Elevator Run-In

I got home Monday night and had a run in with a very large tenant that lives in my building. I may have been standing a little close to the elevator, and when the door opened I found myself eye to eye with a HUGE Great Dane! More like a horse if you ask me! I think they said his name was Hercules, and he lives in a studio with two people. Talk about a tight squeeze!

Funny Quotes

I love my sister-in-law Sandi's blog. I was just checking it out, and noticed there were new quotes from her kids on the right hand side. Here are my current faves! My niece and nephew are a riot!

--"I know why I have to wash my hands. It's because the grasshoppers peed and pooped and barfed on me. --Sienna

--"Grandma is single?! At HER age??? And NOOO husband?" --Braden

L to R: Sienna, Ryan, Connor, RJ, Sandi, Braden

More Trapeze!

Britt organized a bunch of us to get together and take Trapeze lessons in DC! Here is our group! Lytle, Britt, Katie, Alex, me, and Emily (and some dude flying in the back!)

Before we ascended the really tall ladder, we got a quick set of instructions from Brent.
At first he showed us some tough love, but then he turned out to be a New Yorker too! so we were totally BFF... also did not hurt that he was super hot... ;)
Here I am climbing the steps! I did not look down!
That's me and my pal Brian, TSNY is his Trapeze school. He was SO friendly and remembered all our names!Here's a shot to show you how high I was!Here I am about to take off!! (with Britt climbing the stairs!)
This first video is just a little longer and dif angle from the clip I posted before...


This was my second attempt at being caught! It really is so much fun, the more you do it, the more fun it is!!!


I'm pretty much ready to quit my job and join the circus. The End!

Flying Trapeze!

I went to visit Britt in DC and we took flying trapeze lessons! Here I am flying! It was SO fun!

The Hallmark Channel

I love the Hallmark Channel. Every Hallmark movie is so touching! I am addicted. Especially this time of year! I definitely suggest you see "The Note". It actually has a sequel that I am recording with my DVR tomorrow night, can't wait to watch that too!

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I have the SUDDEN URGE to open my window and scream at the insane construction workers JACK-HAMMERING on my street! They may as well be in the room next to me, it's SO LOUD! Sudden URGE followed by sudden REALIZATION... I'm moving! To the SUBURBS! Where there will be NO MORE construction at midnight!!! Thank heavens.

Iron

Today I ironed my shirt with a flat-iron... and it worked!

Sleepy Hollow

Last night we went to Sleepy Hollow to experience the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and we did just about that! First of all, when we got off the train, the train stop was deserted, and it was very dark. We saw a staircase going up this cliff, so we started walking up it. When we got to the top of the stair case, we were confronted with a dark and narrow path that was lined with very tall hedges, and we couldn't see where it went! I was leading the way, and when I turned around to consult with the others on whether or not we should proceed, Brenda was already turned in the opposite direction and halfway down the steps! I think she thought it was a little creepy... it was! We ended up following her and walking down the road. I had a map, and aside from walking through several very dimly lit deserted neighborhood streets with very old scary houses , we finally heard music and made it to the Phillipsburg manor (our destination!). Here's what we did/saw!

The Headless horseman ! Very spooky! (he may have been a little spookier if he'd been riding a black horse that didn't look so tired!)
Here's the scary bridge at the Phillipsburg Manor.
Here's Brenda and me in from of the scary bridge.
There were several ghosts at the Phillipsburg manor, but they were too creepy so I didn't take a picture. After checking out Sleepy Hollow, we headed north about 20 minutes to the Van Cortland Manor to see the Blaze, a giant walking tour of thousands of carved pumpkins all lit up. This year they had over 5,000 pumpkins!
The Van Cortland Manor itself was super cool, here's some shots of that. Spooky blue! The house turned pink and purple too.Here's our group! Me, Sarah, Brenda and AprilThey had massive pumpkin designs where they connected a ton of pumpkins into the neatest shapes! All carved and flowing into each other. This was a spiderweb.
This one was a dragon!
These pumpkins are a beehive, and each little pumpkin is a bee buzzing around it!
And this one was my favorite, a field of sunflowers! Each of these is about ten feet tall. So cool!