October 28, 2009 Photo of the Day

Raindrops Fallin' On My Head

Been raining all day. I love it, but I hate it.

Photo via Middle Fork

Ps. Check out the Middle Fork site. The pictures are amazing.

Counting Upward

Today was a wonderfully breezy day. The leaves on the trees haven't changed much yet, but they have started falling. I love that the temperature is finally starting to drop. Today as I was doing things around the house, I opened all the windows. It was so beautiful outside!
I worked at the toy store today. I heard a silly conversation take place tonight between my co-worker, Carolyn and a little boy. I've seen the boy and his mother before. He has light brown curly hair and today he was wearing a pair of lime green sunglasses. As he and his mother were leaving, Carolyn said bye to them and the boy stopped to talk to her. She asked how old he was and he told her to guess. She said, "Three?" and he said, "No. Higher." Carolyn guessed five and he said, "Three the other way." She then said, "Four?" The boy finally gave in and said, "Three and three-quarters." Carolyn jokingly said, "Who's counting anyway, right?" The boy pointed at her and said, "You are!" It was precious. That boy always seems like such a cute little free-spirit. I love it.
After I got off work I drove to a coffee shop and got an Americano. I miss coffee shops so much. I rarely go, but love the atmosphere and the smell... everything. I browsed the shelves while I was waiting and found a brilliant invention. I bought it. It's basically a French Press in a take-with-you cup. Makes me happy!

photo via Wetherill Family

Falling In Love At a Coffee Shop

Today is the first day of fall and I can't stop thinking about the song "Falling In Love At a Coffee Shop" by Landon Pigg. Something about the song just feels crisp and cool like fall. Or maybe it's because I discovered the song around this time last year. I don't know. Whatever it is, I am loving this song right now!


A video of the song.


Here's the lyrics:

I think that possibly
Maybe I've fallen for you
Yes there's a chance
That I've fallen quite hard over you

I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down
I wanna come too

I think that possibly
Maybe I've fallen for you

No one understands me
Quite like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me

I never knew just what it was
About the same coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I never knew just what it was
About this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I think that possibly
Maybe I've fallen for you
Yes, there's a chance
That I've fallen quite hard over you

I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine
Now I'm shining too

Because, oh because
I've fallen quite hard over you

If I didn't know you, I'd rather not know
If I couldn't have you, I'd rather be alone

I never knew just what it was
About the same coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I never knew just what it was
About this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

All of the while
All of the while, it was you

Too cute! :)

My windows...

:D

Life is good. I'm so thankful for my family and friends.

Today, Lauren and I met for lunch and had a good talk. Tonight, I got home and Courtney made me laugh. I have yet to hear Kayla's story about Tom Joles' black eye. Or about Cory's website adventures. But I'm sure they are great.

It's starting to cool down here. I love it. I drove around with my windows down today and it wasn't even hot. Fall, here we come! I even bought a pumpkin scented fragrance for the apartment today. I'm so excited!

If you haven't yet, check this out... Emails From Crazy People. Here's an example of some things you will find there. This is an ad on Craig's List from someone CRAZY.

Clown for Kicks (Mendota Heights)
Date: 2009-08-28, 11:12AM CDT
Reply to: sale-hqu43-1346837248@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
I am looking for someone to dress up like a Clown and hang out with me. I would cook you diner – or we could BBQ something. I’m interested in making my neighbor lady wonder. I have already had a man in a panda costume last month – and also had a heard of sheep come in for the day to cut the grass. (sheep do a good job by the way). A clown would be something.
Maybe you could bring some balloons – or make balloon animals to hang in my tree. I’d like to have this done some evening between 6pm and dark. The longer you can stay the better (like if you could stay for the whole 3 hours). Do you have any tricks you could do?
Like I said – I could cook diner and get you drunk – I’d even be willing to pay your cab fare to and from. I don’t have much to offer – and my neighbor lady is driving me nuts – so I want to drive her nuts. If you had a Mime friend – it would be cool to see you two chase each other around the yard or do relay races while I time you.
Let me know your thoughts – open to Men and Women Clowns.

 Hahaha! Enjoy!

sunrise, sunset

Today has been quite productive for me. Definitely compared to most days.

I woke up and made muffins that I shared with my mom and dad.
I showered and got ready for my day.
I vacuumed, swept and mopped the house.
I made a German chocolate cake.
I went for a walk.

It felt nice to get out of the house. I leave the house everyday, but seldom do I take walks. Now, this wasn't a trek by any means. Just a short ten minute walk. I put on my orange boots and my grey sweater and strolled about my parent's property. Only here lately have I noticed how beautiful it is. I've lived here my whole life so I suppose it would grow mundane to me. But I don't know many people who have a view like this. Lots of big trees shedding their leaves. Horses in the pasture grazing. The sky is so big here, and blue too. It makes me happy on a day like today. Today I feel at home in the country.

For nearly the first time in my life.