I guess I know what I'm "getting myself" for Christmas - tires.  Whee!  I got my oil changed and they noted that my tires are wearing oddly, in need of replacement, and I'm out of alignment.  I've noticed a bit of a ... feeling? ... when traveling at high speeds, so I shouldn't be overly surprised.  I had considered getting in earlier to get it looked at but put it off because, who wants a $$$ fee levied for taking a look. 

I had also just reached out to someone to get a deep clean at the house and maybe a quote to get back into regular maintenance cleaning.  I am just not keeping up the way I would want to in order to say I am ready to receive guests.  It's embarassing.

I did tackle another overdue clean up by dealing with my laundry room the other day.  The top of the dryer is cleared off - and not surprisingly I found something I had looked for a while back.  I also went through another bag of miscellaneous cables. It allowed me to show Avery some really old cell phones.  I miss phones being this small.  A few are the old Sony Ericsson ones labeled "walkman".  I wonder if they still charge.

I really need to get in gear.  My exterior Halloween is set up reasonably well, but I haven't done a thing inside.  Good thing I have some spooky items out all year long, right?

The weather has cooled, so I used the temps this morning to knock down a few more wasp nests that were forming under the deck.  They've been quite persistent this year, much more than years past and trying to build nests all summer, not just spring.