We have seemed to keep it more low-key this month, which I'm totally fine with since September was non-stop each weekend. While I love being busy and seeing friends and family, it just sometimes gets too much for me and I crave days at home with just Jack and Sadie. Plus, two full-time workers = a house that is sometimes hard to keep up with during the week and eventually needs major TLC to get it into "livable" conditions again - haha! (Embarrassing but true!!)
Oct. 1 - This beautiful day we went to Royal Oaks farm for apple picking. This is the 3rd year we've done apple picking and each year we go to a difference place - scoping out all our options until we settle on our favorite. We really enjoyed this place but decided we'd come back one day when we have kids. It's a little "commercialized" for what we were looking for just being the 2 of us. AWESOME place to take kids though - many extra fun activities for families! My picture I chose (from many) was this tree. I thought it was just beautiful!
Oct. 2 - If you know me, you know I love boots and sticking my skinny jeans right in them! It's pretty much my fall and winter attire for non-school days. It's just easy and cute and just the way I do things, haha!! Got me some new brown boots this year - and mmmm are they cute 'n comfy!!
Oct. 3 - Leaves are a changin'!!
Oct. 4 - Acorns - remind me of my favorite little friends...squirrels and chipmunks!
Oct. 5 - If you know me well, you know I'm a HUGE T.Joe's fan-atic!! Well, when fall comes, so does their pumpkin spread. HEAVENLY is the only way I can describe it! It's a cream-cheese based spread, but I don't use it on carb-filling bagels. My favorite way to eat this is as a snack, dipping in my T.Joe's pretzel thins!! Mmmm!!!!
Oct. 6 - I just love watching the trees change color!!
Oct. 7 - Pre-Marathon! Got the bag full of stuff, planning out spectator routes and getting full of excitement for Sunday!!
Oct. 8 - Another pillowcase DONE! I tried it out a different way this time for the construction of it - took me a little while to comprehend it, but I finally got it and ...SUCCESS!! I also took step-by-step pictures while I made it, had them printed, and then put them in a book with each direction step. This way if I'm helping another student or a student just needs a visual (as I'm a very visual learner myself) they have one!...step-by-step!!!
And as usual, Sadie was there by my side the whole afternoon supporting me...and wondering when I'd be done so we could play!!!
Oct. 9 - Cindy (sister) running her 1st Marathon!!! Awesome job and so proud of you!!! It was really fun to be a part of the experience and watching all the runners and spectators that day in beautiful Chicago! CONGRATS CINDY!!!
Oct. 10 -Walking around and looked up to find another victim of fall...haha
Oct. 11 - Leaves are falling all around!
Oct. 12 - Trying out a potential costume for Sadie. Yoda!! While she looks adorable to us, she was not that happy with me for putting this on her. I must say, she was a great sport about it!!!
Oct. 13 - SALAD!! Oh, how I love you!!!
Oct. 14 - More leaves. If you can't tell by now - I'm fascinated by fall leaves. Hey, it only happens once a year and they are pretty - you can't deny that!
Oct. 15 - Sadie and Spenser had quite a fun afternoon in the yard playing fetch with Jack. While Spenser has a bigger stride than Sadie, she is very speedy and has amazing endurance!!!
Oct. 16 - Every Sunday we try to do a nice dinner where both of us cook together. During the week it's either one or the other cooking dinner, it's more rushed, sometimes one of us may not be there to join the other, etc. But Sunday's both of us are there, we grocery shop together earlier in the day and decide what to make for our Sunday dinner. I love having this time with my husband to just take our time cooking, enjoy each other's company, allow me to give me "cooking teaching tips" haha..., and mentally prepare for the week ahead, as we look forward to next Sunday when we get to do this again!
This time it was pork tenderloin and mmmmm did we (by we I mean Jack for the grilling) do a fabulous job!!!
Oct. 17 - Take time to enjoy the small things in life - even the small flowers!
Oct. 18 - T. Joe's also has "Ritz" crackers - a new favorite we buy!! Makes for a great snack! I brought these and some cheese squares to grad school this night for our last week of this class. ...And next week we start our 5th class of 10!!
Oct. 19 - My mom is redecorating and this is one of my favorite things so far!!
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