Signs

Remember a looong time ago when I was occasionally posting photos of signs? No? Allow me to remind you...
Now do you remember? I know, it was a long time ago. Well, I'm bringing it back!!!
I saw this on my way to a job last week and just had to share it with you.




so sweet! I hope she said yes!

Wordless Wednesday

HOLLA!

I know that in my last post I said that I would tell you what the object in the photo was, and I will, but seeing as how there was only one response I think I'll wait a few more days. I'm thinking that either you are all stumped and in a state of perplexity that you just have no idea as to what it is and will be posting your guesses soon, or maybe since I haven't been posting very much lately people have given up and are no longer checking to see if I have written anything.. don't give up on me!! If it's neither one of the first two, then maybe my (few) readers just really don't care. Which is fine because I am still going to tell you what is. 

Later. 

For now I would like to share a blessing I was bestowed with today. Something that makes me want to say HOLLA! It's good to give thanks and share the good things, whether small or great, that God does for us. So here's my story.

Thursdays my work is split up between the two schools I interpret at. I am at one school in the morning and another in the evenings. The school I work at Thursday nights is off today in remembrance of Lincoln's birthday. This is a nice thing in itself because it would mean that I had my afternoon and evening free. But wait, it gets better. 

I try to check my email every morning before leaving for work but honestly, sometimes I just don't get around to it. I'm not a morning person and if I can spend just three more minutes in bed then I will. I wasn't going to do it this morning but after finishing doing my hair and putting on my mascara something told me to quickly check it. Whew, am I glad that I did because there was an email from the student I interpret for saying that she wasn't coming to class! HOLLA! Not only did this mean that I had the whole day off, but it saved me from traveling almost an hour to the City to arrive at the school, wait the required 30 minutes for her not to show up, and then come all the way back home for nothing.. just because I wouldn't have checked my email! HOLLA!

And so I would now like to take a moment to thank God for prompting me to open up my hotmail account this morning, for giving me the whole day off. For making it possible for me to crawl back into bed and sleep for a little longer, spend some *quality time* with my husband this morning, and make french toast and scrambled eggs for breakfast. And finally, so that I could be sitting here at my cafe with my new 'list' book. HOLLA!

I promise that's the last time I'll say HOLLA! in this post. 

Fall, don't leave me..

I smelled winter yesterday. I can't explain it, but I know what I smelled and it was winter. This week has gotten pretty cold here in New York. Today it's back up to 62 degrees but I know that these days are going to be less and less. I know that I have stated before that I LOVE FALL. Love it. It's my favorite time of year. Winter on the other hand is definitely NOT my favorite. Sure, it's pretty when you wake up early in the morning and see a fresh snowfall outside. Thick bands of snow hanging on the trees and everything is beautiful and white and clean. But then you have to go out side. Start your car (in MN) or walk almost half a mile to the train station here in New York. One good thing about living here is that we may get a few big snows during the winter but they don't last, and it doesn't get nearly as cold as a Minnesota winter. The bad part? That beautiful white snow will quickly turn to a slushy mess. Winters aren't really pretty here in the city. Don't get me wrong, I would much rather be here in New York for the winter than in MN. Coming back the last two years for Christmas have made Chris and I wonder how we ever lived there. I think our blood has gotten warmer or something. Is that possible?
I haven't posted any 'signs' lately so I thought this one would be appropriate for how I am feeling about the approaching cold weather. This photo was taken back in May when we went to Boston for our anniversary. We went to this restaurant on the waterfront called The Barking Crab and ate a whole lobster together. That's right. A whole lobster. It was so good! It was spring, summer was just around the corner and everything was new and beautiful outside.
It's beautiful outside now too. The leaves are all orange and yellow and I love walking through the fallen leaves on the sidewalk. The bright colors look even more pronounced against the harsh grey of the concrete. But, that smell.. I'm telling you. It smelled like winter. There was something in the air. Today there is no winter smell, it's a perfect autumn day in New York. I am happy for the fall, I love the fall. Please stay a little longer!

Signs of Fall

I LOVE FALL! And one of my favorite things to do in the fall is go apple picking. Since we have lived here in New York we have gone with some friends every year. It's something that we start looking forward to as soon as summer starts winding down. We drive into New Jersey and hit up an apple orchard and a pumpkin patch and make a day of it. I am really excited to get some apples and start baking my grandma's apple crisp. Ooh and apple and pumpkin pie! Last year I made pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and this year I am even going to try and make my own pumpkin puree for it. We'll see how that turns out. Pumpkin pie is Chris' favorite as well as my fathers. My grandma would always let my dad have more than one piece of pie because she said it was a vegetable. Hmm.. I like her perspective! Well, I better go finish getting ready- we leave at 8am. Apple picking.. here we come!

Happy Monday

A Sign

Signs of the Times

I was looking back at some of the photos that I have taken over the past few months and noticed that there were quite a few photos of different signs- storefront signs, advertisements, even street signs. Some of them I have taken for artistic purposes, and others just because they were kinda crazy, (or like this one, because it made me think about a certain red head in my family). I thought I would begin sharing them with you. 

I was not planning to use this particular sign as the first installment of my 'Signs' photos, but I thought I would pay a tribute to my poor little sister who went to the hospital today with a broken nose. This one's for you Betz.