On the horizon

Yesterday evening on my walk with the dogs, I noticed this tree:

The first real sign of fall. The trees have been threatening to change since the weather turned spastic a couple of weeks ago. While they were still green I could pretend that summer would go on forever, sort of like the opposite of Narnia. For me, fall means winter and I hate winter. We probably won't get a snowfall until after Thanksgiving, but it's there...just waiting.

A Personal Challenge

I've been lazy for a while now.

Last year I lost about 25 pounds, which was great. The problem is that I still have 15 that I want/need to lose...and that's where lazy comes in. After months of procrastinating and making excuses, it's finally time to just do it. I want to be ahead of the game for the holidays and not have to make another New Year's resolution that will be broken. Plus, I want to wear Aunt Pam's black velvet dresses that I inhereted this summer! (Not that I have anywhere to go in them, but still.)

So, my self-challenge is 15 pounds in 5 weeks. That's 3 pounds a week, which I can do if I stick with my Weight Watchers based plan. I'm going to post weekly on my progress, so that I feel accountable to somebodies other than me and don't get into the procrastination/excuses cycle again. I may decide to lose more than that, but I'll see when I get there.

Who's with me? We can help each other and feel great!

Polishing A Turd

That's what John has come to call our "just make it look better so we can sell it" projects. This time it was painting the garage. It took John 2 summers to scrape and paint the entire thing. There were 4 or 5 layers of paint already on it and you can tell! But it looks so much better now.

See? That's much better.

Now how 'bout that driveway?