Falling Behind

OMG! Please tell me my last post was not in July. Okay, it was and I'm ashamed. It was summer then and now it's fall. I can't believe this year is almost over. The air is crisper, the leaves are falling and Christmas items are on the shelves. I do love this time of year, but it's a horrible time for fashion. I always find myself lacking summer/fall transition pieces. It's not quite time for a coat, but a light jacket in the morning would be nice. I'll work on that. And is it okay to still wear sandals or are we at full-fledged closed-toe shoes and boots? See, I just never know during this time of year. I'll also work on blogging more. I know, I know, I say that every time I take an unintentional blogging hiatus. But it's been a busy end of summer and fall. How do you other bloggers keep up? Perhaps I need some sort of no-blogging intervention.

I don't even know where to start with the updates. If you are friends with me on Facebook (which you probably are since that's basically the only way anyone will see this blog), then you're pretty caught up. At the beginning of August, we went to the lake with some friends. It was kind of like an end-of-summer hurrah. At the end of August, I literally ran my first 5k. Normally, I just walk those things, but this year, I actually trained and had a pretty good time. I did have to walk twice. The hills almost killed me, but it was a major accomplishment. I hope to do it again and get a better time, but that would mean I would need to start running again and I haven't ran since the race.

Labor Day weekend, Derrick and I split up. No, not that kind of split up. He went to Manhattan, Kan. to see K-State beat UCLA for their first football game of the season. I stayed in town to celebrate my friend Morgan's 30th birthday. The rest of the month of September was sprinkled with football games, visits from family and friends and home renovations. I finally got my gray family room. Actually, it's more of a bluish gray, but it's still what I ... er, we wanted. We also bought new furniture and painted the fireplace. Now we just need to do the finishing touches like adding the quarter rounds to the base boards, installing crown molding and adding some decor.

The first part of October has been just as busy. The first weekend, we had friends in town for a wedding reception. Just last weekend, Derrick and I split up again. This time he headed back to his hometown of Lincoln, Kan. for his 10-year high school reunion. I went down to Fayetteville and Little Rock, Ark. to celebrate my cousin's 30th birthday. She had a fabulous party and we all wore purple for the occasion.

I think you're all caught up. I'll be sure to post pictures soon ... and I promise it won't be three months from now. Sheesh.