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Whew. I feel like I am finally *somewhat* starting to catch my breath again. The last two weeks have been a complete whirlwind...and, now it's October. I don't know where the time went, but it is certainly gone. I got a new job, I traveled home to Alabama, I started my new job, I celebrated surprise birthdays and regular birthdays and I've done a lot of other stuff in between, too. I'm glad that I'll hopefully be getting a breather soon, but somehow fall always seems to be the busiest season of all. And I'm learning to embrace that...

This was the beautiful sky in New York today. I can certainly get used to that.

my philosophy


















This is what goes through my mind when I look at my gchat list during the day. I use this same philosophy to decide with whom I will chat. If you don't want to chat, skip busy and invisible and just sign out!

[found here, thanks to my cousin Ashley. We're new gchat buddies.]

tales of a sick girl.

There is nothing less fun than having a terrible cold in August! Sniff, sniff. I've been at home sleeping and lying around all day which on most days would sound very enticing to me... but not when my head feels like it is going to explode! Something must be going around the Big Apple, though, because I've heard of a lot of sickies in the last week. Hope you stay well!


heat wave

A heat wave, that's surely what we are having in New York today (and tomorrow, for that matter). When I woke up this morning before 8 AM, the temperature was already 78 degrees with 88 percent humidity. And the temp is only rising with tomorrow expected to reach 101. Whew. I could surely use one - or two - of these in this weather.


[found via pinterest here]

the rainy city

Because apparently that's what New York City should be called now! It's been raining since Saturday...and is currently scheduled to rain on all days of the foreseeable future. And, the temp dropped down to the 50's again. At least I have this fab picture to look at in the meantime! If only NYC was this fab in the rain...


[found here.]

good news & bad news

I'll start with the bad news first. I used to have a list of the blogs I follow on the right-hand side of my blog. Then they disappeared. And, unfortunately, I didn't keep a mental checklist of what those blogs were...so, some of them are most likely gone forever. There are a few blogs that I really loved and I followed and...now I don't. If you happen to remember what any of the missing blog links are (because, perhaps, you liked following them too?), feel free to leave a comment and help me out! And (even sadder) there are a few friends' blogs I followed, that I also can't remember...Let me know if you remember those too.

The good news! The reason they all disappeared is because I updated my blog with a new url address! You will still be able to access this site from typing in the old url (perrynpettus.blogspot.com) or you can type in the brand-new, simpler address: bigapplepear.com

Happy blog surfing!

dreaming of someplace tropical


Spring weather finally showed up in the Big Apple (a little late to the party, I must say), and I can't help but think of beautiful beaches and tropical weather now. A friend from my old job sent me this picture this morning of her travels abroad. I've left it open on my computer all day for quick viewing access...

the way i see it


Yep, this is the way I look at colors. And I'm pretty sure the other is the way most guys I know look at colors. I guess it is sufficient on getting them through life with the basics & most important colors, but isn't the girl's way so much more fun?! It also might have something to do with the fact that only men can be color blind. Women are often carriers, but the mutations generally only show up in males.

[I've seen this on image on a few friends' blogs (here & here, and on pinterest here) and have been meaning to put it up also!]