No, really. The reason why I'm here is because I'm considering staying up until 12:01 am in order to put my name into the drawing for tickets to the lighting of the National Christmas Tree. Awesome, I know. I figure as long as I'll be up for awhile, and since the dishes are already done, I might as well sit back and write a blog. And since I'm all caught up with my picture downloading, I might as well make it a picture one. So here it is.
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October 26, 2009: I was walking home just as the sun was about to set and the leaves were a beautiful gold. Everything looked golden. But it definitely looked more golden in real life than it does on this picture. Probably because the windows are dirty...
October 27, 2009: The first appearance of the boots in the fall. I love boots in the fall. And boots stepping on fall leaves. It also happened to be raining. I also love walking in the rain with my boots in the fall. It was a good day. Except for the fact that this was the day I found out that my ultrasound results were inconclusive so I had to have an endoscopy. That made it a sad day. But rainy fall and boots almost made it better.
October 28, 2009: Luke and I took a walk in Ft. Totten Park in the afternoon to take a break from thinking about being sick and scary medical tests. I like this picture because it is fairly typical of our walks. I walk around and take pictures of leaves and Luke (who you can see in the background) throws rocks or seeds or acorns or whatever he can pick up at random targets. You can tell that he's throwing something here (especially if you click on the picture to make it bigger).
October 29, 2009: Today was the dreaded endoscopy day. It actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting (surprise, surprise...). And I got these cool pictures of the inside of my stomach.
October 30, 2009: Meet Harold the Pumpkin. Friday night we got our pumpkin and carved it. We actually had to search for him! When we got to Shoppers they were out. So we had to drive to Aldi for this little guy. I know he doesn't look to smart, but he sure is happy! And that's really what it's all about, right? 
October 31, 2009: As previously mentioned, we spend our Halloween apple picking, hay riding, yummy making and movie watching with our friends Jordan and Valerie. It was a good time.
November 1, 2009: A woman in our church went to a refugee camp on a mission trip a couple of weeks ago, and our church is getting together a bunch of musical instruments to send over to them for Christmas. For Sunday School my little kids and the older kids made some rhythm instruments out of plastic eggs and rice and made cards for the children in the camp. I meant to take a picture of the instrument-making, but I got pretty distracted by all the commotion, so instead you get this less cute, but still relevant, photo.
November 2, 2009: I walked out of work at 5:15, turned the corner onto V Street and there was the moon! It was beautiful! While I definitely prefer a night sky where you can see the stars, a full moon over a city street can also be a spectacular site.
November 3, 2009: It was a chilly morning as I walked to work and I thought that it might be almost time to break out the Christmas music. Then I saw people with Christmas Starbucks cups and it made the decision final. I broke our the Pandora acoustic holiday music station today. You have to give me some credit...usually Christmas music starts in late August/early September for me. I've held off for so long! And I haven't even listened to Christmas music with words yet...so, really, it doesn't completely count! After work I splurged on my own joy in a cup--a peppermint skim hot chocolate with whipped cream. I tell myself whipped cream is okay, since I got skim milk...but it doesn't really matter, because hot chocolate is joy in a cup and if it's joy calories don't count. Especially if it's served in a holiday cup.
October 26, 2009: I was walking home just as the sun was about to set and the leaves were a beautiful gold. Everything looked golden. But it definitely looked more golden in real life than it does on this picture. Probably because the windows are dirty...
October 27, 2009: The first appearance of the boots in the fall. I love boots in the fall. And boots stepping on fall leaves. It also happened to be raining. I also love walking in the rain with my boots in the fall. It was a good day. Except for the fact that this was the day I found out that my ultrasound results were inconclusive so I had to have an endoscopy. That made it a sad day. But rainy fall and boots almost made it better.
October 28, 2009: Luke and I took a walk in Ft. Totten Park in the afternoon to take a break from thinking about being sick and scary medical tests. I like this picture because it is fairly typical of our walks. I walk around and take pictures of leaves and Luke (who you can see in the background) throws rocks or seeds or acorns or whatever he can pick up at random targets. You can tell that he's throwing something here (especially if you click on the picture to make it bigger).
October 29, 2009: Today was the dreaded endoscopy day. It actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting (surprise, surprise...). And I got these cool pictures of the inside of my stomach.
October 30, 2009: Meet Harold the Pumpkin. Friday night we got our pumpkin and carved it. We actually had to search for him! When we got to Shoppers they were out. So we had to drive to Aldi for this little guy. I know he doesn't look to smart, but he sure is happy! And that's really what it's all about, right? 
October 31, 2009: As previously mentioned, we spend our Halloween apple picking, hay riding, yummy making and movie watching with our friends Jordan and Valerie. It was a good time.
November 1, 2009: A woman in our church went to a refugee camp on a mission trip a couple of weeks ago, and our church is getting together a bunch of musical instruments to send over to them for Christmas. For Sunday School my little kids and the older kids made some rhythm instruments out of plastic eggs and rice and made cards for the children in the camp. I meant to take a picture of the instrument-making, but I got pretty distracted by all the commotion, so instead you get this less cute, but still relevant, photo.
November 2, 2009: I walked out of work at 5:15, turned the corner onto V Street and there was the moon! It was beautiful! While I definitely prefer a night sky where you can see the stars, a full moon over a city street can also be a spectacular site.
November 3, 2009: It was a chilly morning as I walked to work and I thought that it might be almost time to break out the Christmas music. Then I saw people with Christmas Starbucks cups and it made the decision final. I broke our the Pandora acoustic holiday music station today. You have to give me some credit...usually Christmas music starts in late August/early September for me. I've held off for so long! And I haven't even listened to Christmas music with words yet...so, really, it doesn't completely count! After work I splurged on my own joy in a cup--a peppermint skim hot chocolate with whipped cream. I tell myself whipped cream is okay, since I got skim milk...but it doesn't really matter, because hot chocolate is joy in a cup and if it's joy calories don't count. Especially if it's served in a holiday cup._____________________________
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