Happy 1st Day of Fall!

There are SO many things I love about fall – I can’t even begin to list them all. (I totally didn’t plan on rhyming there).
I love all the warm colors, browns, reds, golds, and oranges.
I love the coffee flavors – specifically the pumpkin spice latte and add a pump white mocha to take you directly to heaven.
I love the leaves falling to the ground and all the brilliant colors they turn.
I love to crunch through the leaves once they’ve been on the ground for quite some time.
And a few things I miss about fall in the mid west.
I miss the sight of Combines harvesting the crops.
The sight of hay bales all lined up in rows waiting in the field to be hauled to the farm to feed the cows.
The cool crisp sunny days that leads up to the snow.

I love fall, in every way shape and form, and I’m pretty sure that’s my Mom’s fault, because she loves it too!
I love that fall ushers in October which means Halloween!

Yay for being able to go to South Dakota / Nebraska in the fall; see you this weekend, Hay bales!!!

♥ abby :)

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My Happy Place

I have a lot of happy space in my world - but the happiest of all is Marvista Park in Normandy Park, just a few short miles from my house. It's the one place where I can go, be a kid, and then feel completely refreshed afterwards. Vacation is coming... T minus a few weeks now, and I feel like I've earned the crap out of it this year! But until then, a weekly trip to my happy place with the furry one should do it! I love his little feet trying to take on the leaves! So cute.

The Wreath

It all started with Pinterest - yes, that rant about Pinterest still stands, but this was inspired from there. I wanted to recreate a wreath of bulbs, I hate buying wreaths since they expire year after year, this one will hang in my home for a LONG time, possibly till I die... that is how much I love how it turned out! So, being my crafty (and somewhat frugal) self, I set off to find the materials to make it. Finding that bulbs are not quite as cheap as you'd expect, I found them for 80% off. This wreath, at cost would have run me about $125. ACK! I made it for under 35%! So pretty! So pleased! Many have asked me to make one for them - my answer - you buy the bulbs and materials and I'll glue it together!

Thoughts of the American Pride Persuasion

I sat, mesmerized as I watched the “Breaking News” of the past 24 hours – Osama Bin Laden, Dead. What? I can’t really deny my mixed feelings about posting today. I don’t normally jump into the political rings but I can’t deny the HUGE news that swept our nation yesterday. So, this post has been thought out, a lot, typed really slowly, every word, intentional. Which is a huge leap from my normal ramblings of a Monday morning. We were sitting on the couch watching a movie, the movie ended and Eric turned on the news, and we watched, in awe. Just like September 11 th , I’ll always remember where I was when I heard the news. I can’t say I was ready to strap on a flag superhero cape style, and run up and down the street chanting “USA… USA… USA” like hundreds and thousands of other Americans in DC and New York, but then again, I wasn’t near ground zero, in Pennsylvania or at the pentagon the day that Osama Bin Laden became a household name. The American in me wants to be happy and

R is for Ronnebeck!

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