It's October 1st and getting dark earlier and staying dark later.

[rhb1]

I have mixed feelings about Fall.  The colors can be breath taking but the weather that brings the colors is not at all my favorite.

[lynn]

glad you have sun, Richard!  yay!  here, too.  chilly but bright!

hard to believe it's just 3 of us here.  Gwen and i hung on in The Gathering Place, in Eons, for about 6 months w/ just two of us.  i hate to give up on the TBD remnants, that was such a good time in cyberspace!

i could look up and see where NASCAR is running today.  that sport has evolved so far, from running  moonshine right here in the mountains to racing all over the continent.  yeah, i kinda' go back to the post-moonshine days, when the granddaddys of the current racers were maintaining their own vehicles!

[rhb1]

Martinsville this weekend.  It rained there yesterday so qualifications for today's race was called off.  Looks dry but cold so far.  You must have been a pretty young tiny girl post moonshine.  ;-)

[lynn]

Martinsville.  my sophomore year college roomie was from Martinsville.

thanks for the compliment, but umm, there's still moonshine (and stills!) in them thar' mountains!  just not such a big bizness anymore, at least not like it was during prohibition!

[lynn]

yippee, my new furniture is scheduled to arrive today!  of course, it'll probably mean that it was the first thing on the truck, and thus the last off, and it'll get here at 5 pm or so, but i've decided to not swim until it arrives, and if that means, not until tomorrow, well, so be it....  i just hope i can manage to get it placed without having to hire someone to help...., that won't be good.

[lynn]

turns out, it's "do-it-yourself assembly."  i am not thrilled, but the price was right, so i'll get 'er done.

[rhb1]

Oh no!  Wish I was there I'd help get things more confusing.  Good luck!

[lynn]

oh, i would surely welcome your help, even if you don't wanna' read the instructions.  these are big heavy pieces of chipboard!  thanks, Richard, but flying you out here makes the whole project cost-ineffective....

[rhb1]

LOL  "Have tools, will travel"  Instructions are to confuse you beyond belief.  I use the jigsaw method of assembly.  :-)

[rhb1]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNN!!!!   Have a wonderful day assembling furniture.  Hahahaha

[Ruby Red Crystal]

Happiest of Birthdays Lynn...hope you had a fabulous time doing something fun today....besides assembling furniture. 

I am waiting for the snow!!! They are predicting 2 whole inches tomorrow...and I can't wait!!

 

[rhb1]

Good evening!  I am leaving for Vancouver BC for a few days.  Riding shotgun for Sharon on her business trip.  Does this mean I have to convert myself to metric and say ehh?  Hope your day went well and your evening even gooder.

 

RRC don't let the snow get out of hand and head this way.  OK?

[lynn]

sorry to be so late.  thank you for the birthday wishes, Richard and Crystal!  this is a minor b'day; my next one brings medicare!  still, i celebrated with a Latin Manhattan, using my now-opened bottle of Cruzan Black Strap Rum!  yummm!  (equal parts rum, sweet and dry vermouth, w/ lime slice)

hope it was a great day for each one of you!  i got my new bedroom furniture on monday, and the mattress arrived today.  

i now own and am charging a power screwdriver!  the instruction manual recommends NOT doing assembly with a hand tool, so i gave in.  sigh.  will start again tomorrow.  the bed came in 3 boxes, and the dresser in one, but there was no way to tell until i'd opened the 2nd one (the dresser, which says, "one box") and then the 3rd box has the instructions for the bed.  the long skinny box w/ side rails hasn't been opened yet....

Richard, have a good trip.  i guess you guys are boarding the doggies for the duration, or do you have someone to come tend them?