A flurry of energy

During the fall you could probably confuse me for a squirrel. I'm not sure why I get so much energy in the fall. It's like "oh, shoot! Winter will be here soon. I better go crazy before I hibernate." In the summer and winter I have no problem taking 2 hour naps every Saturday and Sunday, but in the fall I rarely take a nap. In the 6 days after my brother's wedding here was the schedule:

• Participated in a consignment sale--for those mom's that want a deal, check out Just Between Friends to see if there is one in your area. Great quality stuff at amazing prices! I went to the half price sale and bought Penelope piles of clothes and a tricycle (shh...that's really from santa). If you want to consign, it is a bit more work than a garage sale, but totally worth it. Since quite a bit of my stuff sold during the full price days I ended up making a profit even after everything I bought. Score!
• Hosted book club--Why in the world did I say I could have book club here 2 days after we came back from a trip?! It was a cleaning frenzy. Eight book club ladies came, so it was nice and cozy in our living room. Penelope sat with us for a half hour before bedtime and loved being one of the girls. I selected F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night. I remember I loved it during college. Not so much this time, but we had a pretty good discussion. There was enough alcoholism, relationship problems, and schizophrenia to be sort of like A Real Housewives discussion.
• Cooked 7 Rachel Ray recipes. I couldn't resist the $10 year subscription. I love her recipes, even though 4 servings always makes enough for 12. It is usually too much even when we cut it in half, but the canteloupe bacon wrap, corn and pepper salad, and easy apple chunk pie worked out great for book club. Then Chris and I made other recipes all weekend long. The spicy shepard's pie is guest worthy!
• Continued my couch to 5K--I'm on week 5 which meant one 20 minute run. It wasn't too bad since I've been running during my lunch time on a really hilly course. On Sunday I ran in an area without hills and thought "Oh this is so easy. I'll do a half marathon by next year." On Tuesday I was back to the hills and was panting and wondering if I will be able to complete that 5K.
• Joined my work's new knitting club. I told them I was tentatively joining. During college I taught myself very basic knitting via YouTube and books. I knitted a scarf and checked "Knitting" off my bucket list with no desire to move onto other projects. I decided to try it again and look what I did over the weekend:

Yes, I made a whole hat for Penelope! There are a few mistakes and I did have to rip it out twice, but for the most part it was fun and not frustrating or boring. I'm excited about this new hobby. We tried to get Penelope to model her hat:

After half a dozen tries she told Chris very clearly "DON'T DO THAT!" He said "Whoa! That is your voice, Laura. If I've learned anything don't push once you use that tone." Hopefully I'll be able to get a picture soon.

Phew! I'm pretty tired...I think I may relax with a book for a little bit...