Pumpkin Carving 2009

Joshua, Ev, Amanda, Jenna and me carved our pumpkins today.  We carved three pumpkins. Jenna and I did a regular Jack-O-Lantern, Amanda made Jenna a cat pumpkin and Joshua and Ev made a really cool spider.  We all had fun and nobody got hurt.

 

Joshua cleaned his pumpkin

 

Jenna helped me clean ours

Ev helped Joshua with some of the cutting

Amanda gets into her cat pumpkin

Jenna and I finished first (ours was easy)

The Dachshund & Pink the Pig

I love these stories, so I had to share this one.

This  Dachshund is  fostering this little guy for another mom who  couldn't take care of him.  He had his eyes  closed, but now they are open. He is just a  little bigger than her other pups.

She loves  this little guy as much as the other puppies and  she is nursing him back to health.

He is the  cleanest pig-uppy ever because she licks him all  the time.
HIS  NAME IS PINK....

IS  THIS NOT THE MOST PRECIOUS  THING!!!?

"UNTIL ONE HAS LOVED AN  ANIMAL, PART OF THEIR SOUL REMAINS  UNAWAKENED"

Breaking the paper addiction

I am just as guilty as the next person when it comes to paper, I like my stuff to look pretty.  I am now getting into the habit of printing on the back of things, especially at work.  I do recycle every scrap of paper I can find, at home, work or even when we are out.  The following article got me to thinking, hope it gets you to thinking, too!

Be a Double-Dipper

Plant it

The average person goes through 1.5 pounds of paper every day. A great way to cut this number down is using both sides of paper and recycling it when done.

“Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, two barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for six months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space and 60 pounds of air pollution,” according to the book, “Trash to Cash.”

Water it

• Set your printer for double-sided printing, take notes on the back of draft documents, use both sides of a Post-it note
• Set up a recycling bin wherever you use paper. This includes your car, work, your garage, your backyard and kitchen
• Rethink the print button! From PDF to online file sharing, there are now more alternatives to printing. Do a double-take before you hit print because every sheet counts

Grow it

• Set up a community recycling paper program at work. Alternate between volunteers to take the paper home for curbside recycling, or find a paper recycling program in your area to come pick it up
• Have a basket nearby for paper scraps. Encourage your fellow employees or housemates to use this paper instead of getting a new sheet for meeting notes or grocery lists
• A zip drive is a great portable device for storing files. These little gifts are inexpensive and easy to use. Sounds like that perfect gift for the person who has everything

The BIG and the small in WV

These pics were taken by someone outside of Ravenswood, WV. 

AN AWESOME MORNING ON ROUTE 68.

NOT SCARED OF THE "BIG GUYS" AT ALL  VERY INQUISITIVE.  AND THE HORSES  DON'T SEEM TO MIND.

THE FAWN LOOKS SO SMALL.

DEFINITELY, GOD'S CRITTERS AT THEIR FINEST...    

After the horses moved on, the doe came for her fawn.  So all is well, in case you were wondering.

The Walker-Vega Dinner

Alex’s parents are in from Florida, so we all got together for dinner.  We tried to go to Lola’s, but there was no way they could accommodate all of us.  A table for 12 would have been a 2 1/2 hour wait, we were all hungry so we went to China Gourmet.  The food wasn’t all that good, but the company was fantastic.  Love you guys and we gotta do it again, soon!

              

                 

     

    

     

Halloween Funnies

WWE Smackdown Live

Ev & Mason took Joshua to the WWE event in Huntington last night. Joshua has recently been getting into wrestling guys and by the looks of the following pictures, the boys had a LOT of fun! Joshua fell asleep last night in his new T-Shirt, wrestler in hand and woke up telling his mommy all the stories from the night before.