It's fall y'all!

We've had a festive "Halloween" week... carved our pumpkin on Wednesday, went to the LSU "Boozar" (Em was great at grabbing candy from the bowls) on Thursday, and attended our ward party/trunk or treat tonight. I sewed Emily's bumblebee costume last week so she was set. Today at the last minute Jeff and I decided to dress up, so after a trip to the dollar store/Walmart we were all set as Crazy Medical Physics Grad Student and his "lovely" Research Subject.

Other good news: The weather has turned a little cooler (i.e. 50's at night...)- so it's finally feeling a little like fall! I may have to pull out a jacket soon! Brrrrr....... ;)

PS the top right picture is Jeff and Emily in the trunk or treat "haunted trail"- it was pretty mild, so she wasn't scared, but I like the look on her face and Jeff's "blood-red" pupils!

BOOOOOOOOOooooOOOoOOooOoOOOOooo to all of you!!!

Friends

There is something so adorable about these two little one-year-old pals. Emily sure had fun spending the day with Halle. We went to the park and they took turns pushing each other in the dump truck and played in the sand.

So happy to be reunited after their naps.
Good sports in the not-so-double stroller

These girls make a great team for scouting out the neighborhood dogs. If a dog barked, Halle would bark too, "Ow, ar, ow, ar, ow, ow" and Emily would say, "Doddy, doddy!"

Dance party!

At bedtime I asked Emily, "Was Halle here today? You had fun with her, huh?" And Emily climbed down off my lap and wandered through the house looking for Halle, saying, "Haah-ee, Haah-ee." How fun to have a friend!

Pudding Cheese

Emily + Chocolate pudding= Nonstop cheesy grin

Need I say we LOVE this little girl?!

One Man's Junk... a novel

One night last week when Jeff, Em and I were out running we saw these 2 chairs and a bench on the side of the road being THROWN AWAY with some other "junk". Great! We had been wanting some outdoor/seat furniture for our porch.

So I drove back over there, just to look and see if it was worth bringing home... The chairs and bench were missing the cushions but they were sturdy and unique. Before I knew it I had everything all rigged up and I was driving everything back home (in one load)!
I pulled into our parking lot, beaming over my ingenuity... I tied the bench on the roof and through the windows using pants and shirts (and even shoes for extra grip) that were in the car waiting to be dropped off at Goodwill. Yes, I have no pride when it comes to this sort of thing (in fact, I kind of have fun with it). I drove home with my hand out the window, holding onto the bench. Luckily it was dark and only about .5 mile from home.

So we tried out the furniture and decided to keep the bench and post the chairs on craigslist... first I thought about posting them for $20 or 30... then I thought, why not $50... well, I ended up posting them for $100... and guess what- people actually called!


Long story short, we sold it all (including the bench) to a really nice guy and his wife for $150! This same sort of thing happened earlier this year when Jeff found a golf set out by the dumpster and ended up selling it for a pretty penny.

Now that you've read this do you think we're totally tacky (it's okay, we can still be friends) or do you get excited over this kind of thing too? It's not "dumpster diving"- it's "re-lifing". Just think, those chairs were headed to the landfill but instead someone is enjoying them and I have a new chunk of change in my pocket.

So, what have been your great "side of the road" finds?