Fall is Here

The weather is beautiful, 37 degrees this morning. Toasty warm under the quilt last night. Supposed to be in the 60's and 70's all weekend but frost Fri and Sat morning, so have to get my plants in to keep them from burning. Ready for fall - Big yes.
Well the fund raisers are over for the year. Fire dept did $20,535 and Fly Without Wings did $14,000. So all in all very successful.
Christmas and the turkey and dressing gift boxes will be the next project. We will have Santa on Dec 20th and give out the boxes that weekend also. Bob will smoke the turkeys for the second year in a row, so each box will have a turkey, couple boxes of dressing, and canned goods and desert for Christmas. We did 5 families last year, so hope to do 10 this year, depending on how many turkeys we can get.
I have been canning tomatoes, peppers, and apples, and then blackberry jelly for Jim, for the last 3 weeks. Have put up 45 pints of tomatoes, 15 pints of hot chopped peppers, 16 pints of Arse Burner, and 15 pints of rotel tomatoes, and 16 pints of apples. So we have plenty for this winter for pies, and soups.
We have pulled down and repaired 500 feet of barbed wire fencing and have about 350 feet more to go to get all the fences back in shape. Bob was given 22 t-posts so we can get everything fixed up. We have 1/2 of the dinning room floor refinished and will finish the rest today and tomorrow. Then fix the nail holes in the garage roof so it wont leak, and then build the donkeys a pole barn for this winter.
Still doing the Department Treasurery work, and paying bills for two friends online, and helping one friend get thru her divorce procedures and getting her protective order completed with the DA. Nov 3 for the final hearing for the protective order, and Dec 1 for the Divorce.
Bob and Jim have not been hauling metal to the salvage yard in Ft Worth as prices are way down so they are stock piling. Bob goes to work at the Speedway next week, so at least we will get a check in about 3 weeks for that.
Mom is doing well. Still doesnt know me but thats ok she seems happy.
Derek's 18th birthday party is this weekend, so lots to help Ellen with. Bob is doing bbq briscuit for it and me lemonade. Then the 31 his real birthday he has a football game and the seniors will be recognised by the School at half time.