Last Friday of October

It's 8:30 a.m. and I've got a couple hours to kill before I leave for the casino.  Surfed my usual internet sites but didn't find much of interest.  Already started muting the tv--first time being when Barbara Walters showed up to yak about her upcoming interview with billionairers.  Yeah, that's exactly what I'm interested in.

Did find the weather report interesting, though. Snow already in the northeast?!  Gees, but I'm glad I don't live there. Mary and Andy are flying to PA for Thanksgiving this year.  I hope they don't have a hassle with flight times and crowds and weather.  They're young, though. They can still hold up under stress. Better than I could, that's for sure.

I feel bad for Sammy this morning. I told Jenni to leave him home and I'd pick him up after I'm back from my lunch in Sequim.  He's going to feel like he's been deserted but it looks like rain today and I'd prefer he be inside Jenni's house for a few hours instead of outside in my yard. Maybe I should see about getting a little doghouse for the corner of the yard.  I wonder if Hunter could make one.

I didn't get too much accomplished yesterday but was satisfied that I manged to mow the front and back lawns. That should do it until next spring.  I also continued cutting out quilt pieces. I've got a ton of material that is small remnants of sewing projects of yesteryear.  I never could throw out a pretty piece of material that I thought could be used in a quilt. It's slow going with this cutting project as I have a lot to get through but I can work on it for weeks at a time while sitting at my kitchen table and watching videos or listening to audio tapes.

I've got about three patterns I'm interested in so I'm cutting various sizes of squares and triangles.  I've been wanting to clean out these bins for years so if I succeed, I'll be mighty happy to cross that chore off my list--plus I'll have an abundance of pieces to keep me busy until the cows come home.  (If I had any cows, that is)

I've got over two hundred cassettes sitting in here along with my CDs. Everytime I look at them, I'm reminded of the great music I'm just not listening to. I have two boom boxes that play cassettes but sometimes they "act up" and try to chew up the tape.  Can't have that.  I'm thinking more and more that I may invest in one of those machines that converts tapes to CDs.
Then I can put them on my Ipod or delete individual songs from my computer that I know I'll never listen to.   Yep!  I think that's what I'm gonna do.

Well, I think I'll work on my next Leader blog a bit before I go fix my hair and get pretty for lunch with the girls at 7 Cedars.  I tried to talk them into dressing halloweenie but I was ignored. I will have our picture taken while there, though, and at least ONE OF US will be halloweenie. I'll post it this afternoon.

My next Leader blog will be about playing bingo at the Legion "back in the day."  Does anybody recall the name of that guy who did these large oversize wall paintings and sold them at Hilltop and other places?  The Legion had several hanging on the walls for a while.  He did them up quickly kind of like that painter on PBS who talks in a soothing voice and turns a canvas into a masterpiece.

Well, until later.....