Food

Dinner was great. I didnt go for the take away I kinda fancied instead we had roast butternut squash (tossed in olive oil, salt, pepper chili flakes), boneless pork chop and green tomato salad. Mmm.... The red wine the Parents left behind went very well with this dinner. Happy its Friday. While I love having guests I love having time to do absolutely nothing.

Packages

Spent 35 min at the post office today. US Postal service is nowhere near as nice as Royal Mail but on a positive they open at 8 and are next to work. I saw enough to understand why the staff are a bit grumpy, people are quite stupid. I was nice and polite though and filled out all forms and taped boxes shut.

There were two boys who were in with their dad and they were eyeing my stack of parcels with interest, another reason to send more letters and packages, inside we are all still 5 years old.

October

October is starting off great:

Friday: G visiting NY on her way to Mexico so we had time for some sightseeing and dinner. Her 13 year old nephew taught me a new 'Swede' story. Very sweet.

Saturday: Pumpkin picking and carving! Love the orange.

Sunday: C and boyfriend is in NY so we are meeting for drinks and a show.

Its a good thing I have to work Mon-Fri so I get some time to relax. No more guests for the remainder of Oct but P is coming in early Dec - all confirmed!

Visits

September has been fab but busy. I now have a cold as a consequence. But also have some great memories and photos.

We loved Washington so that one is a keeper.

We also found a new restaurant in NYC (new to us) which we loved - also a keeper.

And finally realized we have a fab beach just around the corner - keeper.

Green tomatoes

Got 2 lb of green tomatoes today in the veggie box. What do I do with them? I have no idea. Am thinking chutney. Tips welcome.

Also got collard greens. No idea what to do with that so am giving it away.

Painful

Trying to work out the UK tax return. Normally easy peasy. I had completed it, I thought, and sent it in only to receive it back with an obscure note asking for more info. Trying to decipher the note and decipher the form and decipher the help pages for the form. I am very tempted to just pay someone to do it for me.

Team Michelle

At last its autumn! Finally finally finally!

Not only do we get to stay in and admire the rain wet street and the leaves on the road. But also I get to see Strictly!

And I finally get to read updates on my favorite blog. Bliss.