The Quarterly Post

You know it’s fall, so I’m not going to say it.  I thought about starting the blog by saying “It’s Fall” but I’ve decided to go a different route completely…

It’s November.  What?!?  Why does it alwasy do this?  November is the sneakiest month ever.  It’s a ninja.  It is the navy seals of months.  Christmas does not sneak up on you the way November and thanksgiving sneak up.  Christmas has bells on…so you hear it coming from three months away.  November on the other hand has food…which only makes noise once you’re eating it…therefore you didn’t hear it coming until it’s too late.

November!  got me again!  I was like…”what are you going to be for Halloween?” and “oh look at all the leaves” then November showed up and was like “BOOM…buy a turkey.”

OK…feeling a bit dramatic about it all, but seriously it is officially November which means the real holiday season is upon us, which also means it’s getting colder and soon enough there will be lights in all the trees.  Sweet!  I love this time of year.  But before we get ahead of ourselves…here’s a look back at the fall in the Reed (nyc) house.

PureLife – Awesome Women’s conference that Heather helped create and produce for 800 women this year.  They keep asking me to speak at these things, but I’m waiting until my book on ministering to women is completed.  Seriously…Heather rocked it…so much that they gave her a new position at Church as the creative director so now she’s in charge helping our church keep up the momentum that PureLife creates.

Apple Picking – one of the coolest fall things you can do around here.  In order to really experience fall in New York City, you have to leave New York City.  The leaves are too busy to change color so they just fall and turn brown.  So, we went with some friends upstate a couple hours and picked apples off people’s trees.  We paid for them of course, but it was a blast.  You can check out pictures on Heather’s facebook page.

Gucci – he’s our cat who plays fetch and is more Ninja than November.  He got fat.  We didn’t see it coming, but we realized one day that he is larger than he used to be.  So, we looked at the food we were feeding him and realized it’s not very healthy.  Mostly sugar and salts and some by-products.  The people at the pet store said the first few ingredients should be something you would want to eat, so I started looking for cookies.  Heather quickly took control of the situation and now he eats the crunchy version of chicken and fish.  MMMMM. 

We also realized that just because the bowl is empty doesn’t mean we have to fill it.  Note to pet owners…communicate with each other on who filled the bowl and when…your pet will lie and say it was never filled.

And finally…the top five things you’re guaranteed to experience at a movie theater in New York City:

• Children at any movie – at any hour of the night – with any rating of the movie.  It never ceases to amaze me how young the children are at the movies that we’ve been to see recently…and they do not sleep through it…if only they would.
• Plastic Bag Guy – at about 3/4ths of the way into the movie when you think you’ve got it all figured out, a man who is obsessed with keeping things in plastic bags will walk into the theater (most likely without a ticket) and proceed to move everything from one plastic bag into another plastic bag with no understanding of how LOUD plastic bags are.  Once he’s got them in the bags, he’ll put the bags in more bags until he’s down to one big bag.
• Loud Popcorn Guy/Girl – popcorn should not be heard over a car chase or gunshots in a movie.  I am continually surprised at how loud one single person can eat popcorn at a decibel level higher than an action movie.  There should be special theaters for this man.  and why does he always sit by us?
•  Push to talk guy – because there is no better time to walkie-talkie your friends than in a dark crowded theater.
• Pele’ – he’s sitting behind heather and he’s practicing his soccer skills with her chair.  Can he just retire already?

Happy Ninja November…it’s here and I’m cool with it now.