Autumn Arrives

Hola!

Another week gone by...all I have to do is blink, and the days keep zooming!

FOND FAREWELL. This is partly a "farewell" blog to one of my favorite pairs of shoes. Funny how if you wear shoes every day for a few seasons, they...wear out. I would have kept wearing them anyway, but then I noticed a crack in the bottom of the sole of one. In this wet region, that would spell out w-e-t-f-e-e-t-f-o-r-m-e a few times a week, I'm afraid. :(

So I skeptically went shopping and I tried the brand my mom swears by: Naturalizer. I always wonder just a little when she says it's the "only kind I buy," plus they are a tad more expensive. But I tried these on, and ----- my feet gave a very relieved and satisfied, "Aaaahhh!" They fit wonderfully and are SO comfortable. I can walk the halls at school all day on the 3 days a week I tutor at the elementary school, and my feet will be happy.

BIGGER IN TEXAS. I also tried a new grocery store this week, and my neighbor talked about "Texas donuts" from this store, only during the month of September.

So HERE are photos of a "Texas Donut!" (One will feed your whole family.) We got a good chuckle out of them.

I left out Teresa in the last blog since she was still deciding on a sport at school, and other activities. She settled on cross-country, so those practices started this week. (I don't know where my kids get that running gene; Frank and I are very much NOT runners!) In the music area, she is doing chorus this year instead of band. She also wants to audition next week for 'Select Chorus.' That's a special chorus that practices separately from regular chorus.

CLEAN STOVE. Now, the last piece of amazing news is that I cleaned the stove on Saturday...I mean, I really cleaned the outside, scrubbing those dumb burner covers, etc. for about 2 hours (Kara helped). Go ahead, "Ooohh" and "Aaahh," it won't be done again for months!

Have a fabulous week! Kari