Just in time for Halloween

This is the beast of a spider who has made her home on our sliding glass door. We can watch her kill and drain tiny insects of their blood right from our kitchen table. It's better than the Discovery channel! Lovely.





Seriously though, I'm pretty sure that she's full of eggs. You can practically see them bursting out of her big...well...what is that thing called? Forgive me. My biology classes elude me right now. Ahhh, there it is, thank you Google: abdomen - the belly, also called the opisthosoma. It contains the guts, heart, reproductive organs, and silk glands.
Ahem- yep...reproductive organs!
I need to go out and smash her before she lays those eggs and we have 200 of her precious babies building their webs on my deck or possibly scuttling under the door to set up housekeeping in my kitchen! Arrrggghhh! The problem being that I do not want to engage in hand to hand combat with this mother. She's got 6 to my 2. Okay, I'm off to the gargage to see if we have some sort of spray that can take care of this problem.....from a distance! Sorry Charlotte.

Announcing....

My new blog: Krista's Kitchen! It's a blog about meal planning and everyday cooking with a little baking thrown in here and there. Feel free to save it as a favorite and share it with everyone you know.

Here's the link:

http://cookingwithkrista.blogspot.com

I look forward to seeing many of you dear readers over there too!

Absolutely Gorgeous!

Gorgeous weather, gorgeous landscape, gorgeous leaves, gorgeous time with our precious little family. Our latest family adventure took us to Brandywine Falls. The beauty of the falling water was complemented by the fabulous fall foliage and vivid blue sky. After viewing the falls we explored a trail, but when the terrain got to rough, we ditched the stroller and the trail and just explored on our own. We ended up following the stream...that water that we'd just watched plummet over the rocks. Lucky we did. Along the river was some quality clay. Mike and Ava had a good time mushing it in their fingers and making pinch pots (a term I remember from elementary school art class). Emily had a good time exploring too. She's quite the little leaf collector (and eater!) Hope you all enjoy the pictures.

Absolutely Gorgeous Part II

Fun with Grandma Pammy

Mike's mom visited this week to attend Grandparents Day at Ava's preschool. Ava had a wonderful time showing off her new school. Then on Tuesday the girls and I took her on a tour of our new town. The highlight of the day was a picnic at Lake Erie Beach in Bay Village. It was such a gorgeous day. Here are the pictures from a sweet time with Grandma Pammy.

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Our weekend

It was such a gorgeous, crisp Autumn weekend. Saturday we spend the day decorating the lawn for Fall, taking wagon rides around the neighborhood, and sitting around the fire in the backyard....it was just the perfect family day. On Sunday we took the girls to the Wooly Bear Festival and Parade. It was easily the longest parade I've ever witnessed, but everyone had a good time.
Here are the weekend pics. If you're wondering who Ava's little friend is in the parade pictures, I don't know. They sat by us. You know Ava....Miss Social Butterfly. You'd think they'd been friends for life!

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Tagged....again.

I've been tagged by my cousin Jen.
Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

10 Years Ago (1998):
1. I was 21 years old. Hello, Harry’s Chocolate Shop!
2. I lived in the Alpha Xi Delta house
3. I was majoring in Agriculture Sales and Marketing at Purdue University
4. I’d been dating my dear husband, Mike for about 7 months.
5. I loved to watch Ally McBeal on tv

5 Things on Today's "To Do" List:
1. Laundry
2. Jenn M, if you're reading you're gonna love this... Pick up my McCain-Palin Rally tickets at the nearest Victory center
3. Take my mother in law out to eat Thai food for dinner
4. Post weekend pics here on my blog
5. Figure out what the heck to do with the Webkinz that Ava got for her b-day

5 Things that I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Put aside/ invest it for the girls’ education and retirement….assuming that we wouldn’t be semi retired if we had millions
2. I would love to say that I’d pick my favorite charity right away…and I would….eventually, but first I’d go SHOPPING! So shallow, I know.
3. I’d build my dream house(s). I guess it depends if it’s one million or millions. One in the country, one on a lake or even better the ocean, and maybe one in the mountains. And then I’d decorate them.
4. I would travel, starting with Tahiti and then as George Bailey put it in “It’s a Wonderful Life”, I’d see the world.
5. Buy really great gifts for all of the people that have been so generous to us: our families.
6. Now, I’d give money to research programs to cure cancer, programs to reward inner city school children or children in adverse situations that work hard to overcome obstacles and I’d adopt families for the holidays and go ALL OUT.
(Okay, I picked 6…and really I can think of hundreds of ways to spend money. Ha ha)

5 Places I have lived:
1. Clunette, IN
2. West Lafayette, IN
3. Indianapolis, IN
4. Columbus, OH
5. Atlanta, GA

5 Jobs I have had:
1. Detassler
2. Deli Girl
3. Waitress
4. Homeless Shelter children’s program
5. Teacher

Now, I'm tagging....
No one. Most of my blogging friends have been tagged. More of you need to start blogging!