The kids and I have been spending most of the month of October making a really neat video for a contest. The contest is held by PayU2Blog, a really fun (and profitable) site, and they like to have contests for us from time to time. This video contest is called “My Hometown.” We decided to [...]
Continue reading...29. October 2008
I looked out my window at 7:30 this morning and was surprised to see more snow. I thought yesterday’s snowfall was a fluke, and all the stuff would be gone by today. Nope. My beautiful purple mums that survived the hard frost last week have now bit the dust officially. Can you see their purple [...]
Continue reading...28. October 2008
Good heavens, with the snow here now (see previous post), I’m remembering all these things I have to do before winter!! I think our lawn mower is still in the garage, and the show shovels are buried in the shed. And we have a few very wimpy bird houses and feeders that won’t survive the [...]
Continue reading...28. October 2008
We’ve got snow! It’s enough to make us New Yorkers say, “Hmm”; but snow in October is not that unusual in these parts. Nonetheless, the first snowfall of the season does wonders for our motivation. I still have leaf piles all over the lawn, and I stiil haven’t sewn the drapes for the doorways, and… [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2008
I found the absolutely COOLEST thing at the home improvement store last week! I am still congratulating myself for finding it. I was looking for a lamp to replace the bad one in our bathroom (YES we have a floor lamp in our bathroom, because we still have no electricity for the room yet! I’m [...]
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31. October 2008
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