Ok, it's been a week

And I haven't posted. Between the torn back muscle and this massive head cold and ear infection, I have not had the energy to do much of anything.

I did get some more bread and butter pickles done this last weekend.

And, I made blackberry dumplings for my sister-in-law.

I helped one of my nieces choose her classes for her sophomore year in high school.

And, I went to a cookout. But, I am dead on my feet right now. I can't even hear out of my left ear because of the infection.

It will either get better or I'll die and I'm not sure which I would prefer right now.

However, I'm knee deep in helping to plan the wedding. I just have to get past the hurdle of finding a venue that fits the feeling she's looking for and fits a budget.

I found a picture of a super cute vacuum cleaner costume online today.




And, when doing a search for "vacuum cleaner" on another Halloween website today, I came up with this picture . . . it confuses me.