August 8, 2026 – A lovely brunch date with my friend Lynn! We took a stroll over to Book + Bottle afterwards since Lynn had a gift card burning a hole in her pocket. And maybe I bought some books, too, to support a local indie bookstore. It’s called giving back???
August 9, 2026 – Look at this majestic girl! A few times a month, I wake up with back pain from my sleeping position. Thirty minutes with the heating pad and a hit of Advil help a lot. When I’m done with the heating pad, I turn it off but leave it on the couch for the girls to enjoy.
August 10, 2026 – Should I warn you now that this post is mainly cat photos? It wasn’t a thrilling week! Anyway, Lila snoozed on top of the couch next to me while I took a quick siesta on Monday afternoon. She’s my little napping buddy!
August 11, 2026 – Eloise loves a freshly made bed. I find her snoozing away on a daily basis!
August 12, 2026 – Hello, you majestic girl. This was taken after a nap on Thursday. (I was so tired this week!)
August 13, 2026 – I had to bring in my doormat while they were pressure-washing our building, and the girls love rolling around on it for some reason. This morning, Eloise enjoyed some doormat + sunshine time.
August 14, 2026 – Oh hell yes. I found pumpkin spice creamer at the grocery store, and I couldn’t resist! Listen, in Florida, fall is a feeling. We don’t get changing leaves or cooler weather. Fall lives in your heart, and right now, my heart is telling me it’s ready to lightly dip my toe into some fall-like things.
Is it too early to think about fall?
Jack and I are always the first happy a**holes in line for a Starbucks PSL, so I think the time for pumpkin creamer is NOW. Lol fall is a feeling– I love that.
(Oh no! This year’s release date is 8.25, and Jack will be IN COLLEGE **sob**)
Okay, I am LEGIT DISTRAUGHT that you and Jack won’t have your first day of PSL tradition. Noooo. Why do kids have to grow up???
Hahaha Florida fall is a feeling! Embrace it, why not! I’m not thinking about fall because it’s not a feeling here and it will be here soon enough! I’m still in Summer Mode!
I totally get it! I wish I could have seasons, sigh.
I am here for all the cat photos you want to post! I love them! I love fall – it’s my favorite season! I’m not ready for Halloween stuff yet, but YES to fall. Bring it on!
I am definitely not ready for Halloween! But it’s coming for us, I know that!
I am not in the mood for fall yet but our summers are so short so I don’t want it to end! We’ve had a really good summer overall! I do love back to school season but am not keen to drink a PSL anytime soon! I’ve kind of lost my taste for them. They seem so sweet now that I drink SF vanilla and usually 3 pumps in a venti latte. But I will get one to sort of welcome the season of fall.
Napping with a kitty is really so lovely!!
I tend to enjoy the pumpkin cream cold brew over anything else pumpkin-y at Starbucks. But I do enjoy a regular-degular PSL every now and then!
Lila is a professional napping buddy!
Today I spent the better part of half an hour looking at photos of cats to figure out the definitions of tabby, tortie, and torby, so I am ALL ABOUT just photos of cats. I think Zelda’s a torby – my husband keeps referring to her as a cat mutt and I am deeply offended on her behalf!
I haven’t even heard of the term torbie so now I am looking at all kinds of cat photos!!
Well said! I don’t think people who live up north can understand. Fall is definitely a feeling down here, and I’m feeling it! I have my pumpkin-apple candle going right now.
Eloise does look very majestic in that photo! And, you can’t possibly have too many cat photos.
We can’t be selfish! We must give back to the community! That means buying books at a bookstore, obviously.
Yessss, I knew you would understand that fall feeling, Jenny! It lives inside our hearts!! Once I finish up the candles I’ve been burning, it maaaay be time to break out the fall candles.