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yet another busy busy weekend. on friday (halloween), we had our living room and hallway floors redone. see below for the before and after…

the people did a great job and we are tickled pink with the results. i think bacon and turco miss having soft spots everywhere to lie down – they have bee keeping to their beds in the living room as a result. lazy dogs.

while the floor was being laid, we headed out and voted. there was no line so we were in and out pretty quick. kind of like my mom, i don’t feel like i really voted “for” the candidate i selected in the booth, it was more that i was voting against the other.

jeromy and i bought like 4 or 5 bags of candy in preparation for trick-or-treaters. at the last minute, we even threw up some spider web stuff. nina, sarge, and neo all came over and we watched the stars game and played rock band. as for the trick-or-treaters… i think the doorbell rang all of four times. one of those times was jeromy’s family that came by before they headed on to irving. kaitlyn (niece) was a devil, ethan (nephew) was the emperor of evil, and joshua (nephew) was a pirate. stephanie and susan joined in on the fun and were scary monster things.

on saturday, we had our carpet power stretched, since all of the remaining rooms with carpet had bubbles in them. they guy was super nice and the carpet looks better now. i went to a baby shower that afternoon – it was sweet to see all the baby stuff. the shower was for my former-coworker’s daughter, jennifer. i’ve know their family for a long time now and it’s such a blessing to see all the great milestones that they are hitting. after the shower, jeromy and i spent a little bit of time with his family. then – i found out my cousin, kristina, who i don’t get to see often, was in town, so jeromy and i met up with her and her fiance, thomas. it was great to meet him (seems like a great guy – i’m happy for her) and spend time with her. they are getting married next october in austin, so that’s cool.

today, jeromy woke up with a sore throat, so that prevented church attendance. i’ve been home taking advantage of the down time and got out a set of engagements. i’m so behind on all of my photo work – i really need to focus and get weddings and e-sessions done.

anyhoo, it’s been quite the exciting couple of days. i’m looking forward to a prodcutive november and am excited that thanksgiving and christmas are around the corner!