The Roads - less traveled, more traveled and never found...: September 2007

Well, it's official. Football season is upon us and the cold(er) and dark(er) mornings are a sure sign of fall. It's making it harder and harder to climb out of our snuggly bed in the morning and do any exercise or go to work! That's no excuse not to blog though! :)

In all seriousness, though football has taken up a lot of our first few weeks of fall (and last few weeks of summer) we've also been busy at work and continuing to work on the house. Thanks to an air compressor and a nail gun (and a wife who isnt afraid to stand on ladders and hold 9 ft long pieces of wood) - Eric has put up crown moulding in the living room and dining room! It looks amazing and I'll definately have to post some photos soon.

These days are going so fast - I feel like before I know it we'll be packing the car to drive to Michigan for Thanksgiving. (sigh) Hopefully we'll find some time to relax with friends and family, go pumpkin picking, drink apple cider and enjoy the true splendor of fall.

That being said, I also have to take one more trip to Jersey Freeze. For those of you who didn't grow up in Manalapan/Freehold/Marlboro - Jersey Freeze is a landmark for us. It's the place you walked to after school and had shakes and ice cream. Its the place you BEGGED your parents to take you to - and they wanted to go to. It's the place that I drove to over a month ago just to bring home ice cream for my husband to try. That's right. All the way down the Parkway and Route 9 and back - because the ice cream (all of it - fat free included) is the best.

Jersey Freeze may be closing...for good. But we dont know for sure. What we know for sure is that the land is being used for something else and the best case scenario is that our stomping grounds is going to be moved to another location. The reality is that my children may never know Jersey Freeze and frankly, that's just sad....because Breyer's ain't cutting it.
Karen and I have decided that a last pilgrimage (or many) is definately in order....if you want a scoop let us know :)

Hopefully, we'll be posting more regularly soon. In the meantime, enjoy our photos from the first three Rutgers games. Though we're doing well, we've still got to face our conference rivals as the schedule goes on. That being said, we really have made the big time because...someone STOLE my magnetic Rutgers football off of my car while I was parked at work - at another University! crazy. So if you see someone driving around with a dirty Rutgers magnetic football on their car.....just take it....it's probably mine :)

I also like how I say "we" when referring to the team as if I actually play football with the Scarlet Knights.

HOMECOMING!!! September 15, 2007

Marcel and I - catching up after a LOOOONG time