Pumpkin Carving "Adult Style"

Over the weekend Neil and I decided to be creative and carve some pumpkins to welcome our SPOOKS this Halloween weekend. But, to get the party started right we needed a little bit of

THIS!!!!!!

It got the carving party off to a good start.

Neil said " you never forget the smell of the pumpkin, Do ya?" Nope!!! It is always the same.

It is icky and sticky on the inside!

Neil's pumpkin

My pumpkin

Have a SAFE and HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Looking for a Good REASONABLE Photographer?

I thought I would share this with my blogging friends. I love pictures!!! I love good reasonable photographers. My friend Amanda and her husband had some pictures made recently. They are gorgeous, but the photographer is even more gorgeous with her prices. Check her out HERE!

Glazed Apple Bars

I was going around to the different blogs I read and I have found encouraging words, creativty, and lots of great recipes. I encourage you to take a look at MY READING on my blog. I have found some very creative people out in the blogging world. I found them just by googling something or they were a reader of some of my friend's blogs. However, this recipe is scrumptious!!! I found it on the blog Life in Grace, but she actually got the recipe from this blog.

The recipe is located on the right hand side under RECIPES. GO CHECK IT OUT!!

Our DC Trip

Neil and I took our vacation this year to Washington, DC. We went the week of Oct. 13-18. One of my really good friends moved there this year. She was kind enough to open her home and let us stay with her for a week. The following pictures begins our journey through DC.
So, please sit back and enjoy the show.

The Old Senate

The is inside the Rotunda. It was absolutely breath taking. Much bigger than I ever imagined it to be. It was a surreal moment to know we were standing where many of our great leaders had once stood and been remembered. The detail of the paintings and carvings were miraculous. There were paintings from time periods that marked our way to becoming the United States of America. They were HUGE and I mean HUGE portraits of Christopher Columbus, The Indians, George Washington , and so many other greats.

This is the ceiling of the Rotunda. It has the picture of George Washington as an angel.

These are the different portraits portraying America's journey.

The Library of Congress. Inside it housed Andrea Jackson's library which was incredible. What a brilliant man. He loved to read . He had everything to Romance novels to Science to Recipe books.

The US Supreme Court

WW11 Memorial

Tennessee

Washington Monument

The Lincoln Memorial

The Vietnam Memorial. People were searching for their loved ones so they could take pictures. It was truly moving to see.

This begins the second day of touring. There were so many Smithsonian Museums. The following is the Air and Space .

The Wright Brothers first plane that took the first flight.

DINOSAURS!!!! This was in the museum of Natural History. I really learned alot while I was here. There is so much to see and do. It really made me think that I need to learn more about our world and country. There were so many exhibits. It really was very educational.

This is in the museum of American History. This was my favorite out of the three we visited. This housed many artifacts that depict America. Here are Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz. However, my favorite part of the museum was the section on the different Presidents and the different wars the US have been in. They had president Lincolns' Top Hat, different inaugural ball dresses from the first ladies, Bill Clinton's saxophone to name a few.

Kermit

Julia Child's Kitchen

The first electric lawn mower

On Friday we visited Ford Theater. This is the theater were President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. This is the Presidential box where Lincoln was killed.

The White House

On Saturday, we went to Mt. Vernon. This is George Washington's Home. It was incredible and very serene. It sat on the Potomac River. It was a great mansion for his time.

This is overlooking the Potomac River.

Finally on Sunday we made a quick trip to Arlington Cemetery. This is the Iwo Jima statue. It represents the end of the Vietnam war, longest faught war, where our men placed the American Flag.

The cemetery goes for miles. We didn't make it to the tomb of the unknown soldier or JFK"s eternal flame. We were told by a local that during the week you can go to the cemetery and they are burying our soldiers from Iraq. He said it is very touching and some families don't mind if you attend. I wanted to, but time permitted. It would have been a way for me to thank the men who died for me.

I hope you enjoyed our trip as much a we did. I highly reccomend a trip to DC, but FYI you need good walking shoes, a good 7 days, and knowledge of the Subway, it's the only way to travel.

My new bookcases!

This is the bookcase I bought at Target Friday night! Luckily it was already put together and on sale for 107.99!!! Which I loved the price. I just couldn't pass it up. We had this empty wall in our office and it would fit perfect. So, I ran home and told Neil about it. He liked it so we borrowed our neighbors truck and went and picked it up!! When we arrived home and placed it in it's new home , well, the story goes we needed another one!

Saturday morning we went to the other Target down the street because I new they had for 125.00. Yes, this was a clearance item and was difficult to find another one. However, it is still online at Target , but alot more expensive than what I wanted to pay. When we arrived and got someone to help us it was only BAD NEWS FOR US. The one they had was broken. SHUCKS.....

This was not good. So we took our chances and drove back to the other store because I knew they had another one for 152.98. At this point, I just wanted to get it and get home, forget saving $30 bucks! We got it and Neil spent about an hour and half putting it together and I LOVE IT!!!

Thank you sweetie for having patience with me and loving me so much to drive all over Atlanta for a bookcase! You are the GREATEST!!
Love,
Your adoring wife

Where have I been?

I have some things that have been going on in the Brian household to post about, however, my time has been limited lately. I have added a few pictures to the left of the blog. I hope you enjoy them and as soon as I get a moment I will update our life!

The Def Leopard and Poison Concert on August 15, 2009

Last night we went to the Def Leopard and Poison concert. We had a BLAST!!! It was so much fun. If any of you know I had the hugest crush on Bret Michaels when I was in elementary school. I am sure my parents "just loved" that I had posters that covered every inch of one wall in my bedroom with Poison, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, and Motely Crue. I secretly still have a crush on Bret... I have and will watch every episode of Rock of Love!!

Neil and I pre partying at the car listening to some Def Leopard!!!










Mike came down to visit and go with us to the concert!!! Good Times!!

Mike and Neil throwing the "SHOCKER" OH, yes and Neil thought it would be the coolest to cut off a pair of jeans to wear to the concert.... Unfortunately, he was not the only one there with the same idea! Lots of guys had cut off jeans and mullet wigs on. It was GREAT!! Reliving the 80's!!

If you can see the SEXINESS on stage that would be BRET!!

The GREAT Def Leopard

We had the best time. Neil and I LOVE 80'S MUSIC!!! I will always love it. Nothing like some GOOD OLE ROCK N ROLL.