November 9, 2009

9:00 am: 67° 58° 55°

Starting the day with coffee and watching the squirrels and birds pick at what has really become just remnants of our pumpkin patch is a morning that will soon be but a memory ~ cherished, but missed.

We still have a To-Do list ~ quick reminder; I have the To-Do list and a honey I hope will make the list smaller! Some think it's a good thing to have something to do but I can't wait until it's all done so all that's left is just R&R - and of course cutting the grass! That alone will be our never ending chore! On our (uh um) my list is a new pendant light for over the kitchen sink, wood trim in the bedroom, stone on the walls behind the fireplace new and redesigned front stairs, screening in the front porch, and a few chores we will hire out for - like new carpeting, new flooring in the kitchen and bath, a new roof and the second phase of our plumbing project. Believe me, the the three years we've had O'Wich, we have done more than one would think could get done - especially since we're not here as much as we wish we were - not to mention the lack of helping hands! But we're "gittin it done!"

While Carlo was out supply shopping, I noticed over a dozen turkeys in the front yard chowing down on all the seed that covered the ground. These wild flying turkeys are huge and quick. They scattered into the trees as I was opening the door to take their picture. How in the world do these National Geographic photographers ever get the money shot?! I'm certain these are the same turkeys from the summer that were so small - now they're huge! The picture doesn't even capture what the eye can see!

10:30: 66° 57° 60°

With new seed and feed out, the savages started arriving for their feeding frenzy. I took a few more photos and then we had a quick lunch.

Carlo decided to grab a chore from the list and hang the light over the kitchen sink. Now granted, there was a light there that Carlo had hung about a year ago. I liked it in the store, but once it was up I hated it. So I bought a new one. And because getting the first one up was such a headache due to previous owner electrical errors - there was concern for messing with it again, and of course installing a new one. But it ended up taking Carlo about 29 minutes to change it out - from start to finish. Wow! what a nice difference! Not only can we scratch this chore off the list, but it is exactly what I wanted. No Mr. Savant working on this project - hee hee!

Before and After:

At 3:00 we drove down to visit Paul and Betty and to snap a few more pictures of My O'Wich Neighborhood!

5:45: 67° 58° 51° - very dark and I think very cold!

Steve stopped by for a visit and after he left, we headed to LaTolteca for dinner - tonight makes the second night that we went out too late and they were closed. WTF! We ended up going to Bud's - which was still fine - had our usual and ended up shutting the place down...not as one would think someone would close a bar down...we just ended up being the last ones there and lucky to get our order in before the kitchen closed! There was no way we were eating at Culver's again!

10:00: 69° 59° 34° - tonight is a breath-taking, incredibly awesome star filled sky!

When we got back we watched a little TV and tonight was Carlo's night to nap on the couch before going to bed, while I was busy on FB, journaling and texting my friends!