Over the River and Through the Mud...

Hello! I have been so bad about posting this fall... I haven't even been near my camera to take any new pictures. Things have been so busy with school for both of us. I had two quick trips up to Salt Lake for school, one for content and another for gifted observation. We did do the Butch Cassidy 5K (walk, of course) again this year...MB and Mary joined me!
With the family all over the place, we will actually be spending our first holidays at our house in a few years. MB and Mary are coming for Thanksgiving this week, then I really have to decide how to Christmas shop on a budget. We are going to have MB (maybe Mary?) for Christmas, and she wants to go "borrow" the girls from Colorado. I'm just excited to cook...and have my tree in the living room (we haven't even put one up since we built the house).
I promise to take some photos...I want to get a couple of me to see if I look any different. I'm down about 23 pounds. I'm just nervous, because I never liked pictures of myself and I'd hate to not look any different now that I've been working so hard. Most of my clothes are loose...that's exciting! I've re-established a relationship with my belts, although I don't like looking like a paper bag.
Sorry for the blather... we had our first taste of winter weather today. Fortunately, we had warning, so Friday night we had stacked the woodpile by the fence and tarped it. This sounds easier than it was, since Andy had to split a bunch and I had never stacked that much wood before, so Andy had to help me start over... Anyway, so we got wind, and rain, and snow, and cold, and sunshine today. It was great! Of course, wet weather means mud... and muddy puppy feet. I did get the house cleaned and "decorated" for winter... I refuse to "Christmas" until after Thanksgiving. I HATE seeing lights and decorations up the end of October...
Sarah's holding down Grammie's bed (yes, there's a blanket and no nice quilt Mom) until she gets here tomorrow. Sadie's dreaming about chasing something here on the rug in front of the fireplace. I'm closing the computer and heading for the bath...