Here, There, and Everywhere

Hi,

So, as I mentioned last week, I was able to travel home to see my family for the weekend.  It was a delightful time, although Jered wasn't able to go, and it was a short visit.

We spent Saturday morning afternoon shopping.  Saturday morning was the plan, but we opted for introducing Mom and Katie to New Girl instead.  (I know I don't really need to tell you this, but it was a success.)  We stopped by Good Will and found some treasures, and then dropped in at JCPenney, which has seriously upped its game, and found some things for the same prices you find at places like Good Will.  All in all, pretty successful, I'd say.

Rather than actually checking out the Scenic Drive for all it has to offer, we merely stopped up at the square for some delicious corn dogs and a funnel cake.  It. Was. Magnificent.

Saturday evening consisted of going to the family wiener roast.  It was sprinkling on and off, so we ended up camping out inside most of the time, enjoying some good laughs.

I made a new friend.  I guess we would be very distant cousins.  He was six.  He was also hilarious.  It was almost like talking to a grown up.  He kept growling at me though, and at one point I told him that he could get away with that for now, since it's almost Halloween, but as soon as Halloween was over, he should probably stop.  He proceeded to tell me that he did it at Christmas.  "You growled at someone on Christmas?!"  His reply: "Yep.  Turned out to be not so jolly after all."

Hahaha.

It turned out to be a lovely time.  Plus, I had my first chili of the season.  Mmm.  I think it's time to pull out the crock pot again!

On a completely unrelated note, did I ever tell you about our upstairs neighbor that I could hear singing Madonna one night?  It was terrible.  Just awful.  Like one of the embarrassing auditions on American Idol where they think they're really good, but in fact, stink.  I got a decent giggle out of it though.

Also, after pulling out my fall/winter clothes to bring back with me this weekend, I decided it would be beneficial to go through them and get rid of anything I wasn't going to wear before I brought them back.  I ended up getting rid of a garbage bag full.  Then, last night, before I pulled them out to unpack them, I went through my closet, and got rid of the same amount.  I like to think this justifies my new purchases.

I always look at my clothes and think, "I might still use that someday."  But the reality is, the things I pulled out hadn't been pulled out in about a year.  Time to go.  Sometimes my closet just needs a face lift.  And that's exactly what it's getting.  (I'm hoping I can get Jered to do the same because I thought I had a lot of clothes... until I pulled out the bags of his fall/winter wardrobe.)

Last night, as my husband worked, what I stubbornly consider an unfair shift after pulling a 12 hour night shift right before, I got to work on some old projects.  Remember those red pillows?  And how I was going to cover them with the cloth napkins and move them to our room?  Well, wouldn't you know, Aimee shrunk the napkins when she washed them.  Awesome.  

Good news is, I found some new fabric to cover the Christmas pillows, so they will end up staying in the living room.  And, Grandma Lynn gave me a bunch of smaller pillow forms that will really be perfect for the bedroom, so those are on the to do list next.  I'm going to make it my goal to have at least the living room pillows done in the next couple days.  Fabric is washed and ready, so no excuses!

Oh, I forgot to tell you!  Katie and I revisited Good Will to check out the book section again, and scored majorly.  I'm talking almost 15 books, for no more than a dollar each- and that was for the big hardback ones.

I don't know what the mister is planning on doing tonight, but I'm hoping it involves staying home and being lazy.  Or helping me carve a masterpiece out of the pumpkin Dad got for me.  (Every year Dad brings pumpkins home for Kate and me to carve or paint.  We didn't get to it this weekend, so I brought mine back with me to do here.)

Well friend, not a whole lot of structure to today's letter.  Just a bunch of stuff.  Anyway, I will talk to you later.

Aim