I’m supposed to be on my way to a show in Pittsburgh right now, but since my relationship status changed, I am not. So, despite being tired of looking at my computer, I did the rest of my Christmas shopping this evening (except for 2 gifts that will be directly shipped to the recipients, which I will order in early December). I guess all that’s left is to decorate, but I definitely won’t be doing that for a while. And, I’ll probably make some cookies, too.
less busy
I will be less busy moving forward. It seems that the guy I was seeing and I had different opinions on the amount of time we should be spending together (me=less, him=more). Due to the distance, it would have been difficult for both of us to be happy about things. Given this, and a few other reasons, I decided to cut ties with him this week. So, that is disappointing.
busy weekend
It was a rather busy weekend! I could use a break from the action.
Friday night, the guy I’m seeing came over to hang out after work.
Saturday afternoon, the nonprofit I’m involved with hosted an Animal Photos with Santa Fundraiser, so I had to go to that to help out. After that I ran home to let the dogs out and then went to Portage for my niece’s 17th birthday party. That night, I watched No Hard Feelings, which I thought was going to be hilarious but it was not. My rating: 2.5/5
The guy I’m dating is in a band and they played an event on Sunday at noon, so I went to Penn Hills to see that. His band was really good! By the time I got home from that, it was close to dark thanks to turning the stupid clocks back, so I got to rake leaves for about 45 minutes. I got the back yard wrapped up (I mostly got it done last weekend) and half of the front, but they’re not done falling in the front yet, so this will be an ongoing process until it snows, though with it getting dark so early, that will be challenging.
halloween
I didn’t do much for Halloween. I put a few decorations out (and took the rest to Goodwill). I didn’t even carve a pumpkin this year, but I did make some wine bottle pumpkins, which were fun to make. I’m not sure how those are going to hold up in the heat of the attic (due to the spray paint on glass), but I guess I can always make more.
I was prepared for 52 trick or treaters this year, but only got 28. And the weather wasn’t even bad (chilly, but not bad). It’s really difficult to guesstimate how many will show up each year.
In Christmas news, I already received my photo Christmas cards (thanks to taking the photo on vacation this summer instead of waiting until the last minute) and have all of them addressed and ready to go! I also did a good chunk of my shopping and I’m hoping to wrap that up soon.
the weekend
The past two weekends the guy I’ve been dating has come over for dinner on Sunday. I guess we’ve moved into the “not going out” phase of dating (haha), which is fine with me because all the running around was getting expensive. I’m sure we’ll go out again soon, but there’s not a lot to do on Sundays if we’re hanging out in Johnstown, so here we are.
In other weekend news, I planted garlic on Friday and bagged most of the leaves from the back yard and added them to the garden and compost bin. There are still leaves all over the porch, but I wasn’t able to get to them due to the rain. Also, the leaves in the front aren’t done falling yet so those will need to be addressed. Hopefully, I’ll catch a break with the weather. It sure was beautiful last week, but I suppose we won’t see those temps again for a while.
I also completed The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. It was excellent. I love how they made it a modern story and used elements of various Poe stories in the the episodes. My rating 4/5.