Random photos (early Oct)

Some photos from October - starting out with some more kokedama.  I made this one with a self-watering "string":

It's lost a few leaves but hopefully with some nurturing, it will survive!

This one started out really pretty - calla lilies with some ivy, but the lily decided to wither away. Thankfully the ivy is still thriving!

I've actually decorated it with a Christmas theme. More of those photos next time!

This spider plant is actually doing really well. It loves the sunny window:

And it has babies!!  I'll have to figure out how to propagate those:

Graham was out doing Tech Crew for the school play, so Charlie and I decided to venture out for a meal at a new restaurant:

These portions are massive!

That didn't stop me from eating up all of it. LOL!!

Lunch date with Bobby, although he's been making me pay for these a lot lately from my paycheck.  What's up with that?!

So many leaves!!!

It's never ending with the clean-up.  And after it's cleared, more leaves will be scattered the next day. Can't win! And  yes, I drag the boys out to help me with theses chores:

Ah, here's Graham after the school's play:

Pretty cool set up this time for Robin Hood.  He has one more play in the Spring and that will complete his 3 years of Tech Crew in middle school. He loves it!

Mommy and Graham selfie :-)

Charlie is out on the golf course with me during one of my teaching sessions.  It's a cold and windy day. Can you tell? Ha ha!!

The leaves are starting to change color - so pretty!

Ahhh... always a chance to get caught up by one of these freight trains. 4 minutes of my life that I will never get back!

OMG, they are selling pinball machines and arcade games/machines at Costco. Tempting for sure!

We stop at the skate park for a bit one day.  Charlie still enjoys to scooter around:

Graham, on the other hand, started to play with an RC car again:

I've joined the team at X-Golf!  Definitely needing to learn more about the technology for indoor golf but excited about the new teaching opportunity :-)

In the meantime, getting some winter gear for my small biz - Plants & Paint:

Yes, a sweater too, because why not! ;-)

Both boys have actually been wearing my gear.  I guess that's good advertising :-D

I did cave in and bought a painting of a cat that a friend of mine drew.  She's actually a childhood friend from my pre-school days. It's amazing we are still in touch!

I picked it up when I was in England recently as that's where she lives.  Saved me a bit on shipping, thankfully.  Just something about this cat that I really liked.  I think it's a combination of my 2 previous ones. I still do miss them!

Here they are - Spike (brown) and Beethoven - cuddling together in their one bed.

Charlie was given lots of beads from my aunt during the same visit! 

I'm still waiting for him to fix my broken one but he's been too busy playing video games!

Talk about a huge pumpkin! I'm guessing we didn't win the "Guess the weight" contest:

Last but not least, the planter that I bought recently has been moved around. And now it's like a traffic circle in the hallway upstairs.  Ha ha!

And actually, it ended up by my bedside. These kids, I tell you!

There's a whole bunch of stuff that I've bought that I need to hang, put away, use, install... you name it!  Hopefully I'll get my act together this Winter (or Spring, or Summer??!) LOL!!