Potpourri

Has it really been over a month since my last post? Here's a rundown of what's been going on...

At the end of August we went to Shreveport, because that's where you go if you want something besides what Wal-Mart has to offer, and I went into a shoe store looking for Teva sandals. I was introduced to them in Florida and they are the only shoe I can stand in all day without aching feet. So, I wanted to add to my collection and asked the sales person where they might be. Her answer....Florida. That's right. She said they had had to ship them all to Florida to make room for their 3 aisles of winter boots. HUH? Wade actually thought she was kidding b/c we both had on Gator shirts, but she was serious! So, I decided I'd just order some online. First, I went to the Teva website, but I also saw a site when I googled Tevas that advertised free shipping. After perusing the Teva website, I thought I'd try this other site and see what they had to offer. They are my new favorite site! Endless.com. They have loads and loads of shoes...all the name brands...and the best part, besides the free shipping, is that they arrive the next day...even in rural Natchez, LA! Check it out!

Wade had Fall Break Oct 6 & 7, so I took the 6th off too. We went to Monroe to visit his grandparents and extended family on Sunday. First, though we had to stop at Cracker Barrel for lunch! We only thought not having chains and instead all of these local food joints would be great. Since they all serve seafood, it's expensive, but mostly, it's nice having food you are used to. Oh, that Cracker Barrel comfort food was so yummy. On the way to his grandparents we also had to stop at the mall to drop his camera off to get it cleaned...the closest store is in Monroe. Wade mistakenly parked at JCPenney and told me to look around while he found the store and dropped his camera off. When he called to let me know where the store was, I was in the dressing room! :)

On Monday, we went to Shreveport so we could both do some shopping. It was a nice day and we came home up with a fire pit for my birthday. It's put together and hope to put it to use this weekend.

Wade's folks were in town last weekend. We went to the Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival Saturday. 30 minutes later we were on to the next thing. Apparently, Festivals are what all of these little towns do around here in the fall. However, what we've seen hasn't been very impressive! A couple weekends ago we went to the Robeline Heritage Festival in Robeline, LA, about 20 minutes away. It took us longer to get there then it did to see what all of the hoopla was about. These definitely aren't the Gainesville Arts Festival! :) So back to the visit, it was nice and a pretty lazy weekend. We played several games of Bocce Sunday in our backyard which was fun. We bought that when we lived in Gainesville, but it wasn't much fun playing on sand...much better on our yard of grass! :) We decided we need to get a croquet set now too.

It has gotten cold. The high today was 64 and it's supposed to be in the 40s for the next couple of nights. We've searched the grocery store and Walmart for firewood for the fire pit to no avail. We picked up a handful of branches off the side of our road on our walk back home last night. We will have to do that again tomorrow so we can sit out at the fire with our margaritas this weekend! We wish you all were close so you could enjoy our margaritas and fire with us!

We miss you!
jessica