End of Summer Blues

No, I'm not blue that summer is ending. I'm upset that it won't just die already.

Lawsy me, I can already hear the chiding messages I'll be getting for this one. I should appreciate the warm weather, darn it! Flip flops, tank tops... heat stroke... In just a few short months everything will be covered in snow and dead!

But the truth of the matter is: I much prefer things show covered and dead than withering away in the sweltering heat. I'm not a summer gal. Never have been. The warmer months suit me externally because I tan easily and my hair gets highlighted naturally, but it just doesn't sit well on the inside! Boy, do I hate being hot. It makes me cranky, gives me headaches, zaps my energy. I sweat and then my pants get saggy butt. For some reason my hands feel grimy at all times. I get skeeter bites. My face always looks greasy. I stink! Dallas has said more than once how glad he is we didn't end up being super pregnant during the hot summer months. He knows what he'd be in for... ;)



Kansas has a way of teasing us with seasons. Temperatures will fluctuate by 40 degrees in a span of 24 hours. And she sure is being a jerk about Fall 2010. We've had some great days in the past couple of weeks. Days that barely reach the 80's! We've had thunderstorms! When I let the dogs out in the mornings, there's been a scent of fall in the air! Bliss!



But, Kansas isn't ready to thrown the towel in on summer just yet. High of 91 today. No, that's not terrible. What's terrible is how bad the fall bug bit me just as soon as the sun set on Labor Day, yet it just... won't... quite... arrive...

Ohhhhhh, I can't wait to wear my boots, jackets, sweaters and scarves!



I love seeing pumpkins and mums on front porches! Cornstalks, scarecrows, gourds!!



Yummy fall treats! Apple cider, caramel apples, pumpkin anything!!



COME ON FALL!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!