October ...Working on my Retirement List of Things I Want To Do

This has been a very good week and I am actually beginning to get some things done that have been on "My When I Retire List of Things I Want To Do. To make this short and sweet I will get right to the point. I had a Bunco Party on Tuesday which went Ok , and hopefully the next one will add a table of gals and be even more fun. Since I have gained all the weight I had lost before I retired lol I got started getting in the diet mode, now that only means that that hopefully tomorrow I will get seriously started, lol. I went to Pickensville, Alabama to see where Mom and Dad have been camping and it truly is a nice place and we met some of their camping friends. It was a very nice drive and an adventure in itself just getting there. We helped them get loaded up and back to the house and then helped them get unloaded the next day as much as possible. Chris had a birthday and I guess all he got from me was a phone call. Kyle also had a birthday and he requested a sock-it-to-me make and a meal of his request. So I cooked him fried chicken, cream potatoes , lima beans,mac n cheese and french bread.He ate and off to the woods he went.I cooked for him on Friday (2 days before his day) so that he could spend the entire weekend hunting.Kyle has been going to church for months and was saved last week so he is doing very good and we are very proud of him. OK so much for short and sweet. Another thing we did on my list was take a fall pontoon ride to look at the fall leaves turning. Today was a great day for that.

Marcia and Greg joined us in our ride.

view from the lake

our hunter Kyle, can you believe he is 19, already.

Kyle and his special cake

Some of my hobby goods.

This is a court house in a lil town that has a window where you can see a man that was killed there, see where the arrow points... well I thought I could see a mans face
but the sun was blinding me. I took a pic to see if it showed up.

This is the dam at Pickensville,Al. close to the camp ground.

This is what Dad calls his mule train, which is his truck, camper and fishing boat all hooked up. Pat drove it home for him.

view from Dad's favorite camp spot.

Mom and Dad

We went to eat at Down Yonder, So now we all know where down yonder is but we still looking for over yonder and up yonder.

This is what many call wasted money down yonder. This is the walls and ceiling of the restaurant than folks who visit have tacked up with date and names.

Beautiful week followed by more rain.

Once again I have pictures all together. This is October 15th 2009

October 2009 view from the den.

This is 1st week of November 2007

Love the wind chime, found this at Canton and finally just bought it. I have been looking at some forseversl years.

Another Canton shopping just had to have.

Since the title of this says there was a beautiful week, I am sure there was but its been rain for 2 weeks I know. I never got any further than the title andnow I have no clue what I did on a beautiful week. I will try to catch up quickly and once again try to do better.

WE did get out drive way poured and man am I glad. I had hoped to get the front landscaping done soon as the drive was finished .....but RAIN!!!!

Why do I do this to myself, lol. I hate when I can't remember what I have been doing, I must get better at this or I am going to think I never do anything. I did make a trip to Canton chraft show last week even if no one could go with me. I got up at 3:30 a.m. and away I went. I must say Thank you hubby for the new van, I would have never made that trip alone in the old one. I rolled into Canton about 830 and parked in the same yard I have parked for years and years. I had a great shopping trip and bought a couple things that I really have been wanting. Pat says the new wind chimes brings on a new meaning to "listening to the wind blow". They do sound very nice although I have not been outside that much to hear them. I did open the doors one day and listen to the wind blow. I was finished with my shopping and had done the important things like have funnel cake and the chicken on a stick and was ready to go on to Vicksburg.

I stayed in Vicksburg until Saturday morning and then I got up at 300 am to take Brooke to the airport so she could go visit her mom for Fall Break. That went just fine and then I headed on back to the lakehouse.

I have done lots of sewing projects during the rain but will post them next time, since I have not taken pictures yet.

This week I decided to get a Bunco group going in Bama. I hope to get it kicked off on Tuesday, this will give me something to do and catch up with old friends and family as well. I wonder if we can make it a Pajama party, lol. I sure enjoy my pajama's lol.

This week has rained all week and the lake is higher than I have ever seen it in the fall. I love a full lake. I am going to try to post a picture taken in November of 2007 along with one I took today.