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I must be getting lazy. Why bother forming actual paragraphs anymore?

- On the drive home from Boston last Tuesday, I turned on FNX and heard a song I really liked. I said to Dave "I really like this song." and he said he did too. A few days later I bought the album. After listening to it in the car on Saturday, I said to Dave "I really like this album." and he said he did too. Dave and I started dating in 1999. It's taken 10 years, but we've finally found a group we both like. Have I mentioned how incompatible we are, musically speaking? If you're interested, here's a link to the song:

Also, "Dave and Jenn" now have a "Matt and Kim" clause in our marriage because they're so freaking cute.

- Henry has Cold Number Three of the season. He's handling it well.

- Holly's having trouble napping today due to an overstuffed nose thanks to an over-dry house thanks to the heat being on thanks to the unseasonably cold weather. Flash barking at the UPS guy didn't help.

- I'm eating homemade waffle cookies that Dave's mom sent to me for my birthday. I am very happy, despite the sick 4 year old and the non-napping baby.

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- I'm getting my seasonal flu shot in an hour. Having kids has hardened me against my dislike of needles because I was poked with them so many times over the course of both pregnancies. Having said that, I've realized that while I don't mind having blood taken out of my body, having stuff pumped in totally gives me the heebie-jeebies.

- Yesterday it snowed. I thought it was pretty awesome. To celebrate, I lit our fireplace candles and vacuumed. Sounds sort of pagan, doesn't it?

- We went to Boston this past weekend. For our birthdays, my parents sent us out to lunch with a fistful of cold hard cash. We went to the Summer Shack and shared: pumpkin/lobster bisque, king crab, lobster roll, and an apple tart. Then we died and went to heaven. The king crab was the most amazing thing I've ever had. Now I get what all the fuss is about.

- In a nod to tradition, we went apple picking in Stow. We arrived back in the 'burg late Tuesday, so we've been home approximately two and a half days. We're already halfway through a second batch of apple crisp. This morning while pulling out the box of mini-wheats (frosted, of course) from our cabinet, I found our bag of brown sugar cowering in a corner. It *should* be afraid.

- Not much planned for this weekend except for a birthday party, which is totally how one's calendar should look: empty except for the promise of cake in the near future.

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I haven't updated lately mainly because I've had a tension headache since last Wednesday that just won't quit, so my eyes aren't particularly fond of the computer screen. Other than that, things have been great around here. Henry's in full-on Halloween mode and talks about it non-stop, Holly's busy doing her eat-sleep-poop thing, Dave hasn't been getting enough sleep, and I've been making pumpkin pies, birthday cakes, and these totally awesome pumpkin squares (also good with walnuts) because it keeps me sane and happy.

Saturday was one of those days that other days wish they could live up to. After getting Holly down for her mid-morning nap, Henry and I headed out into the wilds of the 'burg to burn off some of the Cocoa Puff's-induced energy that was coursing through a certain someone's four-year-old body. We spent about an hour and a half playing at the park with some friends we had the good fortune to run into, then we headed to the shopping district to first stop by the bank, and second stop by the toy shop, which, if your a kid, is definitely the ideal order for those two events to take place in. After a quick stop at the yarn shop, we headed for home and lunch. Since the weather was absolutely gorgeous, we decided to head out to the University's football game, the first one we've been to this season. (We really wanted to go last week because the Hawthorne Caballeros Alumni Corps was playing a pre-game and half-time show, but the timing didn't work out and the weather was lousy. We'll just have to wait until next year's Cavalcade of Champions to see them again. *sob*) A lot of popcorn and ice cream was consumed while we watched our team actually win. We stumbled home bleary-eyed but happy. After that, Dave grilled, we ate, got the kids in bed early, then we settled down on the couch with a DVD of The Big Bang Theory.

It was really nice to just go with the flow as opposed to rushing around, trying to get through a whole list of activities/chores. So nice, in fact, we did it again on Sunday. We need to make sure that we have more days like that. It's too easy to get mired down in trying to do things you think you need to do.

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