Autumn jobs and joys

October 8th Friday

My after all of the rain, it certainly makes us think that we are glad it was rain and not snow. I told Lou that the Lord knew I needed to get my fall housecleaning done and he sent the rain. I spent the entire week, cleaning drawers, closets and washing curtains, and finally cleaning the carpets. I can thankfully say now that our home has been fully fall housecleaned and I am rejoicing in the feeling I have knowing that everything is back in its place and clean.

Lou was able to get some scheduled work done on both of the cars and finished up the work on the RV during the rainy weather, and he went through his magazines and books along with getting caught up on some paper work, so both of us feel like we had about two weeks of getting our lives back on track.

During the good days, the State was able to work on our road and they have completed the job of repaving Catlin Hollow, filling in along the new pavement and painting stripes in the center and sides of the road. It will be like a super highway for folks that travel this road, and we do have a lot of traffic.

Lou picked up his new glasses last week and you will note a picture of him with the new frames. It took a multitude of professionals to convince him that he needed to convert to the 20th century. He got rid of the pea green tint and now has photo-gray lenses and the lenses are plastic. He looks like a new man and I can see his beautiful blue eyes, so I will enjoy the new glasses more than he will.

We got our grass cut on Friday, although it was too wet to cut the area by the barn, we still haven't had a killing frost, so haven't picked the pumpkins, we usually save that job for the grandkids to pick the ones that they want first and Lou and I use what is left over. Krista always likes to have some that she will can for pie filling.

Friday night we went to the viewing of Lou's cousin, Grace Kemp. She was married to David Kemp and she passed away last week so we had an opportunity to visit with that part of his family Friday evening, then we went out for dinner at Lamb's Creek. It was nearly 8:30 when we arrived and the place was full; however, we have a little pull and a table was found for us and we had a very enjoyable meal.

Tomorrow will be a different day, as we are off to New York City.