The Week in the Proverbial Nutshell!

I hope these cooler night and early morning temps are not a tease from Mother Nature! Because I am totally, completely, thoroughly, 100% ready for AUTUMN!

AND NOW, here's my week in a:

We are enjoying a few cooler early morning temps right now. And the highs are only in the low 90s to upper 80s- it's a veritable cold front people! But I cannot wait for full out Autumn! My favorite time of year! F.A.V.O.R.I.T.E. Those are leaves from my Dad's ginkgo tree last fall. So pretty! Until they have to be raked anyway.

They say it's still too early to determine where hurricane Katia is going to go- I've got an idea exactly where she can go. OUT TO SEA. Ha! Bet y'all thought I was gonna say something else.








I have been knitting a bit this past week. I made a stocking (sort of, it didn't turn out very long) hat for DoodleBug-I was just making it in general but, when she saw it, she wanted it. I also made another hat for someone but I can't say who because then he/she would know he/she was getting it. And, right now I am working on something that I can't talk about because it's a surprise and these people read my blog. If you want to see some impressive knitting- go over to Hookin', Knittin' & Livin'! Stephanie is fantastic!

I've just completed my third week of walking 5 miles/day! I love it! It really gets to be a habit speedy quick! And, the best news- as some of you already know- is that I found some new shoes! Woot! Now all I have to do is find a heart rate monitor/pedometer and workout pants WITH pockets and I may never stop walking! That's a shot of this morning's sunrise on the right. I just noticed that the sun looks like an alien head.

I had a first this week! I had the opportunity to be a guest poster (?) blogger (?) on Mari McCarthy's site! And don't forget to enter the giveaway TODAY because tomorrow is the day I announce the winner! A HUGE THANK-YOU to all who went over there, read and commented on the post! I truly appreciate it!  If you haven't made it over yet, it's not too late!




Hubs and I took DoodleBug shopping yesterday. She is trying to upgrade her wardrobe since she has practicum this semester. There were quite a few deals. GAP (believe it or not) had the best sale out there! Amazing! We stopped in Old Navy and the cashier wouldn't let me use my Tanger coupon for 15% off- she said they wouldn't let them take the coupons in combination with their 40% off sale. Fine. IF what we were buying was 40% OFF. But it WAS NOT. Please, could we get someone other than the moron to check people out of the store?

I was totally disappointed in the majority of the college football games yesterday. I sure hope the season gets WAAAAY more exciting than this. Scores like 48 - 7 do not make for good football.

I'm hoping that a new weight loss challenge will be starting this week! I know there are two that are starting later this month, but I'm ready NOW. If you are interested in joining one, here are the two that are starting up for sure in September:

Just click on the buttons above and you can read about those challenges. There is one more that I will post about (probably) tomorrow. It was the Slimmer this Summer Challenge that got me on track for 12 weeks so I'm thinking another challenge is just what I need to keep this weight loss going strong! Well, that AND staying away from homemade oatmeal raisin cookies.

That's all gang! I hope everyone is enjoying a LONG football filled fun-filled weekend and a fantastic week! And remember to SMILE- it makes people wonder what you've been up to!