FFA pumpkin carving....

and I've discovered Bitstrips on facebook....

I keep telling myself he got to raise his kids and know his grandkids and he had a good life. Lots of dad's don't get as much time as he did, but it's still hard.

I'll always miss my dad, but I couldn't wish for him to hurt anymore.

it's Thursday.....

I did get up and get Katie off to school and Kevin off to Willis (he couldn't change oil yesterday).

Todays To Do List:

watch new episode of American Horror Story The Coven

look for cups in basement

clean/dust/etc/

fashion a dog shelter

Bubba came home today! Katie had dance then pumpkin carving. she got supper at gas station on way home, then we watched Coven (her first time, my 2nd!), Kevin brought home a dog house and straw so now I don't feel as guilty, they all have shelter from the cold wind.

watched Infamous on HBO accidently....the story of Truman Capote writing In True Blood

Kate late to school, I turned off alarm and fell back asleep....

Kevin to get oil changed and 'to the farm'....

I watched Brickleberry and American Hoggers....

now need to run to store to get stuff to make Kevin apple crisp from the apples he brought home from farm and to Martha's to get rid of drawer pulls and see if she has a lace tablecloth, can't find mine that Koren just gave me back....

plan is for Katie & I to go to Mom's after dance practice to put picture collages together.

now to just get my lazy ass out of the house....

I did get to Martha's, texted Koren about the tablecloth, made the apple crisp, it was raining, then snowing huge flakes, then back to rain again....my boss stopped by and told me to take the rest of the week off and apologized for me working last weekend, and said the company was sending a plant to the service. very strange. he is the best boss I've ever had, I do believe. he constantly surprises me. not used to be treated nicely at work....

all I want is this cabin, wherever it may be....and the peaceful existance I think you would have there....

how big were those rats???

“Eaten by mountain rats”, Colorado. Date: c.1876. Source: Pike's Peak Cog Railway. *............Story with photo;

“In 1876, Pike’s Peak Signal Station attendant Private John O’Keefe told tall tales of life in the station to lawyer, newspaper man and drinking friend, Eliphat Price. O’Keefe recounted a story of large, man-eating rats that lived in caves on Pikes Peak. “The story grew to include how these rats attacked him and his wife and daughter in the station itself – devouring a side of beef in less than five minutes. While Private O’Keefe tried to protect his family using a club to fend off the rats, it was actually Mrs. O’Keefe who saved the day by electrocuting the rats with a coil of wire connected to the signal station’s battery. “According to the story, her efforts were too late. Before she could connect the wire to the battery terminals, hundreds of these killer rats had already devoured Erin, the O’Keefe’s only daughter. “O’Keefe quickly erected a grave on the summit to support his story and to woo tourists. However, O’Keefe wasn’t married and he didn’t have a daughter. Despite this, the story hit the wires and ended up being published in many newspapers around the globe.” - Pike’s Peak