The Roses are Amazing!

John bought these roses for me over a week ago and they still look beautiful! He is so thoughtful. He gave them to me and said he just wanted to brighten my day!! He's a keeper!

Piles, Piles and Mountains

Not too much to report here other than working really hard! Every time I feel I can breath something more comes my way and it usually isn't a small project. I think alot of the guys will be out tomorrow so hopefully just hopefully I can catch up! Everyone have a wonderful afternoon and evening!

The country choses a new president.

The country has chosen a new president. I'm glad this election is over!

I hope everyone voted!

I hope everyone voted today! I tried to vote this morning at 6:30 but the line was too long. I went to work and left at 4:00 to vote. It still took me 45 minutes to vote but it is worth it! Now we just sit back and watch!

Some People just like to put other people down!

My morning at work didn't start out very well. I was totally annoyed at one of my co-workers. Last week I had my erosion control seminar and class. I passed the test with a pretty high score. I surprised myself and got wonderful compliments from both my bosses. Today one of the Superintendents was in from the field and decided it was pick on Cheryl day! He told me he expected a better score from me and that basically a woman shouldn't be in this mans world!! He said alot of other things, which I won't bore you with but that is basically what it boiled down to. I know I am sensitive, but he crossed way over the line on this one. He kept at me for a few hours and finally I just turned around and explained that there always has to be one in every crowd who feels they have to belittle people just to make themselves look big and all important and it usually is to cover up for some inadequacy on their part. This is priceless-he asked what inadequacy meant --wahhahahahahahahaha! That made my day!! Cheryl is now off her soapbox!!

I finally cooked my Pie Pumpkin!

Today after Church I finally cooked my pie pumpkin. For those of you who don't know what a pie pumpkin looks like here is a pretty good description. These pumpkins are squatter than a jack-o-lantern type pumpkin, they are lighter and the meat of the pumpkin is more dense. I have cooked these pumpkins for the last 29 years and they make a wonderful pumpkin pie. Where I grew up in northwestern NJ they were called Milk Pumpkins. I guess because they were a pumpkin color with milk in it. That is the only way I can describe it. When I make my Great-Grandmother's Recipe for her pumpkin pie, I will post it on here.

Saturday Walk Around the Yard

This Sugar Maple in our backyard looked like it was on fire this morning! It is so beautiful with the wonderful blue sky behind it too!




The sky is so royal blue here today, I just couldn't pass up a picture with the tree line in our backyard!




This is a wonderful little grass called Evergold that is in our back garden right off the patio. Below it or not it was half this size when I planted it in June!




My Fall camillia is still blooming strong even though the frost nipped it the other night!

It is so beautiful out today, I just thought I would share my short walk through my yard. Teddy (our Golden Retriever) went with me but he was too busy sniffing scents around the yard fromthe squirrels to be photographed! It is a beautiful Fall day! Enjoy!