Carving a scary pumpkin with Brian  dressing Frank in his taco costume and parading him around town on Halloween  eating copious amounts of candy on Halloween  celebrating our wedding anniversary on November 9th (we’re turning two!)  celebrating thanksgiving with our families (we are joining them all together for the first time)  the holidays in general  getting a christmas tree (every year we name our tree Bert and this year it will be Bert IV)  a quiet December with more time for creative projects  finishing some projects around the house  my upcoming trip to Kansas City to visit my step father Irv and to Atlanta to visit my girlfriend Chantal and her sweet family