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Autumn is taking me into its full embrace! I love it!! This week has been excellent Autumn embracing weather! I have been able to pull out my pirate boots, cozy sweaters, fuzzy socks, warm scarves and even a wonderful tuque...I never know the correct spelling for tuque but apparently this is a correct variation so I'll stick with it. From Monday until Wednesday this week Adam and I decided that it would be nice to take after dinner walks. It has been wonderful! Gypsy(the dog) loves it too of course! Last night we did not venture out on a walk though because I had a crappy day and also supper took longer than planned to make so it was already dark by the time that we ate. Yesterday was an interesting day to say the least. I was at work and someone came up to me and says, "Morgan you have a flat tire, why don't you go put air in it" So I drive to the nearest gas station and had to take the roll of a stereotypical woman of course. I have never put air in my tires because I have never had a flat so I asked the guy if he would come out and put air in my tire. So the guy who I found out also goes by the name Morgan comes out and tells me, "The reason your tire is flat is because there is a nail stuck in it". Oh great! Luckily he asked me if I would like him to change my tire for me. I of course accepted because a)I have never changed a tire and b)I was in a skirt. Reason "b" may also be the reason why he offered to change the tire but whatever it got done! I then drop my tire off at Sturgeon Tire to get fixed and about an hour or so later I receive a phone call saying that my tire cannot be fixed. No good at all....Then five minutes later they call again to say that they have a used tire that will fit my car that they will sell to me for cheap. That was the shinier lining of my experience I guess. But what a long stressful day for me. When I got home last night I decided to make soup for supper. Apparently I put too much stuff in though because by the time it was ready there was no liquid left..not even enough for it to be considered stew. We ate it anyways and froze the leftovers so when we do want soup all we have to do is add liquid and heat it up!!
The weekend is thrilling. It's kind of nice that there is nothing planned this weekend and Adam will actually be home for once as far as I know. This weekend I decided that I will embrace baking with pumpkin. My first attempt will be a pumpkin muffin. I am very eager to find out how they will turn out!! Tonight Adam and I are going to go out for supper. I think that it will be nice to actually get out just the two of us! We're going to attempt to go to one of my favorite restaurants in Selkirk which is Barney Gargles. Every time we go there we always end up turning around and going elsewhere because the line up is too long but I think today I want to stick it out; I really miss their food!
Something that I am enjoying about this cooler weather is the fact that it's not too warm to drink tea! Everyday when I come to work now I make myself a nice cup of tea. It makes me so relaxed for my day. Yesterday I didn't get to finish my cup of tea before the whole tire ordeal so maybe that's why I had a less than good kind of day.
I cannot believe how fast the months are flying by. It's October now!! Thanksgiving is just around the corner!! I am still debating about whether or not I want to make a Thanksgiving dinner. I did last year and it turned out wonderfully but last year I didn't have to pay for all the ingredients because we were still living at Adam's parents place. I at least am guaranteed a dinner at my Dad's place. Just 29 short days until Halloween! Yay!! This weekend I am going to pick up the pieces for my witch costume as well as some decorations for the house!! I am so excited! The one not so exciting thing is Adam works and so far I cannot find anyone who wants to come hand out candy with me. I guess I will just have to do it myself!! It's so great that I even have a black cat to go with my costume!!
83 days until Christmas!! Christmas is one of my favorite times of year. I love all of the lights, decorations and of course the true meaning of Christmas. It's such a magical time of year..I know that that sounds very cliched but I still love it! This year I have decided that for the most part I want to make all of our gifts. I am going to do knitting, baking and other craft type gifts. We're still going to buy gifts for our parents and maybe throw gift cards in for the siblings but for the most part I want to give out handmade gifts. I am a very materialistic person, I am ashamed to admit but I still love handmade gifts. It's more precious because it shows that the person actually put thought and time into your gift instead of just throwing something into a bag. I am so excited for Christmas baking and decorating. So much fun!! I am still trying to figure out a way to prevent the cats from climbing the Christmas tree. Two Christmases ago Adam and I had bought a brand new artificial Christmas tree and the day that I set it up I had gone out with my Mom and came home to a tree that the cat had climbed and scattered all the ornaments throughout the house! It was a disaster. We tied the tree to the wall and even sprayed it with this anti-bite stuff that we thought might fend off the cat but it ended up that the cat liked the spray...It was an interesting Christmas season! Last year we didn't really have this problem because we were living in the summer kitchen and only had room for the tiny tree and there was so much stuff surrounding it that Dyna could not climb it! But this year we are in a house and I am not sure what to do yet. One option I have considered is an electric train but with that the train would always have to be one and also Dyna/Pancake could probably just be sneaky and sneak over the track in the area where that train currently is not. Second option is finding motion detector toys to situate around the tree..But that also could be an annoying option and also most motion sensing toys are only set off by vibration or sound which cats generally do not make when they're moving around...unless you're my Mom's cat Louie who is constantly meowing. Third option is to build a gift bag wall around the tree. I would have to buy the giant bags and tape them together so they can't sneak in between. So many options but I think I may go with the gift bag option because it's cheaper and still looks decorative. Some people do the baby gate thing but I find that tacky and want something that still looks like it's meant to be there. Well at least I still have like 2 months to decide. Well actually less than two months because I generally will put up the tree a couple weeks before then end of November...yes I am crazy if that's what you are thinking!
Let's see..words of wisdom for today...we'll go with Take time to cuddle with someone under a nice warm blanket!! Indeed!!