Better Late than Never & Fall Wish List

There are seven unwritten blog posts that are sitting in my Edit Posts tab on my Blogger.  Yup. Seven.

I just looked at my blog and saw that I have ONE post from September.  Well didn't y'all just have fun reading about our eventful life in September!

The truth is, we have had an EXTREMELY eventful life. That is the reason the blog has been lacking so much lately.  I hate those people who have a blog and refuse to ever update it.  I'm not refusing! We've been traveling.  Seriously, this is the first weekend we've been home in the past 3 or 4. I can't keep up.  And working.  And living.  It's been fun, but I've neglected to tell you about it.  And what's worse is, while I love all 28 followers of you, I keep this blog more for David and I.  I can go back and look at all of the fun things that we have done since we became husband and wife.  So I hate that there is a huge gap in our lives now!

So, I'm going to attempt to catch you up.  Not in this one post.  Nope.  This is an apology blog post.  I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.  I hope you accept it!  Thanks!

So on this beautiful Sunday afternoon, my husband is on the golf course.  My dog is asleep at the end of the couch as I type on my computer.  And I am trying to catch up on laundry and cleaning.  But when I thought about it, if my husband and dog are getting to do what they want to do today, I get to as well.  And I chose to update the long forsaken blog.  A post has been long over due! 

In case you didn't know, it almost fall!  I put out decorations and have been getting ready for the cooler weather.  My father in law owns Russell's Farm Supply in Collierville, and he has SO many fun pumpkins to decorate with. I've yet to decide on which ones to buy. That's not completely true.  I got a few small ones to decorate around the house with.  But I want pumpkins for outside!   He has green ones, orange ones, ones with bumps all over them, white ones, flat ones, large ones, and ity bitty ones.  I found this photo from a person who posted it on their facebook page.  You can at least see some of the choices.

Fall means many, many things.  It means pumpkins, colorful leaves, apples, thankfulness, football, duck hunting for the hubby, fires, and cuddling up to my hubby with a blanket.  It is by far my favorite season, and I love it!  I just wanted to share with y'all a few of my favorite fall indulgences.  Hope you enjoy and take note of some of them!

IT'S FALL Y'ALL! :)

Yankee Candle Autumn Harvest

I found this candle scent at Target.  I know Yankee Candles are a tad bit on the expensive side, but I usually get at least two seasons out of them.  Trust me when I say this one does NOT disappoint!  Here it is online. 

Fresh Market Pumpkin Spice Coffee

Yum!  I discovered this with a friend of mine. I had never been in Fresh Market.  We walked around trying all of the tester items they had out that day.  This was one of them and boy am I glad we tried it!  She talked me into putting cream and sugar in it {which I rarely do}, and OH MY GOSH! It tasted just like a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks.  We didn't buy any that day, but I went back now that it's colder outside.  Yummy! I've made it every day since I bought it.  It's so good.  And it makes my house smell incredible!  I've been drinking it black and it still resembles the pumpkin spice latte.  You know how you sometimes can't tell the flavor it flavored coffee? Well, you can in this one!  I'll be coming to Starkville next week. Let me know if you want me to bring you some!  It's incredible!  You can also order it online here, but you have to order at least 3. I'm not sure I could drink ALL of that coffee before Starbucks Christmas blend arrives! :)

Courageous

Courageous - In Theaters Now

Now, I know this isn't really fall, but date nights are.  David and I had a date night this past Friday night.  We had so much fun.  We went to see the movie Courageous. If you have ever seen Fireproof or Facing the Giants, it is made by the same church in Georgia.  It's about Daddy's, and it's wonderful.  David and I both agreed we wanted to see it again when we decide we're ready to be parents.  We both think it's a must see for all parents.  However, even if you aren't a parent yet, it will challenge you to be a role model {"parent"} to someone who has a parent that isn't present.  Go see it. You won't regret it!  

Owls, Owls, and More Owls

David made me count last night.  There are 23 owls in our house.  Yes, it's fall. Yes, I love owls.  Yes, they go well together.  Do you have a problem with it?  I didn't think so.  My family never celebrated Halloween.  So rather than decorate creepy, I decorate with owls.  And they are in stores EVERYWHERE!  I have to exercise some restraint though and not buy every single one that I see!

Williams-Sonoma Spiced Pumpkin Bread

This is absolutely, without a doubt my favorite fall thing!  It's food of course, but it is the best stuff ever.  And in case you didn't know, there is an outlet in Memphis.  And it's about five minutes from my house.  Crazy.  We love this stuff, and I go buy it all of the time.  I think when it goes way on sale after Thanksgiving, I'll buy about 10 packs of it. It is the best stuff for fall.  I know you can make your own, but trust me when I tell you it's the best!  Seriously!  And it's easy, easy, easy!  Just come visit us and I'll take you to the outlet, and we can get it for 20% off.

Back I go to laundry and cleaning.  Hope you're enjoying fall to the fullest!

Blogging 101

Wow!  It's a post that doesn't start off Oh Happy Day Part Number Something!  Try to contain your excitement!  I'm kind of excited to not be writing posts anymore, but it was so fun to actually sit down and look over ALL of the MANY photos we have from that wonderful day.  While I enjoyed it, I'm so glad to be able to move on!  It really was fun being able to recap it, and I'm glad {most} of y'all enjoyed it, but it's time to move on!

I feel like I am SO behind on the blog now!  I was behind on it before I started the recap, but I REALLY feel behind now!  There is so much to catch you up on in the lives of the Adams!  We've done lots of things in the past few weeks that I don't want you to miss out on any of it!  However, today, after returning home from vacation, I have to take care of necessary things to become a resident of Tennessee like drivers license and car tag.  But don't worry, I'll be keeping the Mstate logo on the car tag!  You can imagine how fun this ORDEAL will be.  Do you remember going to the DMV or the Tax Assessors office?  The lines are crazy long, and I'm quadruple checking to make sure I have EVERY document I could possibly need.  So because of that, I don't have the time I feel that I need to devout to writing posts about our lives and uploading photos.  But since the blog has been around for a little over a year now, I wanted to share with you some of the things I've learned about blogging in the past year.  Please don't tune them out if you don't have a blog.  Hopefully it will encourage you to start one!  They are in random order.

1. Put your blog on Facebook 


Yes, I can't believe I'm admitting this.  But, if you don't put your blog on facebook, there will be no one who reads it.  No one!  Even the people that follow you won't click on the link and read it.  I've tried countless times to quit putting it on facebook, but it just depresses me when no one reads.  So, if you are one of the random people that reads it from facebook {I know I have some creepers}, why don't you comment or follow? K?


2. Take lots of photos.

If you're going to have a good blog, you're going to need photos.  No one wants to read a blog.  They want to see photos of your life.  Now, when we started this journey, I was AWFUL at taking pictures.  Yes, I have to admit, I've gotten so much better about taking my camera everywhere and documenting our life which actually has been wonderful because there are lots of photos because of it. Which is fantastic for the scrapbooker in me!  I'm not near as shy as I used to be about asking people to take our photos, and I'm so glad we actually have something to document our married life with. 

3. Expecting your husband to write blog posts is unrealistic.

Sad, I know.  However, you've been warned. If you're unmarried, disregard.  If you are thinking about starting a blog with the two of you, it ain't gonna happen.  I shouldn't have named my blog davidandsaraadams.  I should have made it saraadamstheoneandonly.  Or something like that.  Out of a year, David has written one post.  ONE.  And it was because I forced him to.  And he didn't even post it to facebook so no one read it.  So, since you missed his ONE blog post, here's is the link to it.

4. Titles are hard to come up with, but make the difference in who reads your blog

 Take my word for it.  While they are hard to come up with, they sure do make a world of difference on whether or not people will actually read your post.  Take these two for instance... Home Sweet Home which has 209 page views to date or something like Coupon Clipping which doesn't even show up in the top anymore.  If you want people to read it, you better give them something good!

5. Crazy people from all of the country read blogs.


Yep, this freaks me out!  Note that we have 35 people in Slovenia reading.  12 in India.  Would the "real Slim Shady please stand up?"

6. Captain Rodney's is often searched for (do search)

 Yes, sad but true.  I think half of the people that search for and find our blog are actually on the hunt for the Captain Rodney's recipe.  If that is you at this very moment, please direct yourself to the recipe here.

So those are just a few of the things I've learned since starting this endeavor.  It's awesome to be able to have this to be able to recount where we've been the past year!  Hopefully, I've inspired you to write a blog.  Even if you think there is nothing to put out there, I promise that there is SOMETHING that someone wants to read.  And if they don't, it will be good for you to have.  It's the only journal I've ever been good at!

That being said, I've also learned a lot from other people as well.  A few of my friends have labeled certain days with certain things.  So for that reason, I'm going to start doing that as well!  Be on the lookout for Tasty Tuesday {stolen straight from my Cuz Molly @ Miscellaneous Molly -- it's okay, I warned her ahead of time} and Friday Finds {not sure what exactly this will be yet. Guess we'll know Friday!}  Hope you'll make sure not to miss those days or any days!

Blogger Background

Many of you may have noticed this really cool, ugly thing in the top right left hand corner of my profile. No, I don't know my right from my left. 

Thanks for being awesome?  I don't want to deal with the hassle of updating all of that stuff.  It was enough of a hassle to begin with.  So you know me, I waited until halfway through the month of January to start looking for my owl background.  After all, this makes it sound like all I have to do is update my fancy-smancy codes so that I won't lose my cutesy background.  WRONG.  


After much searching, it has come to my attention that Shabby Blogs has done away with this cute owl background.  And if you know me, I like all things owl.  My mother-in-law even found me a brown owl that looks very similar to my blog for Christmas.

Well, I am sad to say that we are going to have to say goodbye to the owl background soon.   :*( Technically, today is February 2nd, and I still can see owls.  I'm being rebellious and waiting until the very, very, very, very, very, very last second to change.  They are going to have to delete this background before I change.  And I'm sure that will be in the next few days.  Don't worry! I've been on the lookout for a fresh new background that will probably still have an owl or two on it.  But for right now, I'll keep these owls until they die.  Just wanted y'all to know I may have to get background happy and begin changing it around.  I may be trying out a few until I find one that I like!

Please let me know if you can't read the text at any time.  I know you can't sometimes on your cell phone if it isn't dark enough.  I will try to make sure this problem doesn't happen! 

Little Lacey goes to the vet today for the first time.  We're hoping that everything checks out okay.  She needs a rabies shot, and I've been begging David to take off work early (which he isn't allowed to do) and take her to have it done so she'll be mad at him and not me.  I can't stand to get poked, and I'm so worried she's going to be mad at me!  Especially since I forgot her big pillow in Starkville.  I'm a bad Mom!  Don't let that make you feel sorry for her.  It simply means she spends more time on the couch in my lap.  However, after we go get shots, she may not want to get in my lap anymore.  I'm going to be a horrible mother one day because I don't want my babies to do anything that will hurt them.  Just have to keep reminding myself that I'd rather her hurt now than get rabies later!  Wish us luck on our first time to the vet.  I'll try not to ask him a billion questions.

Randomness

I've stared at this blank blog post forever.  Knowing I need to do a life update for us, but not desiring to or having the needed time to do it.  I promise an update on our life is coming soon.  I also promise that there will be some of the craziest photos of me on the next blog post because I helped with Disciple Now last weekend.  Let's just say, I went all out.  Life has been slow and busy the past few weeks.  I've been hard at work on school as well as trying to get our new home livable.  You don't realize how long it takes for that to happen.  Maybe I'm just really bad at unpacking and exceptionally indecisive.  I've changed where I've put things a million times.  I don't think any piece of furniture is in it's "original" spot!  Haha!  Lacey and I plan to take pictures this afternoon of our home (since it's fairly clean).  Maybe there will be an update by tonight.  Maybe....