Halloween 2012

Hey there,

it's a chilly and rainy afternoon.

I haven't started a fire in the wood

stove yet, but probably should have

a few hours ago.  I'm getting cold.

The house smells delicious and welcoming.

I just baked a wonderful spicy

pumpkin gingerbread cake

and poppy seed muffins.

The pumpkin gingerbread 

is loaded with cinnamon, allspice,

ginger, cloves and fresh grated nutmeg.

It's perfect for this season

and it's better the second day

after the spices and pumpkin have

blended. 

 It's for a family dinner tomorrow. 

The poppy seed muffins

are for this welcome basket

that I'm placing in the fifth wheel

for our guests that are due in this evening.

I did wrap the muffins in plastic

once they were cool.  I left them 

unwrapped for the photo op..

As I was taking photos,

Liberty grabbed the lens cap

and was merrily chomping away...

She's sneaky like that, and fast.

 I hadn't even realized what

she'd done until I couldn't find the lens cap.

It's not like she isn't already

in the dog house...

She broke my 

red glass birdbath yesterday.

GRRRR.

It was an accident ~ probably,

but still.

~~~

Liberty had a urine test today 

and she's free from the infection.

Yeah!

She'll have to be retested in a month,

but for now she's free and clear.

The last time we were at the vet

they asked us to  bring in her urine

sample on her next appointment

which was today.

Um, like how are we supposed to do that?

Well ~~~ 

you find a shallow and narrow dish

that you no longer care to use 

except for future dog uses...

Leash the dog, and send her out 

first thing in the morning with a husband...

When she squats,

 he slip the dish under her and hope 

for the best...

 Liberty is going to turn around

and wonder what the heck she just

squatted upon  and glare

up at her weirdo wonderful master.

She takes a few more steps before 

deciding that she NEEDS to go NOW.

Again with the dish, 

and ta~dah...

The deed was done

and it saved us an office charge,

plus what ever procedure they

use in the vet's office to 

 accomplish the same task.  

It also saved me from

waiting in the creepy small waiting

room getting all nervous and ready

to bolt like the last time.

This time I was by myself and would

have had to power through such feelings

if I had been stuck in there.

I did get her weight.

  She's now 49.7 pounds and six months old.

Mandarins are at the market.

Yeah!

 I wish we could have

an October with twice the number of days.

Wouldn't that be wonderful?

The leaves would have more time

to finish falling off the trees before 

Christmas.

We'd have an extra month of really nice

in between seasons weather.

We wouldn't be facing

 the holidays quite so fast.

 We'd finish the fall chores

preparing for the rains to come

and have time to enjoy 

fall weather...

There might be some 

crafting/sewing time.

I wish.

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Have a great weekend!