“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted”-David Bly

Where to start!
Oh bother!
Sunday I had my day planned. hahahaha I should know better!
I threw some hamburger soup in the slow cooker; I really gotta order some new bread pans for the bread machine; I'm missin the fresh bread every weekend!
Ray's done driving truck & is farming for the neighbors.
I tied Shadow up, and took the power saw down the driveway to do my Paula Bunyan impression on 2 dead trees.
They were pretty close to the road, and sometimes Shadow has A.D.D.!
I'm just helping the trees along, so Mother Nature doesn't blow them over on the driveway in the winter!
I cut my wedge like I do, and nothing!
There was a knot in the wedge! The tree leaned, and the saw was stuck!
OIY!
I quad back to the house and get a maul, a hand saw, some wedgy type things and back down the drive way I go.
I hammer at the knot, pound wedges into the tree; the whole time the tree is cracking....and nothing!


Here's the leaner!

And here's the saw stuck in it!

See the orange thing!?

Husqvarna Chain Saw I got for Mother's Day one year cause I wanted a girl saw!

The Jonsered is pretty heavy!

2 hours later I had worked up a sweat, cussed the tree out, left the saw in it, and came home!
No wonder I have high blood pressure!
I then went to plan B!
Made cinnamon buns; little secret...Frozen Bread Dough people!

I had a meeting last night; Friends of the Library, so couldn't do anything about the leaner!
I wasn't losing any sleep over it, just didn't want Ray to see the saw stuck in the tree, I'd never hear the end of it!
Had a frost warning so covered the tomatoes & peppers, I'll deal with them on the weekend!

Today I came home, and saw this.....

So I was on a mission!

But first, I unlock the door, and see the rug in the entry all scrunched up,

the garbage is tipped over.... I say "hello?"

On top of the fridge in the entry I hear "meow"!

OMG! One of the kittens must have snuck in when Ray was on his way out,

and it was in the whole day!

OMG! I keep looking for cat pee!

Tossed the cat out, changed clothes, got the quad, axe,

and Shadow on a leash, and headed down the driveway.

Shadow sat in the grass in the ditch pouting cause she was tied up.

I only took her cause I saw the bear at the end of the driveway as I left for work this morning!

Like she's gonna do anything tied up! hahahaha

I worked up another sweat hacking away at that evil knot in the tree; the tree kept cracking, and just like on TV, only better, I grabbed the saw so it wouldn't hit the ground, and down went the tree!

Gail 1...Tree ZIP!

We've got some to come down in the yard, and Ray will turn them into a big production that will take days (I should talk); but I'm just going to drop them!

It's friend behind it is coming down too; just not today!

Cleaned up the driveway, came in to talk to you; read the mail,

gonna go feed the cats, then I'll be playing!

I'm going to GP this weekend.

Got errands to run for work!

I. KNOW!

Also Julian Austin is playing at the casino!

Might be another Rock City slash Tracy Lawrence thingy, and we all know I'm too old for that!

We'll see!

Made some cards.

Need one more Thanksgiving card...shoulda made 3!

I'm kinda on a roll with the Halloween cards!

I'm loving the paper....you know it's so last year, or retired....oh spare me!

Better go, hope you guys are all having a great week!

Ta ta for now!

Never fail to define a goal, or someone else will do it for you.-Michael Levine

I slept in until 8:37 am!
I. KNOW!
Musta needed it!

Alrighty, I told Ray not to buy any more cucumbers!
My attempts this week, almost made me quit while I was ahead!

These are Bread & Butter pickles!

But not before this happened!

Arrrghhhhh!

One of my jars exploded in the canner!

In fact it was an old Jewel jar that I inherited from somewhere.

When I told my mom, she said it's probably been used a million times!

I had no mishaps with these Netherland Pickles!

Except I opted NOT to peel & seed the cucumbers, cause the pickles would have been white & bland looking!

Think about it!

Cucumbers peeled & seeded; chopped onions & cauliflower!?

There ya go!

On my way to bed last night I had to grab a coat, and go out & watch the show!

The Northern Lights were AMAZING!

Those pictures were all my little camera could capture! Sorry!

I'm sure there's a setting, but I didn't have a minute!

I haven't seen them that phenomenal for quite a while!

I almost expected them to be crackling!

Today; I did some laundry, cleaned the woodshed,

and when my craft room window was in shade, I came in.

Gonna play in a while!

It was nice of summer to make an appearence when everyone's canning & the house is already 600 degrees!

And those tiny little black flies, are just annoying!

The bear down the drive way.

Lives here!

That's the entrance to the culvert!

Hahaha, don't worry, I didn't get out of my vehicle, just drove to the side of the road!

Then Tuesday, coming home from my meeting I saw this!

I'm turning into our drive way!

OMG!

I mentioned him to Ray this morning before he went to work, and he thinks he's gone.

Moved out.....too many people, gawking & what have you!

I'll keep you posted!

Because the winds have been mach 300 in the evening, I've been playing.

Here's my first Halloween card of the year!

 I LIKE it!

OK, so the lighting's crappy, but IRL it's awesome!

I LOVE the acid green in the 'wallpaper'!

The O/S called me last night!

Left Tuesday for his sail & last night he called me from Vancouver!

Hahahaha, they musta took the long way!

I asked him if he had a Tsumani, before I knew where he was.

Told him that there was a 6.4 earthquake Friday.

He's says "are you sure?"

I know he's not reading this right now, so here's the ship he's on.

And in perusing the site I found this!

That's what the kid does!

Better go, got stuff to do,

or maybe I'll go make myself a smokie over the fire before I start!

I'm just taking it easy today.

I know!

I say that, then think of something that needs done!

Like my van needs cleaned.......

Here's some blog candy for you if you're interested!

Ta ta for now!