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Hello September


I can't believe it's September! So close to Fall.  This time of year is one of my favorites.  Of course, Fall in South Texas is not the Fall I am used to being from the Midwest.  Football isn't the same if you're not freezing your buns off in the stands, holding a cup of hot cocoa just try stay warm.  It reminds me of marching band practice and the fall festival in my hometown.  Funnel cakes and potato gunfights. Freshly pulled taffy and the Ferris wheel that was always scary but the best view in town.

And who can have the Fall without the beautiful changing leaves!  My goal this year is to make it up to North Texas where I hear the leaves do change colors. And call me crazy, but I think this will be the first year I really jump on the pumpkin spice train.  I like pumpkin but never really understood the whole craze around the pumpkin spice.  But I made me some pumpkin pancakes the other day and I was definitely craving more after they were gone!

Also, it's Labor Day! I feel like this in the last summer showdown.  The last time the kids get a day off from school and get to enjoy the pool.  The final big cookout of the season.  Now I know, from living in Texas and that pool weather is still here for a while and that grilling out isn't just a summer thing.  There's been plenty of steaks grilled in the winter.  But I'm talking family get-togethers outside, sweating and complaining how hot it is a taking a dip in the pool kind of party.

For us, there is no grilling our today, just a day off.  We cooked our steaks Friday night and on the stovetop.  Still good nonetheless.

So here's to Fall and the air freshener filled with that pumpkin spice smell and the tea light burner with the waffle maple scent and the pumpkin spice latte-drinking fools.


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  1. AnonymousAugust 16, 2022 at 5:07 PM

    You are right, these Texas winters are nothing compared to the falls up north. Missing that already.

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