Fall.....

So, it's felt like Fall for a few days...now they tell us it's going to be summer for a few, with storms, maybe.  Whee!  Happy Labor Day!

I guess the good news is that Keith (and his grubby laundry, of course) will come home Friday and not leave until Monday.  :)  Living alone out here in the boonies got 'old' weeks ago!  Last week, he worked 72 hours (15 in one day).  This week, he's gotten 8 hours, total, so far.  He'll probably pick up another 30.  Feast or famine. 

This job should end in 2 months...then we have to make an early Winter run to SD to winterize our little, unfinished house and fetch home the tools he left out there, when he thought we were going back in May.  Wouldn't have to make the trip out, but the neighbors who lured us out there in the first place, have decided to leave for Florida early in October--and probably never move back.  With any luck, we'll get the house finished next Spring and can put it on the market and hopefully recoop the money, if not the labor, that has gone into it.  It's a shame--it's shaping up to be a cute little place, despite the fact that it only has one bedroom.  But, we can't leave it unguarded 80% of the time....

Anyway, I've got the living room curtains done in the little motor home.  Was going to finally put Kilz on some of the walls and paint...but is going to be too hot.  Guess I'll set up the sewing machine and get the kitchen curtains done, finally.  If it doesn't interfere with my napping....  :D 

Almost...

Fall is getting closer.  It's getting dark a lot earlier and light a bit later--and the heat wave broke.  :) 

Work on the motorhome has slowed to the point where I can slip inside and do things without tripping over tools and seats and parts.  He nutses out whenever I say the word "paint", so I've opted to just put up the curtains rods and make the drapes, for now....  They look great!  The new booth cushions came the other day--they look fantastic!  Now I'm working on coordinating the kitchen, before I tackle upholstering the couch.  I was hoping I'd be sitting in a campground in S. IN, doing all this, but the 'chief mechanic' got called back to work before he got around to making himself 'do' the brakes.  Ah well, more money for the renovations.  :D  It's going to be so much more comfy as a 'get away' rig than the truck camper!

I sure am ready for a vacation to SOMEWHERE this year.  Jared got my SD trip this spring (and we got a fully installed heat system for our little house, in trade). 
So I've barely been off the Hill this year.  *she whined*  And have spent a lot of time alone here (except for the dogs) when Keith is down South working.  Even the other Holmeses have been gone, since Jared has had to 'travel' to find any work.  Luckily, they got a motorhome loaned to them!

Walnuts are beginning to fall and it's about 3 weeks until persimmon season.  Looks like I'll busy picking and rubbing, since H'ville is having a Persimmon Festival for the first time this year.  Now, if I could just find someone younger and fitter to collect the persimmons for me...