It's Here

...fall that is...

The weather has certainly cooled and the nights are quite chilly. I keep bemoaning the fact that my flowers are fading quickly, and then I remind myself that it is October. I'm just not a fan of a brown yard, naked trees, and a bare garden. I like the transition from flowers to Christmas decorations in the front to be pretty close together. Last year my mums made it to the Christmas decorating time.

Our energy bill shows the mild summer and fall we've had...$59!! I'll take it...winter is on it's way as are my Christmas lights for outside.

We are fully engaged in school with both of the girls. They are over 1/3 of the way done! Cursive writing is the toughest for Aliyah. She excels in everything else. She is working on her memory work for this year at church working on being a "Well Versed Kid" again for 2nd grade now.

Keirah is quite the worker also. She is very meticulous and great at coloring!! Everything MUST be filled in and she takes her time. She is also doing superbly at her letters/sounds and recognition. I love it when we are out somewhere and she spouts out the letters to us.

We've stayed busy as usual. This week we have/are taking trips to cities that begin with Ch. Maybe Charleston should be one. I bet it is warmer there.

On Saturday, I will attend my very first football game--ever. This should be interesting since I don't follow or know much about the game in general. Josh is a big fan of football and it is at his alma mater--Univeristy of Illinois. Yes, I know...they aren't very good this year.

In the way of projects, I think Josh has plans of putting porcelain tile down on the porch in the near future. Other than that, we are doing well to keep up with the lawn mowing and housework with being busy. The lawn mowing is tougher to finish these days as they daylight wanes quicker each night. The other evening when we arrived home from Chicago, Josh rushed to mow the lawn and finished just as it was getting dark.

Here's a funny photo from Chicago: It's not a great picture because it was dark outside and through blinds (I think to represent bars). In case you can't tell, it is ousted Governor Rod Blagojevich with a sign that says "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!". He has a belt of handcuffs and chains around his neck. I laughed when I saw it at the Tribune bldg. in downtown Chicago. So, if you remember...Josh has his photo with Barack and Rod now. Who will it be next?

Just a few fun photos from Chicago. The city was less busy than summertime, and seemingly feeling the sting of not getting the Olympics. The traffic was at a crawl getting out as always.

Well, I have a few things that need finished. I have been burning my .55 cents worth of garage sale candles which are seasonally appropriate in cinnamon & candy corn--there are 4 of them. Boy, my spending is outta control =). I doubt I will get to many sales this week. With Saturday's early departure...I don't see it happening =(. I will have to count on mom and dad to find stuff I guess.