Good evening

Hello there. it's dusk here in Indiana, milo and i are getting ready to head out for our nightly walk - he's got a blinking light we turn on his collar so that everyone can see us from miles away.

its been a off beat couple of weeks here, as our daily routine is sort of jumbled - bryan's been traveling the last 3 of 4 weeks and i've been holding down the fort in the interim. tonight im going to try and hit the bed early and get a good nights sleep - i just dont sleep as well when bryan's gone and find myself staying up way past bedtime -then everything's just out of sorts for the following day. so this night will be a little bit of straightening up, walking the pup, and crawling into bed early to read.

i hope this weekend we can head out for a hike or something, even if its close to home and not too challenging - just something to get out and get moving on these beautiful days - its so much different than running, or working out in the gym. my mom called to say that the mountains are expecting snow this weekend and i was surprised to find that the news made me a little homesick for all the adventures that lie outside doors in the northwest. just a little bit.

Not too much new going on in our neck of the woods - milo and i have a doggy obediance class starting in a week and a half which will be good and i've started to get our november 4th football game on my radar - a group of us are meeting in cleveland to watch the browns play the hawks - i've been looking forward to this since last spring when they announced the schedule - we've got the tickets safely tucked in our top drawer where they'll stay until its time to hit the road! Bryan and i are heading out friday or saturday and taking a detour through Ohio Wine Country (Who Knew there was one?!) then hitting Cleveland to meet up with the gang before the game - my face paint and hawks jersey is ready to go!

We finally got our new wood burning stove put in and love it! We started using it the night we got it. I'll post some pictures as soon as the camera (that has all the pics that we took on it!) returns - we're looking forward to winter nights with the fireplace going, and i think it looks much better than our old gold fireplace that was here when we moved in.

So we'll say good night here from our house - the dog, the cat, myself, one spider and one grasshopper that both managed to make their way inside that i couldnt bring myself to kill, but not to live with either - my solution? Towels - lots of towels placed over them - out of sight, out of mind works well for me.