Week 43 in Pictures

It is Monday evening.  Hurricane Sandy is upon us now.  It has been raining almost non-stop since yesterday.  The strong winds are just arriving and we are bracing ourselves, praying we don't lose power (or if we do, we don't lose it for long).  Since we are in Western Pennsylvania, we don't expect to have too much damage - at least not nearly as much as our neighbors to the east. But the powers that be are predicting wide-spread power outages due to trees pulling down power lines.  The kids have a two-hour school delay tomorrow and are hoping school gets cancelled altogether.  We are keeping all those affected by this hurricane in our prayers!

On a lighter note, my new laptop is almost up to speed.  There are still some things I would like to transfer from my old laptop, if I could only get it to turn on.  I try it several times a day - no luck yet.  But I'm not giving up.  One of these times it will work.

Aside from having a cold this past week and really starting to feel human again on Thursday, not much happened around here.  The weather was gorgeous all week, which made it even harder to be sick.  Thankfully I was able to get out and enjoy the warmer temps and sunshine on Thursday and Friday.

Here's what last week looked like in pictures ...
{Sunday}

My new laptop was delivered on Saturday, but I was on my way out the door when it got here, so I didn't get a picture that day.

{Monday}

Even though I wasn't feeling great because of the cold I had, the kids and I went to a local park where I managed to get a picture of them together.  It's not the greatest, but at least it's something.

{Tuesday}

After we played in the leaves for a while, Alex posed for me with his pumpkin.

{Wednesday}

Picked up some Indian Corn and mini pumpkin candies today.

{Thursday}

Starting to feel human again so the kids and I went to a local farm.  We had fun playing in their corn maze.  Keira took this pic of me to prove I was there.  :)

{Friday}

I went to Living Treasures to get one last peek at the baby leopards before they get moved to another zoo.  I didn't get to see them since they were hiding, but I did get treated with some up-close views of the lions.

{Saturday}

The only photo I took this day - for yesterday's Scavenger Hunt.

I almost forgot to include my favorite photo for October.

I really had a hard time choosing a favorite for October because I took LOADS of pictures, but I kept coming back to this one.  This is totally not my normal style, but I love this hazy photo of Natasha.  Especially since I was able to achieve it IN CAMERA, not in post processing.

That's it for me.  I will really have to push myself this week to take pictures.  Cold, rainy weather zaps me of my photo mojo.  :)

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Photo of the Day: September 15

ISO 800, f/5.3, 1/5s, 18-55mm lens on Nikon D40

Something I use every day and yet really take for granted ... my trusty mouse.  Can you guess which website I was looking at when I took this?  And can you see the fuzzy of dog hair on the mouse that I didn't notice until I already started this post?  And that I'm too lazy tired to go back and edit out?  :)  *sigh* Life with a golden retriever.

In case you didn't know, I may be off the radar for a few days.  My husband and I are going away for the weekend ... sans kids.  Thanks to my sister for agreeing to watch them for us!


And one last thing ... I'm getting very close to 100 followers, so when I hit that landmark, I'm going to have a fun giveaway to celebrate.  And wouldn't it be really cool if I could celebrate 100 followers AND my 2nd blogoversary at the same time.  My blogoversary is September 25.  So tell your friends!  :)  And thanks for following!!!

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