A perfect fall day

Our temperatures have been strangely seesawing the past week, between nearly 80 some days to frost warnings last night. Today it's a comfortable 65, with a beautiful sunny sky. Perfect day for a football game, or for catching up on some paperwork and other work that needs to be done. This probably includes picking up the kitchen, which is a bit trashed because we had friends over for dinner last night. Beer brats, corn on the cob, acorn squash, rosemary roasted potatoes, and (store-bought) cheesecake were on the menu. We played Ticket to Ride, one of our new favorite games (although we still might prefer The Settlers of Catan).

I just got my first check with my raise for this year, and because of the bump last year when they started paying me for my Master's, it's pretty nice. Think I'll max out my Roth IRA and put some more money into short-term savings too. We've been kicking around the idea of an East Coast tour next summer, since people we know have moved to Maine, Rhode Island, New York, DC, and South Carolina in the last few years. Working our way from north to south or vice versa might be really enjoyable. If we're going to do it, though, we should probably start saving now.

Later: Prairie Home Companion and dinner, then watching The Bourne Identity with popcorn and snuggly husband. Nice reward for getting some work done today!