Highlights and Happenings in October: One Sentence a Day

 We had a lovely October and I'm kind of surprised by how fast the whole month just flew right by! 

1. I spent my morning working on scrapbooking and then my husband, Evan, and I headed out hiking just before lunch; trying out a new trail (that met up with a few old favorite trails!) and ended my day grocery shopping.

I really only needed my cardigan in the early morning

2. Monday was another beautiful day so after working out and tackling Evan's schoolwork we headed out on another hike.

3. We planned a tiny little "to do" for my husband's birthday (on a night all the boys would be home) so I spent my day cleaning, prepping some crock pot lasagna, and buying an ice cream cake (I still don't have an oven!).

4. Evan, Alec, and I got up early to drive Alec to Johnson & Wales so he could shadow in the bakery department for the morning while Evan and I headed to Roger Williams zoo-- we had to leave the house at 5:40 and drop Alec off by 7 so Evan and I went to a diner for breakfast, then walked around Roger Williams Park for an hour and a half or so waiting for the zoo to open up. After 2 hours at the zoo we decided to drive over to the mall for 11 when it finally opened up and walked the whole 3 floors window shopping before finally deciding to just head back to the college and hang out on campus. It was a beautiful day and Alec had an amazing time- finishing up with a lunch with several department heads and teachers. 

5.  I was so thankful to have nothing planned for the day and after tackling school with Evan, I settled in to read my book! 

6. It rained so our hike was canceled again this Friday but Ian did take (and pass!) his CDL class and is so happy to have that behind him. 

7. With Alec and my husband off at work the rest of us huddled inside on yet another rainy day then we all ended our night taking Ian out to dinner to celebrate his new license (where I completely forgot to take a single photo). 

8. Ian took advantage of the sunny Sunday to take out the jet ski and get it winterized which found me driving his truck and jet ski trailer so he could drive the jet ski to the boat launch (thankfully I just have to drive it straight over and he takes care of all the backing up and whatnot when we arrives at the dock). Evan and I headed out hiking after lunch; it was a beautiful day!

9. The holiday Monday found me getting up and ready same time as usual to go meet my mom at Curves and then I spent my afternoon packing my suitcase and working on a new card (really I made 2 but ended up throwing part of the first card away and remaking it). 

I love how this background turned out; I started with a sheet of plain black paper!

10. I spent my morning at the gym before helping Evan with some schoolwork and then Evan and I went for a short hike before lunch. 

11. I went to the gym, ate breakfast and then Evan convinced me to go hiking; not that it took much convincing! 

12. My mom picked Evan and I up at 7:30 for our flights, we had an uneventful travel day and then met up with my sisters and their families at Uncle Louie's for pizza. 

My travel outfit

13. After a quick breakfast at the condo we went walking on the beach then did a quick grocery shop before meeting up with my sister for another walk.  We had the family over for burgers from P.T.'s.

14. We headed out to the art museum before having lunch at the Sweet and Savory Cafe then headed to my aunt's house for a family party.  

15. Enjoyed our last beautiful sunrise then headed to brunch with just my mother and my sisters.  We spent our afternoon along the waterfront before spending our last night in the area at my aunt's house eating leftovers.

Gelato from Gelarto's along the waterfront.

16. We were up before the sun for our flights home and I was so happy to arrive home in the afternoon. 

cool metal sculpture in the Wilmington airport

17. Went grocery shopping first thing then Evan and I headed out hiking at Bigelow. I spent the rest of my day running errands and doing laundry. 

18. My mom and I went to workout and then Evan and I worked on his schooling; extracting one of his own DNA strands for science. 

And yes, without a strong microscope a strand of DNA is oddly globby and slimy looking. 

19. After a quick morning of schoolwork, Evan and I headed out to hike at Mashamoquet. It was a beautiful day! 

20. I did make it to the gym with my mom and finished up school with Evan but then I took it easy for the rest of the day since I was fighting  off a head cold. 

Alec had made some lemon panna cotta for his SCAP (Senior Culinary Arts Project) and I paired it with some fresh berries for a delicious snack

21 I spent most of the day in bed trying to rest and sleep off my cold- I mostly watched movies and worked on the blog. 

22. Another day spent mostly watching TV and movies-- starting to feel better.

23.  While I still wasn't feeling 100% my mom and I went to the gym, I went grocery shopping, worked on school with Evan and then we headed out to walk around Roseland park.  Ian was home sick though.

Roseland park:

Walking up the road to get the mail:

Weirdly now that all my plants are dying; the hydrangeas decided to start blooming...  

24. I ran to the library and the store with Evan after his schoolwork was done and then spent the rest of the day cleaning the whole upstairs. 

25. I had to drop my car off to FINALLY get retrofitted with some missing features that were supposed to come with the car when we bought it. I then headed to the gym with my mom and then dropped Alec off at his friend's house so he could head out shopping with a few friends for the day (and I'd have his car to use!).  I even took Evan out for a mini driving lesson. 

26. After a quick morning of school, Evan and I headed out hiking and then I spent my afternoon cleaning the downstairs.

27. After a workout with my mom at Curves and helping Evan with some math, both him and I headed out to lead a hike for our hiking group.  We walked for nearly 2 hours; it was cloudy but so warm out!  Alec headed out to housesit for my mother in law for the weekend but stopped by the house later so I could get a photo of him all ready for the Homecoming dance. 

More leaves are on the ground and in the water than on the trees now.

28. I finally broke down and went stove shopping with my husband; we picked out a double oven that will be delivered on Thursday.  Then we went to Home Depot and BJ's before calling it a day. I managed to complete 11 scrapbook pages before lunch (they only needed titles/ embellishments).

29. We spent the rainy Sunday working on the boys leaky tub faucet; it turned into such a bigger job than I had thought!  Alec went to a Halloween party at work. 

30. My mom and I met at the gym, I worked on school with Evan, and then I spent the rainy day watching TV and getting all the photos from the year organized and labeled. I ended my afternoon playing cards with Ian and my mother in law. 

31. Evan and I headed out hiking as soon as he finished school; we went to Edwin Way Teale memorial sanctuary- it was a bit chilly but we still hiked for nearly an hour. 

Alec got to wear his Halloween costume to school

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