Bon Jovi is back...

I was at work on Halloween night (from 11-7) and the crazies were spilling in one right after another. So a lady who I have already checked in to our psych ward 3 times comes through again...gotta love the frequent fliers...and once again she answers my favorite question with my favorite answer.

Me: Is there someone you want me to contact and let them know you'll be staying with us?

Her: Yes, Bon Jovi as usual please. He'll wonder what happened to me otherwise.

Should I ever end up in the hospital I think I'll have them call Matt Damon.

Accountability.

I am posting here because I need to be held accountable to more than just Todd.

I am like the Kool-Aid mom at Christmas (not Martha Stuart like some people I know) that does the cookies and the candies and the pies and the class parties and the adult parties and the egg nog and the go, go, go that leads to fast food - and I cannot gain another pound - or they will ask me to play the jolly old fellow himself!

So...I need a goal, I am a goal oriented person. So the first week of Dec I am running a 5K and my goal is 28 minutes...a little under 10 minutes per mile. There is one at the Spa on Dec 8th and one at the zoo on the 5th...have not decided which. It depends which one I can talk a friend into doing with me.

If you are in the Tampa Bay area or will be visiting then and are interested let me know, looking for a running buddy!

Accountability. Yep now I wrote it, posted it and people know I am doing it so I can't back out. So thanks for your help :-)

Hear Ye, Hear Ye...

Get our your calendars people this is important stuff. I lied, Christmas does NOT begin with black Friday it begins next week, next Thursday to be specific.

Why?

Because the red cups, gingerbread latte and peppermint lattes all return to Starbucks. So if you need me next Thursday morning, you know where to find me!

Pumpkin Patch

The kids picked the "perfect" pumpkin, and free of spiders! This patch had some issues with spiders so we had to find one without them.

Now we just gotta carve it!

Castle

The fabric castle.

It looked better on the way to school but I forgot to take pictures then.

Some pictures!

More to come tomorrow but for now...

At the lamest fall festival of all time in St.Petersburg. Don't go to it, ever. But here are a couple of pics anyway.

Papaw, Tristan and Daddy with the antique car sitting on the porch of the "print shop".

The 4 of us by a kind of cool tree (did I mention it was a lame festival, not too many kodak moments)

These others were at Bahama Breeze for Taylor's birthday.

Birthday girl Taylor, me and my dad

Uncle Jonathan and Tori - after they had finished telling each other every riddle they each knew, both nerds, love em both!


Stay tuned, pics of pumpkin patch and costumes to come, later this week!

No time to blog today...

so here is a recent favorite of mine! This is the most true song ever....for moms everywhere!