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    Wine charms, chili and snow..oh my.

    October 26, 2008 - By 


    After getting dressed this morning I decided to accessorize, something I rarely do, and put on this bracelet. It got me thinking about beads, so since I had the time I made these wine charms.

    The chili feast was a success. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures. The ones that were taken are either blurry or have too many people that I don’t have permission to post pictures of. Our neighbors have the perfect house for this large group so we could hardly tell there were that many people plus 2 dogs in the house!

    Before noon today it started to flurry a bit and while we were at the chili feast it was snowing big time! The ground is still too warm for it to stick but the meteorologists were right about the arctic front!

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    Outside….

    October 25, 2008 - By 

    We’re busy getting the outside cleaned up in preparation of the “Arctic front” the meteorologists keep telling us about. Leaves picked up, deck furniture and chiminea put away, as well as the bikes and terra cotta pots. We also got the snowblower set in it’s usual spot next to my van in the garage. I’m sure there will still be a few little tasks that we’ll need to do even after the weather turns but for the most part, we’ll be done!

    Today has been beautiful in the upper 50’s, although the wind is starting to really pick up now. Likely blowing in that cold front.

    I am planning to do some art at the beginning of the week. I have started a painting…a landscape. Not sure how it’s going to turn out. If I like it enough to keep, I’ll be sure to share it here.

    Tomorrow is filled with our chili feast with a few of the neighbor families.

    • 8 adults
    • 15 kids
    • 4 pots of chili
    • 2 pans of corn bread
    • adult beverages
    • PB&J for the non-chili kids
    • brownies
    • treats
    • Football on the TV

    Sounds like a good time right! Hopefully I can remember to snap a couple of shots of the festivities tomorrow.