Windy afternoons, chilly evenings and pumpkin carving somewhere in between.

We're staying in bed a little bit longer in the mornings, hugging our blankets a bit tighter to keep the warmth in, snuggling in front of the space heater and wearing the hats, scarves and neck warmers I knitted for all of us when we go on weekend errands. It's getting chilly, and windy {!}, out there. 

I might've not liked the chilliness, but over the weekend we did some yard work - pulling out crabgrass in one area of our yard and seeding grass seeds all over again. It was hard work and I was glad that we weren't doing this in the middle of summer. But Yangkyu at one point thought he was going to faint from dizziness from shoveling, pulling and digging so much. It was hard work for sure, but I loved it. My mama used to say when I was little that I had the strength of an ox. Ha. I think if she said that while watching me do yard work, Yangkyu would wholeheartedly agree with her. The only thing I didn't like was seeing all the worms. I remember not being so scared of them when I was little but then I grew up. Now I'm scared of a lot of things. 

Anyway, have you ever dealt with crabgrass? They are stubborn buggers with roots so long and tough that you really need to yank them out - without of course trying to break off the roots. They are everywhere. It's quite stressing to see. We're not really sure what we're doing in terms of seeding grass, but hopefully we'll see some new greens sprout up in a couple of weeks. 

Oh and hey. We now have pumpkins all carved up and sitting pretty outside our house! We did them yesterday and put up orange lights as well. We've been carving pumpkins for three years now {see last year's and the year before} but the lights are a new thing. They seem to have trouble staying up with tape along the edges of our window so I'm gonna have to figure something out. I'm planning to get some other window decorations up but not sure really sure if I'll get around to them. We'll see! 

This week I'm also hoping to finish up some neck warmers to send to a couple of girlfriends and also bake some pumpkin cream cheese bread. I think I'm also bringing down our sweaters and switching our comforter covers as well. These two things always seem to really seal the deal for me that cold weather is here to stay. 

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!