That's REALLY The End

 Tubers are dug....washed....dried... separated....put into horticultural vermiculite in bins....and off to spend the winter in my co-workers basement.... 

It was a good run....

Excited for spring!

The Weekend Report

Guess what time of year it is....

On Friday Minnie had to work and this girl CHOSE to go to the football game... since it was vs. the W Crew's school they were there too! I started a group chat and begged for a picture.... So happy they obliged! LOVE these three SOOOOOO much! Just missing Minnie!!!

Love these two!!! So sweet of Katie to give Miss B a ride! 

Saturday AM it was time.... Tamarah called and asked what I was up to and this was the photographic evidence... back in the day I used to tell her I was cleaning the playroom and if she didn't hear from me I was buried in there... kinda what it felt like in our bedroom!!!

ACK!

Better!!!!

and no before of THIS disaster but trust me when I say this is MUCH better...

Gotta love a little Saturday re-set!

Minnie spent the day with Levi, Chelsey and crew at the State XC meet... Miss B and I ran some errands getting ready for putting the dahlias to bed and enjoyed hangin' at home while Husband was in the woods...

Sunday after SS, church and a trip to Hannaford... Minnie and I got busy in the kitchen... she has been asking for the annual pumpkin whoopie pies for a few weeks and we made it happen!

Not photographed but Husband also made bread and his turkey chow mein... Minnie made taco biscuit handpies! Busy weekend in the Mouse House Kitchen and I LOVED it! 

Bring on the COZY season!

The Ones that Survived...

 the TWO frosts....

That's a Wrap

The 2026 soccer season is OVER! Hip hip!!! While I am not wishing time away... trust me... watching senior night and knowing that was going to be us next year... NOT OK... but... there were some tricky parts and we're moving on...

This feels like FOREVER ago....

August 2026

Fun to show up twinning! I saw Bode at school and sent Husband a message to change his shirt so they would be matchy!

 

Miss B played great! Really tough game to watch but she did great!

And soooo fun to have the Johnson fan club for her!

If we could all be as COOL as Phillip!

Love this crew!

Senior night went off with just a minor hitch *insert eye roll* of no Hudl but gals played hard...

Cheverus is always rough and when you can recruit and pull from anywhere... WHY are we PLAYING YOU?

One final "fun" night for the Varsity on Friday, a banquet to be scheduled and we are moving onto bball....

 

Back to the REALLY "Big City"

 At least for the CountryMouse and Husband!

Please note the time the coffee arrived on the nightstand... please also note, my phone is telling me I should still be sleeping!

"We've" been doing this a LONG time... Husband did like his past Dr who retired but the one who took over was NOT a good fit....so if you remember we went to Boston for the top dog of New England back in June...he listened and allowed Husband some time but it finally got to the point that he was done waiting, Husband was uncomfortable enough and they had to get removed.... 

Wednesday was the big day.... of course Minnie's soccer game would get moved to Wednesday night because why NOT? 

We left the house around 5:20AM and when I put our destination in my phone it immediately said "there more traffic than USUAL today..." great.... love starting a road trip stressed....

Sure enough GPS was right and our arrival time of 7:30 went right out the window... to say that I was freaking out might be a "slight" understatement... I HATE BEING LATE...

I texted this picture to Minnie because she does love her some Boston Blue...looked like a scene from the show....beautiful skyline beautiful flag and all!

I also snapped this picture for the girls in hopes that it was Season 2 of Crew Girl but after googling it I don't think it was... maybe a scene for Boston Blue??  

Thank GOODNESS no one was grouchy that we were 40 min later than they hoped and Husband got checked right in.... procedure started around 10.... 

I was happy in an empty waiting room but I assure you this is NOT how it ended up... in fact when the Dr called me and I stepped out into the hallway to go over everything.... 

I lost my seat... so I walked and stood for the next hour... until I got a text from Husband that said "let's get outta here" so I went looking for him :) When I got into the PACU the boy at the desk said "did they call you, he's only been in here for 40 min and usually it's 2 hours?" 

I said no.... but my Husband wants to leave sooooo can you check with someone??? 

And at about 2:15 I was experiencing my first VALET service... almost 50... never done valet... had no idea HOW to do valet but thankfully they brought me my car....

I maneuvered all of this and MORE traffic on the way home...

as evidenced by the stress of my blood sugar....

so that we could get home to watch this girl do her thing!

A WIN to end the night and FINALLY my bed by 9:30!!!! 

Husband is doing well, really happy with the procedure and we shall see about next steps....