Shaunna, Version 1.8.0

Yesterday was Halloween, Hunny woke up and wanted to get into full costume before I even got breakfast on the table! My little girl sure loves to dress up! We carved our pumpkin, got dressed, and headed to the mall for a Halloween Spooktacular, more like a Spook-mediocre, but the kids got a loot bag and we had a good laugh when they freaked out going through the haunted house, so I guess it was worth it. MJB might not agree, he looks at me and he says, "$14 dollars, for this, on a day that neighbours hand candy out for free?". Whatever, at least it was warm! The rest of Trick-or-Treating was fun, it's the first year Hunny wasn't begging to be carried to every door, just the last 20 minutes before home, MJB and I took turns, but I still feel it this morning. Maybe it was the 20lbs of candy we had to tote as well? We watched a great home made fireworks show at the kids school, (it is not illegal to watch illegal fire works displays) I do wonder how a couple of regular Joe's can put on almost just as good a show as the City does for Canada Day?! The kids loved it, and in turn so did we. (Then again maybe it was the cup full of wine we lugged around for the walk?)

I have almost lost a full 10 lbs since starting on my newest weight loss journey. I am moving into the 3rd week and really need to find some new foods and recipes to keep this interesting. I slipped a bit this weekend so I have to be really, really good this week. Maybe even exercise a little. Ugh. I have posted a photo of the Nov 1st, version of me (Version 1.8.0, lbs that is). If it isn't motivation, I don't know what is! It`s amazing how clothes make such a difference. Watch for Dec 1st's version, (should be a smaller file size, more compact, and efficient)!

I just can't seem to get a handle on the house, keeping it tidy for longer than a few hours seems nearly impossible. I have never been a clean freak, I have gotten a lot better over the years, but have yet to find my recipe for success. I have to figure out a way to organize myself so that things are getting done as a result of habit not necessity. I am by no means not doing anything all day long, I'm just not a very efficient cleaner, and I break things. A couple of days ago I tossed a t-shirt down the stairs, knocked the light hanging above the entry way , it broke, fell to the stairs bellow, and smashed into a million tiny pieces. Just what I needed, another mess to clean!! One of these days I'll figure something out that works, either that or A and E comes in to film an episode or Hoarders....