[2Jedismom]

Well, the last time I saw them, they were in great shape. We picked them fresh off the vine on October 12th. We were going to roast the seeds. A good thing is the boys seem to have forgotten about them...out of sight, out of mind so to speak.

But it depresses me. We just live in that kind of world now. And our neighborhood isn't that great. Last year, the kids built a snowman in the front yard and it got torn down and the stuff stolen off it. I hate it that they are unable to do things in their own front yard.

I am able to take them to my mom's house and they play outside with the neighbors. They moved in right next door, much to my delight...five homeschooled children and I was already good friends with their mom. An answer to prayer. The kids in our neighborhood are wild and have no manners or even basic understanding about what it polite and good.

[JenB]

That's really sad. We have our own bit of property, not as much as at our old house. There, our backyard was very narrow but it went down for ages, and there was about a mile of woods behind it, and nobody else in the area had kids so we wandered all over their woods too. Here... well, there's a really nice piece of woods next to us but it belongs to some really nasty people who threatened to sue us if we so much as set foot in it.

But we don't really have neighbors. There are a couple houses behind us, and one next to us, but none of them have kids, and the next-door folks are the local Republican committee people so they're never there. We're really rather fortunate there. It's so nice not to live in a neighborhood.

[Overtaxed]

Sorry to hear about the pumpkins. :(

I've got a bit more of my daily quota written and a few plot twist and subplot material I'm thinking about. I'll try to get this plot thing more organized before the week starts so (hopefully)it'll be easier to write during the week.) Right now I'm taking a tea break, watching the end of the Busch race, and practicing on the Feadog.

[Overtaxed]

BTW, since it's gotten cooler do your whistles...uh...form condensate and drip more readily than in the summer?

[Corin Stormhands]

We just live in that kind of world now.

Kids have stolen and smashed pumpkins for years. Once ours start to go, we let Jr. take them in the woods out back and throw them up against a tree.

One of my neighbors told me tonight about a mailbox vandal in our neighborhood. This 17-year-old was stealing mail, opening some and spreading it all over the place. He didn't get any of ours.

But they caught him. Hope they nail him with federal charges for screwing with the mail.