October - I have become an old pro at being a campground host, mostly because I finally got the mule and could really go around properly throughout the campground, and do my job as it is supposed to be done. 

I am still going to the library and going into work with Sasha, except on Fridays, so that I can be at the campground, but the last couple of weeks I have stayed at the campground at least two times during the week, for meetings and when I was not feeling well. What is the point of going somewhere when you do not feel well and spread around the germs?

Still reading a ton of different books; the books are on the right side, I've read most of them, Sasha has read some of them. We have also been watching movies, I'll try to put some of them up - some real oldies but goodies, and new stuff too. The Stafford County Library is quite nice - all these books, DVDs and CDs and a place to go for high speed WiFi. Very Nice!

I have also gotten into growing Sprouts - all different kinds but started off with Wheat, then lentils and beans, and moved onto radishes, clover, and alfalfa seeds. Sasha says it is like I have little children or pets, but I don't think so, as we eat them. We have been putting the sprouts into salads for dinner, they are turning out to be very good to eat, very tasty with a extra crunch. I tried putting them in the oatmeal, but it was a bit much for Sasha, and did not really work too well.

So for my Birthday, which was October 6th, I got more sprouts and better ways to grow them, from a company called:
www.SproutPeople.com - I looked them up on the internet, got tons of information about sprouts and then got a couple of methods to grow them better.  Right now, I am using pint canning glasses with cheesecloth, and I have to rinse them each morning and night, and then dump out the water. It has been working well, but I want to expand a little. Because once we have the sprouts, I usually have to wait a week before the next ones come up. So I am going to do it on a ladder system, so that we can have different sprouts all the time.

As you can see we now have a new camera and we are learning how to use it; it has many different features, including wide angle, macro focus (so you can zoom in to flowers and bugs) the ability to do septa and color exchanges (have not yet figured that out) and over 15 different scenes.  

We went out to dinner with some of the Batals: John, Ally and Kristina as well as Mom and Dad J for my Birthday, a very nice meal in Fairfax. We don't have everyone in the group but here are a few pictures of us and Kristina and Mom:

We have been going out to Lunch and Dinner a bit more than before, Sasha really likes 5 Guys - a burger and fries place. The burgers are great, the fries are like boardwalk fries - so tasty and so bad for you. However, they have boxes and boxes of peanuts for people to munch on, not good for those that have allergies.

Check out November 2007 - New digs - Cabin Host, with a cabin for the winter.