Birthdays and stuff

So, November seems to be a big month for birthdays in my family. Not that I know. We had a birthday party for my Aunt Judy yesterday. She turned 60. She's the youngest in the group of them. And today is my cousin Dorothy's birthday. Happy Birthday, Dottie!! Don't know who else is this month, but I take it there's a couple of them. And September seems to be the birthday of the rest of them. Me? July. Go figure.

Still no word on the closing date of our house. Better be soon, though. The campground is officially closed and they finally had to turn the water off. We're going to get thrown out soon. (Probably not. I don't think the guy who is here really cares, as long as we don't cause him any trouble. He just waves when we see him.) We're going to have to do a lot of recommending this campground to people. Which I would. Nice people, nice area. It just turns into a small pond when it really rains. It's not the owners fault though. It has a high water table being near the river and creek. Which makes it a great place in the summer.

Have decided this part of Pennsylvania is not a hot birding spot, meaning I'm going to have to do some traveling in order to find any great birds. The juncos are coming through, but I haven't seen much else. *sigh*

Happy Birthday Eugene!

Tomorrow (Halloween) is Eugene's 4th birthday! We think. Close enough. We had a birthday party at grandma and grandpa's today. He had a whole cupcake to himself. After the complete sugar high, he is crashed on the sofa. See previous post picture. He looks just like that, but without the blanket. I would have taken a picture, but it would have been redundant. So, anywhoo. They grow up so fast, don't they?

New house

Bill and I bought a house! It's in Kulpmont, so my nightmares have come true. But at least we'll have someplace warm and dry to live in this winter. I opted for moving to the warmer south, but nooooo....we have to stay here. Still looking for jobs. Apparently experience counts for nothing here, but a piece of paper from any old college and no experience at all will get you a job.

Will post pictures as soon as we close and can take them without looking like stalkers.

May your next bird be a lifer!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Birthday Mom!

If you see my mom today, wish her a Happy Birthday!

No birds, just a few bats

Baseball bats. Little League baseball bats to be exact.

This past week, Bill and I took in a couple of games of the Little League World Series in Williamsport. Since we're not that far from the stadium complex, I think we'll be making this a yearly thing.

We saw 2 games, 1 at Volunteer Stadium, and 1 at Lamade Stadium.

Game 1 was Chinese Taipei vs. Mexico. (C-T is in the teal blue uniforms, Mexico in green.)

The second game we saw was in the bigger stadium, which has an area outside the outfield that seems to be the place many people prefer. Especially kids. The hill is a great place to slide.

The team in the light blue uniforms is USA West (Chula Vista, California), and the team in the dark blue uniforms is USA Southwest (San Antonio, Texas).

And in case nobody is watching, Chula Vista won the Series today! Go USA!

For more pictures, see Bill's blog.

On the birding front: I haven't been out birding. We've been busy looking for a home, and jobs. I did, however, spent a pleasant half hour watching 2 chickadees and a tufted titmouse play in the pine tree outside the RV window. They enjoyed chasing each other. And it wasn't vicious chasing, it was like they were playing tag. And I saw 3 mallards today. Does that count?

May your next bird be a lifer!

New RV Park

On Monday, Bill and I move from here to here. I think this means that we're looking to settle in Bloomsburg. Not a bad place, I guess. Not Anchorage, but not bad.