Day 272

I have always LOVED magazines!! I'll read just about anything if it's in mag form. I'll even read "NEWS"!!! I especially love craft & decorating mags!! Well, over the summer, I was reading books from the library. My mags got kinda ignored. I just set them in a basket & figured I'd read them when I finished a book. Well, I didn't. They just piled up & piled up. So, I've decided not to get anymore books until I get a handle on these mags. We'll see how long it takes......

Day 271

My brother broke ground on his house today! They've owned this property for about 6 months but have had to do all sorts of dancing around the bank to finally get a construction loan. Hard to picture what the house is going to look like by a hole in the ground. Gonna be pretty awesome!!

Day 270

My parents are in town for a few days. Mom's heading to Bangladesh and they had to come to StL to fly out of Lambert. Dad's going to stay here for a few days to take care of my "honey-dos" (although, nothing my dad did was too hard; either Scott or I could have done them!)

Anyway, they got here a day early so they could see Becca play volleyball. Unfortunately, she never made it into either of the first 3 games (2 JV, 1 V). They had to leave before the 4th game. Yes, Becca played in the 4th game. Oh well, the girls are still undefeated!!! Go Lady Knights!!!!

Day 269

The leaves are falling. This is the tree in my neighbors yard. Much more impressive looking than mine. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE fall????

Day 268

Three months til Christmas & I'm putting my fall decorations up. I usually wait until 10/1 to put up my Halloween decor & fall stuff but it's been so cool out that it just felt like time. I love fall and LOVE my decorations.

Day 267

Dental check up day. Oh the joy. I have not been as diligent as I should about flossing. After today, I will NEVER make that mistake again. Oh, the agony!!! She used some sort of aquasonic cleaner that was supposed to work "better" on my gums. It hurt SOOOOO bad!!! I will remember this pain & remember to floss daily!! On another note, Becca has her first cavity! By the time I was her age, I'd had 2 permanent teeth removed. She's depressed!

Day 266

The disadvantage of not posting these things daily. I can't remember WHY I took this pic. I think just 'cause the clouds looked so cool. This is on the way to pick up the kids. The water tower is the turn off to Hartford and the route to South Roxana. Exciting info. I have to keep this kind of excitement up for another 100 days??

Day 265

The view out of my sunroof today. I can't decide if the orientation is correct or not. I think it is that's why I didn't change it!

Day 264

Another VB game tonite. Becca FINALLY got her home uniform. Unfortunately, it's not exactly like the other girls'. Her's doesn't "glow" in photos. LOL Looks a lot better than the frumpy t-shirts she & Hannah W were wearing. Go Lady Knights!!!

Day 263

Fall in the neighborhood! I love this display and would love to do something like it but I don't think mine would look like this. This is so casual and PERFECT!!!

Day 262

Imos. St. Louis Style Pizza. The Square Beyond Compare. This is our pizza!!! To outsiders, it's a little odd. They cut the pieces into squares (you can kinda see where the pieces have been). This is the "THICK" crust version & you can tell, it's not that thick. The regular pizza is essentially pizza topping on a saltine! It's THIN. It's an acquired taste, I will admit. We had it the first time on our honeymoon & did NOT like it. Somewhere along the line, we tried it again & now it's our favorite pizza!

Day 261

A tree in my neighborhood. We have such pretty trees around here. Mine is not changing much but this one on the next block is. So pretty!!!

Day 260

The little tree from School. The leaves are NOT turning pretty, that's for sure!! Looks like the leaves are rusting. Yikes! We'll keep an eye on it.

Day 259

I always knew my husband was a weiner! Now I have proof. We were wandering around Target, looking at the Halloween stuff & for some reason, he decided to try on the weiner costume (I think he wanted to see if one size did fit all!) The mustard really grosses me out, looks like instestines or something. ICK!!!

Day 258

Lookie what I got!! Fall is here!!! Candy Corn is in the stores!!!

Day 257

Today was NOT a good day. It started off that I ran TOTALLY out of soda for me. I had to go to the grocery store for stuff for dinner so I thought, no big deal. I went to the store but soda was $4.18 for a 12 pack. NO WAY!!! I'm totally addicted but I'm not stupid. I can do better than that! So, I stopped by McDs to get a $1.17 hugo to wet my whistle. Skippy at the drive thru window (not the speaker) tells me they're out of diet coke. HOW CAN YOU BE OUT OF DIET COKE????? I personally think they were out at the drive thru and were too lazy to get it from the dinning room but, we'll never know, will we?? I finally ended up getting a $4.99 24 pack at WalMart 'cause all the other stores were nearly $4 for a 12 pack. Addiction is NOT pretty!!

Day 256

The last of the tomatoes. The weather here has been so weird, we just ripped up the tomatoes. They were mostly rotting on the vine before they turned red. I hope we don't plant them again next year.

Day 255

Stamp Camp in Elsah today. I love the way the sun filters thru the trees. I love roads like this. I can't wait to see what these trees look like over the next few months.

Day 254

Was stuck in a long line at a stop sign on the way to the kids' school today. I looked out the window & there were these flowers. I love the look of them & the line the highways all over the place. Apparently, they are a flower that thrives on exhaust fumes & concrete dust.

Day 253

Becs had another VB game tonite. This gym is basically is only as big as a basketball court. So, we were pretty much sitting ON TOP of the players!! Becca played in the 2nd JV game and we won in 2 straight. Then, she played in the FIRST varsity game. She was RIGHT IN FRONT of us for the whole time she played. Do you think I could have gotten a good pic of her???? No, I only got one w/her eyes closed!! ARGH!!!

I have NO IDEA what this is a pic of. Must be me moving the camera as it took a shot. Since I didn't have anything better........