My Personal Life

The day finally arrived. I had to pack up my work-belongings in preparation to move to my new desk in the newly renovated portion of the building.

This was a pumpkin pie, with a pumpkin cheesecake and pecan crumble on top. AMAZING. From Aldi.

I have fallen head-over-heels in love with antique typewriters. I saw one while I was out shopping away on Spoon River Drive, and I was quite tempted to buy this one. I was kept from buying it because I don’t have a place to PUT it. So, it’s now official: I need a bigger house …

I don’t know what this really is, but it says “Jacobs Low Boy” on it. I saw it on Spoon River Drive.

Bokeh is a Japanese term that means “blurry”, and I’m told that it’s pronounced like “bouquet”. I was working on creating triangle-shaped bokeh for the September Scavenger Hunt on Google+, and this is an outtake from that effort. The colored lights, in the background, eventually took on a triangle shape, so it did turn out …

I had some friends in town from Texas, and so I treated them to a nice dinner. Two25 is located in Downtown Peoria, and it is excellent. The service was exceptional and the food was to-die-for.

I’ve known for many years that I’m not good with keeping on top of routine tasks. I recently discovered a program that runs on both my computer and my phone and allows me to keep up with that kind of thing. It’s been great! This is just a photo of me managing my tasks on …

While shopping at Fresh Market, I noticed a price tag that didn’t look right. It even says that you’re saving NEGATIVE two cents. Umm. I mentioned it to an employee, and he said “Well, that’s corporate for ya.” I wonder how many suckers took the bait…

I was running out of gas, my head was on its way to the pillow, and I saw this power plug on the nightstand. A quick flip-of-the-wrist, and I had my photo for the day. Phew!

I was heading to the car when I noticed how brilliantly the neighbor’s tree was looking. It seemed as if it had gone from green to gold overnight. I snapped a photo, which was a good idea, since the next morning the tree was almost entirely bare.