Time marches on...and here we are at the end of October already!
On Saturday, the youth 14 and up had a regional activity, dinner, and dance in Martinsburg, West Virginia. I helped drive kids over to that. I was more than compensated for my time (took about 2 1/2 hours round trip) by the stunning scenery along the way. It was one of those perfect fall days, when the sun is shining, the sky is dazzlingly blue, and the colors of the leaves are at their peak. The drive was through the "mountains" (about as close as you get to mountains out here) so the views were pretty breathtaking. I only wish I could have taken pictures!
Tanner went with the youth to the activity (Jared was a bit disgruntled that he missed the age cut off by one week!) so he was gone until late. I finished working on my lesson for YW, cleaned the kitchen floor, gave Seth a bath, watched part of the BYU game (I had to leave before it ended) and took Snickers out to visit some ladies in our ward. They have offered to watch him for us so that we can go to North Carolina for Thanksgiving. I wanted them to meet him and him to get a feel for their place. They also have several cats, so we wanted to make sure he would do ok with the cats. He didn't bother the cats at all, so I'm sure he'll be fine.
Sunday was quire busy--after church I had class presidency meeting and then choir. Erin joined us for dinner that evening; we always enjoy having her here! While we were visiting after dinner, our doorbell rang and we received a bag of Halloween treats--candy, a cookie, bubbles, a pencil, and some spider rings. It was from one of our neighbors, and was one of those "pass it on" kind of things--we were supposed to leave treats on two neighbors' doorsteps. We put the included sign up on our door:
The next evening I was trying to decide which neighbors to give treats to when the doorbell rang, and we received this little guy, full of treats and a plastic rat:
????? Not sure why the second neighbor didn't see our sign! We felt so loved, though. :) I went ahead and put together two treat bags and Jared did the honors of delivering the treats to two of our neighbors. Hope we aren't party poopers for not doing four neighbors!
Monday was super busy. It was a beautiful day again; I took this picture that morning because the early sunlight looked so pretty:
I spent most of Monday at my friend Jeanine's house. She is moving to California next week, so I am trying to spend as much time with her as possible. She is super busy trying to get ready to move, so we cleaned out a room in her basement while we talked. I also took her to lunch. It was fun and we worked hard--my feet definitely hurt by the end of the day!
I took a camera with me to Jeanine's house and got these pictures of the views from her front porch (she lives on the side of a hill):
(It looked better in real life.) The drive to Jeanine's house from mine is through beautiful rolling farm land, and again--the leaves were at their peak. It was mile after mile of gorgeous rolling hills covered with trees of every color. So awesome! I had a camera with me this time, but those darn country roads don't have shoulders, so there was no place to pull over and get a picture--so frustrating! But I just tried to drink in all in and remember it as I drove.
On Monday I also exercised, got some groceries, did laundry, and Jared & Tanner vacuumed & swept for me. We had family night too--played Fruit Ninja on the Knect and ate cookies.
Tuesday was also busy--I visit taught and went to a RS crocheting class in the morning, then went to book club in the afternoon. We discussed The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. It's a great read--lots to think about and discuss, plus you learn a lot of biology in the process and it's a compelling (though somewhat sad) story. It was really well written. In between everything else, I cleaned bathrooms and made a grocery list. I had a bad headache by evening, though. (Thankfully, it went away in the night and I felt much better the next morning.) Tuesday ended with a pretty pink sunset:
Wednesday I had a YW presidency meeting and then did the weekly Wal-Mart shopping. Then I came home and exercised and made dinner before going to YM / YW that evening. Frank worked from home that day and it was nice to have him around even though I wasn't home that much myself. For YW we played a lot of fun games. The boys worked on the Communications Merit Badge, which is great since Tanner and Jared both need that one (and it's one of the last ones they need.)
Thursday started out with a haircut for me. I got quite a bit taken off and like the results a lot:
Seth came home from school late on both Tuesday and Wednesday because our car pool family asked to take him to the park with them both days. He had a blast and came home dirty and hot (needed a bath both nights). I'm glad they took him, though, because we probably won't have very many more nice days before winter kicks in for good. This week has continued to be very mild. The last few days have been cloudy and a bit gloomy but no rain has fallen yet and the days have been very mellow and pleasant. We are enjoying it while we can and are grateful for it. It looks likely at this point that we will get slammed by Hurricane Sandy next week, so a lot of wind and rain are in store and even if we don't get that, there is going to be a 20 degree temperature drop between Saturday and Tuesday. They are planning to pick him up and go to the park again today--last chance!
Frank is working from home again today and I have been updating the budget. I got through that a lot quicker and less painfully than usual--I'm thankful for that! Here it is only noon, and I'm done with the budge AND my weekly update! That hardly ever happens. I need to get some shopping done this afternoon though, so it's a good thing I was faster than usual.
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Someday I hope to make it east to see your beautiful fall in person! Have a Happy Halloween!
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