fall day

Hello.

I have not been a good bloger in the last few months. Few posts. No layouts. Really very few projects. Blah! That is not good. I guess I have been focused on other things aside from my art stuff. That isn't entirely terrible but I do want to try and do some this weekend. I have been spending time with Cary which is wonderful but also being a worrier about things I don't need to allow to consume my mind and time.

A fall weekend! At least today will be. Hoping for some apple picking and apple pie. And tomorrow I want to make a roast beef dinner. My mom always did that growing up for Sunday Dinner. I love the smell cooking for hours.

I came home from work tired last night. Cary had cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed, mopped the floors and took out the trash. What a guy! I am lucky.

Here's to hoping I have some cards or a layout to post later this weekend. I am dying to use my Cocoa Daisy kit goodies!

Happy Saturday!

a laugh and thoughts about fall

My sister gave me this card for my birthday. Cracked me up! Love it. Even considering putting it in a little frame because it makes me laugh.

Anyway...

I love fall. Everything about it. The smell in the air. The cool nights. The colors. Orange-red-gold-brown-rust. School starting. Apples. Cider. Pumpkins. Comfort food. Apple pies baking. The fair. Everything. Fall makes me so grateful to live in New England. So at the store today I picked up this issue of Country Living...

This magazine is a source of inspiration for me for my apartment, cards and layouts. I love the colors and ideas. Especially their fall issue. I also left the store with a 1/2 gallon of cider. I only went in for a dozen eggs! One of my favorite things about fall is relaxing with a cup of hot cider. Mmmm. I prefer the cider from our local apple orchard but I haven't made my first trip there yet. Maybe next weekend.

Well...off to read some blogs, my magazine and hopefully take some time working at my art "station!"

bad, wierd day

So my day yesterday started on a very bad note.

I was driving into Boston. Nervous because I had my first class of the semester to teach at noon. I'm on 93S and a guy started making strange gestures to me in my rearview. I was thinking "What the heck?!" He kept doing it. Then a another woman did.

I had a flat tire.

At that point I was in no position to pull over. I was at a stretch right before my exit that has no break down lane. So I took my exit for Storrow Drive and found a small peice of breakdown lane. Before and after where I stopped there is nothing. Traffic was backed up and I was freaking out! For anyone familiar with (a) Boston rush hour and (b) Storrow Drive...you know this was not a good setup. So I call AAA.

Thank God for AAA.

It is the best money I spend! They put me on a "priority list" because of my location...which by-the-way was difficult to explain to the dispatcher. Then I get a call from the state police trying to clarify where I was...they were not so friendly. Traffic started picking up again and cars were flying by me and then slamming on the brakes just ahead where the traffic was backed up. Fun. I am a worrier and a cryer. I was trying not to do both! The tow truck came and then 2 cops. They towed me to the end of the ramp where he could change my tire. I can change a tire but not under those circumstances! So...alls-well-that-ends-well. I got to school in time for class and it went ok.

It messed up my fun plans after work though. Driving 50mph max on a donut will do that to you. My garage wasn't going to be open when I got done. I had planned to go to a mall with a Sephora a little ways away. Change of plans! I stopped at a few stores on the way home. On my route. Got a few birthday treats. First I got this (plus another for 1/2 off)...my FAVORITE fall candle...

Stopped at Michael's for a larger scalloped square punch and got some fallish things for a table centerpeice. I was feeling inspired by all the fall leaf colors everywhere....

Closeup of the bird and nest. They had these cute tiny bird nests attached to a real stick (I really couldn't just gotten one out of my parent's yard and saved the $...but "oh well!")
A kind of odd/funny end to my day. Last night I'm sleeping and I was woken up in a wierd way. We have a big window at the head of our bed and a slider door in the living room. At night we keep both open to get a cross breeze. Our apartment is on the top floor and the complex is on a hill so we get some nice breezes/wind at night. Well...it was breezy and raining! I got rained on in my sleep! It was kind of funny!

Later today I'm hoping to...

• do some layouts
• try out my new scalloped punches on a few cards
• cook stuffed peppers for my parents who are coming by for dinner
• prep for the remnants of the hurricane we are getting tomorrow
• grocery shopping
• clean the house a little
• maybe by some chocolates at my favorite chocolate shop!

Enjoy your Saturday!