There were thousands of ladybugs swarming -- they were flying in clouds all over the yard and up the driveway, and sitting in swarms on the side of the house and on the stone wall. We were walking around with ladybugs landing on us all afternoon, much to the kids' delight. This is a relatively small concentration of them, but in better focus than my other pics
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Bruce's team installed "Wonderboard" in the shower stall in preparation for the marble guys to come next Tuesday. They were 2 pieces short so they'll have to come back to finish it.
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Kailyn got to bring her project home today, and Mittens apparently thought the teepee was just her size
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Kailyn's costume (for performing in the Nutcracker in December, and doing double-duty as a Halloween costume next week) came in the mail today. She absolutely loves it.
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Life is rough when you're a hard-working kitten.
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This is the sort of board I was thinking would go well on the east wall of the mudroom, to help the family keep track of each others' schedules
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Alternative: neat 3-month idea for dry erase calendar. I'm thinking instead of the lift-and-move method, it'd be pretty easy to make some kind of a rail system where they just slide in and can be rotated more simply.
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October 24: School fall festival. Connor with face paint doing the cake walk
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It's a country school, for sure: one of the auction items was 3 ducklings and their associated gear
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A Christmas gift for Darel: NOT buying these 2 baskets completely full of snowman-theme Christmas knicknacks for Gail :)
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October 25: We spotted this onyx on our granite-hunting expedition today. It would in no way go with our kitchen but was too interesting to not take a picture of!
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This Verde Butterfly may be very close to what we saw previously in Chattanooga. The slab is cracked but they're getting in another from the same lot next week.
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Closer view
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A more typical Verde Butterfly
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Connor helping compare granites
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October 26: Floor and cabinetry in the mudroom!
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Birdseye pattern in the bench seat
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Main wall of mudoom cabinetry
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Cabinetry from the east end of the mudroom
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Don took another good pic of the upstairs vanity
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Ninwa and Ringo are getting along better again, now that Ringo is settling down about having Mittens around
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October 27: Downstairs tile installation
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Floor at the end of the afternoon
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Looking toward the windows
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And now looking toward the hallway
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