yes, oddly enough, I felt like trick-or-treating last night. Spring has turned into Fall this year.

I had to wear a sweater into work today, oh what have I done?!?

Eagle Tire has a set of snow tires on the way for me. Without motorized transport until Wednesday. Barely avoided the rain this morning on the bicycle. Did not realize the entire trip was uphill. Looking forward to the ride home. Just wish the lunch caterers had not left at 12:30.

I got a surprise birthday party on Friday! 13 mile run on Saturday...couldn't do much after that. Today was pancakes in the park and a bowling birthday. The kids are in bed already...trying to get them to sleep at a decent hour.

drove from VA to NY today. Once I got north of Harrisburg had a scenic river to drive beside most of the rest of the trip.

Back home from Wisconsin. Time for laundry and then head to Indiana tomorrow.

and the Ohler summer party '09 continues

so long as the IKEA furniture stays together.

We bought 350 sq ft. of laminate flooring. Say good-bye to the gross carpet smell!

Yay, I have internet in my new room! Now I can post messages
again. It's still a big mess, but once I am done putting the
IKEA furniture together I'll post some pictures.

That reminds me, AO we found a restaurant that has a creme brulee here. It's on top of a vanilla cheesecake with a vanilla wafer crust, but that just makes it all the better.

The creme brulee is on top, not the restaurant.

Vanilla.

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Thanks everyone. It was a good day...cheesecake to top it off!

Happy birthday Sarah, or like we say here in Minnesota: I can't believe favre's getting 25 mil, happy birthday.

Happy birthday Sarah, or like we say here in the Netherlands: gefeliciteerd
met jouw verjaardag!

Even if you budget for less, the first paycheck is always less than you think it should be.

Happy Birthday, Sarah. Hope all your expectations are fulfilled.

Happy Birthday Sarah. I hope you get everything you wish for.

Well, it looks like both Daniela and Thomas will have teachers which were chosen 2 weeks before the start of the school year. Thomas' teacher has 28 years of kindergarten experience, so I think that will go well. She is saying they will learn some German and some Spanish. Great.
I still don't know who Dani's teacher is going to be, but she doesn't start until Wednesday, so they have a few more days to find a replacement.

Love you Mommy, Thanks!

Hippo Birdie!

Happy Birthday Sarah

Thanks Matto!

no pictures of Michele crying?
Thomas starts Kindergarten today. He's going for one whole hour. Then half day tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Sarah, AY!!!!

Is that code for doing your taxes?

I'm without internet at home for the next week and a half. Had to return Merel's cable modem to cancel her service and it takes two weeks for them to bring it back. I read somewhere that cable companies are rated one of the lowest rated industries for customer service. Even lower than the IRS.

I'm so looking forward to the bounce house this weekend.

Feel free to try out the recipes on us Sandy!

First day of school for Lauren and Payton here too. I'll
bring Payton to her 1/2 day preschool at 12:30. Wonder if
I'll get a little choked up...

Cinnamon rolls for the first day of school!

This must be my food inspiration month. Tonight we watched a video on making bread at Herb Guild and three of the ladies had made the breads that were shown. They were wonderful. I'm thinking I need to do some baking so I may bring something new to Eric's party this weekend.

Oh, I remember some University Studies majors at SIU. They had been in school for close to 20 years.

Sounds like a good group to keep together so they don't annoy the ones who actually come to class. Let them all flounder alone together.

Thanks erico...I was trying to decide how I was going to order students for their first presentation.

whoa.

well how can i study the university if i'm stuck in some classroom?

alphabetically by mothers maiden name.

I split my class into groups to discuss their groups projects. I had grouped them by major, and what I learned today is that University Studies majors don't come to class.

It looks different without any bushes. Well done.

From Patio rebuild

From Patio rebuild

I skipped seeing Julie & Julia for fear of wanting to cook something and since I will be living in a hotel for the forseeable future that will just not work well. I saw the Time Traveler's Wife instead. Pretty interesting and I enjoyed not being able to guess the end or thinking 1/2 way through the movie that this is just like 5 other movies already out there.

We had Swedish meatballs with Nathaniel last night. So, almost like you Merel!

Hope everyone had a happy Ganesh Chaturthi!
eo.