We carved pumpkins last night! I carved a witch/moon. Jon carved a ghost. He acidentally cut the wrong thing and ended up having to find another pumpkin. After going to 3 places, he found another pumpkin.
I roasted the seeds from the pumpkin, and they are so good!
Jon read Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting aloud. Then we watched some of the movie, Teen Wolf.
I am working today. I am wearing my tiger ears and my LSU hoodie. That's my "costume". I'm an LSU Tiger!
Jon and I had lunch at Rotollo's. It was so good!
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Weekend in Review
Jon and I had a nice weekend.
Friday night, we went out for steak. We went to Logan's and I was very pleased with my food. It was nice to be able to take my time to get ready (hair and makeup) and then go out with my husband.
On Saturday, my friend Samantha had lunch and did a little shopping. Then I had the honor of showing going with her to see her new place of employment. She just got a youth services librarian postion at the Baker Branch! Yay!
Jon and I bought pumpkins on Saturday night. We did not get around to carving them. I think we will wait and carve them on Friday night. With our strange weather, the pumpkins tend to get moldy really fast.
Yesterday, I cleaned and organized my kitchen. It looks so nice and I feel so good about getting it clean.
I have accumlated a great deal of plastic containers, glass jars and bottles that I just can't bring myself to throw away. I know they have a potenital use. I do not have a garden, so I cannot use them to can. I learned that there is a recycling every 3rd Saturday for apartment dwellers, so I will bring them there. I know that Jon is also happy about this discovery.
My next cleaning and organizing project will be the bathroom. I am so tired of living in a mess! We are so unorganized. It is very discouraging to live in so much clutter. By taking it one step at a time, we will get this accomplished.
While cleaning, I finished listening to Home to Big Stone Gap. I assume this is the conclusion to the series, but I am not sure. I really loved the Big Stone Gap Series. I just loved the characters and reading about an area that is close to where Jon grew up.
I am going to attempt to start listening to the next One Book One Community (The Big Read) book, The Great Gatsby. I got really frustrated with it, while trying to download it to my computer. The tracks were not in order. A bit of a headache.
Friday night, we went out for steak. We went to Logan's and I was very pleased with my food. It was nice to be able to take my time to get ready (hair and makeup) and then go out with my husband.
On Saturday, my friend Samantha had lunch and did a little shopping. Then I had the honor of showing going with her to see her new place of employment. She just got a youth services librarian postion at the Baker Branch! Yay!
Jon and I bought pumpkins on Saturday night. We did not get around to carving them. I think we will wait and carve them on Friday night. With our strange weather, the pumpkins tend to get moldy really fast.
Yesterday, I cleaned and organized my kitchen. It looks so nice and I feel so good about getting it clean.
I have accumlated a great deal of plastic containers, glass jars and bottles that I just can't bring myself to throw away. I know they have a potenital use. I do not have a garden, so I cannot use them to can. I learned that there is a recycling every 3rd Saturday for apartment dwellers, so I will bring them there. I know that Jon is also happy about this discovery.
My next cleaning and organizing project will be the bathroom. I am so tired of living in a mess! We are so unorganized. It is very discouraging to live in so much clutter. By taking it one step at a time, we will get this accomplished.
While cleaning, I finished listening to Home to Big Stone Gap. I assume this is the conclusion to the series, but I am not sure. I really loved the Big Stone Gap Series. I just loved the characters and reading about an area that is close to where Jon grew up.
I am going to attempt to start listening to the next One Book One Community (The Big Read) book, The Great Gatsby. I got really frustrated with it, while trying to download it to my computer. The tracks were not in order. A bit of a headache.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
There's always another way...
For some strange reason, I have been unable to access Blogger at work. I have learned that I can send my blogs through email. I am very happy to have learned how this can be done.
I will probably update a lot more now! I am glad about this, since work sometimes makes me crazy. I need a place to escape sometimes.
I like reading the same book with Jon. I helps me read faster and not take as long to finish. We are trying to read a chapter each day of Dead Until Dark. I am not sure if we will read the whole series, since I have heard mixed reviews about the books.
It is taking some time for me to get used to this vampire stuff, since I usually read things that are realistic. This will be good from me to explore other genres.
I have considered starting a book club several times, but I am not sure if I could get everyone to agree on a book. I wouldn't mind it just being a group of people getting together just to talk about what they are currently reading. We would not necessarily have to read the same thing. Just having the common interest in books and reading would be enough for me.
I may try to revive this idea.
Well, this is my first post via email! I am so excited to be blogging again!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Southern Vampire Series
Jon bought each of us a copy of the first book in the Southern Vampire Series, Dead Until Dark. He is interested in seeing the HBO series True Blood.
I have just stared reading Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani. The Big Stone Gap Trilogy takes place in the region where Jon is from, and his mother suggested them to me.
I think we will probably listen to it on CD on the way to Virginia, so that when we get back we can start reading Dead Until Dark.
We will need something to listen to on our over 12 hour drive, since Sylvia does not have XM radio. Jon loves XM, so I have a feeling we will be getting it. I enjoy it as well, but is not a necessity for me.
I have just stared reading Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani. The Big Stone Gap Trilogy takes place in the region where Jon is from, and his mother suggested them to me.
I think we will probably listen to it on CD on the way to Virginia, so that when we get back we can start reading Dead Until Dark.
We will need something to listen to on our over 12 hour drive, since Sylvia does not have XM radio. Jon loves XM, so I have a feeling we will be getting it. I enjoy it as well, but is not a necessity for me.
Monday, July 6, 2009
4th of July Weekend
Jon and I had a very quiet 4th of July weekend. I worked Friday, but was lucky to have both Saturday and Sunday off.
Friday night, we went out for sushi. Very yummy! We went to Derek Chang's, one of our favorite places in town. They are now in their new location and it is wonderful.
Saturday we were invited to a birthday celebration. Jon is working for an Anglican church (as a pianist), and the pastor and his wife invited us to join them for her birthday. Her parents were in town, and were very charming. The company was great and the food was delicious.
We were planning on going to the Louisiana State Museum to see the Pride of Place exhibit, but were a bit tired. Maybe we will go on Friday. My library is in the area that the exhibit is about.
Sunday I sang at Jon's church service. We had dinner with some of the members after the service.
We watched a few movies. The Reader was great! I had started listening to the book, but didn't finish. I plan on finishing it, but I have had other books distracting me. I'll get back to that one one day. Maybe we will listen to it on the way to Virginia.
Friday night, we went out for sushi. Very yummy! We went to Derek Chang's, one of our favorite places in town. They are now in their new location and it is wonderful.
Saturday we were invited to a birthday celebration. Jon is working for an Anglican church (as a pianist), and the pastor and his wife invited us to join them for her birthday. Her parents were in town, and were very charming. The company was great and the food was delicious.
We were planning on going to the Louisiana State Museum to see the Pride of Place exhibit, but were a bit tired. Maybe we will go on Friday. My library is in the area that the exhibit is about.
Sunday I sang at Jon's church service. We had dinner with some of the members after the service.
We watched a few movies. The Reader was great! I had started listening to the book, but didn't finish. I plan on finishing it, but I have had other books distracting me. I'll get back to that one one day. Maybe we will listen to it on the way to Virginia.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Merging
Combining two households is never easy. Jon and I have so much stuff between the two of us. Both of us do not like to get rid of things either.
Since I was focusing on wedding planning, I could not help him move. He got rid of many of his big things, and kept some of the small things.
One of the biggest things that we needed was shelf space. When a librarian and a pianist marry, you need lots of shelving. Jon has an extensive collection of music scores and other music related stuff. He is also a big fan of Stephen King and graphic novels, so he needed a place for his books. We also had to have a place for both of our CD and DVD collections.
We still have a lot of work to do! One major tasks is to organize our clothes and closets! It is such a mess right now. I can't find anything.
A word of advice:
If the person you marry has to have cable Internet and you don't already have it, don't have it installed one day before the wedding! Not a good idea!
I had DSL and Jon had cable Internet. He wanted to keep having cable, which was fine with me. It just wasn't the best time to have it set up.
It took us forever to set it up on both of our desktops and then to get the wireless to work for our laptops. Thankfully, that problem has been solved.
We got a more comfortable couch yesterday! It is new to us, and we love it!
The cats are getting used to having their daddy around all the time. I think they like it, because there is someone at home more often.
Jon was also officially put on the lease on Friday, so it is finally our apartment!
We are slowly turing our apartment into our home!
Since I was focusing on wedding planning, I could not help him move. He got rid of many of his big things, and kept some of the small things.
One of the biggest things that we needed was shelf space. When a librarian and a pianist marry, you need lots of shelving. Jon has an extensive collection of music scores and other music related stuff. He is also a big fan of Stephen King and graphic novels, so he needed a place for his books. We also had to have a place for both of our CD and DVD collections.
We still have a lot of work to do! One major tasks is to organize our clothes and closets! It is such a mess right now. I can't find anything.
A word of advice:
If the person you marry has to have cable Internet and you don't already have it, don't have it installed one day before the wedding! Not a good idea!
I had DSL and Jon had cable Internet. He wanted to keep having cable, which was fine with me. It just wasn't the best time to have it set up.
It took us forever to set it up on both of our desktops and then to get the wireless to work for our laptops. Thankfully, that problem has been solved.
We got a more comfortable couch yesterday! It is new to us, and we love it!
The cats are getting used to having their daddy around all the time. I think they like it, because there is someone at home more often.
Jon was also officially put on the lease on Friday, so it is finally our apartment!
We are slowly turing our apartment into our home!
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