Sunday

Today, my oldest grandson turns 8 years old!  He had his party at his mom's house this year and is having a Halloween party at his dad's house.  Since I am going to be on vacation for Halloween, I will miss his birthday entirely this year...which is a first!  It's pretty tough to miss it but I know grandparents who never get to see their grandkids so I try not to be too btter.

Today I have been learning about home security and video surveillance systems.  It's pretty interesting but a little over my head.  The major companies who can do the work for you provide no real, usable information on their website but rather ask you to fill out a form for them to contact you...like you want them to have your contact information if you don't select them.  Seems sketchy but I understand this is the norm.

The systems you can do yourself "with little to no hassle" don't really sound like there will be little to no hassle.  I mean, you have to do the work yourself and if it doesn't work, figure out how to fix it...or call support who can "talk you through it", which, working in the IT field and providing customer support makes me sure this won't be easy for most home users, to get the thing to do what it's supposed to do.  This is for my Mother in Law...the most difficult part of all will be convincing her she needs it.  We just convinced her to lock her doors!

We attempted to watch our shows this morning, as per usual on Sunday, but one of us kept falling asleep.  We got through two of them which leaves four more...I am hoping he is up for it now that the Seahawks game is over (they lost in the last couple of minutes)...I think I will go check.  I really want to see The Blacklist!

Later...

Sunday Sauerkraut and Seahawks

We were invited to watch the football game today with friends which I would normally send my husband to but today, we both attended.  When I arrived, my friend was mixing bloody mary base with a friend of hers in the kitchen of the main house.  We visited while they finished their project then went out to the garage where there is a smaller home and 8 people making sauerkraut, which has evidently become a tradition to do on the second weekend of October.  

This was a very nice, lively group of people, all vastly different...all enjoying the day together.  We arrived shortly after 0900.  These hard-working individuals had clearly been hard at it for awhile before we arrived as they had already done 2 of the four crocks which were to be filled with kraut.  Everyone worked together, taking turns in the confined area, in a merry fashion.  There was no back-biting...no drama.  Just conversation, laughter and the occasional outburst over the Seahawks game.  

We, my husband and I, had not met most of these people before today but were so glad we did!  We stayed until long after the game, only just now coming home from a 10 AM game.  That's pretty good for me.  I am usually the stay-at-home girl, perhaps hanging out for 15 minutes or so.  But time went by fairly quickly with all the good-natured conversation.  I don't know when I have had a better time just hanging out with strangers!

So, now I have a bunch of laundry to do...and dinner to make...and it's already 3 PM!  This is why I usually stay home on Sundays but I am happy I broke my traditional day and went out today.  I may be behind on the house work and laundry but I had a really good day!

A really good day.

Later...