Thanksgiving 2009

This is the first time we've stayed home on a major holiday and cooked for ourselves. It was a beautiful day, and we enjoyed cooking together and taking the pups on 2 long walks.

This was the mess from our day of cooking:

That's literally all the counter space we have. We plan to build in another row of cabinets at some point in the future. It's on our "when we have money" list.

Halloween 2009

Our neighbors planted corn in their garden this past spring. With all the birds flying south for winter, this is the scene we left to each morning. It felt like Hitchcock's movie "The Birds."

So we decorated this year for Halloween. Then it rained for 3 days and the spider webs got all gross! We had fun anyway.

You can't see it, but there are bats hanging from the basket crooks behind the trick-or-treaters.

No dressing up this year. Maybe we'll get to that next year!

Decorating...Slowly but surely

We've finally started picking out decorations for our living room. Some things we already had and just hadn't decided where we wanted them, and some are new.

We picked up these cast iron corner pieces at the Third Monday Trade Days flea market.

And we finally got a ceiling fan for the living room!! It has made a tremendous difference. Now we just need to get one for our bedroom.

Next I need to concentrate on the kitchen. Also, we just got the approval from the HOA to stain our fence, so I guess I know what I will be doing next week on my "vacation."

And the Lazy Husband Award goes to....

Mike didn't feel like standing up to iron his shirt...

Let me know if anyone else's husband can top that!

Latest Chapter in the Truck Wreck Saga

We found out yesterday that the driver of the car who hit us is not the owner of that vehicle, nor did he have a driver's license. The owner's insurance company has been unsuccessful in contacting the owner or the driver, and they are telling us that they don't know if the driver was covered by the insurance. Our insurance has totalled out the car and is handling as much as possible, but we're at the point where we don't know if we need to get a lawyer or not. As it is, probably the only way we will be able to get another vehicle is by cashing out my 401K (which I just found out is LESS than was it was on my year-end statement I just received--no surprise, really). Please continue with the prayers.

On a brighter note...

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset on Friday the 13th. I need to remember next time to walk to the north end of our subdivision. There is a church across from an open field, and I would love to catch its silhouette in the sunset one evening.

Just when things start looking up...

...life throws you a curve--or a crash in our case. We're thankful to be alive, thankful we purchased GAP insurance, but don't know where the money will come from for another car. Our credit is not a good as it was last year when we purchased this one, and it wasn't very good then, either. Please keep us in your prayers as we figure out what we can do.