#126 - Okay... I'm done with snow

We got about 6 inches last night/this morning and I wanted to take a picture of our driveway. I should have taken one before we shoveled it. That's right, we shovel that beast of a driveway. I'm in the bedroom above the garage, so you don't actually see the whole driveway. It takes 1-2 hours to shovel it completely. At least some of it melted today.

#65 - Get to the Thermostat Stat!

Here's a reading of today's thermostat in the house. Not too bad! We haven't turned the heat on yet. I'm hoping to get a little further into the month before we have to turn the heat on. I hate turning the heat on in October. I feel like a wuss.

I will turn it on if it gets below 63 degrees. During the winter we don't go over 67 and don't go below 63. That's my breaking point.

My sophomore year of college we kept the heat at 58... burr. My room was so freezing I could barely write my papers, and I slept with a heating blanket on (not safe, but I did what I had to). Now that we can afford heat, I'm going to keep it comfortable but affordable. No more 58 for me.

#57 - Favorite Candle... for now

This past summer I bought this candle. It was a great summer candle. It's a Yankee Candle. The fragrance is Juicy Watermelon. I could only burn it for a few hours because the smell would permeate through out the house. I've put it away for now because it's now fall and the scent isn't quite right for the season.

I'll probably not buy Yankee Candles any more... not because they aren't good candles but because I'm now going to be a Partylite Consultant. It's a direct sales company that sells candles and home decor among other things. I'm excited to start selling. I should be getting my start kit soon, so I can start holding parties.

The Martini glass is one of their new seasonal products. It's called Scents of Illumination Martini. It has a candy cane scent. You put a tealight in side and it heats up the gel, releasing the scent.

#56 - In the Hoodies

I love being able to wear sweatshirts! Here are just a few of mine. I believe I have about 8 or 9. I have them throughout the house so I can always grab one when I need one.

The second photo is of my favorite one and also my oldest one. I got this sweatshirt when I was 16 in Germany in 2002. It's one of my favorite souvenirs that I got from my trip to Europe. I hope to put it into my tee-shirt quilt that I'm going to start making soon.

#55 - Signs of Fall

Here are my photos of fall. The first one is off of our deck and of trees in the neighbors yard. You can see the trees starting to change colors.

The second photo is of all the leaves on our deck. Ed is going to have lots of fun sweeping the deck off.

The third photo is also off of our deck in another direction. A lot of the leaves are already falling and lots have turn yellow.

#49 - Orange as orange can be

The theme today was something orange. I had such a hard time with this! We really don't have many things that are orange... which seems a little weird. I looked around the house and I found this in the kitchen. It's one of the few orange items we have.

I bought this strainer my junior year of college. I think I got it from the dollar store or the dollar bin at Target. I don't remember which. the only reason I bought an orange one was because at the time, the kitchen in our renal apartment has bright orange counter tops... they were very trendy!

#47 - Cleaning Products

I love love love my cleaning products! Here they are. These are the ones I have handy right now (Pictured left to right/back to front):

• Dish soap
• Best in Glass (glass cleaner)
• Tub-in-Tile (shower cleaner)
• Lil' Bowl Blu (toilet cleaner)
• Hand soap (sweet rain)
• Kitchen hand soap (lemon grass)
• Not pictured: All surface cleaner

They are all from my favorite line, Method. You can pick it up at Target.

#38 - Glass from the Past

Glass is the theme. I chose to take a photo of my great-grandma's goblet, that has her crest. Her name was Mary Hinnet (but we always called her Granny). She passed away about 8-10 years ago.

My grandma was going to sell them in a garage sale when I found them. I wouldn't let her get rid of them, so they found a home with me. They reside on the top shelf of my cupboard.

#36 - Electronic Wall

Electronics are today's theme. Here are a few of my favorites (besides my phone and computer).

• 42" HDTV (and yes, that's Miss J on the TV)
• Wii
• Wii Fit Plus board
• BluRay Player
• DVR
• iPod Stereo (it's also hooked up to the TV)
• Super NES

This is our entertainment center. It's a great place to watch football games and movies. I also highly suggest getting a DVR. I don't know what we did before we got the DVR. There are so many options.

#34 - My little corner of the world

I am a housewife so the whole house is technically my workspace. So, I took a picture of my messy desk. This is where I sew and file things. I also keep my scrapbooking things here.

My brother made this desk for me back in 2005. It was a birthday present from him. It's a little rough around the edges, but it's still a nice desk.

My dad and I put a laminate top on it to help with the roughness. I hope to make a nice fabric skirt to cover the wood and possibly make storage underneath.

I also took a photo of Ed's desk because that's where he likes to be when he comes home. As a software developer, he spends a lot of time at his computer both at work and at home.

His desk is neat and clean... the way he likes it. I personally don't mind a little mess. I try to keep mine clean, but it's hard. When I clean up in other rooms, it end up in the office, on my desk. Then I will sort it later.

Maybe someday I will get my act together and be able to use the desk as a desk.

I also just took a photo of the room from the door. It's has his and her sides. His is the dark side, mine is the lighter side. It's also the messy versus the clean. This room won't always looklike this though. Eventually, when the time comes (when we have a baby), it will become a nursery. We don't have to worry about that for a while.

#33 - "I heard a voice say Zuul!"

Today's theme was "what's in your refrigerator". Here's a photo of ours. There really isn't a lot in it. The box in the lower left is full of cheese sticks (string cheese and colby). Ed gets 1 every day in his lunch. He feels gypped if he doesn't get his cheese. He also gets 1 juice box which are in the box on the lower left.

I think I need to clean this up...

(In case you didn't get it, the title is a reference to the original Ghosbusters)

#28 - Out Front

Since I took a picture off my deck I figured I should post one from our front window. Our bedroom is right over our garage, so that's why most of the photo is of our crazy driveway. You would be surprised how many people have problems backing out... our poor grass gets rolled over quite a bit!

#27 - Out Back

We don't have a traditional backyard. Most of our yard is on the side of our house. We have this second story deck off our dining room (we have a split level house). This is a photo off of our deck, there's also a retaining wall just past the deck (you can't see it), this is why it seems so high up.

#23 - Closet Explosion

This is what happens when you come home from a 4 day camping trip. I have a lot of laundry to do this week... I better get cracking!

(majority of the stuff on the floor are towels.)