Nice Fall Weather

This is a picture of our dog Bub.He is a mutt that we adopted from the animal shelter 9 years ago.He was a year old at the time so that means that he recently celebrated his 10th birthday.He is a very active dog for being 10.Bub and our 6 1/2 year old grandson are buddies.

Don't have many fall pictures yet since our leaves haven't changed much.Saturday I thought I was taking pictures but was I ever wrong.I had forgotten to take my memory card out of the computer so I was snapping away with my camera but not really doing anything without the memory card.My grandson later reminded me that the memory card was still in the computer,lol.

It was such a pretty day today.We went up to 79.I did some walking outside this afternoon.This morning I went to the mall to get my hair cut.After my hair cut I walked through out the mall for exercise.

I am starting to feel more energetic after this long bought with a cold and sinus problems.Today I decided that I will just log my steps and mileage in the book I keep for that purpose.I get too hard on myself when I don't write every day with how I am doing with walking.Since I haven't been feeling too well I haven't been walking much which meant my posting slacked off too.Now I will post no matter if I walked or not.I will just keep track of my steps and mileage off line but will continue with my walking and riding my stationary bike.

Some Fall Color

I took this picture yesterday morning from my front door.I thought the colors were so pretty.This is my view from my front door and window.The area across the street from us is wooded as well the area behind our house.We only have neighbors to the sides of us which makes for a very quiet neighborhood.

Our weather has turned drastically colder.We have been experiencing days in the low 50's and nights in the upper 30's to low 40's.It was 39 when I got up this morning.Now our temperatures are below normal which feels rather cold after all of those days when we were experiencing temperatures 20 degrees above normal.

Feeling More Like Autumn

I took this picture last fall.Not sure if it shows much color or not.We haven't had much color change yet so I haven't taken any pictures of the trees yet.Since it is cooling off and our nights will be cooler we should be showing more color here in our area soon.

I went around closing our windows this evening.It's suppose to go down to 40 tonight.We are going to try and not turn the heat on yet.Tomorrow we are suppose to only have a high of 53 so long sleeves and long pants will be needed.

I worked out in the yard today.It was in the 70's today which made for a nice day to work in the yard.

Wednesday October 10th...6,856 steps...3 miles

It has been a very warm October so far.........

Since I posted a picture of rain clouds the other day I thought I'd post a picture of how pretty the sky looked Saturday morning.I loved seeing the bright blue sky and fluffy clouds.

It has been so warm here.We have been setting record highs.Today we set another record high.It went up to 88.If it had reached 90 we would have had the first lemonade day ever in October.Sunday it was up to 86.Not sure what the high was on Saturday but it was quite warm that day too.

Got some walking in today and rode my stationary bike.

Monday October 8th...6,725 steps....3 miles

Got A Little Rain but it's still warm

When I went outside this morning to pick up our newspaper off of the driveway I thought I'd grab my camera.It had rained so I didn't know what I'd find.I found clouds in the sky which we haven't seen much of during the summer and early autumn season.I also noticed one tree had started to change color but all of the other trees surrounding it were still green.That is what this picture is.I thought that it was rather unique that only tree had changed color.

When we were out this afternoon I noticed more and more trees that have changed colors.It is nice to finally see some color.Maybe the little rain we have had lately have helped the trees change color.Another thing that helps is shorter daylight and we sure are experiencing that.Not sure what our sunset time it but I would say that it is between 7 and 7:15.

I got in a walk this morning.I am saddened to know that our city park will be closing for the season on the 7th.No cars will be allowed in the park.I believe they allow you to park outside of the park and still walk around in there.The reason they close so early is to get the lights up and ready for the big Christmas lights display that opens on Thanksgiving day.You drive through the park and admire all of the light displays.It draws a big crowd every night through New Years week.

Friday October 5th...6,261 steps...3 miles

A Fun Evening

This is a picture of my grandson on the soccer field.I took it either last Saturday or Sunday.Sunday was the last soccer game of the season.

Had a fun evening.Since our daughter wasn't feeling too well and I was feeling a little better my hubby and I took our grandson to his school's fall festival.It was a lot of fun.His classroom was used as a dance party.I tried to get him to go in there but he didn't want to be bothered.The music was too loud for his liking.His teacher was in there having fun with the children.I thought that it would be a nice way to see a fun side of his teacher.

He got to take his first ride on a pony.He had to wait in line for a half hour but he was very patient.Of all times not to have my camera with me.I will make a point to take it next year.Our granddaughter will be 4 then so she will be able to join in the fun too.Our grandson's school is a primary school for ages kindergarten through second grade so next year will be his last year to enjoy the fall festival there.

Got in some walking at the school which was good.Also ran into some people I hadn't seen in awhile.We got some much needed rain today but it cleared off by 5 which was nice for the outdoor activities at the fall festival.

Thursday October 4..6,593 steps...3 miles

Been Taking It Easy

This is a recent picture of our cat Casey.I was thinking that I hadn't posted her picture but had posted the pictures of our other two cats Sneaky and Twinkie.If I had already posted her picture,oh well,here is another one,lol.

Haven't been posting since I have taking it easy trying to get over this head cold.I have felt miserable and sure will be glad when it finally leaves my system.

One thing about having a cold is that you can't taste anything.I have used that to my advantage and gotten back to watching my carb intake more closely.The scale is going down once again.I am so thrilled to see that.I few years ago I followed the Atkins way of eating...watching my carb intake.I lost 43 pounds and felt great but still had more to lose.Little by little I added back carbs which caused my weight to go back up some.Thankfully I didn't re-gain all of the weight that I had lost.

The end of April I started walking but I wasn't cutting back my carb intake like I should have.I lost inches and about 10 pounds since the end of April.I was hoping to have lost more after getting more active.Now that I am watching what I eat more closely and more active(once this cold is gone) I should do much better with losing weight.I do so much better not eating lots of carbs and feel like I have that under control again.I am eating protein,vegetables and salads and feel very satisfied.