Brr...it's a Coffee Kind of Morning

Sleep in...

Make coffee & try yummy new hazelnut biscotti coffee creamer...

and enjoy instant warmth.
Ahh...my morning was a good one.
:-)

Fall is Fun

Bzzzzzz!

We had a very Happy Halloween...more pictures to come soon! :-)

New Shoes!

The results of a lovely weekend shopping spree with my mom :-)

100 Years

Tonight we will celebrate our beautiful historic home's 100th birthday with a belated housewarming, complete with cocktails, cake, and ice cream!

Feeling Productive

Brand new pens. Fresh new season.

All Decorated for Fall

Our home :-)

Seasons Changing...

I am absolutely in love with the weather this week. I think it's heavenly. Chilly mornings giving way to beautiful, sunny afternoons with temperatures in the 70s, and clear nights that usher in a cool breeze. This week's goal: to spend at least 15 minutes on the patio every single day. Yesterday I enjoyed it so much, I nearly missed my chance to grab a bite before work. A good problem to have...love the days you can get lost in.

Back to reality, this is interesting to me. How will it unfold? Guess we will just have to wait and see, since the weekend is supposed to hold allll the answers.

In other news, a good friend of mine has selected a beautiful name for her baby girl due in January. Isabella. I can't wait for the shower! :-)

So many things to look forward to in this new season of the year.

No A/C in August?!

Today's Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. Heat index near 110F. High 99F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

Yeah, you saw it with your own eyes: 99+ degrees outside and we have no A/C upstairs! Yesterday afternoon our air suddenly decided to start blowing out hot air instead of cool air, and the entire second floor quickly became a sauna. We called our A/C people right away, and have an appointment today., but the technician just cannot get here fast enough, please please please hurry!!!

Oh, and the best part of this story? We finally splurged on that Tempur-Pedic mattress we'd been pining after for months, and it was delivered yesterday at noon, only moments before the A/C quit and prevented anyone from enjoying it last night. How sad is it to sleep on the couch knowing there is an amazing, soft and heavenly, brand-new Tempur-Pedic waiting upstairs? Life is so unfair sometimes!

Wish us Luck :-)

Heavy Weather

Hard to believe that only one hour before this happened I was sitting at this very table enjoying the afternoon sunshine. A crazy-quick storm blew in out of nowhere and wreaked havoc on our poor little patio, mangling our umbrella beyond repair, toppling our table and chairs, and shattering flowerpots and candle holders.

We think the table will be fine once it's bolted back together...and hopefully our water will be back 100% soon. Yes, we'd never heard of losing water before either, but this is the second time it's happened this year due to storms. Why can't it just rain anymore, without all these threats?


J started reading Heavy Weather during our vacation, and I'm next! Seems scarily fitting, huh?

Night In - aka Homemade Pizza and Beer! :-)

Yay!
Home - April 2008.

Open Windows

Spring is here to stay!
The weather has been warm and beautiful, and we've enjoyed letting it inside.
March 2008.

Cat Nap

Spring Fever

Giving the bike a bath before a weekend ride.
Too bad the pollen came in waves shortly after...but that's spring for ya.
Our yard has given us a lovely surprise and blossomed with azaleas in several shades of pink!
March 2008.

Weekend Grillers

Delicious beverages with amazing grilled veggies and special Jerry burgers!
Beautiful weather, beautiful weekend, good times with the one I love.
We have a fun life together.
I am thankful.
:-)

Poor Fatty

My cat is upset.

Fatty is not taking to the move very well, and he's making us suffer. During the day, he's fine — or I guess he's fine, since he picks a spot and hides all day long. It's the early morning hours that he gets lonely, or vindictive, or something. He comes up to the bedroom door and starts wining. And wining. He'll pause for a minute or two to lull me into a false sense of calm, letting me almost drift back to sleep before he hits me — WAHHHH! — with another round, an aggressive and persistent enemy pounding at the gates. I just lay there feeling my blood pressure rise.

Even if I get up, that doesn't help. I can be downstairs with him, and he'll still walk around wining. Mwwwarrrr! . . . Whhhharrrr! . . . Hrrrwwwwaaarr! I'm not sure what to do for him, and Autumn's losing patience. Shoot, I'm losing patience.

I wish I knew what to do for him. I thought that after two weeks, he would start behaving normally again. I think that part of the problem is the nearly constant stream of strangers we've had flowing through since we moved in. Still, even though the flood has ebbed a bit, we have someone ring the doorbell almost daily. Fatty's eyes widen, his head pops up, he scrunches down, and he slinks into his hiding spot. Then we don't see him the rest of the day, but we know he's there, sometime around 4 am.

I'm not sure what's made my 17-pound cat such a wimp. Anna is an Achilles to Fatty's Elpenor. She's already Queen of the house, taking long naps on the couch and basking in the extra space. She can probably sleep now 'cause Fatty's not around to bug her all the time. Poor poor Fatty.

I hope he gets over it soon. I need some sleep.