Here's today's first batch of pictures.  I think I'm going to split them up since there's a lot.  The first three pictures are from the entryway, on the opposite wall from the sconce.  The large print in the middle is a Ralph Stedman picture of Freud and his wife on the last day of his life.  Jason thinks being in the middle of what I call the "hello collage" takes away from the depressing nature of the picture, but I think that's probably a good thing.  This is my attempt at a creative welcome sign.  The postcards are from The Black Apple.  I know it seems strange to put 10 of the exact same picture up, but I like how it makes the frames themselves stand out even more. Then we have the old entertainment center in its new home in the library.  I realized that I have quite a large collection of vases and milk glass, and most of it was hiding in the kitchen cabinets, so I decided to display some of them now that we have the room.  The dark blue glass was Bob's gradmother's, and Megan bought me the light blue Anthropologie vase.  The yellow one is from Jason.  And last but not least, the new reading chair.  We actually ordered it from the Wal Mart website, which is the second piece we've gotten there.  It's kind of crazy, since the majority of their furniture is really dated and ugly haha.  We got the lamp a few weeks ago at Lowe's for really cheap.  It was originally meant for the living room, but we couldn't find a place for it.  Behind it is the Catcher in the Rye print.  I have a cold.  It's been slowly coming on for a week now.  It sucks, but I'm so grateful that the brunt of it waited until I had handed in the two papers I had due this week.  Last night I was embroidering and I started to feel achy and dizzy.  I decided to lie down in bed to watch tv at 9:30, and the next thing I new it was one o'clock and Jason was coming to bed.  Today I woke up with a horrible headache.  But luckily I felt well enough earlier to run the large amount of errands that are necessary to keep our little family going.  On Monday I have two contractors coming to give me an estimate on finishing the plaster in our living room.  Since we already have the paint, the plaster is going to be the last big house expense for a while, since we're trying to focus on paying down our credit card before Christmas shopping begins.  That has been made more difficult since Harlock went the vet on Monday for her yearly checkup haha.  She's all caught up on her vaccines, except the Lyme Disease, which they forgot, ugh.  She also got a microchip.  They said she's perfectly healthy, which is great news.  Recently we've had a new "pet" join us.  A couple of weeks ago we noticed a little bird in our yard who doesn't seem to be able to fly.  For many days it's mother flew around chirping back and forth with it, but we couldn't catch it to see if we could get it back to its mother.  After a while he left through the fence, and we didn't see him for a while.  Now he's back, and I have left a pile of bird seed and Harlock's water bowl for him.  Every morning he's out there eating.  He eats a lot haha.  He still doesn't seem able to fly, but he's fatter and his chirp has gotten louder.  Last night we had a freeze, so I filled a shoe box with washcloths and put it out there for him.  Jason thinks I should let nature take its course, but I'm hoping that if he gets stronger, he'll be able to fly in time to head south for the winter.  I guess all I can do is feed the little guy and hope that happens.