Wait, we live in a neighborhood with kids...

How is it possible that we had more trick or treaters in grad school in an apartment than in our house in a kid-friendly neighborhood? Well, we definitely have enjoyed the leftover candy. I love Reese's! Happy Halloween.

Back to ATL..

I had a great time in DC with friends and getting all kinds of resources for work. I also enjoyed several fruity cocktails and shopping in Georgetown. I found the perfect dress at BCBG. Of course, it was $990, but since it was over 300 I could have gotten a $100 off. What a deal, right?

I enjoyed hanging out with some gal pals as we continued to support starbucks, shopped and ate, but we also hit some new DC sites. I enjoy the new (and free) American Indian Smithsonian museum and the Spy Museum. Both were very cool.

http://www.spymuseum.org/index.php , there is a whole section on women spies.

I also enjoyed running to the White House. The other memorable moment was standing on the capital steps and watching the security guy walk by with an AK47. How the world is changing. Couldn't get in to see my elected official that day.

Almost time for the 4th game of the world series...it is going so fast! Go SOX! Go Jacoby Ellsbury!

Little known fact of the day (according to Wikipedia):

Jacoby is officially enrolled as a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes^[3] and is the first Native American of Navajo descent to reach the Major League.^[4]

Hallelujah!

THE RED SOX ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES!!! Okay, so it means more late nights, but man it would be cool to win again. They played unbelievable last night.

Oh and in other good news, we have a NEW NIECE!! Yay! I am sure Alexis will post pictures on her blog as soon as possible. Everything went well, so now we have 6 little nieces and nephews. What will we get her for Christmas?

What a fantastic Monday, no work, new baby, the Red Sox. YAY!

Now if I just didn't have to go run twice today. Oh well, GO SOX!

P.S. A note about the world series, no team has ever waited more than six days before starting the world series. The Rockies have waited 8 days. However, of the 10 teams that have waited 5 days 7 went on to win the title. Let's hope the extra two days makes a difference.

Red Sox Nation and new hope

Thank God we won last night. Now we have a chance to still make it to the World Series. I know that if they lost Alexis would stop watching the games until midnight every two days, but I just like watching her enjoy good baseball. Not that the Red Sox are playing that great now. Hopefully Saturday will be a good game.

Oh and there is an Oregonian on the team now who is awesome! Jacoby Ellsbury. He grew up on one of the reservations and was discovered recently. He's young and hopefully will stay on the Sox roster for a long time.

Oh and Project Runway is starting in November. There will be much rejoicing and maybe even a get together soon.

Little known fact:

Johnny Peski, who the foul ball pole is named in Fenway Park, is from Oregon and my grandpa knew him and played with him.

Fall leaves...

I was in North Carolina today and it was wonderful. There was a beautiful lake, colorful leaves and that lovely fall smell. Another reason to get a rental house in a place like boston or north carolina. I miss that smell of water and trees. Atlanta is definitely not the perfect city, but I will enjoy a warm November and December. I love the sun, I just wish the water was closer.

Time to get some candles that smell like fall, that is as close as we are getting for awhile.

Facebook...

Need I say more. What a crazy addictive website project. It ebbs and flows, but I love to play scrabble and I hear from lots of folks I don't normally. Well, if you are on facebook look me up. I could really use some more fish in my tank. I love fishies.

P.S. My sermon went well. I even got some comments like "that was one of the best sermons I have ever heard preached at this church" from a stranger. I am looking forward to preaching again in November and then again for my CPM (Committee on Preparation for Ministry) in January. I gotta get back in the swing of things. I haven't preached in awhile. If you want to know where to listen, let me know.

Peace

Eat Your Veggies

Unbeknownst to me that we were under drought conditions, Alexis and I planted some new green stuff at our house. We spent the weekend cleaning up our backyard, reclaiming it for non-weed like green plants. It looks great and feels great! So after all the trimming, weeding and cleaning we had to get yard bags at the hardware store. Well, let's just saying we walked out with more than yard bags. We now have spinach, lettuce, herbs and even one hanging plant and a couple of edible pansies in our front yard. We love it! The garden folks say that Atlanta's growing season lasts well into January, so this was perfect timing. Besides the drought, but Alexis did find out that you can water veggies, so that's good. Hopefully we can get pictures up on the web. Maybe next year we can try for peppers and tomatoes like my brother. He has quite the green thumb.

Little known fact of the day:
Nike just rolled out a new shoe that is specifically designed for the American Indian, the N7.