Shake It Out!

Oh my! Today is the last day of October! The month really has flown on by and all I have to show for it was a wicked feastage for Emma's birthday and a bloody sore back! I spent all last week in loads of pain but this week I am slowly fighting back and shaking it out! Or well.. at least trying to! 

Stuffing my back like this with just over a month until Pinko comes to stay isn't really the brightest of moves but in saying that.. I have never been known to be bright and once Pinko is here, I think she will do enough falling for the both of us.. err sorry I mean random gravity checks. Which will hopefully mean I will have a pretty pain free winter.. that would be nice. Not that I stuffed my back from falling over this time.. it decided to throw itself out for no good reason. Old age perhaps? 

Today's google doodle was pretty awesome and started off my day rather well.

I sometimes wish that I lived in America for Halloween.. I know Em and I would go all out and have the best place on the block! There is just so much stuffs! At prices that don't fully break the bank also lol 

All we have here, is this 8-bit pumpkin lantern that we picked up the last time we were there..

It looks pretty wicked in the window when its all blinky blink! But that really is the extent of Halloween in these parts for us.. sad but true. Maybe one year Em and I will head over to American for the Halloween reason and enjoy lots of... everything! It is.. after all..  the time when they have pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks and Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins..

 ..which in my opinion have the better ratio of peanut butter to chocolate than their cups.. the christmas trees are pretty good too.. but I prefer the pumpkin for at least pumpkins sake! Coz really.. pumpkins are as cool as ducks! Speaking of, Gregory is still in the books. I guess it's too cold to move! Lazy duck.

Not only has the time changed.. its so dark already! and the weather has gotten much colder! We had our first bit of snow fall on the weekend.. a tiny bit but it was there all the same. Feels too damn early for such shenanigans! The snow hasn't been back but the cold temps have been.. we got to -5! I even had to break out my winter jacket and boots.. and now I am sporting a lovely blister. Damn seasonal shoes that you have to break in each time. I must admit, with the crisp cold weather come some beautiful bright days and some very lovely views around the place.. especially from my kitchen window. I spend many a hour standing there just gazing out.. usually while drinking a tea or coffee, it will be something I will greatly miss when we eventually leave this place.

November will be another slow month.. but December will be lots of adventures, photos and funny stories! With Pinko here and it being Christmas there will be lots to report.. after all we do have a Berlin/Stockholm trip coming up! Epic! Of course with it being Christmas.. that means the Elf Jumper shall get broken out! [YouTube clip] oh you know you just can't get enough of these darling elves! Especially the dancing!

Well that is about as long as I can sit in this bloody computer chair.. damn back.. makes me all grumbly!