Winter is early this year

We are having our first hard freeze tonight and tomorrow's forecast calls for snow. While we can't really mark this as the beginning of winter I am fairly certain we aren't too far off. Time for me to find my winter coat and boots again. Everything of mine got sent/brought home from Chicago this past year in waves and I am still uncertain as to where some of the items landed.

Justin and I picked the last tomatoes of the season today. The tomato plants are still loaded down with a bunch of green fruits, but the freeze tonight will most definitely kill everything off. It seems like such a waste and yet I didn't know what to do with green tomatoes, if anything. Justin recommended frying them.

I don't have much to report these days. Life is pretty quiet. I spend my days looking for and apply for jobs but as of yet have not had one nibble. It's frustrating and a bit depressing. I knew finding a job, especially in this economy, would not be a cake walk, but I was not prepared for the difficulties I've encountered thus far. I just try to keep reminding myself that the right thing will come along at the right time, and until then I just need to keep looking and applying. I cannot believe I had the chance to get an excellent education without there being some way for me to use it.

Tucker is spending his days, as always, sleeping. He has developed a favorite new nap spot on the love seat in the addition and can be found there beginning most afternoons. He's always enjoyed being covered up while sleeping but until recently only wanted to tuck himself in. I apparently have gotten better at the whole tucking in thing, as he now allows me to cover him several times a day. He's a crazy cat.

And with paragraphs like that I am concerned I am becoming a crazy cat lady. I need a job and a man, stat!

Our little town's football team is performing phenomenally well this season, much to everyone's surprise. There is a good chance Denver will make a serious run for a state title. The town is really starting to come alive and get behind the team. Driving around town you'll see cars with the team's record painted on them and signs/words of encouragement. It's a lot of fun to see a community united behind something like this and I hope the team continues to perform well.

That's about it from my little part of the world.

Love!

~g