Fall Weekend
This late into October, there is no longer any way you can deny that it is Fall. The leaves have mostly changed color, the temperatures dip into the 30’s at night sometimes, and the days become short. For some reason, Fall has always been my favorite season. The humidity is out of the air and everything is harvested. For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed Fall the best.
This weekend Kelly and I had one of those typically nice Fall weekends, that I hope to have a lot of in our new house. On Saturday, we decided to go to corn maze in Liberty, MO. Back in Rochester, we went to one in Macedon, NY that I did great one year, finishing the maze in about twenty minutes. The next year, all cocky, I bombed, had to cheat to finish, and spent two hours in the maze, probably annoying Kelly all the time.
This time, I promised to take it easy and enjoy the walk. The weather was pretty nice, nearly eighty without a cloud in the sky. The maze was different than the Rochester mazes and was divided into four different mazes, two which were 1.4 miles long and two which were 4.2 miles long. They also had a certain order you were supposed to take in order to complete the maze, checkpoints 1 - 24. We started with checkpoint 1, and worked our way up to 18 before calling it a day. At that point we had walked at least 7 miles, but with a few mistakes we made, it could have been closer to 8 miles. I don’t know how many people do all 11.3 miles in one day, but we thought 8 miles as a good run. I was also pretty thirsty and since we hadn’t brought much water, I was feeling a little dehydrated. Buying a Gatorade on the way out, I was fine on the drive home.
Once home, we cleaned up some messes from the dogs, fed the dogs, and then made pita pizzas to eat while we watched the movie “Idiocracy.” If there ever was a movie to outline the danger of natural selection, this was the movie. Kelly wondered if I had slipped in a documentary. 
After enjoying one of the wussiest drinks ever (lemon crystal light mixed with Buttershots), we went to bed.
Sunday was a work day. I did some cleanup around the house, before sitting down to do some computer work. Kelly spent the day working outside, cleaning up sticks and leaves around the house, as well as cleaning up one of the pastures. With a property this big, there will always be something to do around the house. She had fun doing it, mainly because it’s OUR property.
Next week, I hope to work on the gutters. They aren’t too bad, but some places need cleaning out, and I don’t want it to get as bad as my last place. I swear my previous landlords cleaned the gutters out once when we moved in and once when we moved out, nearly 5 years apart. It’s possible the big basement flood we suffered back in May was partially related to the gutters not properly working. Though we don’t have a basement to be flooded now, anything that reduces the chance the dogs could become muddy, is a necessity.
Things I like better about my new house
- more space
- 3 bathrooms
- big office with big windows looking at over
- our big pond
- the equity I’m building up each month
- large living necessitating the need for a 60″ TV
- a true master bedroom suite
- a big fenced in backyard
- grounds that don’t seem to cause muddy dogs
- attached garage
- barn for vechicles
- ownership
- 2 nice fireplaces
- private gate
- flag pole
Things I like better about my old house
- …<thinking>….
