The Applejack Festival in Nebraska City

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Picking up the parents!

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The boys taking a ride.

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Adorable – I love this witch!

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Yummy steak dinner afterwards – Jack looks afraid, no?!

This was one of the best years yet! Everyone was in a good mood and feeling good. We bought a bushel of apples and had the best time (hooray for homemade caramel dip). Homemade Caramel Dip recipe: 1 brick softened cream cheese (best at room temp), 1/2 c. or more to taste of brown sugar, squirt vanilla and OPTIONAL item a) half bag of toffee chips or b) broken up skor bars. Even my kids will down a bunch of apples with this dip – but it’s great for all types of fruit. Enjoy! It really does taste like caramel, I promise. It’s amazing!

Cute Fall Porch Decor

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I like pumpkins on my porch but this is even cuter. Found it here. They have other vegetables with other styles (some on clearance for $4.88 – check out the zucchini dog). Love it. I probably won’t buy any until we’re moved but still wanted to share.

Muttropolis – Online Utopia for Dogs

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So I was reading Entrepreneur magazine (no worries about my actually achieving anything, I’m so behind it was the Sep ’07 issue) – anyway, I saw this great article about someone who had developed Muttropolis stores and was successful. I just loved the name and had to check it out and share with all my other pooch pals out there.

The Furminator

Since this website is named SparkBark, I thought I’d make my first doggy-type recommendation. Actually it’s my neighbor’s recommendation: The Furminator. The size medium one sells for around $30 at Cabela’s or probably any pet type of shop – and even on ebay! Mike & Julie (the neighbors) let me borrow theirs, most likely out of pity for my hairy dog who was so hairy that when she was sleeping on the stairs I sent my kids to go pick chunks of her hair off her body so there would be less for me to vacuum. I tell you – one shot with this comb and it really, really helped! I am now going to have to buy one… If you own one of these, tell me what you think about it and if you don’t, it’s worth a try! We tried it and liked it!