The "do"

So after much procrastination I finally went to get my hair cut and the color touched up...I hate going and it´s always so expensive...so after nearly running over a goose in the middle of the road who would not budge (another story) I got to this new hair salon not too far from our house. I enjoyed being her only customer for most of the time and having a nice massage to go along with it. I was sure it was going to be really expensive for the cut, color, style and massage, but it came to 45 Euros!!! I think it´s a screamin deal and am quite proud of the results. I asked her to make me about 10 kilos lighter, but that was not possible. So here are the results of which I am quite satisfied, if not proud. Excuse the picture since I took it myself

A glorious day

One of my favorite trails in the neighborhood
The house from the front, note the lovely "fence"and lack of landscaping

The path the landscape architecht managed to finish. Stay tuned for more landscaping adventures. Coming soon, November 4th....

Today was such a nice day that I decided to concentrate on getting things done out and about instead of spending time at home. This morning was nice and crisp, but it warmed up a bit as the day progressed, and Mr. Sun made a grand appearance, so I tried to take some pictures of our house and neighborhood. I went to the nursery around lunch time to pick out a Lilac bush for our yard and they had what I wanted, but not quite large enough to suit the paper pushers sitting in Moritzburg, so the nursery is trying to find a 6 foot version since the largest they had was about 5. After that I went to pick up some groceries and it was quite an exercise in self-control not to throw all the yummy looking things in the cart. Mental note to self, never, never go shopping around lunch time if you´re hungry!! I managed to control myself and pick out a nice salad for lunch and yummy yoghurt. This afternoon I went on another hour long walk and I am hoping to squeeze another one in this weekend with DH. (I read an article in Family Circle that people who walked 3x a week for an hour or longer lost weight faster).

Fall is here

Fall is here and I think I´ve caught my first cold of the season, so I´ve spent the afternoon taking it easy and napping instead of working on my translation. Patrick turned on the heat in the living room yesterday, and I turned it on in the office today. I did manage to follow some of the progress in the yard, but not nearly as closely as the children across the street at the Kindergarden who were fascinated by the bulldozers moving dirt around and the men compacting the earth with a special machine (incredibly loud and jarring). I hope the men can start laying the coble stones for our walkways soon--I can´t wait for them to be finished.