My week....revisited

Sad to say that after a nice long week off from work it is now time to go back tomorrow. It was nice having the time to take a moment to breath, spend quality time with my kids and actually be a little creative. I also turned another year older and received a wonderful package from my dearest friend in the whole world! There is always that one special friend that comes into your life and makes everything right when everything can be so wrong. She listens through your ups and downs and always knows how to brighten your day. She also provides the wisdom when you can't always find it. We all have our families, husbands, co-workers and acquaintances but thank god for girlfriends because they never let you down!

Look at my birthday goodies!

Happy October!

Hard to believe today is October 1st!

October, November & December are my favorite months of the entire year. I just love the sights and scents of fall and the holidays to follow. We are still having summer weather here in Texas and I am longing for home where the air is crisp and the leaves are a palette of colors.

To console my homesickness I found a few Autumn photos on Flickr; here are a few of my favorites:







The covered bridges remind me of one of my favorite movies; The Bridges of Madison County.

This movie makes me want to live in a simpler time, a simpler place. I can only imagine how beautiful the bridges must be in Autumn.


Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.
- Carol Bishop Hipps