Buster got a new swing!
We have hung it in the "living room" of the Deck in Alto, NM. He loves being out in the big room with us, the dogs, cat....etc. After all it IS the "family room"! lol

It was time for Nikki's nails to be trimmed, yesterday, they are too thick
to be cut, so Jimmy gets out his dremel tool and files them down...hahaha.
She is actually very good and doesn't mind , except, like all dogs, she hates
when you mess with her feet.

Just finished Breakfst at Pena's, my brother and his wife left to go back to El Paso and we headed back to the deck to watch the NASCAR race. On the way ....we saw a whole herd of deer, (not an unusual sight) BUT...they were all sleeping and resting in our neighbor's yard!! Chexk out this Buck's antler's! We'll probably be here for another 5 or 6 days, then head home to vote and get the remodel started on my bathrooms at home.

While we were here, we decided to take a drive up the ski run road in Ruidoso and watch the color changing of the trees!
It is gorgeous!
The aspens are gold! and the pine trees are still deep green.

We also decided to carpet our deck.... it is now enclosed completely with glass doors and windows and our pellet stove to keep us warm. All ready for the snow for Jimmy to go ski and I can stay inside and stay warm!

I'll put up a picture or two, in a few days.....

Nothing like waking up to pounding on your head..... 2 days in a row! 7 am wake up call!!! But it is amazing.. 20 guys attacked my house on Thursday morning (yesterday), had the old roof removed by noon, and now will be finished with the new roof by noon, today!

Last weekend was the Fall Nationals for the NHRA (National Hot Rod Assn.) for 2010, in Ennis, Texas.....just south of Dallas. The weather was wonderful and much cooler than last year, except a heck of a rainstorm on Saturday afternoon. Luckily, most of the cars had already run and qualified. Besides the amazing, LOUD top fuel and funny cars, it's always a rush to FEEL the earthquake, when they roar by! I will be posting a short clip, next! My brother drove in from El Paso, for his birthday and my friend Jan came down and spent the rainy Saturday with me. It was a real enjoyable weekend! John Force was his usual self and did very well, his daughter Ashley Force Hood just missed the finals by .3 tenths of a second! Ron Capps, who wins a lot, got beat, so that's the picture of the Napa car getting loaded back into the hauler. more later.......