No big plans this weekend. Lots of puttering and sleeping I think.

Still a bit breezy out, thought I was going to wake up in another state the way the wind was blowing last night. Not a whole heck of a lot of rain today, if any at all. Was raining pretty good about 3am tho.

Actually there is no pizza, the house smells like pizza tho as I have a couple of trays of tomatoes dehydrating and there is a lovely tomato-ie smell wafting from the kitchen.

Last night the house smelled of the pork roast I scored Tuesday for 98 cents a lb from the crock pot. I shredded some and we had shredded pork sammies on cheddar rolls with cheese for dinner after the pool. Since I had bought an almost 9lb roast, we have plenty of leftovers. Lunch today is a pork sandwich with cheese and some of the roasted in olive oil tomatoes I did the other night.



The pool was nice, tho the spa was broken again, so no pre and post hot tubbing, serious bummer. I was looking forward to some soaking last night. Ah well, hopefully they will be able to get it fixed soon. Still working on trying to get a Friday 6:30pm class, they are going to look into it once the remodel gets underway.

So popped a delicata squash in the oven last night. Went simple, just cut it in half, scooped the seeds and baked it in a pan with a bit of water. When it was almost done (using the fork test) I put in some butter to melt and then dug in.

(insert Homer Simpson drooly here)

I don't think the rest of the squash is going to see the end of the week. I might even try and get the hubby to try some, he didn't feel like any last night, but I think he missed out since I plan on being very greedy and say it is MINE! MINE! ALL MINE!!!!!!! LOL! I'll try some with a bit of sesame oil baked on and go from there. Will definitely be saving seeds to plant this spring so I can have LOTS of my own to have over winter.

Feeling a bit stiff and sore this morning, tho not as badly as last week. The pool was nice and toasty last night and the hot tub even toastier. We are lobbying for a Friday 6:30 class. Apparently there hadn't been much interest previously, but they would have at least two people (me and hubby) if they would have one.

Hubby wasn't up for a big dinner last night, so I made him some ramen with dried sweet onions and surimi. Which I promptly spilled on him when I handed it to him. Avoided a bad burn, but we had a serious mess on the floor and the end of the couch. Made him more and managed to give it to him without incident. I had the aforementioned squash and baked some homemade chicken nuggets.

Chilly but nice out today. Frost on the car this morning, but that was pretty much gone by the time I got to work (hubby isn't feeling great so I drove in). Hope he is feeling better tomorrow since I hate driving myself, I like being chauffeured LOL.

And a cold one.

BRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Fairly low key weekend. Rit on Saturday was good, tho I don't think anyone had a whole heck of a lot of energy. The weather was too windy to have the bonfire, so we made do with a small fire in the little burn pit. But it was good people and good food and a good rit, so all was good :D

I'd reset the bedroom clock before leaving for rit on Saturday, so I didn't have to futz with it when I got home or try and remember Sunday morning. Most everything else in the house changes automatically with the except of the battery clock in the living room, the thermostat and the timers I have for the fish tank and morning light in the bedroom. I don't bother with the clocks on the coffee pot of microwave anymore.

Sliced up some sweet onions and put part in the freezer and part in the dehydrator. Need to pick up more. Got about 10 lbs of assorted tomatoes from a friend last night. So I need to get those processed as dried or cooked. I'll get the ones I want to dry going tonight after swimming. I'll be getting more from her as they finish ripening in her basement. I did bring one to slice up or my toasted cheese sammie for lunch.

Got about 10 lbs of delicata squash from another friend. I've never had it, so will slice one tonight and bake it with a little butter and see how they taste and then look for recipes to do the rest with.

Happy Anniversary to us!
Happy Anniversary to us!
Happy 16th wedding Anniversary to us!!!
Happy Anniversary to us!

So FINALLY got back to an aqua fitness class last night. It was great. The water was nice and warm, a great instructor and some neat people. Hubby attended also, so it was nice working out with him.

It was SOOOOOOO nice to be able to work out and not freeze! The university (when wellness actually could have aqua fitness classes) kept the pool cold and even at full workout I froze. So this is much nicer.

My only complaint is there is only one shower at the facility in the women's changing room and I almost froze to death before I could get in as the other ladies beat me to it LOL.

With luck tomorrow night I can throw myself into the hot tub there for a few minutes after class.

Last nights Zombie Walk was a blast. I got Ms Ella all decked out:



and dressed up a bit myself:



They had a table and bins set up to collect food for the food bank and critter food and supplies for the animal shelter:



There was a pretty good turn out for a first time event:



Over 200 people showed up for the whole event. There was even a zombie dog:



I do hope they do this again next year, we've got some more ideas of how to dress Ms Ella up for it.

Here is the link to the other photos I took.

Moscow Id & the Palouse, 2010 by JeanC_PurpleDucky
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so are the nuts:







Do these guys really think they can convert people by yelling at them, telling them they will go to hell if they don't convert to their flavor of Christianity? Don't they realize they are portraying themselves as whack jobs and wing nuts every time they do this?

Didn't Jesus say something about practicing your faith quietly?

I have a number of friends who are Christians and you know what? They don't go screaming their faith from the roof tops or go around telling people they are going to go to hell if they don't convert. They practice their faith quietly and don't push their religion on you unasked. They respect the beliefs of others and are a joy to discuss religion with if you want to.

They are the real Christians, not the wing nuts who come on campus and verbally abuse people.

Shortly after taking these pictures I was told the cops wandered by and suggested the crowd disperse. Left the guy as it is public space and he can spew his hate all he wants. Looks like he left with no audience to spew in front of.

Had a fairly low key weekend and a busy couple of days for the week. Weather on Saturday was great, just wish I had had the energy to finish painting. We would have loved to have finished the roof, but the ladder we borrowed had gone back to its owner and he was out of town.

Oh well, we still may have some nice weather sometime I can finish. If not, next spring.

We are really loving the HD TV, esp the races and movies. We've decided we really don't need the networks in HD, well maybe Fox, at least for now. Since we have so little HD record storage we are going to be picky at what we record in HD. We still want to check out Bones and House before deciding whether or not to keep Fox in HD. Things like the races and such we can set to record on the HD version of the channel and everything else on regular.

Decided on pizza and cheesy bread from Papa Murphy's for dinner last night. So it was a pizza and Man from UNCLE night and then early bed. Leftover pizza for lunch today.

Hubby has been going to the pool at the Gritman Therapy center, got the paper work and I'll be looking at going a couple evenings after work for aqua fitness class. My knees will be happier for it. I would like to go 3 days a week, but I would have to leave work early. I'll look at re-arranging my schedule next semester to do it.

Picked up a couple pounds of sweet onions. Will look at slicing them on the rotary slicer and dehydrating them for storage. I'll look at getting some more to chop and freeze. Need to see if anyone still has tomatoes I can roast and freeze and maybe dry. Since I didn't get any of my own this year (the two Moscovichs were pretty small, so I am precessing them for the seeds to plant next year) I need to trade for or buy some. I do have friends who had a late season, but have to see what they might have left.

Still working on stuff for Purple Ducky Designs. Currently putting together a calendar featuring photos of Moscow and the Palouse. Still need to find a couple photos to finish it. I had hoped to have gotten some really good fall leaves photos to put in, but the cold snap a couple weeks ago really dulled the colors and there isn't a whole lot of nice colors. I'll have to go thru my photo archives and see if I have anything I can use I took int he last couple of years. I know I have some, but the photo sizes may be too small to use int he calendar. We'll see.

Need to get started on turning Ms Ella into a zombie, still planning on attending the Zombie Walk. We did pick up a nice folding garden cart at the Tristate Dutch Auction this last weekend, so I won't have to use the luggage cart or borrow a wagon when I take her out and about.