Wow, tough crowd.

Apparently I have not been timely enough with my updates. Well, here's one for the vultures swarming to find out about my most recent doings...

Not much going on here. Really, we've been busy like crazy, but nothing that amounts to much. So I suppose that should be a life-lesson for us? Maybe. But if you must know what I've been up to:

We switched back to running after work, as the mornings have gotten too dark. It's just not safe, and plus, now it's getting colder. We've been running different routes in order to keep it interested, which has helped, but it also means we run the risk of discovering hills and other obstacles. But it's fun! We are now starting to consider purchasing a used treadmill for me to use in the winter months, once we can absolutely not run outside. I'm not looking forward to running on a treadmill, or doing it alone (Dustin will then run at the gym), but I'll just have to suck it up, I guess.

The fall season of kickball began two weeks ago. We've had some changes in the roster, which have worked out to be a lot of fun! Last week we decided to take advantage of the two free pitchers from two nearby bars. One of them had karaoke and we ended up picking up a sponsor! Actually, two sponsors. One sponsor is something having to do with trucking and oil tank removal or something-or-other. I should really know what it is, but it's so random. Maybe I'll post it later. Anyway, the second sponsor is Jerry Beth's Karaoke. Jerry is the host of a fun karaoke show at "The Moose" on Tuesday nights, and other shows throughout the week, including Saturday nights at the Park Tavern, which my friends and I have attended on more than a few occassions. He's a great host, and also our new team namesake. We have changed our name from "Biggest Balls Of Them All," to "Jerry's Kids." We have a bye this week, but last week we tied and the week before we won out of forfeit.

On the home front, I'm antsie. I'm assuming it is the colder weather and shorter days, but I'm just feeling as though I absolutely did not accomplish enough this summer. But what do you know? I didn't! Many of the landscaping projects that we planned to finish are still in limbo. A combination of time and money. Mostly time. We still have not removed all of the rock from the front yard, simply because we don't know where to take it! Yard waste dumps will not take it. Landfills will not take it. Landscaping places will not take it. We even called the driving range that we go to, because we noticed that they were filling in some of the gravel in their parking lot with the same river rock that we have to get rid of. "It's free" we said, "We will take it, drop it off, even spread it out for you!!" "Why would I want that?" was his response. Fine. Dustin has a coworker that will take it for his gravel driveway, but he lives an hour away, and we have at least three more truckloads. If worst comes to worst, we'll do that, but it's a real pain. We've even considered dumping it at night at one of the many road construction areas near our house... but that's probably just wrong... right? I mean, they have PILES of rock, just hanging out. We've be giving a charitable donation! In anycase, we've decided to wait on the sod for this year. We're going to take out the rock (at some point) and level the ground, then let it settle over the winter. Then we'll fill in again, if needed. But we are planning to get the supplies for the small front patio this fall while it's on sale, that way we can get it done right away in the spring. Right?

The cake topper thing hasn't quite taken off yet, partially of my own doing. Basically, in addition to my working on cake tops, the plan was for Dustin to do some side work at home at the same time. But it's possible that his contact in charge of giving him the work may have been laid off. Lots of company drama at that place right now, I guess, so it's wait & see at this point. Anyway, if he does not end up doing any side work, I have my doubts as to whether it is a good idea for me to get back into the cake topper business. Last time I had to quit because I just got too busy and couldn't spend any time with Dustin. So it's kind of wait & see on that too. Yes, I can refuse orders, but I'm still deciding what my limits are at this point.

And there ya go. That's it. Nothing exiting at all. But you asked. See you next month!! Ha!