Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That -- Random!

Do you believe it's the end of July already????

Boo hoooo -- July is my favorite month and it's nearly over!

Hibiscus -- Favorite flower!

The last few weeks have been a bit of a blur of 

driving here and there and back again to 6 AM cheer practice,

 8 AM pickup and back again

at 4 PM and another pickup at 6 PM with

other driving duties throughout the day.

Some days I felt like I was . . . in Jackson Browne's words,

"Running on empty, running blind . . ."!

Fave summer drink - Gin & Tonic -- I see one in my future!

Only a couple weeks til  high school starts for my adorable

freshman cheerleader!

Excited nervousness is how I would describe this time

in her life.  There's a bit of worry about the lockers

and locker combinations and getting to class

on time!!!!  I'm sure it will all be just fine!

One of the professional photos from Shane and Sunny

And we've been busy getting our Scottie feeling better!

She's had a rough summer and had to go to the vet's office a couple

times due to allergy problems and hot spots!

Muffy is finally feeling better and able to 

work her Instagram account again!  :)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Just Thinking Some Thoughts - A Bit of Randomness

Today I have some rather scattered and random thoughts to put out there -
while I wonder if we will get our first snow tonight!

Last winter -- hope this is a long ways off!

But first, Miss M doing cartwheels in the yard full of leaves!

Gotcha - Mid-cartwheel!

We've had delightful fall weather for weeks now,
but I know a change is coming soon!
I even managed to get all of the 3,455,222+ weeds and vines in the
backyard pulled and cleaned up this fall!
And I raked a ton of leaves though you can't really tell!
 Oh yes, I patted myself on the back many times
and pointed out the cleaned up landscape many times to anyone
who would listen!
Yep -- Go Me!

Next on the big long list of projects -- the garage
(where scary mice might be hiding) and the
basement (SO. MUCH. STUFF).
But let's leave all that for another day,
I feel like baking cookies, don't you?

In other news,
Miss Maddy has a junior achievement project we've been working on.
It's fun -- but really, didn't we wait to have junior achievement until junior year in high school?
Truthfully, I was an overachiever and participated sophomore year,
but 8th grade!?!
Methinks it is a bit early for JA!

Anywho, her team is making and selling sugar scrubs -- wonderful and
sweet smelling
ways to exfoliate, brighten up and energize your skin
(a tad bit messy to produce).
 So far, they've come up with Pumpkin and Lemon Sugar Scrubs.
 I thought I'd love the Pumpkin -- but not so much.
Coming Soon -- Candy Cane and Peppermint -- I'll be sure to post a photo!
Keep them in mind for your holiday gift list! :)

And in a not-so-great deja vu from last year's holiday season,
Mr. Miata's Crohn's disease has taken an ugly turn and
requires surgery.  He is really feeling rotten. It seemed like the meds were working
and they were, until they didn't work anymore.
Super disappointing.
So, we are hopeful that the surgery will be just the ticket
to get him feeling better, playing tennis again, riding that smelly old horse and
driving that his vintage (sounds better than old) Miata convertible --
when the weather warms up, that is.
We love that guy and hope he feels lots better soon!

Christmas photo, 2013 (2015 version coming soon)