Forgot to post this picture the other day… me in my birthday suit.
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One of the things I disliked about my former job (besides the Nazi boss, the hours and being oncall 24×7) was the commute. Now, granted, we don’t live in a huge city so I know it’s tons worse other places. Still, here it was bad enough when I was working. These days, I avoid rush hour like the plague.
Except for today, since I had to take Suzanne to the airport, so she could fly home to Chicago (bye Suzie, we miss you, we had fun while you were here!).
Today, I got to re-experience rush hour. We couldn’t even pull out onto the main road by our subdivision because the traffic was backed up past our subdivision entrance. A nice man let me in, and then we inched down the road for a while, trying to get to the interstate. The interstate did flow pretty well for the most part, but the other main road out to the airport (Lakeland Drive) was pretty backed up. I had thought that our trip to the airport would take 20-30 minutes, but it ended up taking about 35-40. I think Suzie got there in enough time, but I hated to be running late. Traffic. Gotta hate it! 🙂
Happy Birthday Elizabeth – hope you have a great day and a wonderful birthday!
Keep reading for links to a couple of pictures of Elizabeth from her younger days!
A double whammy is when your sister is here from Chicago and wants to eat out twice in one day.
Ouch. My pants are tight now. 😳
It was all really really good, don’t get me wrong. But eating out one good, over-sized meal a day should be my limit. Definitely. Keifers for lunch (hummus and gyros) and The Haute Pig for supper (ribs, slaw, fries for me, baked beans for Tim & Suzie) and Texas Toast. Yum-O 
10 Great Things About Autumn:
1. New fall TV shows
2. Cooler weather
3. Football games
4. Opening up the windows to let the fresh, cool air in
5. Wearing long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts and jeans
6. Cooking more soups and stews
7. Mine and Tim’s birthday
8. Candy corn and Halloween candy
9. Buying and burning seasonal Yankee Candles (pumpkin pie, cranberry, toffee, etc), since it gets dark earlier!
10. Halloween and Thanksgiving
I had a busy day today, because I had a lot of things to do around the house (Tim worked from home, yeah, I love days when he works from home!!), and then a few errands to run. And then, drumroll please, I drove down to pick up Suzanne! Yippee, she decided to cut short her visit with Dad by a little bit and come up and hang out with me and Tim. We’re so glad! We got home about 5:00, and then we all went walking. Such great seasonal fall weather we’re having, it was in the mid to low 50’s when we went walking. Home for supper (beans and sausage, home made cornbread, total comfort food), and now Suzie and Tim are watching a guy movie (Predator). We’re so glad she’s here!
How about one more week of ‘this or that?’ Have fun! And thank you for playing!
1. diamonds or pearls? don’t have either, but I’d pick diamonds in a heartbeat! 😀
2. paperback or hardcover books? hardback books
3. carpet or hardwood floors? again, don’t have them YET, but I’d pick hardwood floors
4. dogs or cats?DOGS!
5. fluffy or firm pillow? Fluffy
6. fine point or medium point pens? fine
7. clocks a little fast or on time? on time
8. mahjong or spider solitaire (or other)? mahjong
9. wall calendar or desk calendar? wall calendar
10. ‘Survivor’ or ‘The Amazing Race?’ Both! 😆
Tim got called last night with a problem from work, and ended up working pretty late. I was sound asleep, but I think it was 1:30 AM or after before he finally came to bed. I’m really glad he’s going to be working from home today, which he had already planned. It looks like it’s going to be a gorgeous day. When I woke up, it was 39 degrees, and the high today is only supposed to be 61. Finally, it feels like fall around here! Tim said yesterday that he would probably work outside on the deck some today, so that should feel great! 🙂
Another action-filled weekend around here. 🙂
– Friday afternoon, I went and ran errands (bank, Lowe’s, grocery shopping). When Tim got in, we worked outside in the yard. He cut the grass, did the weed-eating and edged, and I planted all the snapdragons and violas I had bought. Still need to finish the front flower bed, rework the dirt and buy some big pansies. Maybe next week!
– Friday evening, we watched USM beat UAB on ESPN. Grilled some brats and had brats with sauerkraut, yum. Gail and Don came over late to spend the night. Visited with them till late. 🙂
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I’m a day behind… found this one recently at this site:
Night & Day ~ I Say, You Answer
1. Misty Morn…you answer? dew on the ground, light drizzle
2. Foggy Day…you answer? gotta turn the headlights on in the car
3. Full Moon…you answer? darn, lights up our bedroom like a football stadium when it’s a full moon at night!
4. Quiet Night…you answer? curl up by a fire, with a mug of hot chocolate, and read a good book
Cool – I wonder which one I missed!! 🙂
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Had a busy day yesterday (Friday) and super busy today… will try to blog tomorrow and catch up! 🙂
This one is from this LiveJournal site. Great autumn questions, so I couldn’t resist!
Don’t Fall For It
1. What do you like or dislike about autumn? I love fall! I love when the weather starts to cool off. Love the brisk, clean, cool air, and I love opening the windows to get that fresh cool air in our house. Love the leaves changing. Love it getting dark earlier, lighting my candles, cooking more soups, stews and chili, and baking more. I love this time of year (winter too though, since our winter is like most people’s autumns!)
2. Have you raked leaves into a pile just to jump in them? We don’t have enough leaves to make a pile big enough to jump in! But I wish we did, I would play in them and jump in them for sure! 🙂
3. Have you ever carved a pumpkin and how did it turn out? I carved some when I was a teenager, and Tim and I have carved them a sum total of ONE time in the decade we’ve been together. I love to carve them though, and beg every year, but we never do. I have only ever carved a very plain one though, jagged smile and triangles for the eyes and nose. Never anything artistic or elaborate in any way. 🙄
4. Have you ever eaten anything made from pumpkins other than pie? Yes, lately I’ve branched out and I’m trying to make more seasonal things. We’ve had pumpkin bars and pumpkin bread and from what I remember, it was all good!
5. Where is a good spot to see the leaves change color where you live? Several hours north of here!
Feast Sixty-Seven
Friday, October 21, 2005
Appetizer
Do you button shirts top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top? You know, I have no earthly idea. I rarely wear shirts that button. But, I imagine, I go from top to bottom. I’m OCD that way. 😀
Soup
What is your favorite sandwich? I’m not much of a sandwich person (comes from 12 years of carrying them to school every day for lunch). I like turkey sandwiches and wraps, hot ham and cheese, things like that.
Salad
What was a family project you helped work on as a child? I doubt we ever had any family projects. I certainly don’t remember any.
Main Course
When have you acted phony? Well, I plead the fifth on this one. I know, but I’m not telling. 😆
Dessert
Do you write letters or postcards? If so, to whom? Rarely any more. Sometimes we send postcards when we go on vacation, but this last trip, I blogged every day, so we decided to forgo the postcards. Everyone knew where we were and what we were doing a lot faster with the daily blogging! 😀
Friday is a good day for memes and I have found one or two that I want to do. But, right now, I just don’t have any time to sit down and write out my answers! Maybe later today, or tomorrow morning. I have a long list of things to do, and errands to run all afternoon. Then, Suzanne flies in tomorrow morning, so we’re very exited!
Check back later, maybe there will be something mildly interesting here! 🙂