Sunday, September 30, 2007

Fall is in the Air...Just Not "My Air"...

This time of year is my absolute favorite! I LOVE the fall! Living in Texas during October, my favorite month, and even November, is extremely hard for me knowing all the wonderful things I am missing out on.

Here is a list of some of the things I miss the most about AUTUMN...

  1. The cooler weather (those of you in Utah that just experienced snow will probably envy our 89 degrees today but we are SICK OF IT!)
  2. The changing leaves (I'm used to Sardine Canyon)
  3. Sweaters (Alone they sit... in the BOTTOM of my closet...)
  4. Jackets (I miss these a tad more than sweaters...)
  5. The start of school (for myself, not my husband)
  6. Apples (to make everything from apple crisp to caramel apples)
  7. The "Smell" of fall
  8. The anticipation of the holidays (it does exist here...but with no family to share it with)
  9. Blankets on the bed at night
  10. Pumpkins NOT rotting within 48 hours of carving them
  11. Trying to convince my mom to put up decorations for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!
  12. My mom baking cookies
  13. Eating fresh tomatoes from our garden.. along with fresh salsa
  14. Zucchini coming out of our ears!!!
  15. The other "foods of the harvest"

I hope those of you in Utah, Michigan, Washington DC, Boise, and other areas where it is truly fall are enjoying all of these things that I am pining after. I just keep holding onto the fact that when you all are shoveling snow I will be basking in the sunlight and playing on the grass!

Happy October!

3 comments:

Tanya said...

It's nice knowing somebody's missing my cookies....!

stephanie said...

rach, i'll send you some pictures of leaves around here. ohh, by the way I will be way jealous when it's freezing here and warm there in the end of winter/spring!!

melis w-y said...

you are making me so HOMESICK!!! hey, at least we can be lonely and fall-less here in Austin together! We will definitely be pretending it's fall a lot this month....we'll chat.