it's been a busy month of midterms and visitors, rainy days and puzzles. i chopped off all my hair, tried a new recipe, and got a new computer, among other blog-worthy events. i hate that i didn't post a single post all month (until now), and since today is the last day i can say it--happy october! and while i know it doesn't make up for 30 days of absence, i'll still fill you in on the past 3.
on friday, in the spirit of the spookiness of halloween weekend, nathan and i saw the broadway production of beauty and the beast. ...what? beasts are spooky. okay, maybe this one isn't so much. but still. plus, how could i resist the $15 dollar tickets? albeit, they were in the very back row on the very highest balcony. but we had a great time laughing at lumiere (who thought he was borat) and spent most of the two-and-a-half hour show watching the two adorable little girls in front of us bounce around on their seats.
on saturday, sean, lauren, nathan, and i ventured to julian in hopes of picking some pumpkins and eating some apple pie. only one of those things turned out to be a success. we went to the pumpkin patch thinking it would be great. i mean, you get to pick them off the vine and everything; it doesn't get much more legitimate than that. the only problem: there was one pumpkin left in the patch...and it was rotten. how sad. what wasn't sad, though, was the satisfaction of four bellies full of apple pie and ice cream. i don't even like apple pie, but this stuff was really yummy. we also had a blast chasing turkeys, rummaging through a used book store, browsing the town--hot chocolate and apple cider in hand (it was so cold)--and driving through the beautiful countryside. we took a detour to look for some quail to shoot (of course nathan brought his gun), but didn't find any birds. what we did find, though, was a stunning view and a photo op. it was a great double date, and the best part is that there is still some apple pie in the fridge...
turkeys!
rotten pumpkin :(
a beautiful view on a beautiful day
mom's apple pie
today was a day of pumpkin carving and pumpkin seed baking. since we didn't get any good pumpkins in julian, i only had my baby pumpkin that i got at the grocery store last week. but i made it work and carved a little face on that little guy. we passed out candy to some cute kids and some who were really not kids at all and much too old to be trick-or-treating. we also had a smoke machine going outside, which a neighbor mistook for our house being on fire. woops. here's my pumpkin and me:
leaning larry and tiny tim
i hope you had the best of octobers and loved every moment of your pumpkin-carving, costume-making, and candy-eating. i know i did...
on saturday, sean, lauren, nathan, and i ventured to julian in hopes of picking some pumpkins and eating some apple pie. only one of those things turned out to be a success. we went to the pumpkin patch thinking it would be great. i mean, you get to pick them off the vine and everything; it doesn't get much more legitimate than that. the only problem: there was one pumpkin left in the patch...and it was rotten. how sad. what wasn't sad, though, was the satisfaction of four bellies full of apple pie and ice cream. i don't even like apple pie, but this stuff was really yummy. we also had a blast chasing turkeys, rummaging through a used book store, browsing the town--hot chocolate and apple cider in hand (it was so cold)--and driving through the beautiful countryside. we took a detour to look for some quail to shoot (of course nathan brought his gun), but didn't find any birds. what we did find, though, was a stunning view and a photo op. it was a great double date, and the best part is that there is still some apple pie in the fridge...
turkeys!
rotten pumpkin :(
a beautiful view on a beautiful day
mom's apple pie
today was a day of pumpkin carving and pumpkin seed baking. since we didn't get any good pumpkins in julian, i only had my baby pumpkin that i got at the grocery store last week. but i made it work and carved a little face on that little guy. we passed out candy to some cute kids and some who were really not kids at all and much too old to be trick-or-treating. we also had a smoke machine going outside, which a neighbor mistook for our house being on fire. woops. here's my pumpkin and me:
leaning larry and tiny tim
