Monday, getting ready...

It was 45 degrees F. in Redford Monday morning (Note to Melissa: It was 31 degrees in Traverse City!)

I made some Campbell’s Bean with Bacon soup for my lunch and suffered with the embarrassing results the rest of the afternoon.

After work, I treated the cats and changed my shoes. It was still no where near what could be described as “warm” but the sun was out. So, I started my fall cleanup. I picked up all the outside statues (except for St. Francis. He stays out all winter to take care of the birds).

I grabbed the two Buddha’s (one from way in the back that’s very crude – looks like an Angkor Wat statue) and the more stylized version I got from Luanne that lives in the wild garden. I took a brush and cleaned the bottoms off and put them on the shelf in the back room. Next I pulled in the turtle (my old friend) and the young Shaolin monk. They too got cleaned up and set on the shelf. I went out front and got the frog and the three gnomes climbing that rope.

Then I went out back again and took down the hummingbird feeder (they never showed), the wind chimes and the bird bath Jake and Carla gave me. I replaced the hummingbird feeder and the wind chimes with my two suet cages (I will need to buy some suet, of course).

On the front porch, I put out the wooden fall leaves, the Indian corn and the Fall wreath.

Back inside, while I was thinking about it, I started my Fall Cleanup ToDo list. Then I put the tab on my motorcycle plate and put it on the bike.

About 7:30 PM, I started getting hungry. So I warmed up some potatoes au gratin and slices of ham in the microwave. I ate them watching TV. I started nodding off around 10:00 PM, so I shut everything off and went to bed.