uh oh!

So...no pictures for awhile....only because my laptop went to the dr...and then was admitted into the hospital. Argh!
ALLL my pictures from July 08 to present are on there...along with 9 days worth of songs on iTunes.
Boo.
Pray that my hard drive is UNTOUCHED and that not only the important stuff but my new crafty things are still on there and my music and pictures...

Is it crazy that awhile ago when asked what I'd save in a fire that I answered without a stutter or hesitation "pictures". Yeah.

fall foliage!

Schweizer's Orchard

Last Saturday we went to an orchard and picked out pumpkins and ended up with some gourds and apples too! Then we came home to carve, make apple butter and crisp and enjoy our warm and fun saturday with some great pictures of the changing leaves! (Orchard and Tree pics to come)

Fall Goodness!

WHAT on EARTH are these things?
I'll take a few guesses and then post the answer! :)

Megan got married!

My roommate...well...the last one before I was married (so will forever be "my roommate") got married Oct 3rd!
Sorry this is late in posting but I've been lazy!
Here are some pictures of her and Bob on their day...I got the privilege of doing the flowers.
She was beautiful and he looked at her...well, just look at the picture! I'm just sad I didn't get any pics of her reception-it all looked GREAT!

Surprise weekend!

Last weekend, Chad surprised me with a getaway!

I didn't know anything other than that we were going to KC....

We went here: Hawthorn B&B :)

Then we changed to our fancy duds:

Then we went here:

After we ate here: (Benton's Steakhouse on top of Westin where we stayed the night we got married!)

I think he did pretty good!

odd mornings

I have been substitute teaching...and some of my mornings have been odd due to kids, but this particular morning (about a week ago) we had some craziness here. It doesn't usually get so foggy but WOW. I drove through this. I went ahead and took pictures* of what I'm supposed to see on a different day to show the drastic difference (and how surprised I was!).

*no photographers were driving unsafely or putting themselves at risk in the taking of these photos/video.

blog reader

I'm a blog reader. I'd almost add "hard core" to that. Then again, I CAN put the computer down and go to bed unlike SOME people *cough*.
After looking at various blogs I realized...mine has no theme. I mean...it IS titled "Erin Learns" which is true. and I add photos (which I'm hoping to keep learning techniques and get better at), I add videos (of things I see and experience) and I am insightful (who doesn't like a deep thought shared?) and I am funny (which is where I feel this blog lacks).
This is MY blog though...so the randomness in the content displayed should not bother me. So sorry that it is, but it will continue to be!

my "how to" decorate a cake

So I didn't want to post it before her bday, but then I forgot I could after...

Here's Carissa's cake:

Chad's combo playing HIS song at Trails West!