End of the Line...for Nines...

Well, sort of...for our September "Nines."

Our goal continues: Do nine posts each month for the rest of 2013. We think we can! (We'll be sooo disappointed if we don't...truly.)

Somehow, we don't know exactly how it's happened, it will be October in a few hours. Why do some days go so slowly...like turtles...and then, suddenly, an entire month has whizzed by? Like The Roadrunner being chased by that rascally coyote. The first of September was yesterday, right? So how is it that a new month is nearly here? Sheesh. Sigh. Yikes.

We plan to re-commit to bringing you some new Yummies and Yeehaws! To bringing you more honesty. To sharing news and insight and funnies.

We thank you, dearly, for visiting us, Sweet Friends, Everywhere...

Hugs and Smooches...and Happy Fall, Y'all!

ELC (on behalf of TLC and Little Leighton, too!)

TLC's Nine Favourite Yummies!

It's moi's turn!

Here, now, are my Top Nine Yummies:

1. ELC, Little Leighton and I still (obviously) love and adore our Piggy Pajamas. They are my MOST favourite Yummy discovery to date. They complete us. (In fact, I'm wearing my Peacocks as I type this!)

2. I'm trying to be more proactive in my "weekly menu planning." This FABULOUS Chicken and Rice Salad has just been added to the list for the upcoming week. It's even better the next day for lunch! Though some might consider it a little "summer-y," I think it can be enjoyed all year. Especially since our daytime temperatures are still hovering in the low 90s. UGH. Where is my sweater-weather?

3. I love Target (I think I've only mentioned that 9 bazillion times), and I love revamping my lampshades in the Fall and Spring!

4. BRING ON FALL! I'm ready for cozy wraps, comfy sweaters, my most favourite skinny jeans and my UGGs! Fall is the yummiest season of all.

5. Second to my love of all-things-pumpkin, is all-things-PEPPERMINT! I can't wait for the CFA Peppermint Shakes. YUMMY.

6. Yep. Bethenny's Stuffed Peppers have also been added to the weekly menu. Two words: PINE NUTS.

7. Lauren got us hooked -- we can't get enough of Wheat Thins, cream cheese, and Habanero Pineapple Dip. A truly scrumptious snack. (P.S. This "Yummy Review" has quickly made me STARVING. Apparently I take the word "yummy" quite literally. Clearly I love all FOOD.)

8. I'm still enamoured with my Frye "Carson" Flats. In fact, I'm adding a new colour to my Christmas list.

9. What could be more apropos than closing out this little list with food -- yep, more food -- Dove Sea Salt Caramel Dark Chocolates. Though these have been eluding us at the store as of late (so tragic) -- when we do find them, we stock up! DIVINE.

Now, let's get this week started right -- bring on the YUMMY food. And comfy jammies and clothes. And FALL.

Have a blessed Sunday evening, Sweet Reader Friends!

TLC's TV Shows...To The Nines...

Oh, how thankful I am for DVR systems. I remember, vividly, ELC programming TIVO to record our favourite shows -- we have VHS tapes upon VHS tapes of Full Houses, Murphy Browns and Designing Womens. We just LOVE "our shows!"

Here, now, are my Nine Favourite CURRENT TV shows (in no particular order):

1. General Hospital. Oh, yes. I'm still quite addicted -- the cRaZiEr it gets!

2. Grey's Anatomy. I haven't missed one season -- even one episode -- yet.

3. The Mindy Project. One of my new faves! Mindy Kaling cracks. me. up.

4a. Top Chef.

4b. Top Chef Masters. Curtis Stone. Need I say more?

5. MasterChef. ELC and My Sweet Dad got me hooked. I adore it.

6. The Voice. Can't get enough! How I wish I could have been a singer. I'm crossin' my fingers Little Leighton is our ticket to Nashville.

7. Breaking Bad. This is one I watch with My Hubby. It's one of the few shows we "agree" on. (ELC? Watched one with us several months ago. Key word here: ONE. All she could do. Doesn’t get it. Apparently doesn’t even intend to try!)

8. Dancing With the Stars. I'm signing Little Leighton up for dance lessons ASAP. Grammy ELC wishes there was a Grammy/Granddaughter tap class they could take together.

9a. Real Housewives. Yep. All of them. Well, except Miami. I couldn't get into that bunch.

9b. The Chew. My favourite "talk show."

9c. Duck Dynasty. Si. He is too darn funny. Love their “Family. Faith. Ducks.”

Ta-Ta for now, Lovely Readers! Off to catch up on my shows…

p.s.--Never fear! I'll be doing my Nine Favourite Yummies by Sunday...

ELC's Nine Favourite Yeehaws!

When TLC and I started this blog in January of 2011, we decided she would do “Yummies”—products, companies, books, movies—that she loved. And I would do “Yeehaws.” We always had the intention of doing two to three Yummies and/or Yeehaws per month. That didn’t/hasn’t always happen/happened. TLC has been much better at doing her Yummies than I’ve been with my Yeehaws. She kind of holds it over my head occasionally. Sigh.

Then there was the year-ish that we did “Yumhaws.” Those products, companies, books, movies, etc. that we BOTH liked/loved/adored. (TLC finally admitted she hated that mashed-up word I created and we officially ended Yumhaws in October of 2012. I’m not going to lie: I miss ‘em.)

In Honor of our “Month O’ Nines,” I suggested we each do our Nine Favourite Yummy/Yeehaws from the past (specifically the years 2011 and 2012)—those Yummies and Yeehaws that we still buy/use/obsess over/treasure.

Here, then, are mine:

1. I still love the Campus Quilt Company and Three Sisters’ Jewelry! Read these links so you can learn more about them...you'll be glad you did. Pinky swear.

2. I still love to get my Ballard Designs catalogues! I make sure I have enough time to sit on our couch, or in my favourite chair in our bedroom, with a cup of coffee or a Diet Mountain Dew, and look at every single page.

3. I still love and use Garnier’s Skin Renew Dark Spot Concealer! Because I'm still oldish and still getting those attractive brown spots on my face. Yes. they're quite charming.

4. I still love and use Aveeno’s Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer! Because, along with the charming brown spots I get occasionally, I also get red blotches and bumps that need "calming." Ultra calming, of course.

5. I still love and use Revlon’s PhotoReady Makeup! Got a camera? Want a picture? I'm READY.

6. We all still NEED Girard’s Spinach Salad Dressing! Devine. Simply devine.

7. TLC and I still CRAVE Kroger’s Gourmet Mini Cinnamon Rolls! They go way beyond YUMMO. We just satisfied our need to these sinfully wonderful tiny rolls less than two weeks ago. And I can assure you: We want more. Like tomorrow.

8. Our new favourite Target sheets (since they discontinued the Springmaid brand) are Threshold Performance Sheets! Our Sweet Lauren has confirmed she and Her Sweet Hubby are also thrilled with these sheets. For the price? Choices of styles and colors? The fact that they wash and dry superbly? They ROCK. Big time.

9. TLC and I continue to cherish Kashi Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies and Chocolate Almond Cookies! This was actually from a Yumhaw. Take that, TLC. Or, as I now call you: Yumhaw Destroyer.

I would also like to promise that, from October, 2013, forward, TLC and I will seriously attempt to be more dedicated to posting our Yummies and Yeehaws. Alas, we have often dropped the ball. (Especially a couple of months before Little Leighton arrived last year—and for a couple of months after her birth. We apparently lost energy and/or all interest in anything that was not Little Leighton related. We're confident you understand.)

Hope Y’all have a Wonderful Week wherever in the World Y’all are…