Luck Be A Lady

Oh gosh..... We are having the most beautiful fall weather. I'm looking out my office window as I type this and the blue sky and the falling leaves (green, yellow, orange and red) are just stunning. I'll try to start posting pictures more since I'm using my fancy camera and found all the connectors to transfer photos! I love the fall. I love summer too but the colors this time of year in the great Pacific Northwest are just stunning aren't they? Well, I think they are. The weather has been so cool and crisp too - don't get me wrong, we've had some rainy days too but when it's clear like it is today there is nothing like it. I've seen this on the East coast too but we've got the mountains and water to look at all at the same time here in my little corner of the world and nothing beats that combination. Fall veggies are also cool.... seeing all the pumpkins and squash is just magnificent. The orange and yellows are so beautiful.  I could go on an

It's official. Old Navy is my best friend. The crazy thing about doing IP is that you never know when a piece of clothing will become too big. You have to plan to buy pants every 2-3 weeks or so. I did not believe this statistic going into the program but now that I'm almost finished with 11 weeks I absolutely believe it! I have gone down two sizes and am on the brink of slipping down another. I've already eliminated the XL out of my closets and am still wearing some larges (especially in coats since that's technically a 10/12) but I have managed to get into some medium things for the first time in years. Mark got me the cutest red wool pea-coat from Costco on Tuesday in a 'large' and it fits with heavy layers underneath so I know it will last for at least a month or so! It wasn't crazy expensive so I'm hoping I can wear it through the holidays. It's so cute!  Back to Old Navy though..... I had a ton of XL clothes from them and now need to elim

Wow.... my last show ended and I expected peace and quiet. Nope. This last weekend was crazier than normal!  Ha! So we took Mark's mom to the airport yesterday in what turned out to be one of the quickest and easiest transfers into the plane ever despite the fact that we were technically late. We always get a wheelchair and attendant for her now because she doesn't have the endurance to walk that far. The cool thing is that Alaska Airlines (my favorite) lets us get security passes to escort her to the gate so we can say goodbye and keep her company all the way onto the plane. It's weird having my house back to myself but I am grateful to have some calm and peace. I think I will start tackling some major cleaning and moving of furniture and rooms tomorrow. It seems to be time to get the house in order for the holidays and to set up Mark's recording studio. We celebrated our first Friday night without a show by staying home with Mark's mom, eating comfort food a

I was writing my diet blog and I ended it with "Who am I?" (Name that tune!) It's an interesting thing..... when you do a serious lifestyle change you start to not recognize yourself in more ways than one. I know that I've achieved some great goals as of today. I made it through another show..... it is the final day of it and I've enjoyed being a musician again. My tendonitis and carpel tunnel still like to show up to the party now and then but it's still been fun. Now I have to start prep on directing my show and I'm getting pretty excited about it. I still need to give myself a short break between this show and the next though so I can decompress and not have to worry for a couple of weeks. :-) I haven't started at WSA yet (kids are still signing up) so I'm looking forward to that. I'll write more when that starts! I went shopping for my dress to wear to a wedding next weekend and it's official that I am able to wear size 12&