Fall Friday

The weather is lovely again in St. Louis. I could probably liver here forever if we had weather like this. It felt like we missed fall last season, so it is a nice change.

Today I had a lovely fall walk...

I was walking with a pretty odd-looking pair:

 

We are watching Robin's lab mate's dog Zoe. Gertie wants to play, but Zoe is not so sure. 

Thank goodness for lovely fall days, for sunshine, and for unlikely pairs. Happy weekend!

Rainy Monday

Today it is gross in St. Louis for the first time in several weeks. All I want is hot cider and a blanket and a nap. One for three will have to do.

This weekend was:
-Delicious breakfast: corn tortilla, refried beans, fried egg, salsa, and caramelized onions (maybe my favorite food - thanks, dad!)

-Walk/run with the pup. Afterwards she looked like this: 

That is what victory looks like. 

A weekend filled with sunshine, puppy, movie, and dinner with my brother and his fam. If we take out the time spent doing homework, it was pretty close to a perfect weekend in my book. 

Off to rainy studying....

Thursday Thoughts

-Bed sounds nice.
-The love of my life turned 26 this week. I gave him a rice cooker for his birthday. The other options I was thinking of were an electric lawn mower or a weed wacker. Are we getting old?
-I saw Lucinda Williams in concert, and it was just what the doctor ordered. I have no good photos but here are a couple anyway:

-Gertie holds her tongue just slightly out of her mouth periodically, and I find it hilarious. Robin managed to catch her in the act last night:

 

Happy Birthday to Josh Holland today, father to some of the cutest kids around! 

Fall is coming in full force now. These past two weeks have involved: 

-A visit from my family, complete with: 

A birthday party for Mr. C.

A bike ride

And lots of sunshine. Such a wonderful weekend.

Since then, we've had: 

 Some tomatoes from the garden

 

Breakfast bars made with smashed bananas, oats, raisins, almonds, and chocolate chips. The mashed bananas are the glue, and it all just gets mixed together. They don't look like much, but only 5 ingredients and pretty delicious.   

And the newest change in our house is a new rug! The old one was pretty sad: 

Now we've got color. And flowers. And wool!

 

Gertie approves....

Ok off to homework and (hopefully) productivity!

Sunny Sunday

Sunny weekends are the best. Correction: sunny weekends are good, sunny weekends without homework would be the best. But if wishes were fishes....

In any case, today I am thankful for:
A nephew hanging out at our house last night. We are pretty dang lucky to have two adorable nephews and a niece. 

 

Unrelated, but I found a bed frame at Goodwill for our guest room. This is not really news, but I was excited. So when [you] come visit, the bed won't be sitting on the ground! Yahoo! 

Today, I know:
-I am grateful for academic things that have an end point.
-Giggling small children really do make my day.
-The agency I worked at got the grant I worked on. This makes me pretty happy too.
-My bed might always be tremendously appealing.
-Fall in St. Louis is truly the best.
-I could not be more excited for a visit with my family, some time with my nephew, and the weekend.

Study Time

My productivity is going to have to soar to survive this semester. But studying is made better by:

A manicure I got with Phoebe (even if it is on stats reading).

 And a sleepy puppy under my chair

Sorbet with Robin isn't half bad either. A pretty good Monday, all in all.