It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas....

Since the Thanksgiving holiday, Shane has been on vacation, I've been travelling for work (with two more trips coming up this week), and Macabean has been, well, sleeping :)

We've also started getting into the Christmas spirit around the apartment. Most of our Christmas shopping has been done, wrapped, and snuggled under the tree, our tree and wreaths are up, and the Christmas cards are almost in the mail! And... a little eggnog has been enjoyed!
We hope you are all having a warm, safe, and peaceful holiday season....

Macabean not impressed that we wanted him to be included in the Christmas picture :)

Happy Thanksgiving & A Very Merry Black Friday

We are enjoying the holiday weekend with Shane's family (Mom & Dad Chapman, Todd & Roxann)and seeing some friends in the area too. So far it's been lovely just lounging about, eating yummy food, and being thankful for all that we have!

We ladies have a battle plan and are partaking in Black Friday Madness!

Till later.... much love!

2,000 Days...

As of November 12, we have been married for 2,000 days.

Before you think we've lost it, I am active on a website for newlyweds and old married couples and when I log in it tells me how many days since our wedding.

We used the occasion as an excuse for dinner at Outback :)

Happy Birthday to Erika!

I turned 30 on November 5th. Thanks to Shane and my amazing friends and family, I had the best 30th birthday that a girl could ask for!!!

Following a work trip to Baltimore early in the week, Shane and I travelled north to Chicago to meet up with friends for the Gavin Rossdale concert benifiting the Lukemia&Lymphoma Foundation at the House of Blues. I've been a fan since, well, I've been a fan for a long time... and it was a truly great show. The venue is so intimate and relaxed. It was wonderful! Then we wandered around downtown Chicago for a bit before going back to the hotel for a little sleep.



Friday, was Colleen's birthday and so we went to the Structural Objects and Functional Art or SOFA show at Navy Pier. It was a good show with good friends!



Then Saturday, we celebrated with a yummy dinner at Bucca di Beppo and an after party complete with Rock Band!!!

I'm so blessed!!!

Happy November!

While October was a wonderful month, November is my favorite!!! Not only is it my birthday month but it's Thanksgiving!, Black Friday!, and even more pumpkin goodness!!!

This week I'll be in Baltimore for work for a few days then we are meeting friends in Chicago to celebrate my birthday and that of our friend Colleen before coming back to Indy for more celebrating.

So, until then, enjoy the leftover Halloween candy and have a great week! Happy November!

Another Beautiful Orchard

Yesterday, we visited another Indianapolis area orchard, Tuttle's. It was entirely too cold for this time of year or for pumpkin and apple picking but we had a really good time and found some beautiful pumpkins and tasty apples!

This week I finished my first sweater (pictures to come) and Shane had a good little visit with our friend Greg while in Btown overnight for work. So far, we are healthy and have avoided the dreaded H1N1 but bought some extra orange juice and pulled out the hand sanitizer to help in our efforts to stay healthy.

On to a few pictures from our outing.







.... and Macabean has been sleeping :)

A Little Behind...

So I'm a little behind in posting. We've been enjoying all things fall!

Two weekends ago my Mom and I participated in the Terre Haute "Celebrate Fiber" fiber fair (knitting, spinning, crochet, yarn, wool, etc for all the non-fiber folks out there). We enjoyed a nice relaxing day together and Shane and Macabean also enjoyed the day by catching up on video games and movies. Well, maybe just Shane, Bean was too busy catching up on sleep. Oh, the life of a cat!?!

This coming weekend I'm hoping we can make it to another orchard to pick up pumpkins!!! Despite the pumpkin candles, red tablecloth, and cooler air in our apartment it feels a little naked around here without a pumpkin or two :)

Here are a few pictures from mom and my fiber adventures.