Tough Mudder by Morning, Gaylord by Night

October 21

Dining Room Table

Preparation for Andy's Tough Mudder race tomorrow. What is the best trail mix ingredient? Most would say M&M's, hands down. They would all be wrong. It's Oatmeal Squares cereal.

October 22

Wintergreen, VA

Apparently this is what it means to be a Tough Mudder (pictures!). I preferred to remain a Tough Spectator. (Yes, I had to sign a death waiver to watch.)

October 23

The Potomac

Our annual visit to the Gaylord (pictures!). At least we rode the ferry to Alexandria this time. That's my pops and me all cool in the wind and sun.

October 24

Dining Room Table

Oma brought us some Kinder eggs back from Germany. Andy's had this carpenter grandpa elephant (he's wearing a bow tie and reading glasses). Mine had a drawing with hidden sea creatures and a secret decoder to see them with. How apropos.

October 25

Bed

The summer to winter change out. It's sad to put all these pretty fabrics under my bed, but it always feels like shopping when it's time to get them back out.

October 26

Carytown Parking Lot

One thing I love about "after work" is still seeing the sun in the sky, even if it is low and about to disappear.

October 27

Kitchen Counter

We keep getting squashes from our CSA so I finally used them all at the same time and made a pretty good squash soup. Yay fall time!

October 28

Sunroom

Whit and Andy getting our new wood stove, Jody (pronounced Yody), all ready for use. Good thing, too, because this morning it was 33 degrees and tonight it's supposed to be 29.

October 29

Whiskey Bar

So I am most ashamed at my lack of preparation for Halloween this year, and last for that matter. Anyway, this is what I came up with in 20 minutes. At least they are real firefighter suspender pants and at least I have a good ready-to-put-out-a-fire face.