A testament to a busy life. And a malfunctioning computer. My home computer (which belongs to work) is so sluggish, it's a chore to just start it up, let alone blog. Let's remedy that right now!
September: Labor Day at the Sonnenbergs, GNO (which was supposed to be at my house but it was so HOT (remember hot?) that we had it at 149), the BSAF, Karen up from Dallas, my 40-year class reunion, and it was over. Plus I have to continue to hold down that damn job. October looks a little calmer--not.
Also I have spent too much time on that damn iPad, checking Facebook obsessively, watching video. I saw three movies a couple weeks ago in 2 days: K-PAX (pretty good), The Men Who Stare at Goats (great cast, great performances, quirky), and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, which I HIGHLY recommend.
Friday night, Amy and I went to see Winter's Bone, which won the big prize at the Sundance Festival. Sometimes I think those Hollywood types are too taken with the portrayal of a strange culture, as if it could not possibly exist, like those Ozark meth-makers and their "families" and allegiances and secretiveness. Then some boys came over and we played some euchre.
Last night was the Harvest Party. A brisk wind blew from the northeast and despite 2 fires, I couldn't hold out past 8 p.m. The food was widely varied and fabulous. Many dishes employing butternut squash--very harvest-y. I took deviled eggs and started passing them out as I got out of the car so by the time I got to the house, there were 4 left.
Today I took my brush out to the curb and now, when I came home from Meijer, someone has taken the larger pieces of wood. Thank you. Also I brought in the jade plant and the hibiscus which was literally shivering.
I bought my kids plus one plane tickets home at Christmas. In a weird coincidence, they both fly to Phoenix and get on the same plane to get to Detroit and then they both fly out of Detroit on the same plane to Denver, where they diverge. This is of course assuming Jess and Tom are in the US when Christmas time comes. They have been in China since the beginning of September and on the 25th, Tom cautions on Facebook that now they will be out of range of internet use.
I also stained my deck which looks great! And I bought 3 cans of paint to paint my siding on the house. I need to take a day off pretty soon to accomplish that. Just need that one day more than a weekend.
Sunday, Oct. 24 is a benefit at the Tontogany American Legion for Amy's brother Denny Graf. Spaghetti dinner, silent auction. 3:30 to 7. Be there. Eat. Buy stuff. I hear a lovely Coach handbag has been donated along with some jewelry.
Now I'm making macaroni and cheese, which I have been craving and then a pear cobbler with crystallized ginger and chocolate chip topping. Plus I bought some chicken thighs to crockpot some day this week. A big week, with radio meeting Monday and GNO at my house (nice weather or not) and a party in Fremont on Saturday night.
So I have no bread crumbs and run to Kroger while the mac n cheese is in the oven. And then I start to make the cobbler and I have no baking soda. Who runs out of baking soda? You think you'd remember scraping the bottom of that cardboard box. But alas. So I'm in holding pattern on the cobbler but fortunately, I think I can pull it off with a quick trip to yet another store for some baking soda.
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