288: see here..matter very unorganized!

 I have a problem..one might call it A.D.D. Yes, I had a billion of other things I needed to be doing, however, when I went into my office closet to look for something and had a difficult time finding it, it led me to a project that was not even close to my "to do" list! I began by emptying everything out of this closet..WOW, I had a bunch of junk! Why is it so hard for me to throw things away? Another illness is my nostalgia and sentimentality!! I had the kids' school work, Christmas bags galore, and every other miscellaneous thing that I threw in there thinking I'd get to it later! It took a long time, but I successfully rid myself of the clutter and boy, does it feel good!
{love those wings..part of my ragnar costume for vegas!}

287: amazing view

This was the amazing view we had from the backyard of the house we were staying in!

286: scrapbook weekend

It's been a long time since I have gone away on a scrapbooking weekend. I almost didn't know what to do! One might say, my scrapbooking muscles had atrophied! But I knew, with some time, it would all come back!

 Some friends from church invited me back in January and even though I don't really scrapbook anymore, I said, what the heck! I knew a weekend away, with no running involved, would be glorious! We rented a very large home in La Cresta..which is only about 30 minutes from Temecula. It was so spacious! Each of us had our own, 6 foot table with great lighting. Jim laughed at me and said I always say I'm going to get more done than I actually do, so this time, I armed myself with my weekend goal poster! I wrote down everything I wanted to accomplish and visualized crossing each one off! Some may laugh..but I think it worked! It kept me on track and by Sunday, when our trip was over, I had done everything I had set out to do!! Teachers Christmas gifts..CHECK! Other Christmas gifts..CHECK! Update my blog..CHECK! Clean up all the files on my computer and organize my computer..CHECK! Prepare lessons for seminary..CHECK! It was a weekend well spent..in my jammies!

285: keep calm, vote for rom

Proudly displayed on our yard!

284: rain, glorious rain!

A perfect rainy day! I can say this now because we haven't seen rain in months! It's nice to have a change!!

283: fog

What a glorious relief the weather was today! This was my drive home from seminary this morning! Could it possibly be? Is this fall trying to squeeze in an otherwise overheated California?

282: netti pot to the rescue

Woke up sick this morning! I pulled through and didn't miss seminary, but I'm not going to lie..I was hurting. I was terribly congested and my sinuses felt like they were going to explode! To the rescue..the Netti Pot! I swear by that thing. It's awkward and a bit strange at first, but it gives instant relief. Now if only there were a cure for the aches!

281: sky's 1st cross country meet

I was a little surprised when Skyler told me he was going to run in the Vail Ranch cross country meet and had me sign a permission slip. He typically doesn't care for running. Then I learned that they got to miss the entire day of school.  Immediately, I knew exactly why he signed up to run. The 8th grade boys were the last group to run. I was so impressed with Skyler. For someone who really doesn't like running, he was in the front of the pack! There were 12 school there and hundreds of runners.  Vail Ranch boys, 6th-8th, won all around 1st place! Way to go boys!!

280: feasting on the words of the prophets

What an amazing general conference!! I'm not sure if it's because I'm immersed in the New Testament daily, but several of the talks spoke of Peter {who we have been studying alot of lately in seminary}! It made me just giddy every time I heard the amazing stories of Peter and when I heard scripture mastery scriptures. I only hope that my students recognized the many references to that amazing Apostle of the Lord.

279: food truck festival

Theresa saw the billboard for the annual Food Truck Festival at Pechanga and knew we needed to go! She was correct! It was a sea of unique and incredibly delicious food, pumped out of basic trucks. We ate: bacon encrusted mac & cheese, pulled pork sliders, bainh mi {Vietnamese}, lobster corndog, basil lemonade, blackberry infused mint lemonade, cajun gumbo bisque, and I topped it all off with a shaved ice! I'm happy to report that no antacids were needed after our indulgent smorgasbord!

{Amazing announcement made during our churches general conference: missionary age has changed. 18 for boys and 19 for girls! This is HUGE!}

278: questionable packaging

It was date night with a bunch of our friends. We ate at a new place {for me}..Freebird Burritos! I found it to be delicious, but I was a little bit shocked with the packaging of their brownies! No..they were not actually "pot brownies"! But according to Jim, they were heavenly.

277: date night

Our season tickets had us watching this show tonight! It was a little dark, but had some powerful singing!

{downtown san diego was at an all time high for crazies walking around..we felt like we were in the twilight zone or something tonight. It was pure nuts!}

276: morphing

The boys are just a little too excited about their Halloween costumes this year! Skyler had a friend over and he even brought his matching costume over too! Ode to the morphsuit!

275: eviction day!

It's been a long month, but we finally got our renters evicted..the legal way! The house is ours again. The sheriff was there, but the renters had already vacated, so we didn't get much action! I was pleasantly surprised that the home wasn't damaged at all, just a little bit of junk was left.  What a blessing. Here is one of the remnants left behind..this speaks volumes about the type of people we were dealing with! PSYCHO!

274: heat wave

It has been the most miserable 6 weeks..if not more! This stifling heat needs to go! I'm ready for fall weather!