Oct 25th - Lydia Eating Squash

Last night Kelsey fed Lydia some squash for the first time. She had eaten oatmeal before but Kelsey said she wasn't thrilled with the oatmeal. She really went after the squash. She would just dive for the spoon when she saw it coming towards her. She is still learning to eat "solid" food, and I'm sure Kelsey won't let her have much of it for some time yet.

We had an enjoyable evening with David, Elaine, and K, L & A last night.

Tonight Kathy fed her some more squash during supper. She is such a cutie.

 I think the expression is because she is still trying to get used to the feel of solid food.

I went to California this morning to take the hardware store a "core" battery to replace the one I had purchased for my lawn mower last week. No paper work, when I bought the battery the lady at the checkout counter just told me to bring the core back when I could and she would give me the lower "exchange" price.

I also stopped at the "feed store" and purchased 50# of fish food. I'm "training" the fish in our pond to come eat. I don't think they have ever been fed before. A few days ago was the first time I've gotten them to come eat chunks of bread. Today, after some time, I had quite a few coming after the food. Tomorrow it will be interesting to see if they come for the food quicker, if I remember to feed them.

We got the same dramatic temperature drop today that everyone in the Midwest experienced. It dropped about 15 degrees in 15 minutes. We still had the air conditioning on last night, it was 75 in the house this morning, and we started up the wood boiler this afternoon. It is 47 now. The forecast for the overnight low is 32. 30 is forecast for tomorrows low.

We moved the motor home from its "parking area" and back into the driveway. It sprinkled a little today and it was a good thing we moved it before it got any wetter. Some of the surface dirt that I had disturbed while grading was more soft than I thought. Rock is close to the surface almost everywhere on our place so there wasn't any real danger of getting stuck, but it was a little slippery getting out. On top of that it is VERY TIGHT getting in and out of the parking area.

I fired up the chain saw and trimmed up some cedar "logs" for Doug to take back with him when he comes out for Thanksgiving. (He wants to try out using cedar pieces in some interior decorating.)  I also cut up a few "junk" limbs that had been in the tree that I cut down. They are worth burning in the furnace, but only barely.

I am in the process of disinfecting the water system in the motor home. Not a big deal, it requires adding a little bleach to the system, filling the system and running water out all the faucets until you smell chlorine. After leaving it set for at least 12 hours I need to drain the chlorinated water from the system and refill it with fresh water. I'm still on track to leave for Texas on Monday.

Good night to all. May God bless you and yours.