Hair, camera, wallking and math

I got my hair cut Thursday.  I like to use the blog as a reminder of things I am likely to forget as in when I got my last permanent.  This was my first trim since the perm. That would right before the Alpena reunion, or the week of Sept 19,which I did not note anywhere.  Probably because I have taken up Helen's habit of posting once every other month.  I have been busy.

I got a new camera for Christmas.  My little super zoom camera has been acting up.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not.  I bought a backup battery and it helps to put a fresh battery in it each day, but still sometimes it refuses to recognize the SD card.  The problem is with the camera, not the card of battery.  I have thought if I could clean the connections in the camera it might help, but they are really difficult to reach.  I am giving the old camera to Hannah for her birthday.  She will love it.  It will be a good starter camera for a little girl.  She is good with a camera.

And good with math.  Her class is learn the times tables.  She was the ONLY one in her class to make 100% on the third week times tables.  We have been practicing with my stop watch I use for walking.  I am getting her a new stop watch of  her own for her birthday also.  She is so much into birthdays, I really need to think  of something good for that day.  Anyway, as a reward for the math, she wanted a cheese cake.  I got two cheese cake mixes and we are taking them to Church Wednesday night.  She likes taking food on Wednesday's.

The Church Christmas play in underway.  The little kids, my kids, are going to do the nativity scene and not have to be in the actual play and neither do I.  I am pleased at that outcome.  They will get to sing Christmas Songs. Much easier than a long play.  Hannah is an angle and has to say a Bible verse.  She wanted a speaking part.  Robert is a shepherd.

I have walked 1058 miles this year.  I may be to South Boston by now.  Have not checked how far into VA that takes me.

Pics from new camera.  It is Canon SX60, and newer version of the SX50 I had.

Fall is here

I am trying posting from my phone. I have done this before but forgot it works.

I made Hannah cape and it looked fine to her. Tonight is church night. Last night was scouts. They halloween. Hannah won a lot of candy at a guessing game.

Robert was sad that he did not win. Hannah said we both won because we share. She is growing up.

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The last hooray

Flowers at the neighbors.  We have not had a killing frost as yet, but should be soon.

And the last tomato.  There are a couple of green ones yet, but I doubt they will ripen.

Today is crazy hair day, so I am going in late so I can fix Hannah's hair.  We have colored spray and I am going to put it in crazy pig tales at odd places.  Robert will get only colored spray.  Yesterday was crazy hat day.  We found Hannah a hat at Helen's,  Robert wore his Jeff Gordon hat.  He does not get in to what eveyone else is doing and just does his own thing.

I sure wish Helen was here.  I bought Hannah a mask for Halloween and she wants a purple cape to go with it.  Today, I am going to look for purple material to make a cape.  If sister was here, I would just hand that chore off to her.

They got a box from Washington yesterday.  Lots of clothes and shoes for Hannah.  The shoes are too big for now, but we will save them.  Robert got truck books and he loved them.

Time for pancakes.

On the road again

Yesterday, was go home early day, so I walked over to the junction just past our Coin Church, picking up trash all the way.  I got 5 or 6 bags stowed along the way that I need to go back and haul away.  Some, I hung up along the way for decorations and with on sister in waiting next door, they will hang around until after Christmas.

Today, Hannah and I are going to the mall in Springfield to look for me a good comfortable pair of work shoes.  I bought a pair last weekend, but took them back as the insole was not aligned correctly in one of the shoes.  They were sketcher loafers and very comfortable, so I am going to look for sketchers.  I was just going to Branson, but Hannah loves the mall and they have a huge shoe store and a JC Penneys.  I like Penneys women's and girls clothes, so we may get some new clothes also.

We got a little rain yesterday.  Greg got rained out at work, so he picked up the  kids at school.  They always love that.  This is what it looked like coming home from my 7 mile [round trip]  walk about 3:30 yesterday, but we did not get any more falling stuff.

This is what it looked like just before sunset in our fields.  George has brush hogged all our fields and they look just beautiful.  He brush hogs the pasture like he mows the yard, going over it again and again until it is smooth and clean.

Off to walk before our shopping trip.  I have 996 miles and will have 1000 when I get back here in a couple of hours.  I am now on the Jeb Stuart Highway near Patrick Springs, Virginia in Patrick County.

Did you hear that hurricane Pat was the most powerful ever?  I think it is really Patsy.

Fun Day...

Kids went to SDC today and had a great time, even though it was a little cool.   

I walk...

I am not at 964 miles.  That puts me on HY 58 near Laurel Fork [Carroll County]  between Wythville and South Boston, Virginia.   So, from Carroll County Arkansas to Carroll County  Virginia in 9 and a half months.