I actually was going to post this on September 1 and had a lovely picture with something about it being meteorological fall but apparently, I uploaded some pics and that was it.
So scrap that meme and enjoy this one instead!
I confess that pumpkin spice isn't my favorite flavor of anything, but I feel like I have to have some things - coffee, donuts, etc - this time of year.
Daisy says hi.
She's still getting used to being the only cat in our house so laying on the throne of the Spouse's pillows is still kinda new to her.
The grandkids and I were getting Halloween stuff out of the shed last night.
I love this sign that is the first thing to go in the front yard.
Last night - these guys (named Ralph & Earl) joined it.
I got some looks pushing the cart around Meijers with them in the seat!
The Spouse & I had planned on going ~somewhere~ on vacation the last week in August (aka my birthday week), just to spend some time together and enjoy some quiet time. But the week before it was supposed to happen, the Spawn got into a car accident and was without a car. Luckily, they were all OK. Except for her car that sat at the impound lot for a week before her & the Spouse went to check it out. It's ugly but it's drivable. We got a quarter panel and headlight from the junk yard, and she has a friend who is trying to find her a front bumper.
So yeah - vacation didn't happen.
I have a lot of PTO to use so I'm going to have to just take days here & there!
I got birthday cards from the grandkids.
Granddaughter says this is me being silly.
Grandson says this is me with a present.
Their drawings are getting better - at Easter I was mad/sad and had a mustache!
T-shirt that my manager at work gave to me for my birthday.
Love it!!
The grandson started kindergarten.
He's loving it!
They can be so sweet to each other, but then they can also be monsters, too!
"Meet the Teacher" the evening before school started.
This is such a great idea, since he got to see the school and explore his classroom so when he went to school, it wasn't scary!
My search & rescue team attended a "touch a truck" event recently. There were all sorts of police & fire trucks, the sheriff's dept dive team, drone team, their armored personnel carrier, tow trucks and we had our team trailer there. We got to watch some of our K9s go out on a boat for the first time but mostly sat around in the shade and visited.
One of our loveable K9s visiting with me.
The sheriff dept's old school car that's always neat to check out.
Random selfie - this makes 2 pictures of me in one post that I don't hate!
The grandson started peewee baseball! Football was NOT his thing - he didn't like that at all. But he does pretty well with baseball. And this season, the coach is throwing the ball to them instead of using the tee.
He looks so grown up here!
Speaking of getting H'ween stuff out of the shed last night, I also disturbed some inhabitants!
I saw a large gray booty with a long tail scoot under some headstones, but didn't expect to see anything else -other than giant spiders 💀 Then I tipped the big wood spool to brush dirt off it (we also have asshole groundhogs that dig holes in the shed and throw dirt everywhere)
And found these little cuties!
I usually see mice every year, and they're pretty quick - but these guys were babies and didn't look like they'd had their eyes open very long. So I showed them to the kids and put them back in the shed where they'd be safe.
It's always an adventure to get Halloween stuff out. In 2021 I found a squirrel nest and had to move one of their babies, too! It had fallen onto the ground and I didn't want it to get squished.
This video is from 2018...
Not the same shed, but the add-on across the back of our garage.
This incident was the inspiration to install new doors and clean up inside.
I'd already cleaned up vast amounts of pinecones that had been stashed inside my yard decorations.
Anyhooo. That's all that's going on right now.
The only things I have planned in the foreseeable future are getting the rest of the cemetery/skeletons out and setting up should happen soon!
