Fall Garden update...

I had some help watering the pumpkin/squash patch today!  KT loves to water the plants.

We've been worrying about a freeze that was supposed to take place this week, but it looks like the forecast is changing some, so we may get lucky and it might miss us.  I went ahead and pulled up the last of the six jalapeno plants, and a few of the green pepper plants.  I plan to go ahead and pull up the rest early this week. These won't survive a freeze, and I wanted to salvage as many of them as I could.

I did finally cover the garlic with a couple of inches of hay to start, so it should be okay for a freeze.  I'll add another layer of hay after this one settles a bit. There is FINALLY a head on one of the purple cauliflower plants!! Yeah! It's the only one so far, but I feel hopeful now that the others will follow the lead!

Supper Club, November 2012

We had our German Fest supper on Saturday night! It was lots of fun, good friends and lots of good food.  We ate Pollack's sausage, Red Cabbage with Apples, Fresh Sauerkraut, Hot German Potato Salad, and a delicious dessert called Autumn Nut Torte.  Sigh....it was so good!
It was so great to just sit and enjoy the company, which included a couple of extras this time, Ella and Addie Wren!  Addie is a duplicate copy of her older sister!
I did a horrible job of taking pictures (I don't seem to be in my usual swing with my cameras lately.  I'm going to focus on getting back to taking some better photos.)

Oh, yeah, it was as good as it looks....

Oh, and did I mention the beer tasting?

Yes, we had the requisite damn games....

Laden table

Autumn Nut Torte

Poor Addie, she was tired of that German music too...

Fredericksburg...

John and I had some fun on Thursday, running away to Fredericksburg.  We were on a mission for beer, but we had some fun just walking the downtown area, hopping in and out of the cool shops they have in that area.  We visited some of our favorites, the cowboy store and the old 5 & Dime there.  Walking into that store is like walking back into your childhood.  Here's a funny set of measuring spoons I picked up in there.  Haven't you always wondered exactly how much a "pinch" of something was?

We had lunch at the Fredericksburg Brewery.  We've eaten there many times and it's one of our favs. If you go, be sure to have one of the black & white rolls. A fun day, and I hope something we can do often once John is retired.

Presents for me!

Look what's new with me.....

Yes, it's a Kindle Fire HD!  My birthday gift from the family, along with a gift certificate for Amazon from JR and Ash that I got an Amazon Prime membership with!  I can now retire my old "The Book" which was one of the first type e-books.  The company that made it has even gone out of business.  It's been a good one though, I learned a lot using that thing!
This new sleek Kindle is wonderful!  It's like having a pad computer, really.  I've been adding apps to it, and have purchased a few books, too. You can also search the web, play games, and practically anything you want.
I also got some new perfume from John, so picture me sitting here smelling good while I read all about those rotting zombies on my Kindle! ha ha!

Whirlwind visit....

JR and Ashley came in last Friday evening for a quick week here in Texas.  They will be attending Ashley's cousin's wedding on Saturday and will also be taking in a few days in Houston to visit Ash's sister, so we are only going to be seeing them for a couple of times.

JR,Ash,KT and purple snake!

Friday we met for dinner right after they got off of the plane.  It was JR's birthday! Then we had a little BBQ on Saturday at our home for the entire family.  KT is totally taken with JR and Ash this time, she was so happy to have two new people to play with!
We also got to see them on Tuesday night for dinner in town, then they were off to Houston.
They look great, happy and healthy!

Mom on November 7 th

Having a sleepy, calm day!

Halloween 2012

We got to enjoy KT's Halloween night and see her dressed up as a Witch! Such a cute little costume her mother and dad found for her. The only thing I got to contribute this year was the broom, the costume had all the rest.