I Haven't Been Inspired

Lately, blogging is one of the things I haven't been motivated or inspired to do. Between the tornado, having three kids and moving my mind has been otherwise occupied. Oh, and did I mention we started homeschooling?

We had a garage sale a few weeks ago that raked in $700! We had planned on having one before we moved but our old neighborhood wasn't getting a lot of traffic. Plus we had to move in a hurry. We had A LOT of extra stuff. Watching strangers paw through things that were special to you at one time is a little intimidating. But it was awesome to have other people clean up and carry off our junk. One chair we found next to a dumpster when we lived in married housing on campus at Mississippi State. We sold for $5. It was a great chair! Down-filled cushions, vintage gold-colored velvet. Awesome. Just couldn't make it work for us anymore. Got eight years out of it and made five bucks. Not a bad profit margin.

Abby turned one this week. She is pulling up now and crawling around the house. She LOVES her brothers. I LOVE that she LOVES them. They play together pretty well until Abby wants to play with the toy they have in their hand. They are pretty patient and usually let her have what she wants or give her an item of equal value.

Brian began his teaching semester this week. It is interesting to watch him balance teaching with research, writing and family time on his was to tenure.

We are still dieting. I have lost about 30 lbs. and Brian has lost about 35. We haven't reached our goals yet and they say those last few pounds are the trickiest. Yes. I have been stuck at the same weight all summer. But only been serious about sticking to our rules for the past couple of weeks. Had to make an exception for Abby's birthday cake, right?

Oh, yeah, her cake. It was fabulous if I do say so myself. Made this icing and this cake recipe. Two pounds of butter just for the icing! I did reduce the sugar for the icing. A little.