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Rebecca dressed up as identity theft
Kai and I took a whack at a mesquite out at the Bluff this month. It was an unkempt one at the entrance to the parking lot. I had been telling myself I needed to trim it up for what?, nine years but could always talk myself out of it since I knew it was going to be pretty big job. I mentioned to Kai I planned to bring my chainsaw the next week and trim some mesquites. She said she would like to tag along and I said to myself, “Shoot, if she wants to “tag along”, I’ll just get her to help me and tackle that tree. So I did. She was a big help, even took a crack at using the chainsaw and held up pretty well, but of course she eventually got tired and handed it back over to me. I was weary myself and the breather she gave me was just what I needed. The traffic loop running in front of the Bluff is being widened. In the process a bunch of mesquite was cleared and piled up not far from where we were working. I asked if we could add our trimmings to the pile and was given permission. It sure made it easier to clean up after ourselves. Kai had been building the load of trimmings in the pickup as I cut them, and it was just a matter of backing up to the pile and pulling our load out.
October 31 Halloween October went out with cold weather. Of course it did. It was Halloween. But November followed with really nice weather. Dry of course but nice. As usual, Rebecca was my only trick-or-treater and she cleaned me out of Halloween candy I hadn’t already eaten. She didn’t do anymore trick-or-treating after she came to my door. The Wylie women worked it pretty good, though. Their neighborhood is more trick-or-treater friendly Jill tells me.
We celebrated Thanksgiving to everyone’s’ satisfaction, I think. Food was delicious, everyone behaved themselves (no food or fist fights). Weather was pleasant, but no moisture of course. The Wylie clan arrived Monday evening and returned home Saturday so Kaylee could get some needed volunteer hours, a National Honor Society requirement, I think. Other than another dry month, November was pretty good and left little to complain about, though that didn’t stop us. Now it’s on to Christmas.