Happy Halloween

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Valleys and some of the edging

I went out the the lake this afternoon, steady rain, big waves. I fully expected no progress, BUT one guy was still working! The color is hard to see in the grayness, but I think it will be ok.

Roof update

Some insulation, then 2x4's. No steel is sight. The apple trees are almost all picked. Crews are even working today (Sunday). The red ones look so good.

a new roof begins, fianlly 10/18/11

College Update

So it's been awhile since I have posted. I will deprive you no longer of my sharp wit and biting sarcasm. I can't remember what I posted last time so if I repeat myself, deal with it. Five days ago changed from a girl into a woman, well legally anyway. My birthday this year would have been totally awesome. It was on a Friday, it was nice out and I was turning 18. However, I spent my birthday going to class, studying for my calc midterm, that evening and chem midterm, Saturday morning, and oh yeah I was sick. So all in all not a great birthday. Mom and Susi came up Saturday evening and took me to dinner and then we watched a movie on demand at the hotel, which is when disaster struck, well for me anyway. I first became sick on the Tuesday after Canadian Thanksgiving. It was mostly a horribly sore throat and a little sniffling. When I woke up Sunday morning I couldn't breathe through my nose, my voice was pretty much gone and I had a fever. It was also hard to hear. We had planned on spending the day wondering Ikea and then going to see Johnny English. We did go to Ikea, but not for very long and we never made it to the movie. I was told to eat soup and go to bed. I have been pretty much been napping between every class since then. I also skipped a class for the first time. It was Italian. I had a pretty bad day yesterday and I would rather not relive it, so if you are really dying to know ask mom, I told her.

Ok I am tired of talking about depressing things so lets move on to a new topic. This would be a lot easier if this was like a live feed or something so I could answer questions or talk about something you want to hear about. It usually takes me an hour to write one of these things because I never know what to write about next.

Anyway I have decided what to write. Lets play a game. I'll call it True or False: Canadian version. You can call it what ever you want. Now try and answer these before looking at the answer which will be directly following the statement. I am too lazy to try and hide the answers. Actually I'll put the answers in the comments.

1) Canadians say "eh?" after pretty much everything.

2) Canadians pronouncing out and about making the o sound into an Oo sound is a myth.

3)Canadians consume more macoroni and cheese than any other nation on earth.

4)Mail is delivered on Saturdays.

5)Their motto is " Be Bold".

6)Canada's national animal is the beaver.

OK that's enough. I must do laundry now. I hope you enjoyed this post. Feel free to comment on how lovely it was. If you didn't like it, well then you can comment too, but I am so deleting you as my friend on facebook.

I'll leave you with a quote.

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."

PS That is not from a movie.

Pictures

Milkweed

Canadian Thanksgiving

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JO

I hope you are feeling better so you can enjoy the day.

copied from Kalyani- facebook

This is Brockport High School's entry for the Glee contest. The prize is $50, 000 for your music program. Unfortunately, it's not about judging, but about voting. You can vote every day on every computer to which you have access until November 7.

In the video, Susi is in the back in green.

JO is home- Thanksgiving in Canada

Lake Ontario, crystal clear. 2011 'sculpture' with new willow behind it. Sort of a B'day dinner for JO, B'day next week.

Coming to Broadway

Jesus Christ Superstar is coming to Broadway in March!
We read it today in the NYT so it must be so.

Aborted Canoe Trip

Cold, rain, and potential winds caused us to not put our canoes into the water. We drove into Lake Lila, near Little Tupper Lake, which is a beautiful wilderness place in the Ads. Walked, in the rain, ate lunch. It was a long walk, which turned out to be the best part of the trip. We headed to Speculator, and found not one motel or hotel available. Tippi and sibs were at Helen's.

So, Sherrill, Kly and I drove home in the rain last night, dinner at the Savoy in Rome, still good...and warm.

The chickens know that profile is an advantage to their appearance.