a house full

Does anyone else feel like you are trapped in a snowball, and are being hurled down the hill?  The longer you are in it, the more snow it picks up, trapping you longer and the faster it seems to go???

I do.

This has been a really busy weekend, and it was supposed to be my fall break.  We re-arranged furniture and stuff, and tried to get more organized.  No such luck.  I desperately need shelves in the closet down stairs, ones that will hold up the weight of our pantry items.  Currently, our food storage is packed in the hallway, so you have to dodge oatmeal on your way up the stairs.  I have a problem with disorganization, everything has a place, and everything needs to be in its place, or I swear, the world is going to spin off it axis.

Anyway, all of this was in preparation for having some of Joseph's family with us.  Steve moved in, while he is looking for work and Mike and Shelley will be here for about a week or so.  Mike was able to get some work up here, which is good for them - they need it too.

So, neurotic me got up early today, and re-did my chore chart, menu and laundry schedule (yes... I usually have all of those things even when it is just the 3 of us)

I think my washer and dryer will be going non stop for the next week or so.  Too bad they haven't changed over to captured uniforms for Joseph at work.  That would have helped out a lot.

School is going well still.  I've hit a rough patch in chemistry, but I'll figure it out.  I always do.  At least the math right now is clicking away... no problems there.  I will have to get a lot of work done early this week, since I have to send back the computer to get the power supply fixed.  At least it is under warranty.  That is one thing I don't think I could have handled.

ok, its waffle time.gotta run.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!!

Ok, so maybe not the Great Pumpkin, but it was a lot of fun.  We decided we needed to go out and get pumpkins.  It was time for some fun.  We headed over the Little Bear Bottoms, the only pumpkin patch in the valley, after Joseph woke up and we ate dinner.  Turns out, that while the corn maze and everything else is open until 11pm - they don't have the pumpkin patch lit up.  But you can still stumble around in the dark, and pick out your pumpkin.  Since the pumpkin was $2... we figured... good deal.

So 3 grown adults and Stuart, went a-wandering around a pumpkin patch in the dark.  Joseph found one he liked, and so did Steven. Stu and I struck out.  We'll have to find our pumpkins elsewhere.

But here are a few pictures from our adventure in the dark. (and yes.... we took the pictures with the flash, so we could see what the pumpkins looked like.  It was amusing.)

Word of Warning

Never, EVER, actually verbalize that your life is dull, and that you have nothing to write about.

Something will invariably happen.

Time for a Change!

It is time to put up another, happier posting.

Sadly?  our live has been dull and boring since we got back.  So - you will have to tolerate the boring post.

We have been playing musical rooms at the house.  Joseph thought he might sleep better in the back of the house, instead of the front, due to road noise from the highway during the day.  So, insanely, we moved all of the books and bookshelves from the library and placed them in the front room, which is still the master bedroom.  We made a nice nook for reading in the bay window.  I am actually enjoying it.  The room was the same size as the living room downstairs, so the extra space is nice.   The down side?  we still use the closet as our closet.  Eventually, if we really intend to leave it this way, we may move ALL of the food storage into that closet and move our clothes - but the other 2 rooms are really tiny.  Our bed barely fits, with only 18" around and just enough clearance for the door to close.  We will just have to wait and see. 

Then we realized, that if Steven was going to be staying with us, we would have to move the office.  Now THAT is a task.  We have moved my counters, books cases and shelves, and re-organized all of my fabric stash.  I've been working on that last part - the organizing - for over a week.  But, it fits nicely in the library, and I can sit and sew while Joseph reads or Stuart does homework.  We are almost done clearing out the office, so that Steven has a room.  I wonder if I should paint before he comes.... considering the room is purple- or really...more of a lavender with girly curtains,..

Stuart is doing well - mostly.  Still won't turn in all of his homework - but he knows, this year - the consequences are all on him.  I can't keep him fed, can't keep him in clothes or shoes, but that is the basic definition of teenage boy, right?

Ok... Next time pictures, and hopefully something more entertaining to read about.