Countdown to Halloween: Oct. 1-8

Sooo..this past week I was kind of in a funk and didn't really feel like doing much that involved the computer.  Being incredibly busy at work and having to work overtime nearly every day hasn't helped much.  And while I haven't done anything big and spectacular for the countdown this week, I have been doing little things every day!

Most of my little things involve collecting various crafty items that can be used in..well, crafts.  I picked up a couple of grapevine wreaths one day, a bunch of cute, fabric, autumny leaves another day, and some paper mache (it just occurred to me that I have no idea how to spell that) apples and fruits on yet another day.  The idea will be to herd the Boy and Husband to the table sometime this weekend (and it's Thanksgiving, so it's a long weekend) and convince them that we are about to partake in an incredibly fun and valuable bit of quality family time, then glue the leaves and fruits to the wreaths and make pretty things before they realize that they are actually participating in a craft.  Which I know isn't at all original, but whatever.

Last night, a friend on Facebook posted a poor-quality cell phone picture of an amazing tree, and I am bound and determined to hunt down this tree today and take a picture of it with a real camera.  It's a huge maple, and all of the leaves are still very green, except for this one small patch of phenomenally bright red leaves.  Seriously, they're so bright and in such contrast to the green leaves that they look fake, and in fact I thought they were.  There is absolutely no yellow-orange transition between the green and red, it's all just greengreengreengreenBRIGHTFREAKINREDgreengreengreengreen.  I will find it and show you, and your mind will boggle.

I've also been oggling the pumpkin fields that I drive by every day on my way home from work.  (Actually, I drive by them on the way to work as well, but apparently I'm still asleep when I do because I can't remember even seeing them in the morning, nevermind oggling them.  I should probably consider waking up before I drive.)  There's nothing like watching an entire field turn bright orange day by day.

And I think that's it, aside from watching witchy movies almost every night.  Oh, and season 4 of Merlin has finally started, so I watched that too.  Very fitting for this time of year - they're celebrating Samhain, and Morgana has gone and torn the veil between worlds.  If you're looking for a good TV series that's not particularly deep but entertaining nonetheless, I'd suggest this one.  It's a family-orientated fantasy show (and not historical fiction, so don't expect everything to be 100% accurate), and I love it.  The Boy and I are both addicted.

So there you have it.  My first week of the countdown has involved crafty things, pumpkin fields, and TV/movies.  Oh, and I decorated my office with Halloweeny things, including a supercute "The Witch is IN/OUT" sign (where you flip over the in/out depending on whether you're in or out!) and a pair of bloody handprints (gel-clings) on my window.  Awesome.