I can't believe it is the end of October. The leaves are beautiful shades of gold, orange, red and purple. This has been a wonderful and long fall. I know the cold and snow will be here soon, but I do love this time of year.


As you can see, Miss Mim likes being outside too. It's a little hard to see, but she is playing hop scotch in this pic.

She and I had a wonderful time playing outside. The Dude is there too. He just would not hold still for a picture. That boy does love to move around.

I hope to get some good pics of both of them in their Halloween costumes Monday.

I am taking a break for a few minutes. So, I thought I would post something. I have all the yarn ready for this weekends show. Becca is sleeping upstairs. She has an awful bug of some kind and her furnace is out. Since it is 41 degrees outside I kidnapped her. The Grand kids are on a play date and will be dropped off here. Having heat is a very good thing here in Chicago land.


This is Miss Mim playing in the puddles a couple of weeks ago.


This is a really bad pic of our booth at our last show, Southern Indiana Fiber Arts Festival.

I am home! Over the last few weeks we have done a couple of yarn shows and made a trip to California for my niece's wedding.

This is my niece and my brother.

My sister in law, Mother of the Bride and one of her sons.
I also have pictures of some other family members.

This is another of my brothers daughters, she is a sister of the bride.

This is my sister's daughter, the boyfriend and my sister's son on the right.



Here we have my eldest brother's son and his wife.

One of the Bride's brothers and his wife.

My sister and her hubby.

This doesn't ever cover everyone. I have another brother and and sister who couldn't make the wedding as well as nieces and nephews who were not there.
It was a great party and so wonderful to see them all again.
If I missed posting anyone's picture I am sorry. But, I will leave you with a very cute couple, the bride's nephews.

I have only 9 more skeins of yarn in the house to dye. It is 9 am and I have 14 skeins to rinse. (I dyed them this morning.) My day started before 7 am. If I get these done I can rest a little before the next shipment arrives. I think I am busier now than I was when I was teaching. But I miss teaching. I miss having a classroom full of students. I don't miss writing lesson plans, grading papers, writing and grading tests or dealing with parents. I don't miss "no child left behind" and all the craziness that caused. So, I guess I don't miss as much as I thought. I just wish it had been my choice.