Ten on Tuesday

1. First of all, I took pictures to share with this post. And they won't upload. Can we all just sigh heavily together in frustration? As much as I like the free-ness of blogger, sometimes the picture issues drive me crazy. There. Vent over. Now I feel a little better.
2. We had an injured Jack in the front yard this morning. (Remember, Jack is the name of every neighborhood squirrel - it was E's genious idea to name them all Jack so we don't get confused...) Poor thing had a broken back leg. Gracie, of course, wanted outside so she could have it for breakfast, and the kids all wanted me to rescue it and take it to the vet. I can hardly get Asia to pay the dog's vet bills - I know he'd freak if I took a squirrel to the vet. We watched it carefully, and it somehow managed to get up a tree with it's three good legs. It was gone when I got home from taking the kids to school. Poor thing. I doubt it can survive long. I'm just glad I didn't have to touch it, or be the one to put it out of it's misery... ew.
3. Oprah started yesterday. It was kind of an "eh" premiere, I thought. I tape Oprah every day, and then end up deleting more than half of the shows, because they aren't anything I want to watch. But I hate to miss a good Oprah. This system works for me.
4. Bought a new sweater for Gracie today. She outgrew her one from last year, and her little short-haired self gets cold in our Spokane winters. I had a picture to share... but, well, you know.
5. My single mom friend Kelly is positively being picked up on in her comments section. It's too funny. He seems like a nice enough guy. But this is the internet, people. Yikes!
6. I've picked up some awesome Halloween possibilities at garage sales lately. I found a great alien mask and some hilarious hippy wigs. It feels so good to basically have Halloween costumes figured out already - and it's not even October!
7. I've been wanting to bake lately - like every day. Problem is, I'm doing Weight Watchers, and Asia's gone, and the kids don't need tons of sweets. I get to take treats to bible study tomorrow - so I'll get to bake then. I just want to smell cinnamon and apples and yummy stuff wafting from the oven... it's that time of year.
8. The crows are back. Every fall they come... so creepy...
9. I prefer the brown 'indian corn' candy corn. How about you?
10. If you didn't see my brother Ken's comment on my Flashback Friday post, I have to tell you, it made me laugh out loud. Literally. And then I have to tell you, if you do go read it, you won't understand it. Unless you went to Astoria High School... Thanks for the laugh, big brother.