Day 79 - November 2 - I Can't Remeber the Last Time This Happened

Tony and I went on a road trip last weekend. We went to Straughn, IN. A little town just outside of Indianapolis; more towards the Ohio side of Indiana.  What made this trip unique is that we didn't stop at a single scrapbook store. Not a one. I can't remember the last time we drove more then an hour in the car that I didn't have a detailed map listing the store, the store hours, what the store specializes in and if we have ever visited the store in the past.

Some times I'd give the store "Scissor Ratings". If it was a good store, it would get 3 scissors, if it was a great store is would get 5 scissors, and if it was really bad - a half of scissor. 

Not this time.  I can't remember the last time we didn't stop at a scrap store. We didn't even stop at a Michaels. Nothing! No Pages in Time, no Archiver in Indy, no Scrapbook Xanadu (although I don't think they are even open anymore.) Nothing. Not one sticker, sheet of paper or ribbon. 

So you may be asking how did I hold up? Did I break out in a sweat as we rolled along 80/94.  Did I start to shake when Sunday morning arrived and I didn't even look at a Michaels add in the paper.  Nope - none of that.  But what I did, (and have been doing) is putting myself behind my camera.  For the entire month of October I was taking pictures of a particular subject every day. And I would average about 100 shots to get one good one. 

I did the same sort of thing this weekend.  Pictures of the turbo windmills, pictures of the dogs, pictures at the orchard. And you know... once you re-direct yourself... you really don't even think about what it is you might be missing.  And, in truth, I'm not missing anything at all.  I've already got it all! :)

So the road trip ended up just being that - a road trip. (And not the crazy - find the scrapbook store somewhere in the strip mall next to the White Hen just over the railroad tracks.)

Lots of thses in Indiana...

And what is Halloween without a good cemetery shot.

And I went to the apple orchard and fed chickens for the very first time. (Don't laugh - I'm a "city girl" the only thing I know of chicken is McNuggets!)

Here is the goat!