Happy September, check in and whats ahead

I cannot believe that it is September already where does the time go?  I do have to say though that I am ready for it.  The sunshine and heat has been nice but I am ready for some crisp weather, fall clothes, the candles, pumpkins, fall colors, Halloween and of course our trip to Disneyland.

Yesterday we went out and got some fall plants, pots, and doormat for our rear entry.  It looks so good.  It makes me happy to walk into the house.

We also went out and got me some new clothes.  I will do a post on some of my new clothes which I am really excited for.  I have lost 26 pound so far and I am in Small & Medium tops and 10/12 pants.  I went from XL and a size 16!!!!!  I feel so good about myself & healthy which I haven't felt in a long time.  Even though my doctor hasn't cleared me for running or heavy lifting he does allow me to do small weights (2 lbs) and walking and elliptical.  So I have been doing about 45 minutes worth of weights a day and walking 1-3 miles every day.  I am in phase 3 of the diet so I can eat pretty much anything except for wheat products (I have some problems with bread, cakes, etc)  I am actually just fine with that though.  The hubby and I were talking and I told him I would be fine never eating white bread or drinking soda again.  It's kind of funny how after you get it out of your system you don't miss it.  I have finally learned how to eat right.  My goal is 80/20 diet and I think I am doing pretty good.

We are now getting back in the swing of things with school for the kiddo and it's going to be nice to get back to a real schedule.  We made a "To Do" list that we are hanging in the kiddo's bedroom of what he needs to do and if he does what he needs to every day then he will earn Video Game time. The kiddo has been struggling with organization and staying on task so we are hoping that this will help him

We have a full plate this fall.  The kiddo's birthday party is coming up so we are planning for that, we have the start of football season so we will be going to all the home games, we are working on planning for our upcoming trips, we will be getting in a lot of long runs before the half (once the doctor clears me of course), we have a make up anniversary dinner since I had just had surgery on our real anniversary, we will be hitting up the pumpkin patch, and I need to up the ante on blogging and social media.  I have quit a few posts planned and a video or two hopefully they won't be so terrible that I can't even edit them lol.

I hope you all have a wonderful start to September.  What are your favorite things about fall?.