Busy, busy!

If you think we've been busy lately, we're about to get busier! While Stu is currently busy continuing to work on the French drain for the pasture behind the Backend of Nowhere Garage, I'm struggling to get my three former Kindle World books ready to republish.

At the same time, I/we are prepping for a week-long visit from Olivia & Jesse, our two Delaware grand-girls. Their parents are going to Maine to help out a friend and the girls asked if they could come see us. So, they are!

The biggest challenge is food - with our current way of eating (low carb), we need to go shopping for them. Milk, yogurt, cereal, bread, buns, strawberries, blueberries, apples, bananas and yes, snacks, are all on the list. All no-no's for us.

We plan to make a day trip to Dollywood while they are here as well as see a movie or two. Other than that, they will be kind of left to their own devices. Good thing Stu is great at entertaining them (LOL).

We are also working on future plans. Stu got a phone call from his older brother, Scott, who has been widowed for several years now. He's getting married! We're so happy for him. The wedding is the Saturday after Thanksgiving and we will spend an additional couple of days in the area before heading back home.

Before that trip, we need to get the RV ready to head south, hopefully heading to our winter campground for this year (southern Georgia) by the middle of November. It will add a day to our drive north for the wedding as well coming back, but it eliminates rushing to get the rig moved immediately after driving back from the wedding.

We have to be in Florida on December 8th to pick up our youngest grand-girl, Waverly, for her Disney trip. Because her parents are taking her to Disney for her first trip in October, we will be taking her on a four day Disney Cruise.

The #2Doods will be trying out a new boarding/doggy day care place in Georgia - we will squeeze in a meet and greet day before we commit.

Okay, time to get back to my C'Mon Inn mystery rewrites. Hoping to get them published by Monday. Woot!!

Ciao for now!

More fun with the #2Doods

A few pictures from the last couple of days - hope you enjoy!

A little loving from Cooper...

You can't pet just one...

Cooper looking at a sky raisin aka a fly...

Waiting for the okay to eat their treat...

Another kind of treat - sharing licks in the yogurt cup...yes, both tongues in there at once...

Waiting for me to tell them they can come outside...

Ciao for now!

Around home....

I've been busy with "stuff" and haven't shared some of our more recent photos. First, things are still blooming. Our Crepe Myrtle still has some blooms and both the Japanese Beetles

and the bees are enjoying it.

The hummingbirds are enjoying life, too.

One of the biggest changes are the new awnings over our front windows. We are doing everything we can do cut the amount of hot afternoon sun that steam heats our office and master bedroom. We've already put film on both windows and added extra blinds/curtains inside. Hoping this makes a difference. That aside, I really like the way they look. The installation was a breeze since you put up the mounts first, then slide in the slats. We opted for open slats because in the winter months, we want to get some sunlight in for heat help.

This is how it looks from inside our bedroom.

Stu finally got around to hanging a few signs - this one is in the kitchen.

This one is on our back deck.

Our blackberries are gone...this was all our neighbor's son could gather.

Of course, I can't close without a couple pics of the #2Doods. Here's Murphy doing a, um, dance pose? He stood like this for a while and Stu managed to catch it in a photo.

Here's Cooper, guarding the yard...

..and relaxing on the deck.

They love getting petted....

Especially Cooper...

Ciao for now!