Hey Sweetie!
Managed to get to bed nice and early, then woke up around 3:30, but fell asleep after awhile, then slept pretty late, so fairly refreshed in the morning. As soon as breakfast and chores were done, I threw in with Pistol and Travis do to some more decorating, then went out with Pistol to do some last minute shopping, which included the nuts and bolts I needed to do the welding job on the steps. I also got the number of a welding company and called them to see about them coming out to weld my step bolts, but they wanted $100 just for the service call, and then the cost of the job on top of that, probably another $75-$100. Maybe I’m stingy, but $200 to weld four bolts seems like an awful lot to me! Anyway, we got some more decorating stuff and a nice little fire pit, and finished up when we got back. We took a break for a couple of hours, then folks started arriving. I was feeding the horses when a family with two boys came over to play with Lola, once they left I got dressed. I don’t have much of a “costume” for Halloween, so I just put on one of my split skirts that I got for the cattle drive we went on, my stars and stripes Western shirt we got for that cookware convention nearly twenty years ago (and I rarely wear), my black vest, black hat and black boots, and went as a parade-ready cowgirl, I guess you’d call it. If I’d had a couple of six-shooters, I guess I could have been Annie Oakley or Calamity Jane (though I think she mostly wore pants!), but sans irons, I was just a cowgirl. I think it was a great success! There were about 15 kids, and I’m sure they all made lifelong memories tonight! There was plenty of food, the kids threw the ball for Lola, we all went on a hay ride behind a tractor driven by Pistol through the neighborhood (Lola joined us!), they smashed a pinata full of treats, bobbed for apples (they had to empty and refill the tub because Lola had used it as a bath whenever she got warm from fetching!) and just had a plain old good time! The adults finished the evening with a couple of shots of Crown Royal and sitting around the fire pit for a bit. I finally called it a night around 10:00, returning to the trailer for a cup of tea, shower and bed, in that order! Won’t be long out of bed tonight! Good night, my darlin’! Love you!
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