Tonight was supposed to be the night of The Big Talk. Jonas and I were going to actually sit down and discuss the idea of children. Yes, having children. Up until now I've been persistently shoving it to the back burner, quite honestly not even wanting to think about it. Jonas, on the other hand, keeps bringing it up. Deep down I know we both want ( Read more... )

I got to sleep in until about 9:00am, when Dean called for Jonas (who was at work). Then I thought I might as well get up anyway, so I went to the computer for a while and scanned some pictures in preparation for heading to Archivers a little later on ( Read more... )

The snow is almost all gone, sad. I knew it wouldn't last, but I was kind of hoping, you know? I'm actually looking forward to shoveling my own driveway this winter! The novelty is bound to wear off after the first big snowfall, but at this point it still sounds like an exciting thing to do ( Read more... )

It's snowing, it's snowing, the old man is ... mowing ( Read more... )

Before I left for work this morning I set a bowl of candy out on the front porch, since it will be well after dark when we get home tonight. I wonder if there will be any left or whether some kids will take it all at once. I've got some more candy in bags in the kitchen just in case. Yesterday at Target I picked up two $0.99 pumpkins just so there ( Read more... )

I puttered around the house in the morning and played Baldur's Gate until the midday sun was shining too bright through the window for me to see the monitor well enough. (Yes, I've started the game again for probably the fifth time. Somewhere along the way I always lose interest so I've never gotten to the end. However, I feel newly inspired, ( Read more... )

I slept like a log, not stirring one bit until the housekeeping lady knocked on the door and woke us up around 9:00am. By 11:00 we'd finally made ourselves presentable and were ready to go out the door and see what Pipestone had to offer.

First stop: Lange's Cafe. My getaway guide suggested we try this small cafe serving homestyle cooking. We went ( Read more... )