I R Monster

With Halloween just a few days away I couldn't not post this picture of our little buddy, Colten.  I mean Halloween is my favorite time of year.  And Colten is one of my favorite little guys.  I'm not leaving you out Noah or JD.  You're my favorites too!  Anyway, Colten always wants to have his picture taken.  Can you tell he's an only child?

So when he told his Aunt Shell to take his picture, I told him that he needed to throw his hands in the air and roar for me.  Which he did with no problem.  He can be such a little ham at times.  We had to put the hood up so you could see the horns and read the front of the shirt.  Of course I emailed his mommy the photo and hopefully she can pass it on to his daddy.

I call him 'monster', but really he's not.  I just had to share this picture of him.  Sometimes he can be a little devil.  But then again can't we all at times?  Some of us more than others.

Fine Art

So when we went to Ingleside on Saturday, not only did we see many of our good friends, drink wonderful wine, purchase said wine and have an all around good time.  We also were able to purchase a piece of artwork from our buddy, Phil McKenney.

I highly recommend that you check out his site.  You can just click on his name and it should take you directly to his website.  He's a very talented man.  And I'm not just saying that because he's a buddy of mine.  I just like to shamelessly plug certain people.  :-)  This is the 'Dead Man's Hand' and he did this one in colored pencils if I remember correctly.  I had admired it for a long time before we decided to purchase it from Phil.  It came framed and matted and I can't wait to hang it in our game room.

Now Phil just needs to come visit us so he can see where we've placed his artwork.  Hint.  Hint.

Harvest Celebration

So Saturday Jim and I were able to go back to Ingleside Vineyards.  Hooray!  They were having their Harvest Celebration.  So we did get to see our wonderful friends from Ingleside.  And I missed you guys terribly!  And BTW those who did not work or show for this event were missed as well.  

There were so many things to do there.  And I mean besides drink the wonderful wine.  Which is one of my main reasons for going there.  Besides seeing my buddies, of course.  There was a band and dancing demonstrations (something that was new, the demo I mean), food vendors and craft vendors, plus alpacas.  We didn't pet the alpacas, because Jim said they looked like filthy animals.  Insert giggling here.  They did the wine tasting and you could buy wine by the glass or bottle.  We bought a  bottle of the Rosato for immediate consumption.  I saw Justin from the boat and Saturday was the last boat of the season.  They did the grape stomp like last year.  Only this time you put your feet print on tee shirts.  I didn't do this, but now I'm kind of wishing I did.  And they also had hay rides into the vineyards with the vineyard manager, Floyd.  It had been titled 'Tour de Floyd'.  I thought it was a riot!  And I learned a few new things.

Afterwards we went to dinner with our friends and had a really good time.  It took a bit of work to close down, but it normally does and man were they hopping that day.  We ended up buying a case of wine to take home with us.  Hey what can I say?  The holidays are coming up.  And didn't get home until nearly one in the morning.  But it was oh so very worth it.

It was a lot like coming home.  We missed the place terribly.  Especially the people.  Some things were the same, but there were changes.  New faces were mixed in with the familiar.  And there were some old faces that were gone.  A sad statement, but that's life.  

Of course the question that seemed to keep popping up was when was I coming back to work.  :-)  Boy that makes a person feel missed.  When they can invent a transporter so I don't have to drive 2.5 hours to get to Ingleside then I'll be back to work.

Another thing that was nice to see was some of the wines were sold out.  In an economy that is supposedly going down hill, it's really good to see that a winery is sold out of some of it's higher end wines.  Although I will miss the Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon Reserves.  And I'd really wanted a bottle of their Sparkling Wine.  But I'm sure they'll have more Sparkling Wine by Thanksgiving.  Hint!  Hint Maria!

What The Cats Did Today

It's good to know that my paper shopping bags do have some use to them.  Other than carrying my groceries that is.  Hey I forgot my canvas bags when I went today.

-Michelle

And that jingling you hear is the bell on their collars.  

I R Helping

So while Jim's away the cats will play.  Okay so that was really corny, but I liked it.  And admit it, it made you smile.  Maybe even chuckle.

So while Jim's gone for a few days with the ship (You know playing sailor and all.) I worked on the house more.  I'm wondering if it will ever end.  Pumpkin decided he would help as best he could.

His idea of helping?  Attacking those nasty crumbled up papers in case they decided to band together and start a riot.  

It was funny to watch him jumping and rustling through the papers.  And he was in heaven when I set out a huge wardrobe box for him to play in.  I almost didn't have the heart to break them down.  Almost.

So you may be wondering what Kyla was doing during this time.

Don't let the photo fool you.  She jumped and played in the papers and boxes.  Pouncing on Pumpkin whenever possible.  She's a spaz!  But as soon as she saw the camera come out she started acting like she was a little lady.

Nobody's fooled sweetie.

I finally caught her on the couch.  And figured it was only fair to post a picture of her as well.  Don't want to play favorites or anything.  

In fact that's where she is now, looking over my shoulder.  I think she's reading this as I type.  Reminds me a bit of a vulture.  Oh that's creepy!  Do I need to worry that she's part vulture and is waiting to pick me apart in my sleep?