With the nice weather we had, we finally we able to clean up all the neighbor's leaves that land in our yard. Instead of trying to keep up with it, I thought to just do it once when all the trees were done shedding their leaves. So one saturday, we started kind of late in the day and didn't get done until dark, but it got done.
Now I know why people have a lot of kids, more hands to help with the work :)
We had a friend come in to Cody to speak at the DTS in Meeteetse, but Jason had to pick him up and he stayed with us the following weekend. This last weekend, we had another friend from Bozeman come down with his son and give a basic pistol course, and they stayed with us too. So it's felt like every weekend we've had someone stay with us and I'm busy cooking. Thinking of the coming US thanksgiving, finally it was my turn to be the guest and have some one cook for me. I know that sounds selfish, but sometimes you just need a break. It has been a busy month for us, so it feels like.
Jason shot a couple of small deer, more like year old fawns, but one was made into jerky that he has been craving. The other one we sent off to get some burger made. We'll see how much we'll get. Thankfully, Jason got his first elk and we've enjoyed that a lot, along with all the people we've entertained.
The other day, I caught my little mouse, playing with my jars and tupperware in my front closet. You leave a door open and you will find the contents spread on the floor.
So, this last weekend Jason and I did a basic pistol course and we held it in Meeteetse. We had 8 people in all. We both have taken a course a couple of years ago, but it was a good refresher for me and new to some of our friends. Sal, the instructor, also talked about some self defense things we could do to protect ourselves. The day was bitterly cold and blowing snow when we were done. The thermometer read 6F but the windchill made it feel like 15 below 0F. Yes, we're getting into the -25C area! We had to go to the gun range to practice some shooting. It was fun, but my fingers got so cold, I couldn't feel the trigger and trying to reload was next to impossible. We weren't out there very long, but thank goodness for long johns and a warm car. By the time we were done, it was blowing snow halfway to Cody and made the regular 1/2 hr drive more like an hour and another half to home. Needless to say we went out for mexican that night. It was fun though and Sal kept it fun.
Sunday we had our church thanksgiving meal, which is always pretty good, but never like mom or grandma makes. Katelyn was getting pretty tired and 5 minutes into our car ride home, she was out.
This is such a sweet sound when on the road. Much better than the previous night of a half hour of screaming because she was sick of her seat. This week is Thanksgiving, so we will be off to Billings to see Jason's family on Thursday and extended on Saturday. I think we'll by pass the Black Friday sales. That doesn't interest me all that much.
