October has gotten off to a busy start for me. I'm walking (just about daily now) on the treadmill and have ramped up the yoga classes too. I signed up for the next series of classes, one being Power & Grace and the other is a Meditative Flow class where we do sun salutations, holding each pose longer and then cascading down into Child's Pose for an extended time to feel more of the echo of each pose. There are a couple drop in classes each week as well that I am looking forward to. One really exciting then, for me anyway, is that my yoga instructor has been to some trainings and HER teacher has a CD out that is tough. She has thought of offering it as a class but she isn't familiar enough with it just yet....so she is having some afternoon meetings (not classes, no charge) where she and her marathon running trainer and marathon running wife will be doing this CD. Last week, my teacher asked me to join them in this....I surely won't be able to do all the poses or hold them as long (can you say serious strength training) but I am thrilled to have been included and that she knows how good it is for me to TRY and find my own edge!! SO YAY!!!! Also, my husband and I went apple picking last weekend...it was windy and kinda cold, I was having second thoughts about it...but you know what? We had THE BEST time!!!!! I was even climbing the trees (and not with a ladder)!!! It was SO MUCH FUN!!!

On the de-cluttering front, I spent all day working in my office. I have 2 six foot bookcases that have been in storage since I stopped teaching...one was brought to my office today and the other will come tomorrow. So I've been rearranging, setting stuff aside for the annual yard sale and making some room. There's a possibility that there will be an older child coming to live with us for a few months so I wanted to make lots of room in my office for her bed and things. :) It's been a busy start to the month!!!