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This weekend was a good mix of being productive, fun and relaxing. We were going to kick off the weekend with a football game but it was cold and rainy at game time so we opted to stay home and play Qwirkle. We play once a day, and I haven\u2019t beat Brandon yet. I have tied and been close, but not a win yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Qwirkle is not a game for Natalie so we played a round of jenga first. Our table is the worst surface for that game. It\u2019s wiggly and the girls are constantly leaning on it. Normally we play on the floor and quickly learned that would be site for all future jenga games. Natalie is surprisingly good at jenga. And that really annoys Morgan. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Saturday started off with me moving the girls desks around in their rooms. And cleaning up. Now, they both need a rug to play on and warm up the rooms. And maybe muffle the THUMP of them getting out of bed. While I was up there, Brandon worked on scraping and painting the porch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That night we ate at Harley K\u2019s (I always want to call it Harley Quinn\u2019s) for some Philippino food. I was extra adventurous and got the pork stewed in pigs blood. It was good, but I like the pancit better. What was really amazing was the fresh rolls they brought us out to try. They were not as sweet as Hawaiian rolls but close and just delicious. They make them to order so we agreed they would be perfect for thanksgiving. Then we made a quick trip to Princeton for pumpkins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the guys were combining on Sunday, we had my mom come down for pumpkin carving and lunch. We even fit in a game of Qwirkle. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
We roasted the pumpkin seeds because Morgan insisted she liked them. She might have ate 5, but Natalie ate a small bowl. I tried both a salty and a sweet kind, but the sweet kind got a little crisp. I should have been watching them closer since it was brown sugar. I think the salty would still have been better. They were really yummy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Morgan liked the scraping technique for hers. We eventually put it in a closet so she could see how much she needed to scrap for the light to shine through. These pumpkins were really thick this year. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Natalie wanted a scary pumpkin so this is her design. It took a bit to finalize the plans but it turned out really good. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Then we went for a little walk in the timber and checked out the deer stand. It\u2019s really getting pretty back there now. We finished that walk with some hedge apple bowling in the corn field. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We plan on planting some pumpkins next year by a shed. I\u2019m rethinking that plan after Natalie spotted a snake going into the tall grass there. We were walking up to the house and made a couple trips back and forth and the snake was out every time to sun himself. He would slither back in the grass and wait for us to leave before coming back out. I am not a fan of snakes. This was a small, harmless one, but I still didn\u2019t like it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next weekend is a trip to Macomb for WIU\u2019s homecoming and more packing. I made good start in the basement last time we were there so I\u2019m hoping to wrap that up and move on to the kitchen. Moving is a pain but moving in chunks is really hard. I want my stuff in both places for when we are there. Eventually, everything will get to Wyanet and will will make due with paper plates and takeout in Macomb when we go there to work on THAT house. Some day we will just have one house to work on. \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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