::over the weekend::

We finally got some rain here! The gloomy skies hanging over central Arkansas all weekend made it feel like fall might finally be within reach. It got me in the mood to get my porch ready for a change in season, I even went the extra mile and made my own burlap wrapped wreath.  

We made a day trip to Hot Springs on Saturday to watch the Hog's first SEC game of the season with the fam over a meal of soup and cornbread. We then spent the remainder of our weekend mourning the Razorback's embarrassing shutout against Alabama.  Not even the Cowboys could lift Gary's spirit, as they too suffered an embarrassing loss to Seattle on Sunday. Elliott, however, was easily cheered up after a shopping spree at Toys-R-Us, where we purchased several "big boy" toys, including the classic little pull-along telephone we all had growing up (even though he'll likely never know a phone with a dial on it).  

Looking forward to some cooler weather and the official start of fall this week. I may have to celebrate with a Pumpkin Spice Latte...

October Craft Night.

You probably thought my blog was going to be stuck on the "fall decor" post for another 9 months, huh?  Nope, I'm still here, just been busy.

This morning Laura and I stopped by the annual "Inviting Company" paper sale.  It was my first time going, and it was out of control! We did get some cute things on the cheap though, including napkins and cups for the salon's fall open house Monday night (Oct. 11th drop in from 5-8, do come!).

Tonight we had craft night.  This time we met at our house. I cooked chili in the crock pot, using a  recipe I found online, and we painted pumpkins.  There isn't much to explain, the creativity just flowed, and here is what we produced:

Kate's creative hands at work.

Amanda's pumpkin.

My pumpkin (w/Kate's help).

Another Kate creation, she's so good!

Laura decided to carve her pumpkin, loved it!

In other news:  We have been cleaning and sealing the grout in our kitchen (before and after pics, coming soon!), I am training steadily for the half marathon on the 23rd- made it to 9 miles on Monday, and  we FINALLY booked the trip we have been dreaming of taking for 3 years- Europe here we come- April 2011! 

TGIF! 

It's Fall Y'all!

Woke up this morning from a 10 hour sleep to a crisp 53 degrees! Since today is my day off, and the weather felt so wonderful, I decided to get in a long run this morning.  8 miles never felt so good!  It's interesting to me how the further I run, different parts of my body hurt.  The first 3 miles it's my calf muscles, then about mile 3 that goes away and I feel it in my knees until about mile 6, then that pain subsides and moves to the joints in my hips and pelvis area.  Any other runners experience this?

Today I'm going to do some cleaning, including a deep cleaning of our kitchen cabinets, inside and out, as well as our pantry shelves.  Wish me luck!

As promised, here are the photos of our fall decor this year.  I enjoy decorating for the seasons, and I try to change it up a little every year.



::kitchen table::



::front entry::

::coffee table::



::kitchen counter::



::mantle::

::tv cabinet::


More to come! Happy Fall Y'all!

Fall Wreath.

Today despite my ever growing to do list, I decided to take a day to play.  I slept in, spent some time in prayer, and made this cute fall wreath:

(I got the idea from Laura.  You can check out her wreath on her blog.) 

This was such an easy craft.  You just need burlap, a couple of different fabrics, buttons, a wreath, small clothes pins, paper letters and a hot glue gun. 

Cut your burlap and fabric in to different size circles and overlap them. Attach them to the wreath with your hot glue gun.  You can also glue buttons, and felt on top for added interest.  Tie your rope from one side of the wreath to the other and clip your letters on with the clothes pins.  You can spell out whatever you want.  I did "blessings" and Laura used "thankful".  You can use a strip of fabric to make a way to hang your wreath, and there you have it!

I also got some of our fall decorations out, since tomorrow is the first day of fall.  Maybe to celebrate fall's arrival tomorrow I will give you a sneak peak...



Fall is my Favorite!

Gary and I spent the weekend in Dallas for his friend, Stephen's wedding. The wedding was nice, and we got to spend some time with his friends, Reid and Stanton. Gary, Reid, Stephen and Stanton have been friends since they were very young.

Today I worked on getting our house decorated for fall! Let me know what you think.

Gary and I ran 5 miles tonight. We beat my goal of 55 minutes. Our time was 52 minutes, 30 seconds! Feeling better about running the half marathon every day!

In other news, Katherine Grant Salon and Spa has a fan page on facebook, and a twitter (KGsalonandspa). We're getting so high tech! We also started demolition on the new location today. Be on the look out for some "before" pictures in the near future.