[DianaB]

Lindsey, make sure that you're not getting caffeine in your tea. Caffeine is one of the major things that keeps me awake. Also.....make sure that you're not exercising before you go to bed. I find that if I take a Tylenol PM....just one.....that it helps me fall asleep when I'm having trouble......which is more and more lately. I've also found that if I sleep with a bar of soap.....any kind......I sleep better. It sounds silly but it does work. I have restless legs and the soap helps but it also helps at other times too. I hope that you can find some relief.....insomnia is not fun.

Gayle, we do have a good time and Glen does an awesome hayrack ride!! It gets pretty wild.....so wild that it concerns me that someone may get hurt sometime. That's what draws the kids to want to come out here!!

We have a group coming again on Saturday. It's my son's youth group from church. We talked to their youth pastor and he's expecting around 70 kids!! That will probably be our largest group. They'll just be here for the evening.....not most of the day. I'll probably stay in the house because we'll have kids in and out all evening to use the bathroom and I like for someone to be inside. I worry about things getting stolen. I have some expensive jewelry that I would hate to lose. (I just bought a safe at a garage sale but I haven't got it put in yet so I won't have to worry about it. I do hide my jewelry but that still makes me nervous.)

I hope that everyone that's involved with Sandy is safe and sound. I know that Gina was worried about some trees in her yard. The winds are suppose to be so bad......I sure hope the trees are ok. I'd hate to hear that one fell on her house. There's also Brenda.....I'm not real sure where she's located but I hope she's alright......And Judy.......I'm not as worried about you knowing that you're on a mountain......but it would not be fun to be without electricity. How is your daughter and her family doing during the storm?

I'm not feeling the best today. I think that I've caught whatever Dean had a while back. Stuffy nose mostly and a bit of a sore throat. I've taken some meds so hopefully they'll kick in soon. I've GOT to get garage sale stuff ready. I didn't get much done yesterday because that was when all of this started and I just felt too cold to go down in the basement to work. It's a little bit cooler down there than it is up here. We have a Pastor/Board something or other this evening.......maybe I can stay home from it......we'll see.

I've got to get some Halloween candy. We don't have a lot of kids that come but the grandkids will probably show up.....or maybe I'll just bake some cookies and have hot cocoa!!

I think that Dae Lynn and I have figured out what Dean.....and Karlie's problem was yesterday.........it was a FULL MOON!!! Karlie got into so much trouble yesterday......it's almost funny what that girl does to get into trouble and Dean was just awful yesterday too. He's a lot better this morning. That's good since I'm not feeling good. Ornery little guy!!!!