Autumn has crept upon us much too soon, and we're finding there aren't enough hours in the day for all the activities that need to be accomplished. Part of the struggle is that it's gotten really busy for me at work, and so I've had to increase my hours to about 60 per week - which doesn't leave a lot of time to work around the farm. Fortunately my husband is a stay-at-home-dad who can help out with farm chores and be there for our daughter who is home schooled. We did take a break from the chores and had some fun decorating the house for Halloween one weekend morning. It was a challenge deciding where to place decorations around the house -- everything used to have it's spot in our former home, but here in our "new" Vintage home, we have to decide anew where to place each special Halloween memory. The trick-or-treat bucket that both my husband and daughter have carried found a good spot in the living room on an antique piano stool that my gr