Juicy Fruit? Go figure...

I think I've discovered why I get so much done late at night. It's 8:30 and I can't get my brain to slow down enough to put together a serious string of cohesive thought. In an hour or two I will be slow enough to think. You don't suppose it's all the caffeine, do you? lol

So, this morning, in the midst of my daily task of surveying my kingdom (which consists of standing at the dining room window with my coffee looking at the yard, the field, the outbuildings, and the road, and thinking - yep, I love my life) I noticed that the holes in the yard are multiplying! We discovered a week or so ago (when the little piles of sand appeared) that we had 'moles' under our lawn. I don't know what they are doing there. I don't know where they came from. I don't know what they look like, I don't even know what they eat! I do know that our great white hunter was on duty, but she has not been successful to this point. The great white hunter is a 7 year old spayed, declawed calico cat named 'Baby' that just stares at the little piles of sand. Apparently they have moved on one or more occasions, and she noticed it. Now she studies intently, but thats all. She is quite deadly, routinely bringing in everything from birds, mice, and even a small rabbit one time. She may or may not kill the creatures, but she typically spits it at my feet with the look as if to say 'can you cook this up for me? You don't expect me to eat it raw do you?' We've had to chase down a bird or two when she hadn't gotten it totally incapacitated yet. She is pretty bummed when we put them outside to fly away. I know she worked quite hard to capture the prey, but what can I say.....

Anyway, the mole issue...

I spoke to a friend of ours last week and complained about the mole issue. We only had one or two holes (with little piles of dirt on top of them) so it wasn't really a crisis. Today we have 10. Yikes. So anyway, this friend of mine said that if we placed an opened stick of Juicy Fruit gum in the hole, the moles enjoy it so much that they will scarf it down instantly. Sadly though, they do not digest it and ultimately die of intestinal blockage. Sounds like an ugly way to go, but then I thought about the alternative - death by cat. Hhmmmm..... tough choice. George wanted to know if the option of trapping and transplanting was a viable choice. I have no idea if they are 'trappable' but I know several people that should have these creatures living in their yards. hee hee hee.

Oh well, enough about moles.

More to follow when my brain slows a bit. ttfn

Welcome back Crystal and Joe!

Even though it seems like a month since they left, Crystal and Joe finally got back from Indiana after their vacation. I don't suppose you can understand how frustrating it is not to be able to keep up with them (read that:her). Poor George gets stuck listening to me ramble on about the mundane everyday things that somehow Crystal and I can spend 1/2 an hour or more every morning catching up on. I almost think he missed her more than I did (not!). I guess they had a good trip, even though it was to Indiana. I'm not picking on Indiana, but coming from Wisconsin, I get it.

Crystal was telling me about the adventures along the way, especially since they took 'the kids' with them this time, instead of leaving them home. My oldest grand-dog, Ty, is pretty sane and is apparently the king of the pack, but his little brother Moose is a hoot! When Crystal tells me stories about the kids and Indiana, I can almost see them and it makes me laugh. I'll include pics as soon as I can.

I stopped by Heather and Chris's house today too, to see my little MB. (Thats monster baby for those of you who don't know...) My little Morgan (pics to follow) is quite the young man now, and I just love to be around him. I had to go by and drop off the wagon we borrowed this past weekend to use at the Chili Festival in Pueblo (whole other post,...). I had a wonderful, albeit short, visit with my number one grandson and then it was back to work for me.

It was a beautiful day here in WP today, nearly cloud-free, perfect sweater weather, and clear all day. That's why we love it here!

On a more amusing note... When I came home from work Hollers were out searching for their missing beagle pups again. Seems when the kids let them out, they take off to go on an adventure. Ah, the life of a pup. I hope they found them, but I never heard. More info tomorrow. For now, I'm off. ttfn!

Welcome to our life

Well, here it is, your open invitation into our lives. Weird huh.... I'm not quite sure why I'm doing a blog post, but I suppose its to keep everybody posted on whats going on. I figure if you don't know us, you won't read it. We're not that entertaining.

It's fall here in the mountains, and its starting to feel like it already. I love fall, but I'm sure not looking forward to winter. It's seems like its been a short summer, doesn't it? We went riding a few times, but mostly just tried to keep up around here. Fortunately we live in paradise so hanging out at home isn't a negative, it's a great thing. If you feel like following this post you can look forward to baby pics, posts from middle school, political observations, and updates from the real estate market. Fascinating, don't you think?

I'll go for now, and write more later, otherwise this won't just be a 'welcome' post, it'll be a typical ramble for me. Oh by the way, Dane's football team won their game tonight! Yay!

Talk to you more later, ttfn