Visitors

This past weekend our friends, the Fly family, stayed with us. It was very cute to see Addie playing with Auburn & Jasmine. And I was glad that Jasmine was fairly well behaved! We met up for dinner with the Needham family after we check out their new house. Had a nice dinner at the Mexican restaurant. The next morning we had breakfast at the Egg & I with James' old college roommate and his wife. Had a great weekend visiting with everyone!

Pansies

We were both off one day last week, so we went to a nursery to pick up some pansies. We ended up with orange/blue and orange/white color combinations for our front planters in support of our football teams. Then I have some dark red ones for the planters on our back deck. Just a few snapdragons for the large planters sitting on our deck. All the extra flowers will be planted in the yard, hopefully not to be eaten by the deer.

Moss Rock Festival

Saturday we attended the Moss Rock festival which had artists and eco-ideas. It was a chilly but a beautiful day. We parked at the Regions Met and road one of the buses over to the event. Been a long time since either of us had been on a bus! Stopped by to say hello to my stepdad's former wife. She and her husband had a tent on the artist side. Had to walk the event twice to be sure we caught everything. There was pottery, photography, painting, jewelry and so much more. Even saw the electric Tesla Rooster car - very cool. I ended up purchasing a pair of wooden earrings that were painted. Very cute and different. I can't wait to wear them! We had a great time and I look forward to going back again.

Book Signing

I knew Condoleezza's book was coming out in October. I had been talking about wanting to purchase it and was considering waiting to put it on my Christmas wish list. I had even told friends and coworkers it would be neat it she did a book signing in Bham. One day I ran to Moe's for lunch and while waiting in line I picked up the Black & White newspaper. While reading through it and eating lunch, there is was . . . info about her book signing!!! I knew I had to be there. So I called and got more info and went to get the book. I left work early Thursday so I could get in line for a ticket number. After an hours wait, I was able to get a ticket. Then on Friday afternoon, I attended her book signing of Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family. I was ticket number 3! This was so exciting!

Chirp

We love the show Modern Family! This week's episode "Chirp" was about the character Phil trying to replace dead batteries in the smoke detectors and the sound getting to him. So you constantly heard these things chirp. At the family reunion the smoke detector in our room was chirping. I didn't notice until I was ready to go to bed. I went down to tell my husband who was up playing poker with others. Some how my request got lost in translation. He thought it was a statement where I thought I was asking for him to fix. Needless to say, at about 2:30 am I awoke to Ben & my husband trying to remove the smoke detector! I understand all to well about that chirping noise getting to you!!!

Shops at Grand River

Sunday afternoon we headed over to Leeds to check out the new outlet store. It was crazy due to grand opening events, but is was a beautiful day to be walking around outside. Looking forward to going back for great deals.

Deer Playing

Early Saturday morning my husband saw deer playing in our back yard! I wish I had been able to see them.