Clearly, I'm doing a great job with my daily challenge!  (Not) 

Today is Monday.  One of my coworkers actually came in at 5:30 am because he forgot to change his clock.  Bless his heart.  

I don't wear perfume but, the last part of this is why I haven't gone inside a gas station in about 20 years (no; not exaggerating).  

Is that really a southern thing?  I just assumed it was everywhere.  I do admit that nothing beats gas station fried taters.  And....fried chicken.  Well, gas station food is good.  

November 1st

For reasons I don't know, I've decided to try to post every day in the month of November.  

Yesterday was Halloween.  Daniel wanted to be a Hamster but, I could only find 2 "Hamster" costumes online and one had a long tail.  Daniel said, "Hamsters don't have long tails; that is a mouse."  He was right.  That left only one Hamster costume and he loved it.  The problem wasn't the price of the costume; the problem was that it was only for sale in Hong Kong and I had missed the guaranteed delivery deadline.  So what do you do when your only nephew wants to be a Hamster for Halloween?  You pay to have the costume shipped expeditiously from Shanghai.  It made it!  He loved it!  I only wished I had made him turn around and show the cute little tail.  

Daniel had a blast Trick-or Treating with his dad and Uncle Scott.  Rana took Laura to visit with some of her friends.  

 

Overdue

I'm calling this post "Overdue" for several reasons.  One is because a family vacation was long overdue for us but also, because this was supposed to happen the week that Hurricane Florence showed up over a month ago.  Please forgive me for the picture overload....I want to document this for the future.  If you look at all of the pictures...I will be surprised.  

After almost 4 hours of driving across North Carolina, we made it to Holden Beach.  

Hurricane Willa

Boy did it rain today.  It rained from the moment I woke up and is still raining now....10:30ish p.m.  Hurricane Willa, a Pacific coast hurricane, brought rain to a large part of the U.S. and my area was included.   This rainy weather has me a little down and very reflective so, pardon me if I share my heart for a moment.  

Sunday Night

Sunday night always brings up conflicting emotions.  I'm sad that the weekend is over and I'm ready to start a new week.  Wait, I'm sad that the weekend is over and I don't want to start a new week just yet.  If I could do anything tomorrow, I would sleep late and spend the day on my couch watching a Golden Girls marathon with Balto.  (Blossom would be with Scott wherever he is.)

Daniel needs a haircut.  Saturday, I styled his hair like this.  I'm not sure if anyone got the hint...

Monday

It's early Monday morning and I already need a nap!  

Fall has finally reached the Carolinas and we have been enjoying cooler temperatures for a couple of days.  Wait, I just looked at the forecast and the high is back in the 80's today.  I'm not a fan of cold weather at all but I do really enjoy fall weather the best of all!    

Blossom had a rough weekend.  She started throwing up late Friday night and after a whole day of it on Saturday, we decided to take her to the ER that night.  $700 later and they weren't sure what was going on.  Her tests kept coming back normal.  They gave her some fluids and anti-nausea meds.  We got home at 1:00 am on Sunday morning.  She seems a little better this morning.   I took this photo on Saturday when she wasn't feeling very well.  I'm just now starting to wonder if it had anything to do with the essential oil diffuser I bought on Friday.  I diffused lavender on Friday night, which is supposed to be safe for dogs, and she sat with me the entire time.  I won't do it again.  Could that be it????  If so, that would be a good thing.  

Blossom doesn't look like herself in this picture.  Her eyes are very weak looking.