Happy Halloween!

Halloween is tomorrow and I haven't done a single thing this year to get ready! OH NO. I will be running to the store after work to get candy. I have no idea what Halloween will be like on our new street this year. I hope we have LOTS of cuties in adorable costumes!

In 2 days it will be November and only 54 days until Christmas. Whoa. That's alright, I'm just going to continue enjoying the Autumn weather and falling leaves for now. I'll start thinking about Christmas in a couple weeks I suppose.

In the meantime, here's a great link to some fantastic looking pumpkins!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/green/chi-carved-pumpkins-pg,0,797302.photogallery

And 2 days ago, my best friend of 14 years told me that our friendship had run its course. Isn't that the most bizarre thing you've ever heard? I'm going to attribute it to her excellent skills at detaching from people when things don't go her way. Still, something is fundamentally wrong with a person who can let go of a 14 yr friendship, in an email, without a discussion. *sigh*

Hockey Season

It's Hockey season! Woohoo! No, I don't really care, hahahahahaha. I might though...I don't know anything about hockey. I've been to a couple games and I thought they were exciting, but that was a long time ago. It might be something I REALLY like though, so we're going to give it a try. We're going to our first game in November, just the local team. And if I don't like it, I will have only squandered $15. And if I LOVE it, really, what could be better than a sport that you can go see for only $15?!?!?!?!

I love candy

I know that it doesn't come as a surprise, that I love candy. The sweeter the better.

Anyway, this morning on my way in to work, I stopped at Walgreen's to get a small fan for my desk and drop off Bill's film…on the way out I decided I have held back long enough and got some candy pumpkins. Right next to them is a new Brach's product, called Caramel Candy Corn. Whoa. It is very yummy BUT, they are soooooooooooooooooooo sweet I can hardly stand it! Really, I got about a dz out to eat and after the 5th one, I had goose bumps! I think they are even sweeter than the sugar frosting on a grocery store bakery cake!!!!!!! I don't think I'll be able to eat them all! Whew, what a rush!

OUCH!

This is my head...

This is a wall...

This is early in the morning, after I've turned out all the lights, on my out the door to go to work. See that furniture dolly to the right of the doors? Neither did I....

The next thing I knew....right after I tripped over the dolly...BAM...head long into the wall...
Yup, that's the hole in the wall that I made with my HEAD. Man did that hurt!
Yeah, yeah, it's better than a hole in the head, but still, OUCH!

Can't believe it...

It's October?!?!

September was a busy month for us so it flew by. I'm just barely getting ready for Halloween and the local craft stores have all their Christmas goodies out already!

Well, at least the weather is finally fall like. High 60's all week. Mmmmm, I love the crisp mornings and fresh air. I'll probably not like it so much in a couple weeks when we have to start raking leaves! Oh, scratch that ~ we have leaf blower that's also a vacuum! How cool is that?! And as it sucks up the leaves, it mulches them so you can fit A LOT in the bag! I thinks that's awesome.

Wild Hogs - day 8

Hooray! Finally, they are home!!! One of the guys got a flat tire about 1:00 so they were delayed about 3 hours getting home. Bill looks so manly, lots of sun on his face and stubble on his face. He pulled in the driveway a little after 5:00. We talked for a couple hours and went to dinner, came home and watched Survivor and went to bed. It's so great to have his presence in the house again :-) He loves the new furniture and even likes what I did to the bdrm and the new quilt.

Today, we're going to walk down to Main St and check out the Art Festival and eat some yummy food for lunch.

Before I go though, here's the latest weird bug our home has attracted...I took this picture about a 1/2 hr ago...

It's called a wheel bug. This one was about 1 & 1/2 inches long.

Wild Hogs - day 7

Today they stopped in Galesburg Iowa, about 420 miles. Only 360 miles from home! Woohoo! Today's ride was pleasant and casual and the weather was perfect for riding. He's had a really great time but I'm happy he's almost home :-) I'll be looking for him to get here about 4:00 or so. Also tomorrow, our new sofa and chair are being delivered. And I redecorated the bedroom too! Yup, life IS good.

Wild Hogs - day 6!

Hooray! They're headed home! They made it to Sioux City, about 430 miles. Bill said their favorite stop along the way was a little town called Deadwood SD. Great name huh? I don't know what time they hit the road this morning but they stopped early, about 5:00 their time. I can't wait to see pictures!

Here are some picture of Deadwood, from their official website.

Wild Hogs - day 5

LUNCH UPDATE - 10:30 SD time
Right now they are in Sturgis and I hear it's a lovely little town. Bill says it's hard to imagine during bike week. It's so clean and pretty and quaint! He's getting me a t-shirt :-)
After lunch they're going to Mt. Rushmore and more riding through the Black Hills. He said I would LOVE IT there!
DINNER UPDATE - 6:30 SD time
They did more riding around the Black Hills and made it to Mt Rushmore. Bill said it was pretty awesome and that the pictures and the movies you see, don't do it justice!
They were getting ready to go have dinner and hit the sack early so they can get a good start in the morning. He's hoping they will be home Saturday night. Me too!

The Badlands

Sturgis

The Black Hills

Mt. Rushmore

Wild Hogs - day 4

Well, they aren't going any farther today. They are going to spend today and tomorrow, riding around the Badlands, the Black Hills, hit Sturgis and go to Mt. Rushmore. The storm passed through and the weather looks good for the next few days. Bill says he's looking forward to a relaxing day of riding. It looks like they will start home on Thursday morning.
I'm really missing him today and I was a little lonely tonight.

Wild Hogs - Day 3

Today they made it to Rapid City, SD ~ 630 miles! Riding, riding, riding, riding, ri...oh you get the picture. It was a grueling day and they ran into a HAIL storm! OUCH. Naturally it took them a little longer to reach their goal because they had to stop for awhile, hanging out under the awnings at a gas station. You know they're feeling pretty manly right now. It's still a great time though. Imagine, 630 miles on a motorcycle in ONE day! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Wild Hogs - Day 2

Today they made it to Dodge City, about 430 miles. The ride has still, thankfully, been uneventful and the weather has been great. They stopped at 6:00 and are in their routine - shower, go eat, watch some TV, go to bed. They got a late start this morning so they must have been HAULIN' to get to Dodge City! They're having a great time though :-)

I'm looking forward to hearing about the Badlands!

Wild Hogs - day 1

They made it to Sedalia, MO today. About 445 miles. They stopped about 6:30, checked into a Comfort Inn, showered and had dinner ~ watched an hour or so of TV and hit the sack. So far, so good. The weather has been great and nobody is having any issues :-)

Cheech and Chong

It was a very different experience from anything we've ever been to! Robin Williams was a ton o fun when we saw him but the crowd was not surprising. I was amazed last night at the diversity in age. The people watching was great before the show! Some folks our age never outgrew the phase ~ you could tell ~ some folks our age and older, lived through the phase and grew up to be responsible adults and were looking to relive something from their youth. There were a lot of 20 something pot heads there and a lot 40 something pot heads too!


The show was very retro. Lots of "F" bombs and lots of non-pc humor. We've become so considerate of other people that at first it was a little startling. Then I remembered the 70's and it all became SO funny! Bill loved it :-) All in all, it was a lot of entertainment for just $40 bucks!

The first picture is from his very favorite skit of the night...

Again, really?

Yep, the month is FLYING by!

Cheech and Chong is 2 days away, then Bill leaves on Saturday morning. Our grandson turned ONE this week! Wow, I can't believe it!

The first day of Autumn is right around the corner and the days are getting shorter shorter and shorter.

Before I know it, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be gone. ~sigh~