New!!: Updated my Blog for the Holidays

As you can see I've updated my blog for Christmas. Thought I'd post this on my blog so my facebook friends can see a link to this post over there. All my blog posts get posted at my Facebook page too. Please take time and vote on my blog poll question. I love seeing what you picked.

Thanks...Matt

New Facebook Page Added

I'm now on Facebook. So if any of you who read my blog want to be one of my friends on Facebook click the Facebook badge on the right of this page.

See you there..Matt

Winter's coming, Our First Snow

Yesterday it snowed for the first time this Fall. We had a few flurries here and there late at night and early morning but not enough to stick to the ground like it did yesterday and over night. The snow quickly melted that you see in the pictures but like I said it snowed over night and there snow on the ground this morning. About a inch or more is on the ground. Going to warm up to about 35 to day so it wont last long.

I like seeing it snow or waking up to see snow on the ground. Any one else get any snow?

Got something sad to blog about our gray hen named Fracas that I've bogged about in the past is very sick. I'm hoping she gets better. I really like this very kind and playful family pet and friend...Matt

Yard of the Mushrooms

These white mushrooms are growing in many places in my yard. I noticed them today when I was walking around the front yard. I know they probably poison but are kind of neat to look at. Anyone know what kind of mushrooms these are? I'm curios to find out...Matt

Fall's Beauty

I thought I'd take a few pictures of the Fall color on the trees and on the hills around my house. Heard I might get some snow next week so winter is not far off. Doubt it will be much if it does snow. If it snows I'll try to take some pictures for my blog.

Made a few updates to my blog these past few days like Yahoo's Bloglog. I hope you enjoy them...Matt

Fall & Halloween Decorations & Swap Update

Here is some picture of my fall and Halloween decorations I have around my house. Think I did a pretty good job with what I had. Sad to think that Halloween will soon be over.

Also wanted to give my blog readers a late update about the OLS Fall/Halloween swap I was in. My swap buddy sent me a $20 Amazon Gift card by email instead of a swap box by mail. Bought me one of the Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books that I've been wanting and a box set of four Tycoon games for my computer. I was kind of hoping for a box of goodies but getting to pick out my gifts was kind of nice too. At least I got what I wanted with the gift card. I think gift cards will be off my swap want/wish list next year. I like them but would really just like a box of stuff for swaps that I'm in. Getting just a gift card is disappointing swap gift and knocks some of the fun out of being in a swap for me after reading about fun things other people got in this swap.

Can't wait to start reading book one of the Twilight series of books. The movie for this book comes out next month and it looks to be good as well.

Have a safe, sweet, and Happy Halloween!!,

-Matt-

43rd Greenup Old Fashion Days

Oct. 1st was the start of a fall festival called Greenup Old Fashion Days in my hometown. It ended yesterday and I had a lot of fun. It was a four day festival but I only got to go the last two days of it. I took some pictures and thought you all might want to see them. One is a picture when I went on the train ride.

Here's a link to the official website of Greenup Old Fashion Days: http://www.greenupoldfashiondays.com/

My Birthday Cake

Want to show you all my cake I got yesterday on my birthday. Not quite the design I requested but good enough. I still liked it. I turned 30 yesterday.

Also wanted to say that the blackbirds seem to be gone now and they may be headed your way...Matt

Invasion of the Blackbirds

These last three days I've seen this huge flock of blackbirds in and around my yard. There has to be 1000's of them because there everywhere at times and I hear them in the woods and there really loud. Took a three pictures of them threw my bedroom window, the pictures are not real good but you can still make them out.

Anyone else have these birds around there house?

Family Reunion by the Locks & Dam

My Family Reunion on my dad's side was on last Saturday. Took some pictures and thought I'd post a few of them on my blog. It was held at the park by the Greenup, Ky locks and dam. I took some pictures of the locks and dam near by and a boat on the Ohio river. The last picture is my aunt and her daughters that live in Ohio. We had fun.

Swap Update: My Halloween/Fall swap buddy got my box I sent out on Monday. She really liked what I sent her. Her nick-name on OLS was Knitu1 and here is what she had to say about what I sent her:

Pair of Halloween Socks: LOVE EM!! (one daughter tried to lay claim to them already!! tee hee)Gel/Sparkly Lights Ink Pens -- gonna rock my snail mails with these!!! Jar Candle -- YUMMMY SCENT so PERFECTLY ME!!! A Gourd from his personal garden - It's going to be part of my dining table decorations! A Variety Box of Teas I'm going to have some wonderful relaxing moments with a nice hot cup of tea and a book or some knitting - PERFECT PERFECT!!!Dove Milk Chocolate Promises -- a girl's idea of a slice of heaven!!HUGE Hershey Chocolate Bar -- gonna have to share this with my gluten free son - only chocolate he can eat! He's gonna be over the moon!!!!Reese's Halloween Peanut Butter Pumpkins -- MY FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gotta hide these babies! Their MINE I tell ya - all MINE!!

My dad just had knee replacement surgery Tuesday and he's in a lot of pain. Please keep him in your prayers for a fast recovery. Thanks...Matt

Scoop on the Chicken Coop

We just got a small chicken coop finished for my mom's chicken (the gray one) and my brother decided to put some of his younger chicks in there too. Wanted to show you all pictures of the coop and some of the chickens. They seem happy but they do fight some. My mom's chicken sleeps in the coop at night and gets to play outside during the day.

Also wanted to update you about the OLS swap. Sent a box of goodies to my swap buddy yesterday. She should get it early next week...Matt

Halloween - Fall Swap Update - 01

Yea!!, Got my OLS swap buddy name and mailing info yesterday. Got a lady from New York. I'm not going to post anymore info on her in case she reads my blog. It's a secret swap and I don't want her to fine out who I am until she get my stuff I going to send her. I plan on getting stuff this weekend before my dad goes for knee replacement surgery next week.

Going to keep updating my blog about this swap. Hope to get my box of goodies soon...Matt

Matt's Fall Harvest

It was time to pick gourds and pumpkins. Some of the vines are dieing and drying out so I thought I'd pick some of my gourds before the rot. I'm using them to decorate the front porch of my home. I also picked four of my five pumpkins too even thou they didn't grow bigger than I'd hoped and one had a hole in it and was rotting. I plan on planting some more fall stuff next year and hopefully they will do better.

I also changed the my blog colors for Fall and updated it...Matt

Joined a Halloween/Fall Swap

I just joined a Halloween/Fall tonight on the sweepstakes site "OLS" that I use to enter my sweepstakes. This swap is kind of like a secret Santa thing online. I listed things I like on OLS and a another person in the swap becomes my swap buddy and sends me a box of goodies and I get a swap buddy to send stuff they like. I've been in this swap the past two years and it gives me something fun to do during the Fall/Halloween season.

This is my third year doing this swap. The first year I did this swap kind of sucked. I got a lot of things I couldn't use. I even got a lot of old used things non fall or Halloween related but the host of the swap made up for it and sent me a gift card. She is so nice. Last years swap stuff I got made up for the crappy stuff I got the first year. I got lots of candy and decorations and other neat stuff. I plan on blogging about what I get this year and posting pictures of what I got so check back soon for an update. I love doing swaps even tho mostly ladies do them.

A hen that doesn't want to be a wet hen...

The gray chicken I've posted about before in this blog is ether the oddest or smartest chicken I've seen. It's was one of my brother chickens who lives next door to me but now my mom clams her and now that the dry spill this summer is over this hen wants to stay on our back porch and sleep with our cats. btw...Our cats our scared of it and wont get near her because she chases after them if they get near her. lol...It was funny watching my cat Casper get chased by her the other day.

My mom wants to make her a small hen house so she would be safe from wild animals and stray dogs that might kill her in the night.






I do have some bad news to blog about. Someone stole my brother's tame father goose that he's had for many years. I posted pictures of him on my blog before. We thought maybe some wild animal might of got him but we didn't see any signs that this is what happened. I'm really sad about this because our family loved that goose because he was so friendly. I'm going to really miss seeing him around the house. :-(

First pictures of my Gourds and Pumpkins

I have Gourds and Pumpkins!! Here are some pictures of my first gourds and pumpkins that I planted growing. Hope to have many more by this fall...Matt