Days With the Duerksens

A water leak in the basement led to this: (lots of digging) which led to this: (the leaky pipe is found) which led to this: (a whole kitchen full of dirty dishes - this isn't all of them) I'll be honest - it was a little disturbing how flustered I got with the water turned off most of the day.  It shouldn't bother me.  A counter full of dirty dishes should not get me worked up.  But waiting all day to clean this up nearly drove me crazy! I am fully aware that if this was my biggest worry of the day, I should consider myself blessed!  A day later, I can recognize that.  I have dishes that can get dirty, I have running water readily available (on most days), I have plenty of food to fill those dishes up.  What was such an annoyance to me yesterday would be considered a luxury to so many people around the world. I will do better next time.  And I will remember to be thankful for my dirty dishes! On a brighter note, Caiden and I went on a...

This is what happens when Cambry gets hold of the video camera without me knowing it!  I particularly like her first statement about Caiden being mean and how she tries to retract it!

Way back in August, my sister introduced me to the song "Roar" by Katy Perry.  Well, that sure turned into a popular one!  We've listened to it so much that Delaney knows most of the song - especially the chorus. Take a listen!

We have a beautiful carpet outside!   There will be a lot more of this.  Our new mower doesn't have a catcher on it - a luxury we were quite used to! Where's Biscuit?

This little gal gave us  me quite a scare last night.  We couldn't find her - anywhere!  Chelan and I both went out at separate times to look for her.  We heard coyotes around, we heard yelping, we  I figured she was gone.  And I was sad - 9 weeks of looking after her and she was suddenly gone. Fast forward to today after school (I subbed all day so I couldn't even look for her).  Caiden went out to the barn and she was there - where she always is.  She was never really lost at all! Oh, Biscuit - how many more scares will we have?

Caiden and Cambry came up with this "vampire - owl" design together. It came and it went - that exciting, dress-up, silly kind of day we call Halloween.  While I participate in the festivities, I can also say, quite truthfully, that I am happy when this particular day is over.  I've never been one for dress-up - maybe that's why it's not my favorite day.  I did find a blinking candy corn necklace to wear this year - that's about as good as it gets for me! This year, we went into town to trick-or-treat. Caiden met some friends (and their parents) and the girls and I went around town for about 30 minutes.  Delaney could have been trick-or-treating all night! Cambry, on the other hand, was done after about 5 houses.  They couldn't be more opposite from each other! We ended the evening by watching Charlie Brown - a nice quiet ending to a very chaotic kind of day!