#HavingMyCoffeeHere

Good morning.
Already Day 5 in November.... Say Whaaat?
I can't believe it's November and we will be headed into the Holiday season before long... and way too soon.
Yikes.
But I can't even think about that right now, because Halloween was less than a week ago.

So anyway,  grab a cup of coffee and sit down with me and let's chat this morning.
Oh! Speaking of Coffee.... Over the weekend I saw someone holding a cup of Starbucks coffee in the RED CUP!
The red cups are here!
Hello, skinny peppermint mocha.... Come to mama!! I'm definitely getting myself one this week.
But back to today's coffee though...

I'm really having my coffee on the front porch under a heavy blanket today, but this above was where

I had my coffee on Sunday... in the backyard on a pile of blankets in the leaves.

It was a beautiful day Sunday. Absolutely beautiful.

We played in the back yard, did a little work(well, not me), had a fire in the fire pit, and made S'mores. 

The weather was perfect, a little chill to the air but not cold at all.

When you're lucky, moments like these can somehow cancel out all of the crappy ones.

Sometimes.

I wish I could just bottle these moments up and just save them for later when I really need them...

You know? Because I could really use them later on... like a lot.

If we were really meeting for coffee this morning...

I would have to tell you that we had a fun + crazy busy weekend.

Friday night was a night out with my best girls, dinner + drinks and music?

Yes, please!

Friday night and Saturday morning we had a Photography Fundraiser for school

 and I volunteered to be one of the photographers...maybe not my first choice on how to spend 

my weekends... but it went well. 

It was actually kinda fun.

Saturday night was the Friends & Family Preview Night at TapRoot(my brother's restaurant)

the official open date is 11-11-13.

The night was so awesome and so much fun! 

I have a whole bunch of pictures to share but I will leave you with this one, which is the 

Grilled Provoleta. You just can't go wrong with cheese... EVER.

Oh my... it was so good. SO GOOD.

It was a good, full weekend with lots of family and friends...and good food and drinks...

and more fun.

I felt lucky and grateful all weekend or the friends and family in my life.

Tis' the Season, huh?

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Hope everyone has a great Tuesday.... 

Where are you having your coffee today?

Leave me a comment here and remember to tag your Instagram pictures with:

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{Virtual Coffee}

Good morning.
It's an early + hot Tuesday morning and somehow I am still ready for a hot cup of coffee anyway...
Occasionally I will do iced coffee, but for the most part I just need hot coffee, no matter what.
So grab a cup of hot coffee, or cold coffee or water or diet coke or tea... whatever it is you're having this morning and let's talk.

So, it is in fact September 10 and it is supposed to be 99* today... 99... as in, just one degree under 100*.
In September.
How gross is that?
I mean seriously, it's just not right.
Any feelings I had of missing Summer or lovingly reminiscing of those long, hot, Summer days are now long gone.
The kids' school is not all air conditioned and let's be honest, nothing good comes of kids being in a hot, gross building.... so, they get out
an hour early... not sure how much that helps really, but they do.
Blahhh.

If we were really meeting for coffee this morning, I would have to tell you that I started Week In The Life  yesterday... and I am still going.
Dear Day # 2, I will not quit today, I will conquer you.
If you didn't read my post yesterday, you can read more about Ali Edwards' Week In The Life project, here.
I've wanted to do it before but just never did, so this year  I am determined  to finish it.
I think it would be so cool to have a whole bunch of snapshots that document an entire week in our lives, right here and now in 2013.
How awesome would it be to look back at a week in your life in pictures form when you were a kid?
I think it would be so cool... to see not only pictures of me and my family but what a typical day looked like, how we spent our evenings,
favorite toys, books we read, my parent's cars... all of it.
I think that once this week is over I will take all of these pictures and make them into a hardback book online...
I know there are a  million sites to choose from but I'm not sure what the best ones are...
Any suggestions?

Here's just a bit of my day yesterday...

So, if we were really meeting for coffee this morning I would have to tell you about my two phone interviews I have had in the last week.
First, let me say, this whole getting back into the working world is both scary and kinda exciting at the same time.
I'm ready, or I think I am ready to do it,  but at the same time, it's scary.... AND... can I do it?
I mean, I fancy myself pretty damn unorganized now... what will it be like when I am really working out of the home again?
It's weird... but good... and scary... but still kinda good.
Do you know what I mean?
I've decided that even if nothing comes from this job that it was a good thing because it made me update my resume(that had not ben done in TEN years)
and now I feel like I am really ready to get serious about looking.

So, I guess that's about it for me this morning... I have lots and lots of laundry and straightening and cleaning and list making to do...
We are going out of town to stay in these cabins in Indiana this weekend and I have so much to do to get ready for the weekend and I keep telling myself;
I will not procrastinate.
I will nto procrastinate.
I will not procrastinate.

What are you up to today?
Is it starting to feel like Fall yet where you are... or are you dealing with another heat wave like we are?
Ugh.
Bring on the 70* weather and the pumpkin spice lattes!
Ps- I am thinking of making these cookies for the weekend... Salted Caramel + Nutella Stuffed Double Chocolate chip Cookies.
Whatcha think?

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Remember to hashtag your Instagram pix with #havingmycoffeeehere... not just today, but every day!
I love to see where others are having their coffee... on the way to work?
School drop off line?
On the couch?
Happy Tuesday!