It's That Time of Year Again

It's the time of year that the "leaf truck" starts making its rounds. And, today our street was one of the lucky ones that got its leaves vacuumed up...if they had been raked/blown to the edge of the yard next to the road. The only problem was that it was drizzling AND they came just a little after 7am. Woody saw that they were heading our way and he quickly headed out and got the big leaf blower going. He started blowing the ones in the yard next to ours (he said that they had come from our trees!)...and the truck was right there and then he came quickly over to ours and blew leaves while they were vacuuming them up here. Then he blew more in Nathan's yard while the machine was working there. So we got a few more leaves picked up than were already next to the road. Nathan and family had been working to keep them raked up so that was good. Patricia has settled over us and is giving us a steady light rain. As Erin says, "now it is hard to tell if it is rain or acorns hitting the roof! My main cooking for the day was to roast red peppers and pimentos and then peel them and store some in the freezer and some in the refrigerator. I also made Red Pepper Sauce for our speciality chicken/bacon/tomato/avocado sandwiches on chiabata bread. We will probably have those tomorrow. Woody went to the Life Care Center and had Bible study with Jeff. After that he stopped at Arby's and brought us home roast beef sandwiches for lunch. Tonight we had the leftover Chunky Tomato Sauce with Italian Sausage over rotini...that we had yesterday for lunch over linguine. Erin made salads for us. So let's see...that makes 14 meals down! Erin thinks that is a funny way to count the days! Maybe one day she will understand?!? Erin and I came into the sewing room this afternoon and she chose the Christmas ornament that she wanted to be hers this year and we made it. She chose the colors and then we let the machine "sort of" do the rest. I have to go do a little more stitching to totally finish it. I only had Joseph and Isaac for school today as they had a school program in Alabama this afternoon and had to leave late morning. Woody has done various things on this rainy day...he took "an umbrella walk" as Erin called it. He walked four miles. He has of course done his usual multiple crossword puzzles and played a game or two of Scrabble with the computer. He has also finished a book...and probably started another. Erin drew, wrote, painted, etc. I read a little on a new book. I finished a book over the weekend. This evening I even "got" to mop the kitchen floor...after a salad dressing spill...it needed to be mopped anyway. All in all it has really been a nice relaxing rainy fall day...I guess, we can thank Hurricane Patricia for stopping by for a visit.