The Seasons - They Are A Changin' (maybe not)

Last week in the lovely PacNW it turned to fall - or at least we thought it had. It was cold and rainy here, the leaves were beginning to turn color, and I got a lovely sore throat. All tell-tale signs of Fall right?? WRONG - because apparently Summer is not leaving quietly. This week it is expected to be in the mid-70's. Yesterday when Logan & I went to the park our vehicle said it was 72 out. Today we went down to Redmond to meet Mike for lunch and the truck registered 76!!

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about the unexpected nice weather we have been receiving. BUT, I had begun to mentally prepare myself for the turning of the seasons - I had pulled out all of my summer flowers that were dying, I bought a box of apples to start making some Fall desserts, and Mike made sure all of the electric heaters worked in the house in case we had some chilly nights. And of course I'm happy that we have everything in order for Winter but now my body is wondering what the heck is going on. As I type this I'm wearing shorts and a t-shirt - last week I wore sweatshirts and jeans, along with my chenille socks cuz my toes felt as though they were going to fall off.

I hope Mother Nature decides soon what season it really is outside - I would like to put up the Halloween stuff next weekend but if it's going to be over 70 again I just can't do it. I also want to go to one of the local corn mazes but I don't want to apply sunscreen before we make the trip!

Almost forgot to point out the biggest change going on around here - the bugs are not happy outside anymore. For some reason now they want to come in and snuggle with us. I'm so sick of seeing beetles or spiders crawling on the carpet as though they own the place. Thank goodness we have Pooh Bear who enjoys sniffing them out and torturing them for a little while. After which they get to take a lovely water ride down the drain.