20 October 2008

TURNING LEAVES

A beautiful, sunny Fall weekend. A gift--as we'd expected to be out of town. Saturday I met RvH for a chick flick and then a wonderful lunch with CA at Claim Jumpers. The Jamaican jerk chicken sweet potato is over-the-top wonderful. I ate only half, so someone is having a great lunch at my house today. Then, a quiet afternoon and evening with our favorite edible guests Ben & Jerry for dinner!

Sunday we drove to Lake Geneva for breakfast with a friend at Egg Harbor and then a beautiful drive along a rustic road just beyond Lake Geneva just off Hwy 50 West. The colors are marvelous--this was either THE weekend or one before the peak. Depending on how much rain and how hard the winds blow this week.

This has been my summer and fall for Lake Geneva. While living close for 30+ years, we usually make the trip just once or twice a year. We've learned to go more often because the atmosphere and views take us away from our ordinary and land us into our vacation mindset. A 25 minute drive and we are relaxed and mellow.

Lots of errands midday, but our reward is that our squish little guy arrived to teach us his words and to learn the wind-up and the pitch from his PaPa.

Looking forward to a fun week with both our children and little JA. Lots of good food and a bit of shopping, with a quick trip into the city on Thursday by everyone who isn't already there working!

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