beautiful fall days, and I am inside doing homework

The past few weeks have been beautiful.  The leaves are breathe taking this year, and it has begun to get chilly.  Have been busy to the max with work, college and helping with an after school program. I am finishing up my last papers today for my class on Saturday.  This will be my last class until Jan. 3, it is also the 5th of 10 classes -  I am half way there!  I am so excited to finally have some breathing room.   

Steve has been busy helping at Tritts so Daniel can spend time with Eli.  Steve is also getting really close to finishing up his private pilots license.  He may even be done by the end of the week.

We are planning to attend the King Tut exhibit and the First Emperor exhibit at the High this week.

Fall in Frogtown

This should be the view from our deck, if we ever get around to building our house.

We drove up to Lake Burton a few Sunday's ago for lunch by the lake.

...more fall trees in Frogtown.

Happy Halloween

We spend Halloween with Steve's parents.  Steve cooked coconut shrimp, snook and hand cut fries.  The only trick or treater that came by was Cameron.  He was the cutest little monster ever.

He is almost 11 weeks old.

Coconut shrimp and Chef Steve with all his implements of destruction.

Collage of our past few years. 

 I cut this out for my coffee mug. Photos to come.

The "Little Monster" and his mommy.

The little guy got hot, so we had to unzip the costume and take his hat off.

"Little Monster"

Where is my candy?  I am here for the loot.

Even monster need beauty sleep.

Tina and Cary's Fall Festival

The huge crab, in proportion with humans

Tina and I 

Crab leg shells

Giant, enormous, huge king crab legs

The "outhouse"

I must say that I enjoyed all the reading materials posted on the walls, the heater, germ-x and even the candle after dark.

Our Bialetti - the reason to wake up in the morning

We have been allowing our Krups to have a little rest.  Our most recent coffee of choice is Cafe Bustelo made by our Bialetti. We are still using the Krups to steam and froth the milk for my cap-lats.  

On another note. . .

This weekend is Gold Rush and it is hard to believe that it has been a year since we tried to let Buddy go.  We loved Buddy, he was such a good little guy!

I do not have class this weekend because the prof. has GA season tickets and Saturday is homecoming.  I have class next weekend and have a ton of work to do before then.  

Yikes! I really like to play and not do school work.  I keep telling myself that I can do anything for a year.

Fall Break 2008, St. Simons, GA

POST IN PROGRESS!

Wow! Gas was $2.79.  That was a nice contrast to the $4.00+ a few weeks ago and the $3.39 at home when we left.

I wanted our rope to be pretty like the rope on the Hatteras across from us, so I coiled it.

At least our rope is more colorful.

Steve just says that my OCD is kicking in more than normal.

For dinner we at 

Steve and Mary had breakfast at Burger King and I went next door to Starbucks.

Mary, just after a brief rain.

I caught a red fish and Steve did not!

Steve eating his bucket of "shuck'em yourself oysters at the Oyster Shak in Brunswick.

It was really good.  I would recommend it to anyone in the area.  See a menu here.

Kelly & Steve

Mary and Kelly

Mary and Steve in front of the Jekyll pier.

Jekyll

Kelly on a tree at Jekyll

Steve & Kelly at the St. Simons pier

A shrimp boat in front of the St. Simons Pier.

Mary on the boat.

We had dinner at The Crab Trap. 

This place is a staple on our St. Simons trips. We have to eat there at least one. Sorry we took no pictures.  

A really pretty tree

Steve taking the boat to the lift.

Steve doing the final tie downs of the boat, before we head home.

St. Simons Boat and Fishing Club - Where we leave the boat.

Stone Crab claws

Our shrimp!  Will we have boiled shrimp or hot shrimp? Hummmm, I don't know.