I wish I was there, Suzi. For a lot of reasons! But playing with babies would be fun.

I found my pumpkin cookie recipe, and I think I have what I need for the apple cheddar bread. Firing up the oven soon.

Oh, send me your punkin cookie recipe, please.

Can it be nap time yet? Love these kids but normally K- Bug and I double team them. Hour 1 down, 4 more to go.

Man, this Doc Martens sale is killing me. Discounted prices, but an additional 20% off that, and free shipping. I think I might have to buy these boots that Trudy linked over on fb. Only they're suede, and I wear my Docs all day every day in hard terrain and expect them to last a decade. I was going to buy the bright red ones, because they're normal leather, but they're not in my size. The SO thinks I should just get the full-price leather ones (which I could do in classic black or this distressed brown, that they'll wear better and at $12/year it works out to not that bad a price. I dunno, though, the suede ones at $60 are literally half price. I mean, I could buy two pairs. That'd probably last a decade, right?

Oh, right, working.

Suzi, insent.

It's cold and blustery here. No likelihood of snow, but there's a freeze warning tonight. So tomorrow I guess I can take care of a bunch of post-freeze gardening stuff.

Today I plan to deep clean the apartment as my sister's coming to visit next week. It's a good day for it.

Really nice out here, sunny and calm. Which is good because I'm down art the dock waiting for some guy to help take my dad's boat out. They agreed to meet up "not before 11" so we could be here awhile.

It's definitely snowing here now, and starting to accumulate. This is so weird for October. I can remember snow before Halloween once or twice before, but always just flurries, never like this.

Thanks Amy. I had considered making cookies with the three year old but Little Miss is way too active and I'm out of practice cooking one handed.

I'm skating in a roller derby mixer tonight. Wish the Witches luck! I'm wearing these.

My sister's household has three cats and a dog. Two of the cats fight, and every time they do it loudly enough for the dog to notice, she rushes over and breaks it up. I've always wondered what's up with that. Is she just investigating? She does make them stop. It's pretty funny.

My coworker's dog does that every time her two cats fight. It makes me wonder if a dog could possibly be the solution to my cat strife. (I have read on sites about cat on cat aggression that bringing in a third can be the solution when there are only two cats.)

Guys, I am totally overwhelmed by my sisters showing up unexpectedly, and they aren't even staying with me. I should have tidied up and instead I spent an hour cleaning one shelf in my fridge. The place is a mess and I just really want to nap.