As of late, I feel as though my blog is a running commentary on the activities of my life. I guess that is fine, especially since one day I plan on using this handy tool to page through this era of my life. However, I realize that it can make for a boring read. Hopefully I can remedy that soon...but today I have very limited time (seems to be a commonplace thing lately) so here goes the running commentary...
We took the kids trick or treating Friday night. Landon was Darth Vader (yes, the star wars theme is really going strong in this household) and looked very cute, might I add. This was the first year that I did not force him to be something cute and cuddly. Last year I made him be a chicken and he looked absolutely ridiculous, so I promised him that he could pick out his costume this year (with some stipulations...I am not an advocate of blood and gore or haunts and witches). He has so enjoyed his Darth Vader costume and wears it regulary as him and his dad have light saber wars. Very fun. Noah, on the other hand...was forced to be cute and cuddly. Noah loves dogs, so I figured I would give him Landon's old dog costume. He liked being a dog, but did not like the heavy dog head hood. So he was a monkey, just like last year. Maybe it was the fact that the feet of his costume hit him at the knees or maybe it was the little curly tale that wagged as he ran up to the houses holding his little pumpkin...but the monkey was cuter this year. In fact, he really couldn't have been much cuter. We take the kids to a super nice subdivision down by the lake. Jon and I love walking the streets and seeing the nice houses, and we feel safe there. We all really enjoyed the evening...and the weather was gorgeous!
Saturday we got up BRIGHT and early and boarded the train for Chicago. We had a nice hotel one block from Michigan Avenue and we had the whole day on Sat and Sunday free to ourselves. We shopped (for the first time in six years I am in serious need of business-causual clothes cause you know, I am about to be a workin' woman!), we had coffee and chocolates (twice!) and we went sight-seeing. The company took us out for a nice dinner Saturday night and then while they all went to the comedy club, Jon and I went up to the Signature Lounge at the top of the Hancock Building. It is free to go up there as long as you buy something to eat/drink. We shared tiramisu. It was lovely. We had a super great time...it just went by so quickly.
The weather around here has been aboslutely gorgeous this week, but the impending winter is definitely adding anxiety to my soul. Tuesday my kids were actually playing in the sprinkler in their bathing suits. Yes, you read correctly. I think we must have made history or something. It was awesome. Yesterday my dad called and wanted us to meet him at the zoo. I babysit for the 2 year old neighbor boy on Wednesdays but I really wanted to soak up the end of the warmth, so I took the leap and met him (with three boys!). It actually went beautifully. My sister Mallory met us too so there were plenty of adults to help. The kids really enjoyed it...all of them ate hotdogs for lunch...and the colors and weather were just awe-inspiring. It was a gorgeous day.
Today the temperature is near 70 again, but the winds of change are blowing. By tonight it will be over and for that I am very sad. I never used to hate winter this much, but this year it is really hitting me. Maybe it is that my kids have both already had their fair share of colds this fall, or maybe it is the ever-present darkness( I hate it being dark by 5 pm!), or maybe the marathon that it takes to get the kids anywhere when you have to put on coats and boots and mittens and hats. Enough complaining...it has its perks too. The snow is gorgeous. My son loves to play in it. And once everything is dead, it all gets to become new again in the spring. There...how is that for a dose of positive thinking 
I just received an email from Liberty that they are taking a $125 dollar fee off my account. I could dance through the house! I am not a confrontational person, but this fee was unjust and totally undeserved. I did nothing wrong and I have given them TONS of my money...they did not need this additional $125 from me...it was basic robbery. So I called and then wrote pleading my case. And they took it off!!! Yeah...I am so so so so so relieved (and kind of proud of myself 
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We have a lot going on in our household right now. Please, if you think of it, pray for me in these next two weeks. I have a mountain to climb and I want to reach the top.
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