New Rug

After painting our bathroom last month, we put the finishing touches on the room with this new rug.

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Even Sprocket likes it!

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Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving!  We had so much fun, that we forgot to take very many pictures!

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Me, showing off my lovely apple-cranberry pie.

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The table all set for dinner.

Giant Pile of Leaves

 If you thought that the pile of leaves that we found a few weeks ago was big, then you've gotta see this one!

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There were so many pine needles on the ground that the asphalt path looked like it was a dirt road!

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First Snow

It snowed last night.

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But only on the north side of the house.

Lap Dog

Somebody better tell Sprocket that he's too big to be a lap dog.

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He seems to think that he's just the right size!

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Getting Ready for Winter!

Last weekend, I got all of our winter outerwear out and organized it.  This is probably the most organized that the coat closet will ever be.

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I hung our scarves on a spare hanger, and put our hats, mittens, and gloves in a basket below.  It's always fun to look through our hats and scarves because so many of them are homemade.  There's the pale green scarf that my mom made me when I was in college, that is still a staple in my winter wardrobe.  There's also the green and gray hat that I made for David the first Christmas that we were dating, that I stayed up half the night to finish.  And while not homemade, I have a red wool scarf and a tan and red knit had that I bought on our honeymoon in Ireland, so they are still full of happy memories.

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Then we went through our coats, donated a few that we don't really wear, and hung the rest up.

Atomic Escarole

This escarole is giant!

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