It all started for me at 7:30 when I could not go back to sleep. I thought how nice it would be to just lay there a while but I couldn’t take the excitement a moment longer. That’s when I hopped out of bed. As soon as hubby heard me rustling he said with a chuckle in his voice “just where do you think you’re going”. That’s all it took for me to snuggle in and the next thing I knew I was waking totally rested at 9:30. That was a great way to start the day.

Around 11:30 hubby and I left to meet some guys from his group for lunch. I was disappointed that I didn’t get my camera out earlier but at least I got a pic of the guys paying for lunch.

It was such a joy for me to get to know the group and even better that one of the guys will be joining us in California! “Q” that’s what we call him, he’s the guy on the right and he’s been working with hubby since we arrived in NY. Hubby is delighted that he gets to have this bright young man working with the team out there.

After lunch we stopped by one of our favorite stores “Lowe’s” to pick up an item.

However this little nativity stopped me right in my tracks. If we were going to be here for Christmas, I think I would have considered picking it up. I love the colors and it looks like pottery and well, I love it and it moved me…

Back home we had a little visit with our realtor who stopped by. We had a great meeting and we should be listing the house soon!

The view out back taken from inside around 4:00 this afternoon

And a view to the side. We had ambitious plans to chop down all the little saplings so that we can see the water on that side. But that’s a job we’re letting the new homeowners tend to.

Started the coffee pot at 5 pm to enjoy sipping through the beautiful evening hours.

We have big plans for a nice restful evening here in our home. And I’m totally loving the idea that I’m calling this last week our autumn vacation. It’s too beautiful to think of it any other way.