What a wonderful day!

Though I stayed up until nearly 3am, and then sleeping in plenty late, today was a great day!

I was able to get some of the housework done; the basics... vacuuming, dishes, some laundry... It was also nice to spend a little time outside with husband, helping clean up more leaves! Now, I'm not really ready for snow, however at this point, I suppose it is November, we have only had one snowfall so far, and once it snows, I don't have to worry about the leaves! :)

I ordered a CD from Amazon. I haven't purchased a CD for SO long, however this one wasn't available on iTunes...

Husband and I also ended up at the mall. We are not huge mall shoppers, especially this time of year (i have decided that I would be ready for holiday decor and music, IF it wouldn't have already been around for the last 3+ months).

We did a little shopping, however overall it was just nice to do something a little different, and get out of the house!

We also picked up some ice cream and a few groceries for the upcoming holiday weekend!

Once home, we lit a fire in our fire pit, and sipped hot cocoa in the backyard. It was great.

Now, already after 10pm, I'm both tired, and wide awake. I still have a list of things I would like to work on; scrapbooking, a bit more laundry, sorting this last weeks mail, conference session proposals... i'll see. I might just sit around for the night!

Me.

1.What time did you get up this morning? 7:30am

2. How do you like your steak? Medium well

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Proposal

4. What is your favorite TV show? Stargate/Stargate Atlantis, CSI, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Gilmore Girls, Everybody Loves Raymond, xfiles, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives... basically Between HGTV, The Food Network, TLC, Sci - Fi, the Animal Planet, and the History channel, I could almost choose to just live on my couch.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? I would choose to move every couple years. I love to experience new places!

6. What did you have for breakfast? today... iHop, though I typically do not have breakfast

7. What is your favorite cuisine? right now, Chinese!

8. What foods do you dislike? mushrooms, cauliflower, peas

9. Favorite Place to Eat? At Home.

10. Favorite dressing? Dorthy lynch or ranch

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? Ford Taurus

12. What are your favorite clothes? Jeans and a sweatshirt

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Of course, Malaysia to see Tink! Also, somewhere in Africa, or maybe the middle east. Somewhere that isn't the typical tourist destination.

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Depends on the day.

15. Where would you want to retire? Near family and friends

16. Favorite time of day? Mid morning, or mid afternoon

17. Where were you born? South Dakota

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? American Football

19. Bird watcher? Not really.

20. Are you a morning person or a night person? Depends on what is going on! Typically, a night person, though I can be motivated to be up before the sun.

21. Do you have any pets? Oh, yes! Dakota our 80lbs puppy!

22. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? nope.

23. What did you want to be when you were little? It changed often. Teacher, doctor, nurse, pilot, astronaut ...

24. What is your best childhood memory? Holidays with my family, baking with mom, and visiting with grandma!

25. Are you a cat or dog person? Dog.

26. Are you married? Yes.

27. Always wear your seat belt? Yes.

28. Been in a car accident? nope.

29. Any pet peeves? Oh yes. People that clip their nails in public, those that smoke in places they shouldn't/too near people that are not, and ppl that do not respect others.

30. Favorite Pizza Toppings? One toping? Well, it would have to be chicken or beef, however fav pizza = Bacon Cheeseburger from Godfathers. mmmm

31. Favorite Flower? Daisy.

32. Favorite ice cream? If I had to pick just one, it would be vanilla. Otherwise, I am a fan of the seasonal flavors of Edys icecream!

33. Favorite fast food restaurant? Do not have a fav.

34. How many times did you fail your driver's test? Umm. let's not go there :) hehe

35. From whom did you get your last email? Mom

36. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Probably Target, Archivers or Menards :)

November

Where did October go? Heck where did the first 1/2 of November go?

Things are going well. I am still trying to catch up. In some areas, I'm making good progress. In other, I'm further behind.

Work is going well. I really am loving my job. My students are fabulous. I only wish I could do more. I wish I had the money to pay for their education so they didn't have to worry about it. They have enough to worry about...

Husband and I are making good progress on finishing unpacking (yeah, we MIGHT be unpacked by our 1 year house anniversary!) He is working on sorting a couple boxes now...

I have my google reader set up... I am a bit behind in my reading. It just says 1000+ unread. Not good.

We have been trying to enjoy the nice November weather. Any day now, I'll end up locking myself inside until spring! :)

Well, that is all. For now. I'll be back up soon!

Menu Plan Monday 11-2-09

Monday
** Lunch -Frozen Veggies and pasta
** Supper - Pizza (Cook the roast beef for tomorrow)

Tuesday
** Lunch - Roast beef wraps
** Supper - Cheddar Broc and Tator Soup

Wednesday
** Lunch - Roast beef wraps
** Supper - Chicken Pasta

Thursday
** Lunch - Fried Rice and Pot Stickers
** Supper - Baked Tators and the fixin's

Friday
** Lunch -Pasta Roni
** Supper - Leftover buffet

Saturday
I'm with students at a conference, thus Husband will fend for self :)
** Lunch - Leftover buffet
** Supper - Leftover buffet

Sunday
** Lunch - Sausage Gravy and biscuit
** Supper - BBQ Ribs and tators


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October Photo of the Month

"Loving the Leaves"

Dakota love to play outside! He chases anything that moves! :-)

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Trying to Catch Up

As always, life is crazy.


I have about a gazillion things in my RTM list.


I have coupons all over the kitchen counter.


One of my bestest friends, Tink, is moving in less than a week.


I haven't seen (or emailed) my other bestest friend, K, in a long time (K - we need to set up a movie night, and/or scrapbook weekend... fruity happies might be involved... )


I do not have all my beloved blogs in a reader.


Our computer is still full and I have to upload a couple photos at a time, edit, print, delete. This is not working. Husband is working on a solution, however when I'm on the computer, he cannot fix my computer photo problem.


I'm back on the caffeine habit and my body is ticked off about this.


I have photos to edit for my great aunt.


Photos to upload, organize, edit and print for my photo 365 project (I haven't printed any since freaking MAY!)


Then, there is this room in our home. An extra bedroom. We moved into our house last November and this particular room holds all the boxes and junk we haven't wanted to sort.

Well. it is time.

Therefore, I may/maynot blog this week, or so. Oh shock, right? :) Yeah, I know, I'm not very consistent anyhow. Yet, I try to be here are least now and then.

I love documenting our life here...

Anyhow. I would LOVE to hear how you all tackle the to do list. Right now, I am just going to open it up, and go down the list, taking anything marked priority first. After that. Just one after another until it is all DONE.



My RTM list does include some blogging, thus I'll be here, however it might be a little random.



Heck. I guess it will just be a normal couple of blogging weeks for me then :)



Haha! I guess, nevermind.... ;)

Menu Plan Monday 10-26-09

Where in the world has October gone? Geez?! it is even a 5 week month, and I'm not ready for November!

This month, we are trying to use what we have in our freezer and pantry. Our garden also produced a lot of tators...

Aside from wanting to use up our stash, we are trying to trying to pay down some our our debt, as well as save up for the holidays.

We may not have the most exciting plan each day/week, however we will be saving tons of money by using what we already have! We may purchase milk, bread, wraps, and fresh fruit, however otherwise, we are golden.

Monday
** Lunch - Leftovers
** Supper - Crock Pot tators, and beef roast wraps

Tuesday
** Lunch - Pasta Helper
** Supper - Chicken Wraps

Wednesday
** Lunch - Left over Chicken wraps and rice
** Supper - Tato Soup

Thursday
** Lunch - Pizza Rolls
** Supper - 29th. Nothing planned yet :) Maybe game night and takeout!

Friday
** Lunch - Left overs
** Supper - Waffles or Pancakes and Fruit

Saturday
** Lunch - Beef Roast and more Tators
** Supper - Veggie Burgers and rice

Sunday
** Lunch - Brats and Mac/cheese
** Supper - What is left?


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