a day of gustal pleasure

just dirt, but so pretty…

lovely lunch: olive tapenade…

festive treat…

pricey, but worth it!…

my very own iorek byrnison…

ta da!

introducing…the jacket.

…and a vest i whipped up…

“excalibur”
spaghetti squash <3

i started reading tonight. it isn’t half bad…

we had to

i don’t think i’d be able to live with myself if we didn’t have a halloweeny weekend activity.  it’s late and now i won’t be able to sleep…but yeah!  caramel apples!

the finest galas in all of tennessee

the usual suspects

nut crushing (dang, i need to clean my ring…)

yummity yum yums

the girl that eats like a 3 year old.

…hey, speaking of 3 year olds…a woman and her little girl walked into my office asking for directions to the bathroom.  i told them and they left.  as they are walking down the hall, i hear the little girl say “that lady was nice”…it warmed my little heart.  a 3 year old likes me.  woot dot com.

version 2.1 complete

i have just sent off my second draft.  i am actually quite confident that it will be met with positive regard.  i am still nervous, but God wrote this paper so how can God be wrong.  thanks for all your prayers!

*sigh* we didn’t do anything halloweeny this weekend…i wanted to do something every week, but it’s just too late at night to make caramel apples.  we’ll make them wednesday!

anyhow, i have a blast shopping this weekend.  i got some fabbity fab toys!  i also bought my first maternity dress…don’t panic, i’m not prego…i just didn’t know it was a maternity dress till i got it home.  i just figured it was one of those companies that makes size small a size large.

yummy new shoes!  i’m going to cut the fringe off the green ones though…

this is the first “harvest” from istopher’s aeroponics garden.  amazing lettuce

we finally got a utensil jar and pretty new container jars

i really don’t like shopping at hancock fabrics, but since we have no joann’s here, i am at their mercy.  thankfully they have $.99 pattern sales!

next week candy apples…

please don’t get sick…

delecata squash pie:

yummy blueberry muffins:

antidisestablishmentarianism

making an amazing dinner:

featuring sautéed leeks:

another hilarious thing i found at the store:

actually good beer (and festive!):

hola amigos

i was taken on a date last night.  it was good.

the waiter called us amigos every time he came to our table.  the service was the fastest ever.  i swear that it took less than 5 minutes to get our food.

i picked up a book about scotland yesterday and was completely stunned by this:

how totally random is this paragraph?

funny tags for businesses:

some of my other favorites are “if your lawn needs a trim, call jim” and “call the glass doctor, he’ll fix your pain”<—pane/pain…get it?

papier

i met with my committee chair yesterday.  she said my paper was one of the best rough drafts she had ever read and that she had the utmost confidence in my knowledge of the subject.  all i have to do now is to go into more detail in each section.  WOOT freaking a man!

friendship cupcakes:

the beautiful sky last night while leaving class:

is there parsley in my teeth?

why i wear my earphones in public:

1. while waiting in line at einstein bagels-”dude, i was so trashed last night…i was throwing furniture off a balcony…”

2. while walking up some stairs-”you stupid. you ain’t all that….”

3. waiting in line at linen’s and things-”(on cell phone) i told you to do it. it better be done when i get back…”

any questions?

new potato salad and pea salad:

my first apple crisp (freaking amazing):

the coolest stress ball ever:

oh woe is me oh woe is me…i used to have a hampster tree

so i spent a good bit of time updating my celluloid and playlist sections with fun things to play with.

i had a full day. i had a funny thing happen which wouldn’t be funny to anyone but me because you had to be there.

why i love goodwill:

pumpkin pancakes with homemade whipped cream:

my first applesauce:

my helper <3

new tart burner and festive tarts:

so i figure…if a plant can grow in concrete, i can write a research paper: