Halloween Fun Part One

For the past four years we have carved pumpkins with our good friends Dustin and Cindy. Trav and I always look forward to heading over to their house for some snacks, festive beverages, carving fun, and of course lots of photos.

The boys aren't quite as enthusiastic about the actual carving as Cindy and I, but they are good sports all the same.

We had a great evening, thanks Cindy and Dustin! I'm already looking forward to next year - our five year pumpkin carving anniversary! It's going to be EPIC!

Before...

Scary!

Trav is always the first one done...

It takes two to carve a pumpkin?

Relaxing after carving...

Can you guess which is mine and which is Trav's?

All finished!

Enjoying some Witch's Brew...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Kind of defeats the purpose...

... of having clean laundry... but I don't have the heart to move her. Sweet girl!


I'm slowly re-joining the world of the living, and hoping that I continue to get better today so I can have a little Halloween fun over the weekend.

I hope that YOU all are all staying healthy... and that you have a lovely Halloween weekend!

Pardon the Interruption...

... I've been hit with a nasty flu bug and have been in bed for the last few days. I hope to return to blogging by the end of the week...

Date Night

Trav and I have been so stressed and busy lately that we carved out some time yesterday to head out on a date.

We checked out a restaraunt in East Grand Rapids we've been meaning to try for forever called Olives (thanks for the gift certificate, Phil and Kim!)

Highlights of the meal (other than spending time with my wonderful husband, of course) were the appetizer... (and I'm not even a big fan of mushrooms!)

Mushroom Crostini
Sautéed wild mushooms, toasted baguette, herb goat cheese, scallion oil, demi


Yummy (but expensive - yikes!) cosmopolitans for me (sorry Mum, no photo!)

And dessert... a tiramasu cheesecake. YUM!


It was really nice to get out and try someplace new. Thanks for a lovely evening, hubby!

Midterm Miracles

Two days ago I was losing my mind when it came to school. I was CONVINCED I'd failed my Statistics midterm, and actually FORGOT to do my take-home midterm for my other class. For real. I was trying to figure out how I could withdraw from classes and just write this semester off as a wash.

Yikes!

Well, by some miracle, I survived midterms unscathed. I pulled off a B on my Statistics midterm (I was beyond thrilled!) and have a solid B in the class thus far, and I aced my other midterm keeping my A in the course in tact.

Phew!

I feel re-energized and ready to conquer the second half of the semester! Maybe I need to have more confidence in myself?

It's go time!