October 31, 2011

Chipotle BBQ wings (cooked in the crock pot) and baked garlic parmesan fries for dinner. Not super healthy, but still tasted good.

October 30, 2011

Pumpkin carving time again! I can not even begin to top last year’s pumpkin, but I think these two turned out pretty well.

October 29, 2011

Pumpkin guts! Muahahahaha!!

October 28, 2011

I finally got around to watching Fast Five after my dad picked it up for me today. Thanks Dad! I enjoyed watching it!!!

October 27, 2011

This meal was actually from yesterday, but it was absolutely delicious! I made spaghetti with homemade pesto and baked stuffed turkey meatballs, and my sister made red velvet cheesecake brownies for dessert (I made the pretty swirls).

October 26, 2011

Linn County Courthouse.....I had a subpeona for Grand Jury for work for a shoplifting and drug incident. Hmmmm.....think I need a new job!

October 25, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed there has been a “fall” theme the last few days....so just one more for now. Days like this make me want to just sit back and smile. :-)

October 24, 2011

Some beautiful trees on a road just outside of town. I love the double row of trees and how the fall colors all mesh together. God sure does bless us with some stunning scenery!

October 23, 2011

A gorgeous fall morning at Foster Lake!

October 22, 2011

Made a drive out through Waterloo before heading to work today and I stopped at one of the picnic areas. While the picnic areas are deserted, there is still something simple and appealing about their emptiness.

October 21, 2011

Rain on the windshield!

October 20, 2011

Today is my parent’s wedding anniversary. Through good times and bad they have stuck it out and today are celebrating having been married for 32 years.

October 19, 2011

This little “friend” has been on my deck all day long. I’m thinking he must like it here.....unfortunately, I’m not feeling quite so friendly since I almost stepped on him.

October 18, 2011

I hate the first early warm days of fall, after the cold, because they bring with them an invasion of bugs......fly’s and lady bugs everywhere! Ugh!

October 17, 2011

Did some serious grocery shopping for my house and my parents house today. I think we are squared away for a month or so, at least I hope so.

Loaded up!

All empty again!

October 16, 2011

Yes, yes, yes.....

I know it isn’t even Halloween and yes this is  Thanksgiving turkey on display at Wal-mart (please keep in mind Christmas stuff began appearing in September though).

October 15, 2011

Trying something new.....someone I work with recommended this chocolate wine. I was intrigued, so I decided to give it a try. The wine is pretty strong at first, but it is so smooth....and the chocolate after taste in your mouth is quite lovely!

October 14, 2011

Redneck Santa at Wal-mart....there are no words for this.

October 13, 2011

Dinner tonight.....pork shoulder and veggies that cooked in the crock pot all day. It was delicious!!! The meat was so tender it just fell apart, no knife needed. Crock pot’s are such wonderful things!

October 12, 2011

Every year Wal-mart chooses a local school, and recognizes the teachers for all their hard work and contributions to the lives of children. Each store also gives away ten $100 gift cards to the teachers at the selected school. This year I was the coordinator for my store, and today was our “celebration,” and here’s the cake I had our bakery make for the Teacher Rewards Program.

October 11, 2011

Ariana just chilling (upside down) on the couch. Gotta love this girl!

October 10, 2011

Taco Night!!

All the good stuff for making tacos!

October 9, 2011

Found these empty tool boxes at work just before I left tonight. Someone emptied the boxes and walked out the door with the tools. Pretty sure they didn’t just fit in someone’s pocket or purse. Hmmmmm!

October 8, 2011

The clouds were beautiful this evening. It’s the little things like this that make me smile. :-)

October 7, 2011

Love the sayings on these t-shirts I found at work today.

October 6, 2011

It’s “rest” time at my house this evening!

October 5, 2011

I saw this on a friends facebook page, and thought it was so true!

October 4, 2011

Ariana: 1--Vacuum cleaner: 0 

Ariana loves to attack the vacuum cleaner whenever I use it.....today I think she got the best of it as the little rubber bumper strip has been killed, and somehow she seems so satisfied with herself as she lays there on the couch looking at it.

October 3, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACLYN!!! 

23 years ago I remember getting a note at school telling me to go to walk to the library where my Grandma Bessie and Aunt Helen worked. I remember hanging out there part of the afternoon and then hiding under the desk when my dad came to pick me up, refusing to come out.....all because I wanted a brother, not a sister. LOL!

After graduating with her BA in Psychology from George Fox University.

Specialist Jaclyn Cascio, serving in the US Army as a Combat Medic!

And now all these years later all I can think of is how God knew exactly what he was doing and how blessed I am to have gotten such a wonderful sister!!!! And I am so proud of the woman my sister has become!!! Love you lots Jaclyn!!! ♥ ♥

October 2, 2011

Time to stack some more wood!!! Yay me---okay, not really!

About half of my stack.

Making progress in the stacking.

So glad I had Annabelle out in the yard to help supervise my work though. 

October 1, 2011

Found this Batman sweatshirt at work.....gotta love the ears on the hood!  Really, what normal person would wear this (oh, wait....is that me wearing it--does this make me a person of Wal-mart)?