Saturday, November 15

Hi everyone! How fast the time goes by when you're working long days, our pumpkin patch is long gone, with all the animals sold to good homes, except for the goats, who went home to their farm. We are now getting the lot set up to sell Christmas trees. We plan on taking some pictures of the lot with what we've done so far. We have half the poles striped with red ribbon, racks on the rails for the trees, the big tent is up to hold the flocked trees, plus the flocking tent is up, too. We still have to finish striping the rest of the poles, hang all the lights in the tent and decorate our booth. I hope to take the pictures tomorrow, Sunday. I'm also going to take some pictures of our new roller shades that we had installed the second week of October.

We are enjoying some great weather here, warm and clear, I almost feel like I'm back in southern California. I'm sure that is not going to last, so we have to enjoy it while we can. The leaves are turning and every day brings more color. We should be getting our trees delivered the weekend before Thanksgiving and start selling them the day after Thanksgiving. We're taking a few days off this week, to visit friends and get away from here for awhile, so we can be rested and refreshed for a busy Christmas season.

Here's me refilling the little paint holders for the next batch of kids to come along

Isn't he just the cutest little thing and he has a real saddle, too!

Ron riding his horsey....YEEHAW!!!

Tuesday, October 28

Hi! We are almost at the end of selling pumpkins. It has been a very fun experience, playing at being a farmer to two baby goats, a baby pig, baby bunnies and chicks. I am ready to hang up the rake and shovel, though. Chasing the goat and pig around when they get out is not exactly the most fun thing to do. I like it better when they are in the pen. The bunnies are adorable and the chicks, well..they are growing up, not as cute as when they were just a few days old. We've sold a ton of pumpkins and our lot looks like it, too! You would never know there was anything wrong with the economy in this neighborhood. We have three glorious weeks of vacation time before starting all over again, this time with Christmas trees. At least, we don't have to take care of any animals this time around. We'll be closing up our lot on Halloween night around 5 or 6 and then going to our boss' Halloween party! What fun that will be! Being that my birthday falls on that very day, it will be like going to my own birthday party, only no one knows it but me and Ron. Did I mention we were also married on that day? Ron has never forgotten!

Our lot at night

Our shack where we conduct business