Happy Halloween!

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!

This and That

Jon and I had a great weekend.  It went by too quickly, as usual.  On Friday night, Jon and I went to see the movie Couples Retreat and had dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen.  We wanted to go to Buffalo Wild Wings, but it was very crowded.

I enjoyed dinner and the movie.  It was nice to get out and so something different.  We don't go to the movies that often, and it had been a while since I got to pick the movie.

On Saturday, we ran errands and went to the library.  We did lots of laundry.

Sunday was church and rest day. 

I am still dedicated to my exercise routine.  Yay!

Friday Drive

My Friday off was lots of fun. I had a few errands to run. We got the rental truck, so that was extra nice.

While we were out, Jon wanted to go to Best Buy. He wanted to look at GPS systems. I have been wanting one. Since my birthday is this Wednesday, I had a feeling that he was thinking about getting one for me. I was right! We looked at them and we found one that we both liked.

So we check out, and I was eager to try it out. I had been wanting to go to the Windsor Ruins . Especially after recently seeing the movie Ghosts of Mississippi, since some of it was filmed there.

The choice was between the Windsor Ruins or the Tezcuco ruins. We decided to go to the Windsor, since I have mentioned them several times.

We had a nice drive, but realized something as we got to the Mississippi border. We were not supposed to take the rental out of the state! So we turned around and went to the Louisiana tourist information center.

While we were driving, I mentioned that I wanted to go to Greenwood some day. Which I jokingly call Resolute, since that is what the homes was called when it was in the mini-series North and South.

We found out that we were not that far away, so that is where we decided to go! How awesome! I took pictures, but I have not downloaded them yet. It was interesting to see, especially since the original home burned to the ground. It was rebuilt. The home had a very interesting story.

Other things have been filmed in the home as well. Jonah Hex being one of the most recent.

Over all, we had an awesome drive and it was so cool trying out my new GPS!

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.