I’m not doing anything special for this Thanksgiving, but that does not mean everyone else isn’t either. The stores around this small town are packed and the parking lots are filled. I’m relived that I don’t have go out to any of the stores to get into the mess to do any last minute shopping. I’m sure it will even be worse for Christmas as well.

Not only the holidays can bring madness, but I’ve been overload lately, not only with work, but looking through house plans.  When not working, I’ve been tasked with looking through house plans to find that perfect one, since we are thinking about building a new home next year.

We love our current home, but unfortunately we’ve out grown the home. Instead of looking for a house to buy we’ve decide to just build the one that can be our dream home,  and that we can be happy with for many years to come.

This also means we also might be moving to a new city, town, or even a new state too. I would personally love to move to a new state, since I have lived in NC for a long time.  Hoping 2009 will be an exciting change for us.

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween or Samhain!

A few pictures of our decorations  for Halloween.

It’s feeling like Fall here in Western North Carolina. The nights are getting colder and the mornings are frosty. The leaves are changing to bright reds and golden yellows.   Some of the mountain areas, here in NC yesterday even saw the first snow fall of the season. I woke up this morning to it being 28 degrees which is really chilly for NC  this time of year. It feels more like Winter than Fall, around here, but it can only lead to one thing, our temps will get cold now, and be warm again for Christmas, which I hope it’s the not the case this year. I would love to see a nice snowy Winter this year, than a mild green Winter that we’ve saw years past.

On a healthy note, I’m keeping to my New Years resolution of losing weight and almost have met my goal too. I started getting serious about  losing weight in July and so far I’ve made a lot of progress in almost 4 months of steady exercising and eating healthy.

I’m still eating all vegetarian meals with lots of fresh or homegrown veggies, fruits, and organic foods. I’m eating more and more home cook foods, than pre packaged frozen meals, going to fast food or restaurants.

Recently, I found out that I’m not getting enough protein in my diet from just eating beans, soy products and other things that substitute  for meat protein. So I’ve been trying reintroduce a little meat back into my diet, by eating a little bit of  chicken with certain dishes I fix, at least once a week.  I’m hoping to find a good protein supplement that will give me that boost of protein that I need, so I can get back on track with my vegetarian diet .  It’s been hard trying to reintroduce meat back into my diet, but hopefully it won’t have to last to much longer.

Anyhow Happy Fall  Everyone!