what extra hour of sleep?

Macie doesnt have a reset button, so she woke up at her same time... only today it was an hour earlier ... thats just great.

On a normal weekend she wakes us up between 6 and 7. Today it was between 5 and 6.

Daylight savings time should be abolished. really.

What is the point anyway?

I really dislike going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark.

Way to make a bad season even worse.

speaking of starbucks

I pick one of these up on my way out the door everytime....

They are great for your garden.

Feeling fall-ish?

This chai tea concentrate is really good and its much faster than running through the Starbucks drive through. Just add equal parts of concentrate and milk. Pop it in the microwave and thats it. I think its a little spicier than the chai tea latte that you get at Starbucks. You can add some frothed milk on top if you want.

And to have with it, its always good to have a fresh out of the oven gingerbread cookie. This mix makes it super easy too. For an added bonus, the house smells wonderful too.

Fall in an instant....and all for about the price of one Grande Starbucks Chai Tea Latte and a slice of pumpkin bread

remember that scene in ET where ET hides in the closet with the stuffed animals?

I was looking for Macie the other morning. I looked upstairs and downstairs.

I looked in everyone of her sleeping spots.

Then I happen to see a movement under the kitchen table where her toy box is.
This is were she was laying, quite content to hang out with her toys

every.single.day

you are missed

...but none more than today.

There are places I remember all my life,
Though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain.
All these places have their moments
Of lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I loved them all. (The Beatles)

We love you Justin

RIP

happy anniversary

to the silly

the sweet

the funny

the totally cuteman I married.

Love you

so easy, even a caveman could do it...

We were in this fancy schmancy boutique in Seaside last weekend. It was all decked out in fall and Halloween decor. I saw this cute sign sitting on a side table. Foam board with the word Boo! printed on it.

Another little sign had the words Give Thanks. They wanted $17. each for them.Not happening...

It was one of those moments when you look at something and say. . .Thats really cute, but I could make that myself in about 15 minutes. So thats what I did.

I took a piece of scrapbook paper with some writing print on it, then I inked it up so it looked old. I think the one in the store might have used a page from an old book. If I had an old book, thats what I would have used too, but this was the next closest thing I could think of.

Then I printed the word Boo on it. Just realized that I forgot the ! ... darn it.

Anyway, I cut some black foam core 1" larger than the paper and glued it down. I considered using some black chipboard I had, and it would have worked too, but I like the thickness of the foam core board...After that I just stuck a bow on it and was done!

Just the finishing touch I needed for the entry hall table.

I'm going to make a few more of these, for thanksgiving and another for Christmas.