Brrrr...

We had our first hard frost on Monday. I took the dog out in the morning and everything was coated with a thick layer of shimmery and spiky frost. When I scraped the windows of the car, I really had to work to get through it. Since Monday, we've had smaller frosts. Winter's definitely coming! I hope we get snow in time for Thanksgiving; my family's coming up from Virginia and would love a white Thanksgiving.

At the moment, we're trying to do some home improvement projects and I'm trying to kick-start some guitar projects that I have. I'm hampered by lack of some tools, but I'm trying to improvise. I may need to get a drill press, which is a must-have for some luthier projects. My main project at the moment is my Stratocaster. It's mostly in parts and in need of a drill press to proceed. I'll keep you posted.

Rain, Rain

It rained all day yesterday. It's a good thing, as we need the rain. It did put a damper on a visit from Kristen's parents. Still, a good time was had by all. Our dog, Baby, doesn't like to go out in the rain.

My mom's visiting this week. As a home improvement project, we're hemming some curtains and installing new rods downstairs. We we doing lots of sprucing-up in anticipation of Monday's home visit. The place is looking better all the time. I still need to install more orange Halloween lights on the porch.

We're not buying any candy until next week, otherwise it'll all get eaten.

Home Visit Tomorrow

The people from the country are coming tomorrow to look over our home. We're in the process of being certified as foster and/or adoptive parents in the county. We're taking classes this fall and the home visit is part of that. We're cleaning up and making the place more presentable. I'm looking forward to their visit; we know the people who are coming and like them.

Indian Summer

Fall may have fallen, but summer's holding on! We've had some wonderfully warm days recently. Not hot, mind you, just pleasantly sunny.

We've been having company lately. A few weeks ago we hosted friends from Virginia who came to see us. This weekend my Mother arrives for a visit. It's great to have company. This is Fall Festival Season in Western New York, so there are different events in small WNY towns every weekend. It's apple season, as well, which adds to the fun. We cut our lawn this week, hopefully for the last time this year!

The dog has discovered that she can just jump over the baby gates we had blocking the entrances to the kitchen. Now we can't keep here there at night. We could lock her up on the laundry room (which has a proper door) but we're letting her roam free for the moment. It's been working fine, but she does come in and wake us up around six o'clock each morning. I take her out and feed her and she lets Kristen sleep for a few more hours before she wants to go for walkies.

We've started decorating the house for Halloween. We got some light-up bats and orange strings of lights. We'll take some pics. More soon!