my feet hurt

I went to a concert last night which required me to stand on a concrete floor for 3 hours. The concert was terrific and I wasn't concerned about the amount of standing until about 12:30 pm today because I had been standing at work for another 5 hours. Now my feet, ankles and calf muscles ache. On a positive note, I made lots of delicious goodies for private school kids today including lemon bars, chocolate chip cookies, french toast bread, hamburger buns, focaccia bread and biscuits. It was a busy day and now I'm sitting at home with my feet up watching NCIS with Michele. I'm feeling slightly better by the minute...

sweet treat

Yummy, right? Cinnamon pecan pancakes. Fancy sour cream sauce. Fresh fruit. Warm maple syrup (not pictured). Caramelized fruit in a reduction sauce. Delicious chicken sausages (also not pictured). Jacob made me breakfast yesterday! It was an awesome treat and he created all of it without looking at a single recipe. What a man! Techie, musician, wood craftsman, chef, mechanic, decorator and connoisseur of many things. I'm a lucky woman!

Bigfoot

Its okay. No need to adjust your screen resolution or glasses prescription. Take a close look. Just what is this picture of? Some sort of optical illusion? Okay, okay I'll tell you. Its my tiny, delicate foot in Jacob's large and in charge flip flop. My foot is swallowed by his shoe like a child's in a "normal" size adult shoe. Half of my foot fills the toe section of this shoe. It amazes me every time I slip it on my foot. That's one big foot... well technically two big feet.

Update: it is raining outside again and our road is flooding. I went to the dentist this morning to have two cavities filled, I got drenched in the process and now my face has been numb since 9 am preventing me from eating anything. On the upside, I'm off work today and am home watching Gilmore Girls. Copper Boom!

sports opera

I love the fall. I love the weather. I love dressing for fall weather. I love pumpkins and seasonal foods. I love the smells associated with the fall: cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice, roasted turkey and baked apple. I love fall foliage and fall festivals. Its a wonderful time of year. I suppose another reason to love the fall is college football. I'm not an avid football fan meaning that I haven't memorized any team rosters. But I do enjoy the spirit of college football. I like the idea of family and friends gathering on Saturdays to cheer on their teams and either grieve or rejoice with them. And I also enjoy the sounds of football. There's something familiar and comforting about the sound of college football playing lightly on the television on a Saturday afternoon.

People love football. I'm amazed by how much people know about athletes both in their professional and personal lives. I have thought for years that the world of sports is very much the equivalent to soap operas for sports fans. When I was a little girl, my mom and her mom would talk about soap stars as if they were their friends and as if the events on the show were actual reality. Hearing people talk about athletes and sports teams often feels similar to that. Sometimes I wish I knew more about the sports opera. As I type this I am watching "First Take" on ESPN. I'm challenging myself to follow college football more closely this fall. I have cable and internet this year so I have more advantages than the last couple of years. I can do it and I am excited about it. My roots make me a Tennessee Volunteer fan, but this weekend I have been invited to a Georgia Bulldog game and I think I'm going to go. This is a break through. The Bulldogs aren't playing the Vols so I think its okay that I cheer for the Dawgs. GO DAWGS!?

black bear

The bears are alive. They are alive and viciously devouring candy at SharpTop Cove. This picture shows the remains of a package that was delivered by FedEx and left on the front porch of the office. Apparently it had some chocolate candy inside which enticed the bear and caused him to destroy the package. Nice work, Bear. I hope it was dark chocolate full of antioxidants that your body craves.