We've been a bit silent here because we stupidly tried to save money and bought a PC instead of a Mac when our ancient MacBook died. After months of pure agony, we've decided we must bite the bullet and return to the Mac world, but we're waiting for those post-Christmas sales.
So here's the quick two-month update. Let's see if I can get this $(&%#! computer to post before it crashes yet again:
1. A beautiful fall here! The past 10 days have been sunny and 60s. The vegetable garden is still putting out greens, and the carrot harvest was spectacular, just in time for Thanksgiving.
2. Visitors abound! We had two sets of friends come in from Minnesota. We put Jackie and Chris to work on helping us build a stairway to the upstairs deck. The project got off to a slow start, but we should have it done soon. And Karen and Dino arrived during a cold snap, so they were spared hard labor and had to spend their weekend drinking beer and playing cards.
3. We took a quick trip to see Mason's family in Texas. While we were there, we built and installed a barn door, helped to clean out closets and ate at all of Mason's favorite haunts.
4. And when we returned home, we had a good stretch of dry weather, so we got all of the fall leaves raked and shredded. An acre's worth. Last year it took until March before we finished, so we're feeling very accomplished.
I don't dare try to push my luck any further. The next update will have to wait until we have that new iPad or MacBook in our hands. I'll add photos later, IF this $(&%#! computer lets me.
