So apologies again for being a delinquent blog author, things have been pretty crazy the past few weeks. I hosted a Halloween party on the 31st, costumes were encouraged but optional and we ended up with lots of “Liz Specials” plus quite a few fun characters, Dr. Horrible, Duff Man, Supergirl, Harley Quinn, Batgirl (that was me), Blue-Footed Booby, Windows Blue Screen of Death, a Stocking and the Stuff-R…here’s the group shot. Also carved pumpkins for the party and roasted the seeds, very tasty, I used a great recipe from Simply Recipes. I got the pumpkins from Bethel’s pumpkin patch, the biggest one was over 35 pounds. 
It was quite fun carving them even though I couldn’t find my pumpkin carving knife I got in a little kit one time, instead I used a flathead screwdriver and a tomato knife, gotta love improvisation.
Also went on a nice weekend getaway with Jeremy to Charlottesville last weekend. We stayed at this nice bed and breakfast right in downtown called 200 South Street Inn. It’s in a big old house and we were on the top floor so the ceiling was all sloped and slanted in various directions because it used to be the attic. Very unique and very fun since I hadn’t been to a bed and breakfast in a really long time. We walked to dinner both nights and even though we were only a block away from the pedestrian mall we didn’t go farther than a few hundred fee from the inn because there were two really good restaurants literally across the street, Bang! and Mono Loco, recommend both if you’re ever in the area. 
We also did some winery and brewery visiting while we were up there, Cardinal Point (visited Saturday afternoon, quite good), Horton (first one we visited Sunday, offers way too many wines, none of which were all that great), Barboursville (second visted on Sunday, fun tour, $4 tasting fee but you get to keep the glass, new favorite), and Prince Michel (last one we visited, heavy pours for the tastings, also good), and on the brewery side we visited Blue Mountain Brewery where we had lunch on Saturday and enjoyed a flight of their beers, my favorite was the one at the front of the picture, the Blue Mountain Lager. Before we visited Cardinal Point on Saturday we drove down the Blue Ridge Parkway and lucked out with some really pretty weather for driving, yielded some nice shots that I have up on my flickr page. 
We were a bit past peak on the leaves but I’d say probably half were still holding on to some great color.
And last but not least I started a new job at the beginning of November at Solertium Corporation in New Town. I’m working with a great group of people and get to work on lots of different projects where I can do both web design work and programming so I get to exercise both “sides” of my computer interests, plus I can walk to work now so that is an extra bonus.
So there you go, my life updated in approximately 500 words 😉
