Advice...

Some advice, from knowledge I've obtained over my 20+ years....

- Order what you want at a restaurant, don't worry about price, calories, etc. unless you absolutely have to, skimping negates the pleasure of enjoying a meal in a restaurant in the first place.

- Never take a deep breath after you hear someone go, "Ew, that smells gross", just take their word for it.

- Watching a good comedy will make you laugh even when you don't feel like it...old stand bys for me are "The Jerk", "So, I Married an Ax Murderer", "Spongebob", anything by Monty Python and "Spinal Tap"

- Exercise helps your entire well being...remember Legally Blonde, Exercise gives you endorphins, endorphins make you happy.

- Checking out movies and books from the libray is good, cheap, legal entertainment.

- Never wait over a year to take a long vacation. Doesn't matter if you just stay in the Days Inn down the street or with your parents, take time to take a week off.

I say that last one because V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N is on my mind right now. We're heading out of town soon and I am counting the days/hours/minutes/seconds/nanoseconds/whatever comes after that. Our last longer than a weekend vacation was last September, as in 2008, as in we have only taken long weekend trips and have not used up any vacation days in over a year. That is WAY too long. I'm going stir crazy.

So soon I shall return with pictures, and a well-rested, slightly less crazy me.

My first vacation with Matt, our honeymoon

Disney World, 2003

and I know I have some wise blog readers out there, please contribute your free advice in the comments.
It's probably stuff I can use...

Once upon a time.

Once upon a time we had some fall temperatures here in Tallahassee.....
This was about a week ago, there was crisp air in the morning
and light, silver breezes at night.

Then one day an evil, humid force moved in.
It destroyed the crisp morning air and replaced it with heavy, thick, hot mists.
It frightened the cool breezes with its blaring sun.

We wait for the cool to return.
To bless us with cool touches on our cheeks.

To cheer myself up I pulled out some pictures that remind me of fall.

Mums

Lichens

Fishing on a cool October day last year.

Hooking a big one.
(this is no indicator of Matt's fishing skills, it's only an indicator of the small creek we found to fish in...)

The cool breezes will return soon enough.
And I'll be ready.

We're too poor to pay attention.

We've been doing a lot of work around the house lately. Fall starts my "seasonal" decorating. I always put out pumpkins, scarecrows and Halloween decorations this time of year. Matt's posted some pictures of our latest home accomplishments on his blog:

www.weretoopoortopayattention.blogspot.com

We've done some work on our bathroom, bedroom and fall decorations for the living room.

Check him out!