more matter | less art

No updates for awhile. With as many different electronic communications tools as I use, it gets difficult deciding what goes where. Facebook is my tool of choice, simply because it’s quick and easy. I have a Twitter account, but I still haven’t figured out the big deal about that one. Then there’s the blog. I honestly like blogging the best, but it’s so much less interactive than fb that it hardly seems worth it to… talk to myself. I know people read this, but responses are a rare thing (I am just as guilty – I almost never comment on someone’s blog). When I post something on fb, I can have several responses within half an hour.

Alas.

As it turns out, it is not true that a pumpkin won’t rot on you as long as you don’t cut it. My poor pumpkin slowly deflated into a sad little tilt, and frankly, it was just way too gross to carve. Chad went to several different stores to try to find a replacement on Halloween, but our side of town was picked clean. Alas, no pumpkin for me this year.

I’m not sure why I opened with that. I don’t even have pictures yet of the two pumpkins we did get to carve. I need to do that soon, because these cut up pumpkins will most definitely rot in the near future.

I do have pictures of Asher in his super cute Elmo costume, though:

And his first ever Halloween loot!

That candy was actually from G.H.O.S.T., the trick or treating event put on by Austin Peay. We took him out on Halloween as well and said hi to several of our neighbors. It was a really fun evening, and even though Asher is of course too young to remember it, I’ll cherish the memory.

Pumpkins!

Headed to the patch

The Boyd Residence

Chad’s a goofball :p

But he’s a handsome one

The three of us

Chillin’ in the backpack

A pumpkin in the patch!

Oh hi

Rockstar hair

Too cool for school

Mommy and Asher

Daddy and Asher

Did I mention how handsome he is?

About to head into the corn maze

We made it out – only took 40 minutes!

Hey, it was BIG

We picked out three pumpkins that I didn’t get pics of yet. Hopefully I’ll post our carving adventure soon!

This afternoon we are headed to the Pumpkin Patch!

I’m thoroughly excited. This was somewhat of a tradition in my own childhood, and one that I consider worth passing on. At this stage of the game I’m not all about the high-energy patches that come complete with zoos and shows and hayrides – not because I’m against those things, but because Asher would not be super interested yet, and he would likely get scared (not to mention all of those exhibits tend to equal extra cost… I’ll gladly pay for something Asher will love, but not something that could very well make him wail in terror!). I just want to walk around a corn maze at my own pace and then pick out three perfect pumpkins to carve at home.

We’ve decided to go to Boyd’s this year. It’s relatively close, and it’s simple yet entertaining. Perhaps next year (or maybe the year after) we will go to a place like RiverView Mounds or Patterson Place Farm, but this year it’s Boyd’s.

Pictures to come!

UPS dropped off Asher’s super-mini backpack. It only took, oh, a month and six phone calls. Hooray squeaky wheel!

Thank you sunshine, for returning to my world.

I realize you were here yesterday, but my team was being beaten 59-0 and I just couldn’t enjoy you – but now you’re back! Hooray!

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I really don’t do well with long stretches of blah. It gets me down. Sunshine is just so beautiful that it’s really hard to stay in a funk when it streams through your windows and casts its glow on everything in the house. Love love love it.

I’ve been procrastinating on some things this past week, so it’s time to get snapping. Laundry, here I come.

For the past two days it has been cold and wet. Solid gray sky, occasional drizzle. Damp, heavy, gloomy.

It’s starting to rub off. I seriously need some sun.

The SocialVibe widget is up and working again over in the right-hand column. Just click the box, and then answer the question on the page that comes up (“What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?”). No personal info required. Voila! Our sponsor, the CBS show “Three Rivers,” donates money to the Children’s Miracle Network, which raises funds for children’s hospitals. It’s worth a click! (or two, or three…)

This morning has been quite productive. I finally called and scheduled a dentist appointment for Asher with Dr. B, a local pediatric specialist who works with special needs children. They can’t see him until February because of how they schedule patients (they take one day a month and dedicate it to SN kids – they schedule fewer appointments to allow more time with each child, which I like), but we’re on a quick-call list in case something opens up. I know I’m past due on this, but it’s a miracle that I even took the initiative to schedule it with everything else we have to juggle on a weekly basis.

Then I called Dr. S’s office and scheduled Asher’s 18-month well child checkup, which will be next month. Again, I’m running about two months behind on this one, but at least we’re getting it in.

Finally, I called Vanderbilt’s pediatric neurology department to request prior authorization for one of Asher’s prescriptions (Keppra). The pharmacy has told us twice now that they would call and get it, and both times we’ve come back in the next month and it still hasn’t been done. I do like our pharmacy in general, but dealing with monthly meds and various insurance companies with frequently changing policies can be a hassle.

So, all of this before 10:00AM. I’m rather pleased with myself as I hate talking on the phone. Now it’s time to enjoy the rest of my OJ.