Tricks and treats.

Hanna Lu spent her first Halloween at home with her daddy, recuperating from her cold which is still hanging around.

We had some time dressing up as the crazy monkey that she is and then hopefully she'll get some solid rest tonight and be on the road to an even more solid recovery.

Happy Halloween folks!

xoxo, natty ♥

Another weeknight dish.

Macaroni and cheese!

And a happy Halloween to you!
xoxo, natty ♥

An all time favorite movie.

Ghostbusters.

I also love Ghostbusters II and both were on the tube today.

Are you gearing up for Halloween too?

With my commute and teaching I haven't gotten our place too spooky but we did do our pumpkin last week and we will do another this week too.

xoxo, natty♥

Continuing the theme.

Tonight's autumnal adventure? 

There's one tooth lurking in the orange-y grin.

Pumpkin carving with friends.

We went with what I like to call "The Classic".

Now how to keep this guy good for a few days?

Have a great start to your work week!
xoxo, natty ♥

Forest.

We went to a haunted forest tonight. And boy did I get scared! {it was the men with chainsaws}.

But we had some good {nervous} laughs and a nice time out in the country with friends.

And the proceeds go towards an outdoor education program and I adore outdoor education.

Have you been scared yet this Halloween season?

xoxo, natty ❤

Wearing my orange sweater!

xoxo, natty ♥

Gourds.

We had a party!

We carved!

Everybody won!

xoxo, natty ♥

Craft Happy.

Somehow it's gotten to be late in the evening, especially for a Monday, so let's get this love-fest on the road!

The ghost of two-months-past.

1} There was no work today so I got in a bunch of errands and straightening up; simple pleasures!
2} One of those errands was hitting up a Jo-Ann fabric store and a Michaels craft store.
3} Then I made wreaths. 

Fall rag wreath!

I know I'm borderline kitschy sometimes but I totally LOVE making my own decorations; I feel like I'm beating the store-bought stuff. 

Halloween wreath!

Not that I don't indulge in that too.
4} Another fruit of today's labor; pumpkin bread!
5} With pumpkin butter!
How was your weekend Reader? Did you have today off from work? We've got a busy few days ahead of us here but I'll hopefully get up some New York pictures soon.
xoxo, natty ♥

Yesterday.

As I mentioned in last night's post, yesterday was a most beautiful day in the big city. When we first got off of 280 I snapped a picture of the Bay Bridge. 

The city has two bridges, the Golden Gate and the lesser known Bay Bridge. The latter looks more like a normal span {it's not painted a beautiful rusty orange, for one} and is very much so a commuter route. The former is gorgeous and still used daily by commuters but is also a tourist attraction. One can actually walk the span of the bridge {over a mile but less than two} and there's a gift shop and yadda yadda yadda. 
Anyway, behold, the red headed step child of the two San Francisco bridges.
I also surreptitiously took some from-the-car pictures of the SF occupiers.

When we got to our parking spot right by the entrance to the bay this was the sight that greeted us.

Hardly any wind; that never happens folks!

Alcatraz was looking ominous in the distance.

"The Rock".

We geared up which includes this oh-so-haute running belt. 

The labels are explained as follows: 
1 - for Gatorade at the half way point then to be filled with water at drinking fountains. 
2 - pouch for the car key, chapstick and the Gu {I try to have one every five miles or so when it's a long run...they are kind  of gross [think pudding in the middle of a workout] but they're easy and I get a bit of a boost from them; running purists I am sorry to offend you but just deal with it}. 
3 - for water to wash down the Gu with. 
This belt has definitely seen better days; it's on marathon training número dos. I love it though because it really doesn't shake too much. As long as I wear it high up on my waist. But it looks hideous on me, as referenced above by the whohigh-waisted-situation so let's not talk about this anymore.
After our miles we went to Nick's Crispy Tacos and got a post-run feast that we took to Eddie's to share. I had just run a lot and was hungry so please don't judge; here's what Mikey chose to eat compared in length to what I devoured.

Keep in mind that his was a burrito and mine were tacos with much less bulk.
Then we carved pumpkins. This German guy

was very happy to be doing so.
I went for a stencil which I had never done and Eddie went classic.

My face isn't normally this red but I was a bad person and forgot to wear sunblock before running all over he&% and creation yesterday.

As a Bad Wife I forgot to take any of Mike carving his own creation but here we are, an Angry Bird and a Halloween something {girl? fan?}. 

And my creation...

thanks to the $ spot at Target I had some rhinestones to add to it. 

I forgot the final lit-up pictures so I'll give them to you tomorrow in "Marvelous Monday: Halloween edition"!
Enjoy your Sunday folks!
xoxo, natty ♥

San Francisco & Pumpkin.

Today we did our long run in the city {San Francisco}. It was also one of the most beautiful days I have EVER seen on the bay. There wasn't very much wind, it was super clear and in the mid 70s. Honestly, October in the Bay Area is our best kept secret; shhhhhhhhhh! After picking up some crispy tacos we headed east to friend Eddie's place for a casual pumpkin carving party. 
Since I ran a lot today and it's late, I'll leave you with one picture and the promise of more to come later {tomorrow, maybe}...my creation. Her name is "Kitty".

Yea for friends, running with my husband and the fun things that can be done with a squash {and that include glittery beads}!
xoxo, natty ♥