Monday, October 27, 2008

More Leaves!

Ok, I can't look at myself in camo anymore...on to more leaves! Oh c'mon, humor me...they're almost gone. I especially like when the sky is dark with saturated clouds, but the sun peeks out somewhere and lights up the trees. I kinda got that here. Kinda.

82 comments:

Nestor said...

One thing I miss about being up north is the changing of the seasons. When we went to NY and CT last month, we saw how green it was, and I thought how great it would be to go in October. Maybe next year.

Nestor said...

I kinda see the sun peeking through. I think it's frustrating when you see something that looks so beautiful and you take a picture and it comes out plain. That happens to me all of the time. But I think you did get a little of what you were trying to. It looks real nice up there.

Linda said...

You're right, some things just don't translate in a picture.

Ok, rant time. I had a doc appt. for this afternoon...I made it Friday when I was still feeling really bad. So I'm still sick, but I think it's going away and I don't think I'll need the doctor. So I just called and they're charging me $25.00 for not cancelling 24 hours ahead. It was SUNDAY! They wouldn't have gotten the message till this morning anyway! My co-pay is $20. I'm tempted to show up, and hand em 20 bucks and save myself $5. Now THAT'S frustrating.

Nestor said...

Under Obama's health plan that visit would have been 'free', but it would have taken you 2 weeks to get it and your premiums would be $10,000 a year to cover all of the people with debilitating diseases who are forced into the system. I don't know if it's worth going there to save 5 bucks, unless you want to prove a point. But maybe if you go in and explain to them that they were closed yesterday, they may cut you some slack.

Linda said...

Unfortunately I never get the grease. Ya know, the sqeaky wheel thing.

Linda said...

I'll have you know I resisted the urge to buy Spam Lite today, cuz I knew I'd get grief for that. I checked..the only oil I have is E.V.O.O. and Smart Balance. And no saltines. Geez, I didn't know I had to get all the extras for this gourmet meal...

RecknHavic said...

Spam Lite is for wussies.

Remember, thin slices..thin slices..

Linda said...

Yeah, yeah, I got it. I don't get why you dip in flour before the egg and before the flour/crackers combo, tho. Sounds like double dippin to me.

Well, I'm done w/ Choi for awhile. D's business is suffering a bit as most are, and my contract is expiring on Friday. Just can't see spending the money on it right now. Kinda bummed as it gave me some sort of direction if you know what I mean. I'm hoping maybe come Spring I can get back into it.

RecknHavic said...

There's contracts for Choi?
Sounds big time.

Yall should move to Texas were business is always boomin ;)

My grandma does it that way, so I guess that's why I dbl dip.

RecknHavic said...

I tell ya what, this kid pickin up from work is gettin old. just wenrt and got the boy and fixin to go get the girl.
I'm thinkin licenses this week.

Linda said...

Well you can pay month by month, or you can buy 6 mos at a time and it's cheaper if you do it that way. So in May I paid till Nov. Like a gym membership really.

Get those kids driving for heaven's sake. It's one of the advantages of them gettin older! You want em to be confident drivers, you gotta get em out there.

RecknHavic said...

True, but I REALLY want that ins discount. Think I'll push for the completion of their defense drvn (they only need 2 hrs ea). Yes, I'm definitely gonna do that.

Linda said...

I remember my mom makin me drive right after I got my license. Back then we didn't have to have all the permit time they have to have now. Anyway, I got honked at and was ready to throw in the towel. (Course not long after, I was drivin a stick shift w/ a smoke in one hand, a coke in the other, using knees when necessary.)

Linda said...

Holy cow..I just realized the pumpkins need to be carved by Friday night. You're doin 5, right? Cuz we have 7 for some reason now. Not sure we'll get to all of em, tho, as we only have 2 carvers here, Mister& Missus We Have Adult Children To Help.

RecknHavic said...

Five works for me.

Funny, we were just talkin bout that. We haven't even gotten any to carve yet. And last time I checked, no one was mysteriously puttin on our front porch ;)

S gonna get em manana (no time w/ work schedules for fam outing). And we'll prob start manana as well.

Crashin...gn

RecknHavic said...

Mornin!

Ok...Afternoon!

Still kinda chilly here, hasn't hit 60's yet.

Linda said...

Well hot dang diggity dog! I done chicken fried me some Spam!

I appreciate your detailed instructions, but I'm sorry to have to tell you that the verdict wasn't great. Got a thumbs down from B and D, and T was luke warm. I cut it into 10 pieces and had 5 left! D thinks you must chicken fry things to hide the meat you're fryin. I think generally it was too salty for everyone. We drank a lot of milk. Not used to the salty on top of the richness of the breading. Southerners...

(I smelled like chicken fried Lin at soccer.)

Linda said...

I was driving Ben home tnite when I came upon a yellow light. I gunned it to make it through, and about 20 seconds later he goes, "so WHAT'S a yellow light mean again?" Lol!!

Speaking of which...really, why are your traffic lights sideways?

Nestor said...

Sideways lights. I think it has to do with the wind. We have less trees in Texas, so there's less wind protection in many places. That's my guess anyway.

Linda said...

That was our initial thought, too. Though, then I thought maybe it's cuz y'all are sideways. Notice I didn't say 'backwards'.

RecknHavic said...

How can anyone not like spam?
Did ya use the bread crumbs?

Next time chkn frya some tenderized round steak. THAT'S chicken fried steak.

Re the game: 37-23 doesn't look so bad. Tho it wasn't nearly that close. But, other than our inability to block, tackle, throw, catch, run or make extra points, I thought we played well :)

RecknHavic said...

Our lights are straight if ya tilt your head.

Linda said...

It must be a latitudinal thing. Honey, I used the saltines and flour and I even double dipped. I knew better than to improvise.

The game was kinda fun...reminded me of the conference my college is in, I think. Smaller, than say the big 10.

RecknHavic said...

Be sure and reserve me some tickets to B's first stand up act wouldya.

Yalls two experiences now w/ chkn fried stuff hasn't gone too well. Yall must wait now for us to make it for ya. Like waitn will by a problem.

Atleast the spam was a cheap meal, eh?

Linda said...

Yeah, I think I'll wait.

That's true. We had corn on the cob and potatoes o'graten for sides, so all was not lost.

Did you catch Charlie Brown tnite? Great pumpkin episode.

Linda said...

"Like waitn will by a problem."

Have no idea what this means, btw.

Linda said...

nite babe..sorry bout your "coogs". There's always next time??

RecknHavic said...

It means since yalls experience w/ ckn fried stuff hasn't been positive, waitin till the next time won't be hard to do.

Yes, youngest and I watched it and the "election" one. Knew Linus would win. Never had seen that one before.

gn O's

Linda said...

Ha, that "by" instead of "be" threw me way off. Strange I couldn't figure it out.

We got ghosted/booed last night! You guys do that in your neighborhood? You leave a note explaining, a standard size paper w/ a ghost on it, and a little bag of candy on someone's porch, ring the bell and run. They're supposed to do it to 2 other houses and you put the ghost on your door so people know who's already been ghosted. So that's what we'll be doin tnite. The kids LOVE ringing the doorbell and running.

Think I'll gut some pumpkins tday.

Linda said...

Glenn really needs to start his Fox show. Because he's not filming the CNN one, he's not showing up in the studio for his radio show which means I can't see him on the web cam.
I don't wanna listen to him, I just wanna LOOK at him!

RecknHavic said...

Just stare at your life sized poster of em till he goes to Fox.

RecknHavic said...

Me too. Gonna start carvin in a minute cause I gotta be at a job site around 2:30; then church tonite; plus oldest p/u late..geez..

Linda said...

Lol...I'll do that.

I've gutted 4. 2 to go...savin the big one for the boys. (D did buy that, btw. It didn't just show up on the porch, he was messin w/ me.)

RecknHavic said...

Cool star pic btw.

Linda said...

Gawd...now after tonight's Obama infomercial, we get to hear about how many MILLIONS watched it.
Gag me.

Linda said...

Dang it. My pumpkins are too small.

RecknHavic said...

"Dang it. My pumpkins are too small."

There's sooo much I could say here :)

I really like the new layout! And a calender..yeah! Also like how you boxed pics together. It's really frustratin messin w/ the pics and dialog.

Very nice changes!!

Linda said...

I knew it as soon as I clicked on 'publish your comment'.

Thanks! Did you see Winky I did tday?

Linda said...

Can you tell me how you got your picture of Aslan so big in the header?

Nestor said...

I also like the new layout. Pretty cool.

Linda said...

Thanks, Nestor!

RecknHavic said...

I like Winky, we have the same carvin book btw. Gonna do ours after church tonite.

What the hecks a "gadfly" anyhow. Yes, I got hanged.

RecknHavic said...

I had to find a pic that fit; wasn't easy. You can stretch and shrink pics but they usually don't look right.

Found Aslan on google pics btw.

Linda said...

Not eatin at church, eh?

My hangman word was pretty tough, too. Maybe we'll learn somethin.

Hey, how did you get Aslan so big in your heading? Is that just the size he is, cuz I have a great pic, but it posts really small up there.

Linda said...

Whoops...got it. I can't see how to alter the size of the pic I have. Hmm...may have to find another then.

Linda said...

I like your Lone Star flag. Reminds me of a funny thing...in Padre, I was signing up for the parasailing and the gal tells me we're to meet at a certain time on the beach by the Texas flag. I look over to the beach, and there's all these different flags flying and I tell her I don't know what the Texas flag looks like. She was totally flummoxed till she realized not EVERYONE lives in TX.

RecknHavic said...

I'm spaceship pics come in all shapes and sizes.

RecknHavic said...

You mean there are people who don't know that? Oh...sorry..

The white always goes on top btw.

RecknHavic said...

I'm jealous of the hangman widget btw..

Wish I'da thought a thast.

Linda said...

2 things:

You can click on "learn the word" when you're done w/ hangman. ie. gadfly

When I was fiddlin around tday, I noticed this...If you go into settings, then formatting, then you go down to "enable float alignment", you can say yes or no. I've no idea what it means, but it says, "choose no if you are having post layout problems", so I figured it might make it easier to post the pics w/ the dialog. Just a thought if you wanna try it next time you post something.

Linda said...

Have a good church. Tell Chuck I said hi. :)

Linda said...

I got "temptation" w/out any letters in the garbage bin. This is a little addicting.

RecknHavic said...

Chuck says hi!

One pumpkin down...one to go. Youngest and I did her's first, gonna do mine when I get back from pickin up girl from work. May post em tonite and other three when they're done.

Hand's already crampin..

Linda said...

Hand cramping? That must be some pumpkin! I gutted 6 on my own, 7th w/ help from T. Carved 2. Winky and one Ben drew the face for.

(B was helping gut the big one for the picture taking, then he got grossed out and literally started gagging, so I whisked him off the chair he was standing on and had him wash his hands. Guess he doesn't like pumpkin goop.)

Linda said...

Doh! "Bespoke" got me.

gn!

RecknHavic said...

Tough word.

Our pics manana nite...maybe.
And yes, it's some pumpkin :)

gnu2

Nestor said...

OK the hangman IS addictive. Must...stop...hangmaning.

Linda said...

I know, I just got beat on "faraday".

RecknHavic said...

These are hard. Wish they'd use English words.

RecknHavic said...

I won!!

So how do you get another, or is it one a day?

Nestor said...

I am unstoppable on the hangman. So far I haven't lost yet. I've won about ten times.

Nestor said...

I think it's all about strategy though. I use the wheel of fortune strategy plus a little of my own.

Nestor said...

Subdivide almost got me...almost.

Linda said...

Click on New Game, Reck.

Linda said...

Well apparently I'm NOT done w/ Choi. My instructor just called and offered me to train till the December orange belt test. Can't say no to that! Awfully nice of him really. He certainly coulda just let me go.

Nestor said...

That's great! Now you can beat up liberals at the orange belt level as opposed to whatever belt you were at.

Linda said...

Ha! Funny he said a similar thing, except he told me to go breathe on a bunch of democrats (cuz I've been sick).

Linda said...

Reck, don't forget 2 people are gettin voted out tonite..one from each tribe.

RecknHavic said...

So should we still pick which tribes win rew & imm, or just rew and then who wins individual imm in each tribe, or both (plus of course the two gettin voted off)?

RecknHavic said...

Our picks...


R- Kota rew, (and if needed) Kota imm.

Dan voted out Kota; Ace voted out Fang

S- Kota rew, (and if needed) Kota imm.

Susie voted out Kota; Ace voted out Fang

RecknHavic said...

We're haedin out, may not be back for Sur start, so mums the word.

Linda said...

Sorry I didn't get to that question in time. I've no idea how they're doin it, so best thing is just to pick like you did. Here's ours:

D: kota, kota, Charlie & Ace
D: kota, kota, Dan & Crystal

It's just hard to imagine Fang winnin anything, isn't it? I keep wanting to write them down and then I'm like, "nahhhh".

Linda said...

Ok,
D: Marcus
D: Marcus

Just kiddin, we both pick him.

Good luck! (again...not really.)

RecknHavic said...

Thanks...not

That was an entertainin one, eh?

Linda said...

Sorry, had to catch the end of Rocky Horror.

Yeah, that was a good one. Here's our standing...
R: in the lead w/ 45
L: on his tail w/ 39
S: on HER tail w/ 34
D: pullin up the rear w/ 30

I'm surprised Sugar turned on Ace. I think he came on too strong.

Linda said...

Here's my Abbott and Costello bit w/ the little one tnite...

B: "Mom, don't forget...tomorrow's the future."
L: "Ok, I won't forget."
B: "I'll remind you tomorrow."

(bad move)

L:"When it's tomorrow, it won't be the future, it'll be the present."
B: "No, tomorrow I'll tell you that it's the future now."

You know where this is going. I befuddled him for a couple minutes and let it go.

Nestor said...

Reck still in the lead? Very interesting. ;|

RecknHavic said...

Your confidence in me is overwhelmin, Nest !)

Every time Crystal opens her mouth, S yells, "shut up!" Tough when you're down to one. Believe me, I know.

Quite the Catch 22 there. What ever you do don't ask him who's on first.

On second thought...do ;)

RecknHavic said...

S workin on her pumpkin, fixin to post pics, tho I'm not happy w/ pic quality.

Wait...wait...her hands crampin :)

Linda said...

How are you taking them? Outside w/ candles? Inside? We're done, too, so I can post if you do.

Linda said...

Doh! You just cost your wife a point! I didn't count her Ace as bein out. Correction...she's got 33. Sorry S!

RecknHavic said...

Outside w/ candles.

Update...when she accidentally cut off her cat's tail she threatened to quit. When she looped off it's ear she was done. I'm gonna go try and make the save..no promises.

Posted the two we have so far. Big kids gonna do there's manana...maybe.

I'll post our costun=mes tomorrow as well.

I love halloween!