good wholesome fun

so i have been meaning to go apple picking for three years. and every year, we all bail at the last minute b/c we are just too busy and lazy. but this year, i was not going to be dissuaded! i have been planning for weeks, and i was very committed to the apple picking! we were going!

only when i woke up yesterday, it was raining. but still, rob and i were not to be dissuaded! it was only a light rain. except the rain became harder and the forecast for the whole day was rain and alas, the gods had thwarted all my plans and best of intentions. i was very upset.

but i decided that rob and i could still have good wholesome fall-time fun.

so we carved pumpkins! well, more accurately, lexi and i carved pumpkins. i carved for both rob and i, while he made cider, pumpkin bread, and cleaned the apartment. guess who the gay man is in this relationship, and who is the girl with rage issues who really enjoys wielding a large knife?

no no no, just kidding--i don't have anger issues. turns out, however, that i do wield a mean pumpkin-carving knife. i did the first one using the pumpkin carving kit and the second one totaly freehand and this is not a good story, but as soon as i get pictures taken, they're going up and you can tell me what a great pumpkin carver i am.