October 2024 Part One

 Getting caught up one month at a time. I think I can... I think I can... I think I can...

First pic to start us off is of me and a couple of my swimming buddies. I swim with a masters group at 6 in the morning at a pool about 10 minutes from my house in a high school. We have to get out of the building before the school day starts. 

Girls on the Run!

With the kids being in two different school districts this year there are all these random days when two have off while the other two are still in school. October 3rd was one of those. The girls and I biked to get puppy dog tails and donuts. 

Middle School car pool pick up! 

Oakley's halloween costume came. And so did Thomas's. 

 

Morning run views:

Football continues. 

My head shots for the website at the yoga studio where I teach barre classes. 

Marathon weekend! The marathon goes right by our house so it's fun to get out and celebrate them. This is about mile 3. 

My friend Jana! 

I printed off heavy duty vinyl numbers for the yoga studio. Hoping these last longer than the sticker had been. So far so good! 

Sun isn't up as early as I need to get a run in. 

He so much calmer on days we run. 

Tree is up EARLY! So we decorated for Halloween... which is also why our costume theme this year will be Nightmare Before Christmas. Costco had trees for sale so we got it and I didn't want to haul it downstairs just to bring it back up in a month. 

Loving my new e-bike!

GIRLS ON THE RUN:

Pencil decorated for halloween. 

School's fall party. 

And the last football game for the season, brought out my nice camera. 

We don't really let Oakley roam the house, he is mainly blocked off to the back of the house (and not upstairs where there is carpet) since he sheds it helps keep the cleaning manageable for me. But this was a special time that I let him lay up front with me while I sat by the fire and did my bible study. 

August: Finishing up SUMMER

I had jokingly showed Kyle this ad on social media for a 3D printer... and he GOT me one for my birthday, lol! Now I don't have time to do much of anything (ahem, like keep up with this blog) So I was a little shocked at first because it has taken a LOT of time to figure out. Build the thing, learn the two software programs, trouble shooting But we have been having a LOT of fun with it, so I can't complain :-) 

Had just a couple errors at the start, then was blown away when this turned out after an overnight print! We've basically had the thing running non-stop since we got it. Things take a while so I try to keep it going, the kids have had fun picking out things to print. 

August 18th I took the kids to Valley Fair, this was their FIRST time there. We've done the ride at Mall of America, but this was their first real amusement park. 

As I said the 3D printer has been a learning curve... we came home to this mess: 

Did some more bed leveling and calibration...

The next evening I went with a friend to a concert at 1st Ave. 

More of our 3D prints: 

  

Isaac is doing tackle football. 

August 22nd we hit up Valley Fair again and it was HOT! 

Thomas got a rock tumbler for his birthday so we'd been play with it.

Oh and I think I forgot to mention I got the birds a wider cage because finch's prefer to fly side to side vs up and down. They love the additional flying space.