Week 2 in review

Second week here, first week of work. I was reminded that life is good:
A green cardigan, a parting gift from BFF Kedria,

Finding a good deal on nude Nine West heels, 

A co-worker who got me this after I mentioned that in the move, I had forgotten my travel mugs in Birmingham:

Finding a Raising Cane's in Boston (super excited about this, even though they are a good 30 mins of driving through crazy Bostonian traffic). They have a fantastic story if you want to read about it (http://www.raisingcanes.com/our-story). The closest one to Birmingham is about 3 hours away.

The Packers and LSU both winning.
I finished part 2 of 4 of potholders while watching the Packers game today. I realized that it takes about 4 hours to make one so I should be able to finish those in time.

And finally cable TV (I've become a junkie), the return of my TV shows, and TGIT (thank god it's Thursday, from ABC with Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder).

Week 1 in review

We survived the 18-hour drive! Since then, I found an outlet mall, a Target, a Trader Joe's, there's a Costco up the street, great people watching spots, and work is about a 10 min commute. I've gotten lost a few times and I'm so thankful for the GPS.
Our balcony has been producing some peppers and our hydrangea had one flower.

I'm currently trying to root it (no, you're not supposed to root from a flowering bud, and yes, you're supposed to check the weather, it dropped in the low 30s overnight the other day - oops!) and if it takes, I will be so thrilled. Yes, it's already sweater and scarf weather and the overnight lows are in the mid 50s, although a warm front is coming up this week.











There was time to celebrate before we gave in to the exhaustion.

And finally a happy - celebrating mom-in-law's birthday two weeks ago in La Crosse.We went to Trempeleau (sp) for dinner on the river. The views and the food were amazing. Happy (belated) birthday Laurie!

 And if you read anything else, check out Kelly's blog post, http://hawkeyegirl.blogspot.com/2014/09/september-is-big-month.html

Madness

Shred Fest happened: run one shredder until it overheats, use the other shredder while the first cools until the second one overheats, take a break, repeat.

Now, onto the pressing question: how to fit all this in one car?