Final pumpkin post

• Although I am an introvert, at the 3 hour mark, I felt lonely at the pumpkin patch. However, I read a lot of good blog entries and read some great training books.
• My son is now old enough that I can embarrass him which is the only reason I didn't bring running clothes or start doing pushups on the picnic benches. If I'd been here by myself, exercise would have happened, because I truly don't care what other people think.
• I bought a new pig -- a really cute garden stake. I'll post pics later this week.
• Pumpkin apple muffins are delicious!
• I need to rethink my eating. Confession: I've fallen into the love of manufactured food trap once again. And as I'm a lazy cook, I'm living on salads and protein bars, because I don't want to cook two dinners. May have to rethink the vegetarian thing, as often times being veg these days means I eat raw almonds, protein bars, baby carrots, and whatever sugary treats I want (one of the benefits of running lots of miles, but NOT the way I want to fuel my body).
• Note to self -- post butternut squash soup recipe. I just said I'm a lazy cook, but that doesn't mean I don't cook at all. In fact, I'm a good cook, but I'm burned out on the whole dinner thing. I do have a few fabulous fall recipes though, and one of them is an out-of-this-world good butternut squash soup recipe. I promise I'll share it this week!

Time to load up the kidlets and head back home. Happy Monday, friends!