De ja vu

Some of you might remember the tan Ford Taurus I had several years ago? Today I bought it's twin sister- Nearly identical in every way, even down to the ghetto speakers sitting on the back deck!(hey Joel, remember those?) She runs a little rough, is quite sluggish and there are a couple little spots of rust, but I think she's in pretty good shape for a 21 year old car. I'm especially not complaining about the purchase price of $200.00! OK so it was from a dealership and all their document fees, tax and junk added up to a little over $500.00, but I'm still not complaining to be able to have a car thats legal for me to drive! I'm sure if I had been pulled over in the manual transmission car I was driving before, the ticket most likely would have cost me more than that. . .

Here she is, this is the prettier side:

The not-as-pretty side: (still not too bad, though, eh?)

And last but not least, the ghetto speaker:

A little vacuuming, shampooing, pounding out a few dents, and she'll be good as new!

(edit) Here are a couple more from Saturday after a thorough washing

Perpetual Bonsai

About 5 months ago I gave this plant to a friend. It is a Schefflera arboricola, or Dwarf Umbrella tree. As I was trimming it back before I delivered it, I kept one of the branches and grew it out to start a new tree.

Today I potted that branch up in it's own pot to send to another friend, but not before trimming a branch from this one to grow out as another tree later!

I've got a good head start on this branch because it came with roots already!

I'll keep you updated on it's progress . . .

I did it

I turned on some holiday music today. I know! Me, the one who despises all the retail stores who start decorating for Christmas in August! I succomed to their overcommercialized, money-grubbing plans to drive away the true meaning of Christmas.

Although I only eased into it by listening to only the instrumental music and not the Santa Clause/Rudolf/Jingle Bells stuff, I realize that now I've started listening, I just can't go back...

What have I done?? Who knows, next year they might get me tostart in October and then September and before I know it I'll be one of them! AHHHH! I'm pretty sure I'll be able to restrain myself from putting up lights and the tree and all that till after Thanksgiving though, thank goodness!

Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas. I just don't like how commercialized it has become. It shouldn't be about how many twinkle lights you can cram onto your roof or having a herd of glowing reindeer running through your yard. It should be about Christ, don't you think?

Orchid

This is the second blooming for this orchid this year, which is a first for me! The second pic is just with the sunlight shining through.

Pumpkin walk '08

Here's some fun pictures from this year's pumpkin walk.
















This years theme was: EVERYDAY HEROES


Noah's Ark

The Greatest American Hero (remember that show from the 80's??)













The fearless MAIL-man!

Indiana Jones

Larry Boy from Veggie Tales

Our sports coaches and teammates can be our heroes...

Kung Fu Panda

A very thin Smokey. He must have just woke up from hibernation

All hail King Arthur! Long live the King!

Gotta remember the people who keep our guts from spilling out all over the place...














Some historical heroes: from left to right: Harriet Tubman, M.L. King Jr., George Washington. Bottom: Clara Barton and Thomas Edison.














Mo-Tab














Wouldn't want to meet this pumpkin in a dark alley...















Phelps= half man/ half Shark!















Our armed heroes















Dads are heroes















I don't know what the "FP" means














Making Christmas, la la la...!














And Logan's own Brent Carpenter

Mr T.

Gomer Pile

Andy Griffith














Moses parting the Red sea














Michael "Gourdan"



























Pele














Babe Ruth














Einstein
















Can someone tell me who this one is? Who are the darlings?














The farm animals are always my favorite ! They're so cute!

I got some fun pics of Callie from last Tuesday's visit. She's a girl so she loves to play dress up! Fun wig, huh?

an amazing talent

My wonderful, totally awesome friend Laura made this really, really nice present for me. She's a photographer and she loves what she does. She does an excellent job too, in my opinion!
She sent this to me in as really nice frame from her work. Isn't it beautiful?

Yay!

Here's my laceleaf Japanese maple doing its thing for fall.