We made it through another week. The warm days are going away and all the trees are starting to change color. It's really beautiful! I checked on Ryan's tree and it's still pretty green. I'll go over there next week and take a picture. It always has so many colors.
Happy late birthday to Billy! It was yesterday and now he's officially 35 years old. Feels good, right B? Ha! You wish it was only 35! However you spent the day, I hope it was a good day. The girls wanted me to put this picture in, even though it's not a recent one, so here it is in your honor. I had to dig for a while to find it. It is from Thanksgiving 2003!
Alyssa wants to grow her bangs out. I don't have a problem with it, she just wants to keep them hanging in her eyes. We are experimenting with assorted "hair restraint devices" so be patient. Lately she has chosen these elastic headbands. Doesn't she have beautiful eyes? I told her that I always knew they were there, I just couldn't see them. She also mentioned wanting to get her ears pierced. That one floored me. This from the girl who SWORE she'd "never get her ears pierced and never have kids". Let's see, if wait until she's 18 to get her ears done, maybe she'll wait until she's 25 to have kids...
Sidney has made friends with the rich neighbors, John and Harriet. John drives a Porsche, is a CPA in his own firm and dabbles in a few other businesses. Harriet stays home and .... well... does whatever she wants. They are both VERY nice and I've known John for 13 years. Anyway, they fly down to one of their "other" houses (this one's in Florida) once a month and Sidney was chosen to be the cat sitter for Taylor, their 14 year old cat, while they are gone. Sid has to go over there twice a day to feed her and empty her litter box. Get this: Sid gets paid $10 a day to do this! Heck, I'll do it for $10 a day and I don't even like cats that much! They pay in advance, too, so Sid now has $90 in cash for 9 days of work. If you figure out that it takes all of 5 minutes each time she goes, times 2 times a day times 9 days, that's $1.00 per minute that she works. Gosh, I wish I got paid $1.00 a minute!
Tomorrow is the big day. The Halloween party!!! Alyssa has been doing some odd jobs to raise money for it (Lys and Hayley each had to raise $20) and they finally made it. They mostly raked leaves, but once they walked a dog for money. It was a golden retriever puppy that is 8 months old. I think you can get the visual: Alyssa being pulled down the road by an overly energetic puppy with "freedom" on its mind! It wasn't pretty. No surprise, the dog got loose. Sidney and all of the other neighbor kids finally caught it. That was the last dog she tried to walk! I won't be here for the party but Hayley's mom said she'd take lots of pictures. I'll be in Houston for the weekend for a 50th anniversary party. Do you remember the lady in the wheelchair and the man standing next to her in my wedding pictures? They are dear friends of mine and I'm flying down to celebrate their special day.I hope you all have a nice weekend. I'll write again after Halloween!
Take care,
Amy and the girls
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