Adjustment

A couple bloggers I follow have recommended using Windows Live Writer, so I am finally giving it  try.  This should be a good post to try it out on because I have a lot to catch up on…

I guess the biggest news is that I am now amongst the ranks of the unemployed.  You’d think that not working would free up all kinds of time to get stuff done, but being laid up with Whatever-It-Is-That’s-Going-Around coupled with previously made plans and of course job hunting, I haven’t had any real time to work on much extra.  Go figure…

I’m feeling better than I did last week, but my stomach and ribs hurt from all the coughing.

I dream a lot of weird things when I am sick, and I had some pretty interesting dreams last week.  I haven’t had any fever-induced dreams in a lot of years.  It’s amazing the concoctions your brain can come up with when you’re asleep.  And yay - I’m finally getting my appetite back.

Halloween was fun this year.  I haven’t really done anything for Halloween in years, but now with my niece and nephew around, I enjoyed getting back into the holiday spirit.  This was my nephew’s first year trick-or-treating and of course he had a bit of a meltdown, but what can you expect from a two-year old?  He and his sister were soooo cute!

 

Before I got sick, I was able to enjoy a return trip to Letchworth State Park while the leaves were still in color.   We were there past peak, but there was still plenty of color…  And it wasn’t raining!

 

Remember the Monster Egg?  A couple days later, I found an even bigger one in the nesting box, if you can believe it.  I cracked them open and found them both to be double-yolkers  :)  They made a mighty fine and tasty omelet, courtesy of my sister.

      

I have to say that Windows Live Writer is definitely cool – it offers a lot of options that writing from the Blogger dashboard does not… at least not with tinkering with the html.  It’s really easy to use and best of all free!  I like this a lot – I’m glad I tried it out.

Hopefully things in real life will fall into place as nicely.  I still have a bit of adjusting to do - Cross your fingers for me!

Letchworth

Yesterday was Girls' Day at Letchworth State Park - I had soooo much fun.



It rained on and off most of the day, so I was surprised at how many people were at the park - definitely a lot more than I would have expected. I haven't been there in a couple of years and it was really nice to come back. We were there pretty much all day, and I still still didn't get to see everything I wanted to.



It was too wet to really enjoy some Geocaching, but I was really happy to take my camera somewhere besides my backyard. I used to be an avid photographer - I've won prizes and have had some of my pictures published, but I haven't done any serious photography in a long time. I can see I've lost my touch and have to work hard to get a halfway decent shot - I really need to get back into practice again.



My calves are a bit sore today from the hiking, but it's a good kind of sore. I need to get back into shape too :)



The only black spot yesterday was the fact that some idiot hit my truck in the parking lot while we were out exploring. The dent is pretty big, but without seeing it happen, there's not much I can do about it. I can only hope that whoever hit me has more damage to his vehicle than there is on mine. Jerk.



We are planning on going back when the leaves start changing for autumn. I can't wait - hopefully it will be dryer then and there will be blue skies for prettier pictures!