Some idle rambles from Taterland

The last few weeks have been busy and interesting. Visitors from CO were for here a few days. They drove their 78- or was it 79 Corvette out. As they were leaving we had Grampy coming in from VT - Bruce's dad. Time was spent giving him lots of hugs, kisses, cuddles, following around, asking a gazillion ?'s.... and that was just from the girls. LOL. Kyle, daddy and grampy spent a day fishing - with a short break in between for a soccer game. As a group one night we went out for pizza and a trip to the corn maze . We had never been to one before and thought would be fun to try it. Being inside a corn maze is interesting. Once inside you really can't see any of the "outside" world. There were lots of twists and turns and a few dead ends. It was about 2 miles in length I can now say I have been inside the the canidate's ears and sinus's ....ewwww. It is very easy to get turned around and confused as to which direction you should be headed into. We got there before dusk and as we were coming out of the maze it was getting dark. They had "corn police" inside the maze to make sure you didn't get totally lost and also to patrol it - as some folks seem to have a hard time reading the rules of the maze at the enterance.

Both Bruce and Kyle have been spending time at the doctors office. Kyle has a sinus infection that will not go away - even while on medication for it. Last week we went to the ENT as the medication prescribe from peditrician was not working and had been a week. Usually we have some sign of it working by then. Well, that mommy voice tht was screaming at me was right... his infection had gotten worse. So an addition in medication with a trip for a ct scan and ENT follow up this coming Monday. Poor kid. He is starting to look run down and is having those nasty sinus headaches with it. Got to hand it to him - he is doing his best to keep up with studies, soccer and his two after school programs. Bruce thought he had an infection but just has a really bad case of fall allergies. He was having some problems with his heart beat so went in for a check up. As of yesterday - he has been ok'd for that. He has a few things to do and watch for but Dr says he is ok. That is a relief - one worry and stress cleared.

You know how the road of life can take you down a path and just when you think everything in the road is going all smooth ...then BUMP.... you hit a speed bump. Well, we seem to have a few of those bumps in our path. Personally, I'm tired of the bumps as we seem to have had our fair share of them on the last few years. Hopefully these bumps will smooth out soon. They don't seem to be anything major but are casuing some irratation and stress. What was once a nice feeling after having been here for a year - getting used our new area, getting settled in and starting to make friends...has really been clouded . It's also making that little voice in the back of my mind talk to me again.... sometimes that little voice can be darn annoying.

Looks like fall is finally here. We woke up to the morning weather report declaring that it could get down to the 20's tonight....BRRRR. By the weekend we could be seeing colder temps with possible snow flurries down to 3500 ft. YEAH. Think I better figure out some kind of cover for the tomatoes, peppers and other veggies still growing in the garden. Another sign of fall, this morning I saw my first dark red leaf from one of our own maple trees! Halloween will soon be here. The girls are so excited for it to come. They have been very helpful in decorating the house for the arrival of Halloween. They have also been making costumes suggestion for everyone. I have been politly declining a few. Like Tinkerbell.....the adult sized costume we saw for Tinkerbell was not an option. I have no idea how I would have walked in it .It really didn't even look like a Tinkerbelle - maybe more like a cross between Tinkerbell and Little Mermaid. The coloring was sort of Tinkerbell - but the styling was not - was more a Little Mermaid. The gown was all rouched. It hung long and narrow - not good walking costume - a standing around try and look cute one maybe but not walking. They have also suggested a mustard/ketchup combo for Bruce and myself. Ummm no. They decided that might not be good as you really should work with daddy's beard - some how make it part of the costume. Good luck girls. Shhh don' t tell them.... Daddy is just not into Halloween that much. Then there was the input of a pretty princess and a pretty witch....hmmm....I might concider those two. I then sent them down the hall to their brothers room to go have a costume talk with him. If I remember right - that didn't last too long. Kyle thinks he might do a mad scientist as that way he can bundle up underneath. At the very least he will dress up for the annual Halloween bash at Firebird Raceway.... everyone dresses up, folks racing do up their pit areas and hand out candy.Plus there is a party for the kids, free chili and a bonfire. We had a blast last year. For the actual Halloween??? Not sure what he will do. Right now I'm not sure what we will be doing.... last year we went to a nearby neighborhood that was bigger than ours. Think might do that again this year.

Guess it is time to push back from the table. Today is the crazy day of soccer and Boy Scouts. Somewhere in there Kyle needs to do a few chores ( gasp yes chores), homework, eat and sleep.
So until next time...... enjoy your fall!