This one is all about Fall. There are signs of it all around now

#8

Of course this picture was taken at our favorite place to spend a day, Disneyland.

This next picture was taken in the parking lot of the high school while I was waiting for my oldest to get to the car. This is looking across the street.

#9

#5

Friday night we went to a local pizza joint for a friend’s son’s baseball fundraiser dinner. It was Jason’s last day of work until he finds something new. He needed this.

#6

The ladies at Jason’s formar place of employment sent this home for us

#7 Sunday we took the little one to Disneyland. She wanted her picture taken here:

Number 3 doesn’t count as a little thing so much because it’s a big thing. So very big. My grandma came into town on the 3rd and I had the pleasure of being the first one to greet her when she came off of the airplane. She’s an amazing woman and has inspired me all of my life. She’s 92 years young and this is her.

#4

I’ve entered contests on blogs before but have never won. Yet I keep trying. However, our friends at Finding Mickey hosted a thank you giveaway on their blog last month and I won! You can click the blog link to see just what I won, but here’s the box I opened yesterday when it arrived.

Thanks again Rosemary and Neil! You guys are awesome!

We met them through our Disney twitter project Overheard at Disneyland. If you haven’t seen the site, check it out. It’s a lot of fun!

I have mixed feeling about cooking. Sometimes I love it, other times I loathe it. Maybe if the kids were more interested in eating what I take the time to cook, I’d like it better. There are things I know some of them just won’t eat, so I don’t want to spend a lot of time making something when so few people will be eating it. Enter the slow cooker. There’s no loathing the slow cooker. I mean really, just toss everything inside, turn it on and that’s it!

I have 2 of the. I’ve got the big one with digital settings and then I have this smaller one that has warm, low and high. Simplicity at it’s finest.

My slow cookers bring me joy. They really do.

Now that Halloween is over and November is here, it’s time to get into that Holiday spirit. I’m going to be honest with you, our Holiday season isn’t looking like it’s going to be so good. See, my husband is being laid off… again. This is his last week with the company he’s at. His last day is 50 days before Christmas.

To take my mind off of the things we might not have this Holiday season, I’m going to spend the month of November being thankful for the things I do have. That means it’s time once again for the return of 31 Little Things.

As always, I’ll be posting an item or 2 each day. Most posts will contain a picture of something I’m thankful for no matter how silly or insignificant it may be. That’s why it’s called 31 Little Things. It’s all about the little things thank make life a little more pleasant.

And to start off the month, I bring you this:

This was a birthday gift from one of my dear friends. It’s the kind of thing you never buy for yourself but want. It’s one of those spinning K-Cup carousels for the Keurig coffee maker. Which is another thing I love by the way. Not only that, but I filled it with my absolute favorite coffee too.

What about you? Tell me or show me a picture something simple that brings you a lot of pleasure.

If you have a blog, feel free to play along for the month of November!