before it's too late.....

today's the first day of fall

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i just read in the newspaper how lucky we were this summer in regards to the lack of mosquitos. i guess in early may, after some warmer days in april, we had a freeze that killed the soon to be summer mosquito population.

ummm, can i just say thank you mother nature and if it's not too much to ask, could you do that every year for the rest of my life. thank you.

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i'm guilty lately of spending too much time here entertaining myself

and

finding new blogs

like this one and that one and even this one

and 

literally hundreds more

that somehow seem to eat up all the time i've allotted for house cleaning

~wink wink~

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wednesday i began the seasonal job of closet reorganizing

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summer clothes got taken to the basement's cedar closet. 

a "if you didn't wear it this summer you're not going to wear next summer either" bag has been filled and is ready to be taken to goodwill and winter clothes from the above mentioned cedar closet have made their way back upstairs....minus a few bottoms that have somehow become too tight. 

i don't know how that happens. 

how do your clothes "shrink" just because you haven't worn them for 6 months.

~wink wink~

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and

now i leave you with a little teaser....later this weekend and early next week, i'll be laughing it up with some blogging friends. two i've met before, but one is brand new. i'm so excited to have some girl time.

oh, and we're all photographers, too... what a win win !! 

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oh, and one more thing before i go read my morning blogs hop in the shower 

i ordered my new camera. finally. 

i'm keeping it a secret for now, but i will tell you that i ordered 

a 50mm 1.4 and a 40mm 2.8 lens, too because....well, because in my mind, the camera was free.

{remember the money i made from selling my gold jewelry}

and

a prime lens is something i've been told i can't live without

by too many people lately

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it's a wonder i'm still alive

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i hope you all have a fantastic "football filled" fall weekend