oh so ugly

This guy, who lives at the Littleton Historical Museum's 1800's Farm, is really really unattractive. And unsocial. He really didn't like me or my camera. I think it is good that turkeys at the grocery don't look like this, or we would not have turkey for Thanksgiving.

We did have Thanksgiving, however, and it was lovely. Uncle Jeff came, with a delicious pumpkin pie (I believe G'ma Rita actually made it), and spent the day with us. Mostly he played Legos with Max.

The turkey was not ugly - it was juicy, flavorful and quite good looking. I don't remember making a whole turkey before, but DH says I have. So I suppose I have.

At Max's urging, we all took turns saying what we are grateful for, and despite recent setbacks, we do have a LOT to be grateful for.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

I'm back

This was the first 'measurable' snow of the fall. And you had to measure quick! The only trace left by the time the kids came home from school was a sliver of the giant snowball Max made before school. The kids were disappointed - they thought they'd make a snowman after school. But on the other hand, on Tuesday the weather was incredible - felt like summer. Ahh, Colorado. So, exactly how did this child get so cute?

If you look close, she's missing 1 front tooth in this photo. She lost the other front tooth yesterday. Really - lost it. Can't find it. She had it in the car on the way home, but where it went from there - we just don't know.

And where have I been since my last post? Yeah, got laid off. This recession just got a whole lot more personal this time. Heard a joke a long time ago: It's a recession if your neighbor gets laid off; it's a depression if you get laid off. Thank goodness DH is still gainfully employed. So, I've been working like crazy on finding any possible lead, however tenuous, writing cover letters, and applying for all sorts of jobs. On the up side, I rather like getting the kids right after school and getting homework done before dinner. Allows us to have an enjoyable evening after dad gets home.

Should be a post on Midi's page shortly too. :)

Not to be outdone,

Miss Bandita was also seen at the same bat time, same bat channel as Jr. Bird Man, and was profoundly jealous of the publicity the Bird Man was enjoying.

Bug eyed sleuth

Who is this masked man? Merlin Jr.? Jr. Bird Man? Jr. Merlin Bird?

Here he is seen with his sidekick... or perhaps he is the sidekick. Either way, it appears they are on a serious mission!

Yurt!

Apparently, we didn't do enough camping this summer, and just had to add one more trip in October. Some members of the family were READY TO GO! NOW!But! We camped in a yurt - a heated, well lit yurt. I've always thought it would be fun to camp in a yurt, and I was right. Really the only problem was getting the kids (we went with one other family) out of the yurt. They never want to loiter about the tents, but a yurt? A yurt has bunk beds to use as jungle gyms, chairs to build forts around, and parents to annoy. Yes, the moms seemed to have trouble leaving the yurts too. The weather was grand, but I was glad for the heater. It was also fun to have an entire campground to ourselves - other than the yurts, Pearl Lake was closed for camping. Probably good since the kids were altogether loud, and the adults stayed up way past "quite hours." Saturday, the Ladies drove in to Steamboat for a little window shopping. The last window was Fuzzywig's Candy Store, and we did a little more than window shop there. All of the kids got what I call sticky sticks - straight candy canes in fruity colors/flavors. I was wearing my political candidate of choice t-shirt, and the owners of Fuzzywig offered me a bumper sticker for the other candidate. Said someone had mailed it to them, but they didn't need it. A couple of goofy guys.

Sadly, the Space Station Gas and Liquor store is closed. Such a cool sign. The men folk went fishing, but on account of the men folk being photo adverse, there is no documentation (or proof). Heard a great long story about how it was they caught no fish; also heard a story about someone falling into the lake - oddly not one of the boys.

Architecture

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

fabulous and fabulously ugly buildings around the world - a web site I think worth a visit.

Leaf Bug

conversation walking into morning SACC:

"Oh, I almost stepped on it!"

"It's just a leaf. Come on."

"Nu-uh! It's a leaf bug!"

Well, it certainly is a bug. A big bug. That looks exactly like a leaf - right down to the veins.