doll sucks from a bottle, goes to sleep and snores, and giggles when you press her tummy. Sarah is very happy with it.

Here is the cake.  We had it made at the grocery and they did a very good job.

We all sang Happy Birthday

and Sarah enjoyed her cake.  The dinner was corn dogs (her favorite) with other sides.  We have had a very good birthday this year.

Officially Fall

OK It's officially Fall. Got so cold in the house yesterday that she turned on the heat.  I still have the AC in the windows and will leave them in for a while.  Made that mistake before.  Took them out then it got hot again.  Sarah's Birthday today.  We have great plans. Will add pictures tomorrow.

What a difference a day makes

Wow!  24 hours ago I was sweating in front of a fan and we had the AC going full blast.  Then last night it rained, and a front came through.  Man oh man. Yesterday in the 80's.  Today it was supposed to hit 63 but I just came back from the store and it is 54 out there.  We haven't run the furnace, yet.  I think it will warm up some next week.  I wonder what ever happened to Indian Summer.  It used to get cold, freeze for a couple of days and then get nice for 4 to 7 days then off to the ice palace till spring.  Doesn't seem to do that anymore.  I just hope that winter will hold off till at least December 1.  We can get the wedding in without snow and ice.
I remember going to my mom's in Carbondale for Thanksgiving and having the roads snow and ice all the way.  That trip took 7+ hours for what was usually a 3 1/2 hour trip.  No cell phones to let the folks know we were OK.  Mom gave me piles of crap for making her worry.  I was going as fast as I could but still buckets of crap and guilt.