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Monday October 7, 2013

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Rooney:
Good Morning, as of about 30 minutes ago.  I thought I would go ahead and post since I still have to be up for a while.  We have had kind of a weird weekend.  Saturday morning DH went to run some errands like he does every Saturday.  He stopped by his office only to find police there.  Evidently overnight someone had tried to break into either his office or the one above him.  Dealing with that took up most of Saturday.  Nothing was missing.  Someone cut a hole in the roof and tried to get in through duct work, to no avail.  Then Saturday night we had storms that knocked power out until about 3:00 Sunday afternoon.  We had to hook up the generator to be able to at least cook.  Thankfully temperatures were mild. 

Then just about 3 hours ago, I was going down to the basement to work out and much to my surprise when I stepped up on the treadmill, up against the wall behind me was a SNAKE!!!!!  :o Yes there is a snake somewhere in my basement right now!  DH is down there moving everything up and outside until he finds it.  He thinks it may have somehow gotten flushed up through the sump pump.  He says he will not be going to bed until it is gone.  This could take all night, but a snake inside the house is SOOOO unacceptable.  I HATE snakes!!  Who doesn't right?  Well, I hate them more indoors. :P He is even pulling up the carpet.  It was getting replaced anyway, the new carpet was even down there waiting.  Only now cleaning out the basement has moved to the front burner.  DH asked me if there was really a snake or if this was just my way of getting him to get it cleaned up.  I told him if that were the case, I would have cried snake months ago and I wouldn't have waited until 10:00 at night to do it. ;)

Cheryl:
Lindsay, I sure hope your husband finds that snake!  I can't stand the thought of one in my house! :o

I'm going to have my coffee and a little computer time, then I'll get Emily started on school work.  While she's working on that, I've got some apples I need to work up.  I want to make some apple pie filling, more applesauce, and can some apple juice.  Sometime today I need to find time to clean up my laundry area.  We've moved so much stuff around in there that it's a mess.

Have a great day! :)

MissMandy:
Good Morning, and happy 'Clean Your Disgusting House' Day! Oh wait, just me celebrating this day?  :o ??? ::) :P ;)

It's been a long time since I've done, well, I'll be honest, much cleaning AT ALL.  Between travel and losing Graham, mom having foot surgery and commitments outside the house, I've really just been letting it slide. It's a rainy, stormy day here today, so I've got my massive to-do list written and I plan to spend the day inside deep cleaning.  I always enjoy a good Fall Cleaning rather than Spring Cleaning anyway!

That said, we had a lovely relaxing weekend around here (when I should have been cleaning!).  On Friday I went into the next 'big' town and just wandered through stores by myself.  Usually when I go I'm with Jean or my mom so I don't feel like I can really go slow if I want to.  Then on Saturday Jean and I slept in, then went out for lunch and drinks in the main street/historic part of our town.  After lunch we walked up the street to the local coffee shop and just chatted and enjoyed our coffee, then whiled away the rest of the afternoon wandering up and down the street, popping into all of the vintage and antique shops. 

Yesterday was church, then putting on our Sunday night 'Seed & Feed' dinner.  We didn't have very many people show up, so we had a LOT of leftovers, which actually thrills me.  Whenever we have a bunch of leftovers, Jean and I drive them over to our local men's shelter, 'House of Hope', and drop them off.  The men there are always so thankful for whatever we bring, so I was thrilled to deliver to them a HUGE pan of fried chicken (maybe 60 pieces!), coleslaw, and a coconut cake.

OK, OK...I've wasted enough time on the computer.  Off to get the chuck roast in the Crock*Pot and get cleaning!

Have a wonderful day, ladies!

Mandy :)

luv2bmom:
Good morning! 

It rained all night but the sun is out this morning!  I'm off to the grocery this morning, dh and I were on vacation last week and the kitchen is bare...

Not for sure what to have for supper, I hope to get inspired walking through Kroger. 

Yesterday I cleaned the chicken tractor coop real good, put loads of bedding down for the hens.  They are molting and we've not had  eggs in a few weeks and feathers are everywhere! 

I would like to run to Goodwill today so I best get myself up and going!  Have a nice day ladies...

Andrea G:
Good morning!  It is raining pretty hard here too, so I will be celebrating Clean Your Disgusting House Day with Mandy.  :)

Pixie, our chickens are moulting too, so we aren't getting many eggs either.  The ducks started laying, so that helps.

Lindsay, you are very brave being in the house with a disgusting nasty snake.  I would have run out the door and not come back until it was gone!  I hope your DH gets it soon.

Cheryl, I bet it smells awesome in your house today.  Love the smell of apples!

I think we will have soup and sandwiches for dinner.  It just seems like a soup kind of day, and Julie has drama class this evening, so I need something quick.

Have a wonderful day everyone! :)

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