Dry Food

The leftovers from my deck roof made a nice portable cover for my chicken feeder, don't you think?

Stingy Jack

Listening to NPR in my car, I did not have a chance to hear the answer to" "what vegetable was originally used as a jack o'lantern?" So I had to look it up. Turns out it is a turnip and comes from the Legend of Stingy Jack.
But is it really a turnip or a rutabega? According to my research, the "turnip" in the legend refers to a "swede" which is a yellow turnip, or rutabega.
I made my own Stingy Jack of the lantern-type lantern from a turnip. Don't you think it's cute? The tale has Jack wandering the earth because he couldn't get into heaven or hell, and the Irish made their lanterns to keep Stingy Jack away. I am sure they worked, because a turnip lantern is stink-ee! So next year, make a bunch of lanterns from turnips instead of pumpkins and it will keep the trick-or-treaters away. A new tradition.

The Finished Product

Ta da!

Keeping Chicken Poop off the Deck

Finally, I was able to do a little work on the deck. Here's the new gate. I'm throwing away as little as possible. Roof to come.
This is "Launch" week at the gym. New music. They decided to do an 80's theme and wouldn't it be great if we all dressed the part. Okay, it's not over the top, but here it is. This is Cherie.

The Door and a New Roof

A few weeks ago I was able to put up a new roof (it was while I was buying those supplies that I did the damage to my car). Well, here it is and it works really well. Also, this is my auto door, set on a timer, it opens in the am and closes at night after the girls have gone to bed. I love this new door even though it was a challenge for me to install. At about $400.00, it was something I sure did not want to mess up.

The Luck!

Even though a part for my Element was on back order and not available until December 10, they got one and all of the work was finished. I waited until the end of the day and because I did, I did not have to ride back in the rental with the stinky guy. I just left the rental at the dealer. Got my oil change and a new air filter, too.

Stinkys

So, I did damage to the ELement. It was a drivewway with an unfinished curb and I did not see the culvert in the rain. From the scars on the culvert. Neither have a bunch of other people. So I took it to the car to the dealer but the rental car dreiver smelled like one of my homeless patients!