I can’t believe we’re halfway through my favorite month—October.
Silly Snapchat filtered Sally eating a freshly picked apple.
I love the Fall here in the North East. The weather has finally come down to a temperature I can get behind. Plus, I get to wear hoodies again. And the main reason October is my favorite month is because my birthday falls on the 25th. I also love Fall traditions like apple and pumpkin picking. And that’s just what I got to do this past weekend.
Mr. SOTSS, the girls, the dogs and I all drove out to the North Fork of Long Island to visit with Mr. SOTSS’ dad and his wife and do some Octobery stuff. We tackled apple picking, pumpkin picking AND a corn maze by day and had an Octoberfest inspired dinner by night (I didn’t take a single picture of our German food #fail).
The corn maze was uber muddy because it had rained all morning
The girls carved their pumpkins when we got home.
Here are a few other notable tidbits since my previous post:
Well it’s now eight nine eighteen because I kept getting distracted yesterday when I started writing this post! But let’s just pretend:
I just love today’s date 080818. I felt it deserved a blog post title and so I’m writing this post just to make it happen 🙂
I’m making such progress in clearing out my house before the closing. Tossing, donating, packing….
bubble wrap is my life right now
Said goodbye to the late hubby’s skiis (and most of his other stuff too)…I can vividly remember watching him ski out of the trees up in Vermont. I never felt comfortable enough to attempt skiing through the trees. Donated 3 car loads of stuff so far.
who saves drawers from a dresser they haven’t owned in 20 years?
Shredding years of paper
My attic is now officially empty and I’ve shredded almost 20 years of important docs. Seriously what was I doing? Clearly I didn’t need tax docs from 1997! I did save this one page from my 1999 taxes.
As of now it looks like I’ll be closing at the end of this month. But this weekend I’m going to officially move into Mr. SOTSS’ house. I want Duncan settled and out of this house before I really start dismantling stuff. He’s definitely starting to wonder what the deal is.
I had to explain to Duncan they are only taking the piano and not him. He was confused for a second.
Other than packing and purging I’ve been doing the usual. Walking, working, a little running and a whole lot of Duncan cuddling. We have just 2 more nights to share a queen sized bed just the two of us! It’s a luxury I’m going to miss as we double that count….And Chester is an 85 pound lab which basically means he’s like another human.
A 3 miler the week before last
And a 4 miler last week! Yep, I went an extra mile because i was having such a good run. And then I took what will probably be the last sweaty selfie post-run at this door. I was reminded on this run that I can always count on 2 things: How i feel about running and how Duncan feels about me 🙂
Last weekend Mr SOTSS and I went to a hot air balloon festival.
I was being such a pain about getting a good selfie that we ran the potential of the balloons leaving the frame before we snapped the pic. Sometimes you just can’t dilly dally.
Well, we actually just sat in the parking lot with our picnic dinner and drinks to watch them all take flight.
French fry face!
rosé
Last year we paid the $35 entry fee each (and we had his two daughters with us too) and realized there wasn’t much to do and really we just wanted to see the balloons at the end of the night. We noticed people in the parking lot with lawn chairs and thought that was genius. And last year was too windy so they balloons never left the ground. It was a bit depressing. But this year was quite spectacular. A beautiful sight.
Oh yeah, and I got stung by a bee! I hadn’t been stung in about 35 years and apparently I am allergic. My ankle swelled up and was painful for about a week. Thankfully my breathing was not affected.
While I’ve spent many a day and night at Mr. SOTSS’ place, I’ve never been there more than 4 days consecutively. So everyone will be needing some time to get adjusted to the full time “roomies” situation.
Mr. SOTSS built me this awesome room last summer and it’s supposed to be my private oasis kinda thing….like a she-shed. But apparently everyone just flocks to me. We’re all squeezed into the 7×7 room. HAHA!
Chester will love that I can feed him at 5pm sharp now so he doesn’t have to wait for his dad to get home for dinner.
I’ve gotta drop the doodles off at the groomer. Hope you’re all having a good month.
What’s new with you? Do you have a date like eight eight eighteen that you like? I remember 9-10-11, 10-11-12, 11-12-13 and 12-13-14 like they were yesterday 🙂
Hi there and welcome to my monthly post! Hope your summer is going well. It’s been really hot and humid here in the Northeast.
My running lately can basically be described as short and sweaty. I could toss slow in there too. But I’m actually loving it.
An evening run with some sprinkler hopping last week
A lovely run by the beach also last week
Mr. SOTSS and I each slogged through 4 miles on the 4th of July and just about died it was so hot.
It’s like my weeks get punctuated with short runs of 3-4 miles a couple of times a week and with no real training schedule, no injuries, no long runs, I’m not so absorbed with it all like I’d be with marathon training—so I’m free to be overly absorbed with packing and moving 🙂
Speaking of, I swear, every single time I think I have a handle on things I open another closet or cabinet door and find myself sorting and sifting through yet more stuff. I have no problem saying goodbye to things like old kitchen blenders or coffee makers and vases and such. But it’s so hard to pare down my coats. I love coats.
Hooray for an empty cabinet!
I’ve already made one trip to Goodwill and will probably end up making about a dozen more trips. They have a drive through lane where you literally have someone to greet you and take your stuff. Easy peasy!
remember these? A stereo from the 90s. Woah! Relic 🙂
Oh, and while we’re talking about relics, I found some old photos too….Here’s a shot of me from about 25 years ago—and yes i have shoulder pads in that dress.
And going even farther back…this one is closer to 30 years ago when I got my first car. Notice the matching scrunchy in my hair. Again, the 90s…
I’ve also been taking advantage of some free yoga here on Staten Island this summer with friends.
Every other Saturday morning I’ve enjoyed some gentle flow and a lovely view of the NYC skyline to my left and the Verrazano bridge to my right.
NYC Skyline
Verrazano Bridge
And now that my work situation is back to a more normal schedule, I’ve been able to join my Wednesday night hiking crew a bit more.
8pm summer sun
Duncan is happy that the 4th of July is now over with and so are the fireworks. He hid under the bed and I could hear him muttering under his breath about how rude people are to set them off. He doesn’t think fireworks are that cool.
The bathroom was another safe haven for him.
But now we’re back strutting around with no worries! (Well sometimes we take little breaks)
How has your summer been going? Do you have dogs with firework issues? Any tips for moving/packing?
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