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Hello again :)

No. 1 comment to make....I LOVE that it is autumn now & that I can decorate for it! I love this time of year!

We've been busy the past couple weeks! Matthew had his 25th Birthday on the 20th. I took off work to spend time with him b/c I've been working Saturdays since August. I took them on at 1st to make sure I was getting enough hours at Dreams....but now I'm overloaded with hours and I need a bit of a break - like a real weekend! So I worked Sept. out with a co-worker and as of the end of this month, I will only rarely work Saturdays to help out here and there.

So, we relaxed all that weekend & just spent time being together. As part of Matthew's gift, we bought concert tickets for the Matt Nathanson show in Indy on the 28th. We had lunch and spent the day in the city with his mom, john, and nate - afterwards we went to our friend, jenny's, place and then to the show. It was good to hang out with some of the family & to see jenny. We got home laaaaate and Mattie took the whole day off Monday to re-coup and get some stuff done. I had to work, but not too early or anything.

We still haven't decided what to do about our half of a tree. Does anyone know anything about "treating" a tree to help it grow again? Is it even worth it with a bradford pear tree ?

We will be spending the next couple weeks visiting with out of town family & friends (harvest homecoming is coming up) who will be in and out of town. We will also be getting the house in shape for sort of an open house/family gathering here. Its going to be kind of different b/c of this having been my Nenaw's home before us...I haven't been really feeling the whole biiiig housewarming party thing...its just too, I dunno, strange feeling? Or maybe it feels like it would be too hard for my mom and uncles. Maybe I'm so uncomfortable with the idea b/c it would be too hard for me too? I guess her being gone still feels just so recent. The last time we were all here together...it was to clean out her things. blah. Anyway...So, we are doing the open house more like a "this is what we're doing with the place" for the Smith side of our family. All are welcome, of course, it just won't be like your traditional housewarming party.



Ok...so this is long enough. Once we get some decorating done, I'll post more photos!

Peace, Jess