Three years and I'm still here

Today is my three year blogiversary.  Amazing that I've been at this for three years now. My first post was October 3, 2008.  How far we've come in that time. 

And, yes, I'm still here.  Visiting with grieving friends yesterday kind of took it out of me.  But, a few photos of the weekend.  

First, my beautiful daughter!!

 J17 ready for the Homecoming  Dance on Saturday night.
We went off Sunday afternoon (before funeral) to the fabric shop and she picked up her pattern and fabric for her prom dress.  Yup, she's going to make her dress again.  And she picked up a job application since they're hiring.  She's hoping they can make an exception to the over 18 rule they state on the application.  I even picked out some fabric and two new patterns for myself.  I'm really planning to spend some time sewing once the weather turns this year.
Speaking of weather turning- this is the view from the deck:

 The leaves are really changing.  Of course, the frost we had both Saturday and Sunday mornings helped.  I covered a few things in the garden but most of the peppers and tomatoes fared for themselves.   The peppers that weren't covered took a hit but the tomatoes don't look too bad.  Of course, the ones with lots of huge green tomatoes got covered.
I tried my hand at soap making again this weekend.  Well, kind of... I still had some goat milk soap base left over so this was the melt and pour stuff.

 The yellow is an herbal blend with calendula petals.  The blue is lavender vanilla.
Lastly... Recognize this girl?

She was merely the precursor.  Today, the south side of the house is crawling with boxelder bugs.  No asian ladybugs yet but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.

So, happy blogiversary to me.  I'm saving a giveaway for 1000 posts.  But I've got a while yet so you're safe! 

Have a great week.