{pretty, happy, funny, real}: What-I-Get-Up-to-When-Left-to-My-Own-Devices Edition

I rearranged the living room. It just has to be done every now and again, don’t you think? Or are you a settle-on-a-scheme-and-leave-it-alone person?

The Husband was unexpectedly deployed to help with Hurricane Sandy recovery — quite a shock to this wife. My “secret pal” gave me this great Deployment Countdown jar of…

…yeah, those. Great idea, although I tend to get behind in candy consumption. (I’m not happy about being separated from The Husband, you understand, but about the clever counting-the-days gift.)

While The Husband was off serving, we hosted a big party in mid-November with a camera scavenger hunt all over our Tiny Town. One thing to find: a jack o’lantern made from a real pumpkin. Here is proof positive that it isn’t enough to decorate — one has to do the follow-through of dejunking after the holiday.

Then, just to keep things interesting, I got a new phone, the fruit kind, and far too much phone for this technophobe. You can read about it and get some great apps recommendations from readers here.