Super cute cat puzzle

This Cobble Hill puzzle is called The Purrfect Bookshelf. My cat puzzles are usually 750 pieces, but they're a different brand (Buffalo). I do like the quality of Cobble Hill puzzles. Ruby likes the box.

Supposedly they're challenging because the puzzles are "random cut," meaning each piece has a different shape. I've done at least two Cobble Hill puzzles before - this candy one and this cookie one (both Halloween) - and never realized that. Maybe only some are random cut? I then noticed the box says "random cut."

While Ruby is in the puzzle box, Piper was sitting on the top of a nearby chair. That's usually Ruby's resting place. Weird cats.

Done and complete. That was a fun one!

Pink sunrise

When I saw the pink glow on the bedroom blinds I knew the sunrise was going to be pretty. I wasn't diappointed.

Conservatory visit

B and a friend were looking for somewhere to explore Saturday and ended up at Garfield Park Conservatory.

I've been there a couple times. Very pretty space.

There's my boy.

Subtle Halloween decoration - jack-o-lanterns made out of (now defunct) pennies.

Donuts on Halloween

This picture turned out lighter than it was when I got to church at 4 a.m. Saturday for my donut frosting shift. Andy was frying donuts Friday night, came home and slept about three hours, then was back to captain the first shift. He was there at 1:30 a.m. for his 2 a.m. shift. Oy.

Our stellar crew. Not the best picture of me but I was up at 3:30 a.m. so it is what it is.

Love when my relief shows up a bit early!

We went home and napped until B called. We figured we'd sleep all day if we didn't get out of the house so we did some shopping. We picked up a pizza for dinner and they gave us some trick-or-treat candy. Being out we successfully avoided the trick-or-treaters at home.

I'd say my find of the day was this Melissa & Doug checker/backgammon board for $2. And it has all of the checkers! It was wrapped up tightly in plastic so I took a chance. It's pretty so I might hang it on the wall in L's old room. Now to get Andy to play with me.

Andy at Club 33

Andy's recent work trip took him to California and his client belongs to Disney's exclusive Club 33.

So the client invited Andy and coworkers to dinner at the club.

It was a prix fixe menu and crazy expensive.

A Haunted Mansion decoration for Halloween, I assume?

Fancy.

He brought home fancy chocolate and some souvenirs from the gift shop. I might be able to post more pictures if he gets them from his coworker.

And speaking of Disney, here's L all dressed up for Halloween. The client said he'd take L to Club 33 if she ever gets to Disneyland. She would love that.

Halloween treats

Andy's office had its annual Halloween party the other day. He forgot to dress up. Anyway, he brought home two caramel apples. The big bottle of wine was a gift from a coworker who is leaving and moving to another state.

More mahjong ducks

Andy and I came back from mahjong Monday with three more ducks for our combined collection. Andy won two games and I won one.

It was nice to have our friend Nancy join us. She bought herself a set so maybe we'll play on our own if we can get her husband interested.

Puzzling pumpkins

This 1,000-piece "Heirloom Pumpkins" puzzle was a lot harder than I anticipated. The puzzle colors don't match the poster colors and many of the colors are similar. It did provide a nice resting area for Ruby.

This took a long time but I finished before Halloween!

There's one piece missing and I thought I opened this one new. Fortunately, I found the "missing" piece when I was putting the puzzle away!

Sunflower farm date

How cute are these two?

L sent a few pictures from their Saturday night date outing.

Sunflower fields are amazing.

My pretty girl.

This is a sweet one.

Last crop day

Another crop day, another gift waiting for me at my station Sunday morning - stickers and a fall car coaster.

I finished our Key West 2025 vacation pictures.

Darla won the 10 a.m. "in your seat" drawing!

Group picture.

And the big group picture (minus Darla and Alice).

On the drive home Cindy took me down Staunton's Main Street. This is a new mural.

Andy had no dinner planned so we went to Magarita's. I don't recall ever seeing a Day of the Dead shrine there before so that was neat.

Delicious as usual.