Pumpkin Hunt

This weekend we visited the pumpkin patch at Eckards in Grafton to find the perfect pumpkin for the jack-o-lantern this Halloween. Nora wandered all over the hillside and it was a cold morning. Just when the wagon was about to return for us, Nora finally settled on the perfect one. 23 lbs!




Afterwards, the day turned really pretty and we took a hike a Pere Marquette State Park, had some excellent beer at the Rotten Apple, and then took the river road further north to get apple and gourds at Ringhausen Orchard at Hardin. It was a terrific day.

Things I Could Be Doing

when instead I'm playing Bejeweled Blitz and reading trashy romance novels:

Finish recovering the baskets for Nora's dresser ex-changing table
Laundry
Reading The City & The City - which was featured on Unshelved last week and is also sitting on my nightstand
Making arrangements to be elsewhere next weekend
Planning my future
Visiting pumpkin patches
Swimming
Viewing the fall colors/Hiking in the woods
Making popcorn balls
sleeping
Making cute little stuffed birds
Buying/making birthday and Christmas gifts for loved ones
making Nora's appointment with the allergist
turning in 3 mail in rebates totaling over $125 due before the end of the month
figuring out how to use my phone
catching up on the news
updating my blog, twitter and facebook statuses
changing the sheets (okay it's not that bad, I did change them last weekend).
catching up on all that tv I haven't been watching
cleaning the bathroom
getting my flu shot
sending Nora's artwork to her non-local grandparents along with recent photos