November begins...

Halloween was a rainy and cold evening.  We did not get any trick or treaters so B got to eat the candy he had purchased.  He liked that.  We have not had trick or treaters for about 4 Halloweens now.  We live on farmland so most of the time when we had trick or treaters, they were driven by someone to the house.  Most of the time, they came just to see where their teacher lived while I was still working.

The weather is typical of November here in the Upper Peninsula...cold, windy and rainy with a few snowflakes thrown into the mix.  Temps range from below freezing to the 50s, if we're lucky.

I turned the clocks back Saturday night before bed.  I have been reading how people have a difficult time with the time change.  B and I seem to do just fine.  Go figure.

Monday, B and I went to the medical center as I had to have blood drawn for my PTH labs.  I dislike getting blood taken because I have veins that give the nurses a hard time to find to get the needle in.  It sometimes takes 4 to 5 jabs before they get the vein by which time, I am a stressed out mess.  This time, the nurse did it so well, I had to ask her if she got the needle in which she had.  I hope I get her every time I have to do this.  Hopefully, the results will show some improvement with the PTH.

I am starting to get the house ready for the upcoming holidays.  A lot of cleaning and furniture moving.  B will be taking the bed quilts to the laundromat because they are too bulky for our washer.

I have started to fill up the pantry and freezer for the holidays.  Not much to do there as I work on this throughout the year.

B is starting on his last run of the season over the leaves with the lawnmower as the rest of the week is supposed to be cold, rainy and more snow is coming in over the weekend.

Winter is coming and I am not happy about it.

 

Sunday

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Friday Funny

 

And October Goes On...

 

So the second week of October moved along busily... 

Monday 10/6 was a visit to the Post Office to send mail and get a book of stamps (way too expensive). Then B and I stopped in at Cost cutters to see if we could get a walk-in for haircuts.  We did and now we look so much better than shaggy hippies as B says. 

Wednesday 10/8 was my birthday (no age here). B and I went out to dinner with our youngest son and dil to celebrate.  We had a fun time.

Thursday 10/9 was my cat Al's annual trip to the Vet. He got a clean bill of health. He has a bit of an allergy. The Vet said that there was an exceptionally high pollen count for animals this past summer. He is a hefty little furball weighing in at 15 lbs. He also got a distemper vaccine 

 My furbaby, Al

We signed up for two garbage cans from the township-one for garbage & one for recycling.  These were delivered Thursday afternoon.  Up to this point we were buying tags for bags of garbage which were costing us $6.00 per week.  The two bins cost only $15 a month.  Good savings.

Friday 10/10, we went to Lowe's to pick up some paint, price flooring for the guest room and buy a recycling can for the kitchen. Of course, B had to press the buttons on the Halloween display.  He loves Halloween and enjoys the displays as much as kids do.

Saturday 10/11, we went to a Giant garage sale in Escanaba which turned out to be a total waste of time.  Baby clothes, old Christmas decorations and a lot of junk.  But it did get us out of the house for a nice ride.

Sunday 10/12, we put away all the front deck furniture as well as the summer lawn decor for the season.  We have a large swing on the front deck but the last couple years we have been keeping the frame on the deck over the winter and just putting the swing section in the garage.  The frame is too heavy to be taking off and putting up again every year.  It was sad to see everything go into the garage for the season as it means soon that dreaded winter weather will be here.