Images of Autumn::Day 3

Images of Autumn::Day 2

Images of Autumn

Lately, I've used the excuse that I've so busy with school and tutoring that I don't have time to blog. Well, for the next week, I'm going to try to break that with an autumn image a day. Here are some from the weekend.

Williamsburg

Blair and I had a blast yesterday on our day trip to Williamsburg. Here are a few of the photos I took. If you want to see the rest, just head on over to flickr and check them out.

A Pictureless Post

I know that posts without pictures are not nearly as interesting, but I don't have any photos to put up right now. Today was another perfect fall day. No humidity, great breeze, low temps. Perfect. Blair came to my class today and did music with the kids. They loved it! There's just something about getting to sing with a guitar that makes music time that much more fun. Tomorrow we're going up to Williamsburg for the day, and I can't wait! I've never been before (Blair has), and I'm so excited about everything there is to see. So, tomorrow night (or Sunday afternoon) I plan on having a long, picture-full post for you to enjoy! Have a great weekend!!

It really is autumn

I've spent the past couple of days really settling into my classroom and making it mine. I've gotten rid of alot of things and moved some things around. I put up some fall decorations and redecorated my door.

In other news, I'm still really busy. I had a Women in the Church meeting Thursday and sold merchandise at a concert last night. I was going to go to the beach today with some friends and go out in their boat, but since gas is more than my life is worth we decided not to go. Fortunately I don't have anything extra going on at church tomorrow.

A Birthday Come and Gone

Whew....yesterday was an absolutely insane day at school. It was one of the worst days teaching I have ever had. So, after that and tutoring, I was really too tired to do anything. All I wanted for supper was mashed potatoes (comfort food). Thanks to everyone who sent gifts, cards, and wishes. Right now, we're gearing up for a hurricane weekend of nothing. Thanks Hanna.

A Beautiful Labor Day (and "first" day of autumn)

We had an absolutely beautiful day here today. Perfect temps and sunny skies. We've had the door open letting in the breeze. I went around and took some pictures today. Here are a few.



You can head over to Flickr to see the rest. I also did a little bit of Fall decorating. There will be more to come...I also did a small amount of sewing to quench the crave.

No More Free Time

I had a fairly crazy week at school this week with all the rain we've been getting. I also took on a full-time tutoring job that starts this week. I'm tutoring learning disabled kids after schools five days a week. And so begins life with 12 hour work days...We'll see how well this goes.

My new job

I started my new teaching job at a local preschool on Monday, and I am loving it! Today was a little crazy, but I have really enjoyed working with this group of children. We start a new year of curriculum in two weeks, so Friday is a work day to get our rooms ready. I will do my best to take some photos of my room once I get done. I realize this is a short post, but I don't have a whole lot going on. We had dinner with friends last night, which was very fun. We are finally meeting some new friends here and making a place for ourselves.

Happy Birthday, Blair!!

Yesterday was Blair's birthday (we won't say which one). It was the first birthday we've celebrated away from home. We got up early yesterday morning and drove 45 minutes to Washington, NC. We planned to do some light hiking and just enjoy being outside at Goose Creek State Park. They have a really nice visitor center there, with a room devoted to stuffed animals located at the park. (There was a black bear seen earlier this month.) We decided to do the shorter Palmetto Boardwalk, which is a really nice boarded walk that reminded us of Reelfoot Lake back home. Once we stepped off of the boardwalk, however, I looked at Blair's pants legs. They were covered, black in places, with mosquitoes. He looked down at his feet and saw literally dozens and dozens of pin-prick sized seed ticks. Needless to say, we high-tailed it out of there. So, while we didn't stay very long, we got some great pictures and saw some deer and skinks. Here are some photos of the Goose Creek area.

The visitor's center



A screened in picnic area on the boardwalk







Some nature



















An outdoor picnic area near the visitor's center

After we left Goose Creek, we decided to drive around historic downtown Washington. We saw a sign for an Estuarium and decided to stop. The center is really nice. There are several exhibits on local wildlife and also some on taking care of our planet. The center leads out back where there is an unbelievably long boardwalk aong the water. Here are some pictures of that.

There were ALOT of turtles in the water. Karen would love it!





We also some of these fun fish



Some shots of the area

When we got home it was time for supper. Last week I asked Blair what he wanted for his birthday dinner, and he said fish. So, he grilled his own birthday dinner outside. He had some salmon that he said was very good. I had corn and green beans. I made a yellow cake with chocolate icing for dessert, and we had that with ice cream while I did my very best rendition of Happy Birthday.

It was a beautiful day outside and we had alot fun.