Autumn Leaves!

Holy cow! I hadn't heard about DISD. That's just stunning. Of course the news is usually about our Kansas City ISD which is so dysfunctional they actually were de-accredited (sic?) and have been struggling with that for some years. The school board here would be laughably crazy if it weren't so serious for the kids.

The weather here continues to be absolutely gorgeous. I have so many things I want to do but it's tough since it's getting dark about the time I get home and get the clothes changed etc. I haven't even gotten to play with my new thermometer! This weekend I hope to get to do a lot of things. I'm going to lay a new path by our gate. That should be an interesting project as I haven't done anything like that where a slope is involved.

We talked about Dave Ramsey..he's on 570 KLIF from 1pm until 4pm every day. I can't recommend listening to all 4 hours but if you have time one day, listen to 30 or 45 minutes of him. He's just really interesting to listen to. I'm not advocating any of his educational programs or anything for you...just that he's great about how he explains things clearly and rationally and addresses everything from a Christian point of view.

Let me say again how much I enjoyed the gifts you sent. As always you were WAY too generous but everything was just perfect and made my heart sing with your thoughtfulness. Not that you were thoughtful to get them but that you gave gifts where you actually _thought_ about me and the things I like. It's pretty rare to get those kinds of gifts.

I'm off tonight to do the monthly dinner thing with the girls. We're not going to one of my favorite places but meh, it's about the company and not the place so we'll still have fun.