Happy Halloween

So again a few weeks have gone by. Fall is in full swing and though the weather’s been warm, I see more and more leaves each day falling off the trees.

Rich and I went to Vermont for 10 days to celebrate our four year anniversary and to celebrate the colors of fall. We had a wonderful 10 days. We went for an amazing anniversary dinner in Manchester at Mistrals at Toll Gate. We took some nice walks with and without the dogs. We went shopping. We leaf peeped. Then Hazel came from Ireland from Tuesday night through Sunday and that was a great time as well. As the dollar sux against all currencies, Hazel bought the entire town of Manchester. We went out to dinner, barbecued, had tons of fresh cider and cider donuts made while we waited, took ridiculous pictures with various pumpkins, went sightseeing, went on a covered bridge tour of Southern Vermont, did additional leaf peeping, ate some yummy apple pie, and just laughed and enjoyed our time away. Rich and Hazel went on a hike one day. I decided not to go after climbing about ten slippery steep stone steps and looking down. That was it for me. I crawled my way down and went for a latte’.

On Sunday, we sent Hazey on her way to explore Boston before she flew home. She was awfully excited about hearing the accent aloud and in its fully glory, and had lots to say about it here.

It’s nice to have been home the past two weekends. I am just about traveled out. This weekend we went with our friends Alex and Logan to see Gone Baby Gone. Rich and I both liked it and Alex and Logan, parents of two little ones, found it extraordinarily disturbing. Saturday Rich and I went for a hike and did some things around the house.

Oh lord, I got distracted watching Peter Griffin sing the “Full Blown Aids” song on Family Guy. Cracks me up every time I see this one.

Anyway… as I was saying,.. Saturday Rich and I went for a hike. The leaves for pretty and it felt nice. Sunday we had my friend Mike and his family over. His daughter Anna is the most adorable 3 year old you have ever seen. She’s so polite and sweet and funny. Look how cute she is! (Baby Laura is cute too, but at six months all she does is smile. heehee)

Things are getting hectic at work and I am just not prepared to get busy again. I should work this weekend but we’re going to Vermont with my friend Dave. It’ll be the last time until Thanksgiving. Today is Halloween and, much to Rich’s dismay, I was THAT MOM who dresses up her dogs in costume. It was hilarious. My poor poor dogs. Murphy kept tripping on his cape.

That’s about it… I just saw a mouse in my kitchen and will now call Rich out of bed to try and catch it. Happy Halloween!

Again, I disappeared for almost a month. I soo didn’t mean to. Fall time is busy… as we are constantly traveling back and forth to Vermont. When we’re home, we’re doing laundry, paying bills, and getting ready for the following weekend.

Two weekends ago we stayed home so Rich could do the half marathon. I think I might have been expecting the New York City marathon. I made a big poster and my friend Peggy and I stood on the side of the road and yelled to all the runners. Honestly, we were the only people there besides one or two volunteers with megaphones. For the record, we were much louder and much more entertaining than the actual megaphone-carrying volunteers. Rich and his friend Emily did very well. I was especially impressed by my husband considering he had terrible shin splints and barely trained. Last weekend Jer and Lee came up for Yom Kippur. Rich and I were late getting to Vermont and I actually had to eat my pre-fast meal in a Troy, New York diner. Oy vey. Jer and I fasted and I actually managed to drag the three of them to temple. We love our little hippy temple in Vermont.

Break the fast was bagel yums.. My brother went slightly nuts with the lox and all that bagel fishy stuff considering 1) Rich doesnt like lox and most jewish food for that matter 2) Pee wee’s pregnant and cant eat it and 3) I eat very little of it. But what I did eat was yummy. Boy, do I miss a good bagel. A Rochester bagel is the equivalent of bread with a hole in the middle. Blech.

Last weekend was Lehigh weekend up in the Cha. We had 9 adults and 4 kids (including one baby) up there. It was totally chaos and totally hysterical. I LOVED seeing my friends with their kids. Every one has such a distinct personality. It was just amazing. Stacy’s kids put her on a leash at one point. By the end of the kid-filled days, all the adults were so desperate for play time that we sat outside on the porch in 40 degree weather with like 18 layers on. We finally brought the outside table into the kitchen so we could frolic as far away from the bedrooms as possible without being outside. It was a very fun weekend.

On Thursday night, we leave for 11 days in Vermont. It will be amazing to not have to rush around and get sad that we have to leave to go back to the ‘Cha before we even settle in. Hazel comes in from Dublin on Tuesday night. Woohooo… we can’t wait!

In other non-news… I’ve had a very easy few months at work, but I have a feeling that after vacation, I will get back into swamped mode. I am not looking forward to that at all.