Red Hat Halloween luncheon

Had a nice Halloween/bingo party with my Red Hat ladies. Our Red Hat sister, Janet Arndt-Pratt, came all the way from Florida to be with us again...loved seeing you again, Janet!. Then, Janet, Kay Henne and I went to visit a couple of our older ladies at the assisted living facility in Salem, they were so happy to see us and everyone got a kick out  of us in our halloween costumes. Then we all went to visit mom and that was great fun too!

A run in with Clark Kent

Well, I went to the Halloween store in Mt. Vernon today (in the mall, next to Sears, if anyone wants to know). Some young man was at the cash register, wearing a suit and tie. I thought, wow, you don't see that much these days, so I said "Is that your Halloween costume?", he put on some big rimmed glasses and said yes, and ripped his shirt open, and there is his Superman shirt (with fake muscles and all)..."I'm Clark Kent"...we had a good laugh. He was a tall, skinny kid, who probably doesn't own a muscle to speak of....it was really a cool costume...I'm trying to talk Bill into it!

Apple Cobbler time!

One of my little pastry hearts fell off in the oven and burned, other than that, it was yummy and turned out perfect.

Almost Halloween!!

Loco's go loco in the Little Egypt Festival

Had a great fun with my zumba Loco buddies in the Little Egypt parade, we mostly just had fun, didn't work too hard, but it WAS difficult to do our routines while on the move...really enjoyed it though.

Buckeye tree

It's my favorite kind of day, cold, rainy and I'm all snug in my house with my favorite guy, having some hot coffee. Before the rain I was out check our buckeye tree. It is about done for the season..it's such an interesting tree, the branches grow all gnarly and in all directions. So thought I would share with you all.

Bro Milo playing with "Common Addiction"

Here's my brother, Milo, playing at fundraiser in Sandoval, IL, with his new band "Common Addiction"

North Carolina grand kids(three of the anyway)

MMMM Apple Butter

Made some apple butter today for Bill's cousin, but first had to take a picture of these beautiful apples from our trees.

A work of art by my talented son, Darren.

Preston, you are a hoot!

Rob Bachman's Surprise Birthday/Luau Party

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Zumbathon extremely short video...

Zumbathon

Camping at Carlyle Lake

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Eyes in the night...

So, while camping last night, I got up in the middle of the night and made my way to the restroom. On my way back to the tent I saw some eyes shining at me when I was shining the flashlight on the path. It had a long fluffy tail and yellow eyes...a raccoon?? I wasnt' wanting to have an altercation with a raccoon in the middle of the night, I was trying to figure out what to do, because they can be vicious. I kept the light in his eyes, so he couldn't focus on me, when I got close enough I could see it was just a big CAT with a fluffy black tail..I said to the cat: "I thought you were a raccoon."  the cat said ...meow?.....sigh of relief from me!

Granny won't take "no" for an answer..

This is Bill's favorite chicken, Granny.  He seriously has to pick her up off of the roost and put her on the ground.  There is nothing wrong with her, she just likes special treatment.  She follows him around like a little puppy, it's very cute...

Hello friends! Bill and I went outside about 5:45 with our coffee and watched the sun come up. It was very cool, had to put on a sweater...at least until the sun came out. We took the dog for a walk and then ran some errands in Salem. Had some breakfast at McDonald's and took a McMuffin to mom. I made two more apple pies to freeze for winter, and that's about it so far. Going to zumba later.. I hope you are all enjoying your Thursday.

Hello friends! We have been outside ALL day working on some projects. We emptied and moved the greenhouse, what a chore! I had so much extra crap.....but not anymore! It was cloudy and cool, so was not too bad. I hope you are all enjoying your Monday!

Hey, I'm a poet!

Preston and Amanda at the Military Ball

My beautiful daughter-in-law, Amanda and handsome son, Preston ( I'm not the least bit partial :-) ) at the Military Ball last night! So happy they got out by themselves for the evening.