So, I kind of fell of the face of the earth the past three months. I did enough to keep the blog going but fell drastically behind on updates. Now I want to play catch up. I'm going to do a life update, hopefully a post with reading updates for August, September and October and then a few book hauls. That's the plan so let's hope I stick to it. Anyways, here is step one!
SEPTEMBER: This month kicked off with major repairs at the farm. I mentioned we had to have a big job done which was having all of our plumbing replaced and redone. Our home is 124 years old and we still had a huge cast iron septic pipe which ran from the attic to the basement. It was cracking and finally reached the "We need to do this soon" stage. We threw in all the other plumbing as well because we got a good deal but still, no one likes to spend a high 4 figure amount right? Also, three days of working in my bedroom with two 100 pound dogs? Not fun at all. Not much of note for that month although I did have fun reading lots of vampire books for #Vamptember.
OCTOBER: We were full steam ahead of festive mode. My work bestie came in from out of town to visit for a few days and we enjoyed good food, good games and good movies. Mr. Barb and I watched tons of horror movies as well as lots of football. The pups had fun handing out candy and I didn't see as much of my mom as usual because she had a person quit at work and she was working insane hours. I had to go out of town for work for 2 days which always upsets the boys' schedule even though Daddy takes vacation time with them.
NOVEMBER: The main news so far this month, at least here at Booker T's Farm is that on November 8th, Apollo turned five. Since it fell on a Friday and we had off on Veteran's Day, we made the whole three-day weekend about him. He had a birthday party, a giant puppy cookie, gifts, extra walks and lots of cuddling. And of course, Zekey was right there with him. We are gearing up to celebrate our wedding anniversary soon as well as Thanksgiving. I have managed to get half of my Christmas shopping done and even made a hand-crocheted blanket for my friend's cat, Baby.
So hopefully I will now feel like doing bi-weekly updates. I also plan on blog hopping so more so be prepared to see me around!
I'm so glad you'll be blogging more. I've noticed a big drop off with bloggers I follow and it's so sad! How fun to celebrate Apollo, and I hope you and Mr. Barb have a wonderful anniversary😁
ReplyDeleteWell those were some busy months with important events. When you said Mr. Barb, it reminded me of how my daughter saw everything with women as the primary focus. So if her Aunt was Sue and her uncle was Bob, they would be Aunt Sue and Mr. Aunt Sue. I found it hilarious. I don't know how she came up with it but so funny.
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A 4-figure amount? and ALL your plumbing redone?Sounds like a nightmare scenario... *shudders*
ReplyDelete"The pups had fun handing out candy"
Aw, did they? So cute. I bet the kids were ecstatic...
Happy anniversary in advance! And good luck with catching up.
Glad you're back! I've missed your weekly or bi-weekly updates. I try to get over to check out your reviews and other posts. But I've been so bad about commenting the past month or two. Hoping to get caught up this week in between reading for the Ho-Ho-Ho REadathon too.
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