Little House

We have been reading "Little House in the Big Woods" to the kids at night. I love this book. I know it might seem like a "girls" book, it might be outdated, etc.., but I just love the simple life the family lives. Sometimes I yearn for that kind of simplicity.

I mowed the lawn for the last time this year, hopefully. It was looking pretty shaggy and defied mulching. That meant a trip to the county compost pile. I had never been there, as I don't generate much in the way of yard waste. I mulch the grass, and have my own compost pile at home. Evidently, it was "take your leaves to the compost pile day." I had never seen so many leaves in one place. It was all I could do to not jump on the bug piles and shout. The fact that it was likely rotting in the middle tempered my desire. I am going to have to get some compost out in the spring and cover my lawn with a thin layer. My chem lawn neighbors will love that, no doubt.

Halloween came and went without much incident. Some children couldn't identify their own costume which I thought was a little sad. I like the home made ones best. Kids who show up in their hockey uniforms don't get much candy from me. No child said "is that all you have" this year. My plan was to fill their little bag with hot maple syrup if they did. I don't mind begging for candy, but be gratefule for what you get for pete's sake.

The great web migration project is done. Although my humble little K6-2 450 hummed along for the better part of six years, I think. I was glad to get it out of the colo. Shared hosting was so much cheaper and relieves me of certain concerns like making sure that I'm not an open relay, or checking on net attacks, or keeping up to date on patches.

I finish "Lamb" by Christopher Moore. I can't recall the last time I read a novel so funny and still thoughful in a variety of ways. Two thumbs up.