Blue skies, sunny day, and all is well

Here we've come round to Thursday again...these days and weeks feel like they've been flying by lately. More than usual, which is FAST. I've been keeping up with my exercise, on a positive note, but not so good with the eating. Well, I can't resist ALL sweets ALL the time. Unless a doctor orders me to, I can't. :( But the exercise has already had some beneficial benifits (ha). I can tell its not as hard to get through them as it was, I fall asleep somewhat easier (maybe cause I get up at 5:15 to do them, ugh) and I seem to be in a better mood. I've really got to try to eat healthier, though, so I can see some results in the waistline and places like that. Wish me luck!
Last night we went Walmart-crazy. Or, rather, crazy at Walmart. I won't tell you the amount of money we spent, because I'm ashamed. We needed groceries so badly and about a million other things, though, so it wasn't money thrown away on junk. I did get some non-necessities, but come on, sometimes you have to. I got some mini-pumpkins (or gourds) and some orange candles, which I plan on connecting to make a candle/candle holder (something also out of Good Housekeeping), I got some lovely yellow flowers to brighten up the outside, and a little scarecrow (and I mean little) for outside too. We went ahead and bought Seth his Halloween costume. He debated and debated...and debated on it, going from costume to costume for about 10-15 minutes. These are all he said he was going to get before he decided on one: Superman, a ghost, Batman, a king, Mr. Incredible, various ninjas, and the winner was: a phoenix ninja, complete with nunchucks! He tried it on when we got home and it was so, so cute. Lily just needs tights and ballet shoes to make her costume complete. So I'm very excited, as I always am, about taking them trick-or-treating. I've arranged to take off early, because if I don't, I'll only get to trick-or-treat with them for about half an hour. So, watch out for the muscley, vicious phoenix ninja and his nunchunks and the cute little ballerina who'll probably dancing down the street on Halloween!