It must be getting to be Fall! Aidan was balking about taking the dog out this morning because it was so dark out. I can't believe it will be October tomorrow.
Other signs of Fall: the leaves are changing, slowly, around the lake. It is hard to tell if it will be a "good" year or not. I never can remember how the weather affects the colors. It has been weird weather around here--kind of dreary, windy, cold, rainy but with odd bursts of sun. Even the weather guy commented that there seems to be an odd front that is stuck hovering over New England. ggrrreeeaaaattttttt :(
Things at home have been good, in spite of the weather. The garden is still puttering along. It hasn't gotten cold enough to kill everything. Last weekend I harvested what was basically left and ripe: carrots, cabbage, squash, cucumbers, radishes and tomatoes. There are still some beets out there, I think! Now that the cucumbers have died down the pinto beans are booming. Hopefully they will cure before it gets too cold. The Brussels sprouts are starting to really develop. The celery didn't really do anything. Actually, I am not really sure what it was supposed to do! I planted one more container of lettuce with the last of the seeds, so we shall see if they grow on the sun porch. It was so much fun to have the garden this year! The neighbor guy was so inspired by us that he went out and got a rotor tiller and has big plans to tear up the backyard next year. We bought enough plastic to lay down a garden twice as big--now just a long, long wait until the next season. My friend Stacy who lives in Tampa just started gardening! It is hard to believe! She said: It is finally cool enough to plant things!
Alannah just received her first quarter interim grade reports. No surprises, she is doing great. Her teachers really enjoy her in class. I have been working pretty steadily 2-3 days a week now. The sub coordinator says it has been unusually slow-she thinks everyone is saving sick days in case we get hit with a big flu epidemic. I'm sure now that open house is over and grades are in that teachers will start taking more time off. Especially as the holidays approach.
Of course we are getting into Halloween season. The kids have placed their orders for costumes, so I will have more sewing soon. I finished Alannah's dress for the homecoming dance--it looks really nice on her. Last week I made a cute furry pink cape and hat for Stephanie's birthday, and tried out a Martha Stewart pattern for felted slippers as a gift for Andrea. It is spirit week for Homecoming next week, so I helped Alannah turn a pair of jeans into bell bottoms for 70's day. She thinks she will use that for Halloween. Aidan wants to be the Six Flags guy. Susie finally settled on being Sandy from Grease. She wanted to be like her in the last scene--you know, the one where she is all trashed out in skin tight black leather? I (freaked out) and told her that might be a bit "old" for her, but that I would make her a Pink Ladies' jacket to wear with a poodle skirt. (She was ok with that, thank God!) Dan is the only one who hasn't really settled yet on what he wants to be. Tanya wants me to help her with Tia's costume too, so I have a lot to keep me busy!
This weekend Scott and I are taking a little getaway trip to Pittsburgh to attend his 25th high school reunion. We will fly in Friday and spend some time with his mom and Denny. The party is Saturday at a restaurant that is right at the bottom of the hill from his mom's. Sunday we will meet up with his Dad and Rose for breakfast, then head downtown for some fun! Later on Sunday we are meeting up with our friends Rodney and Danielle (who live right down the road from us here in Ct) for the Steelers game. Hopefully the weather won't be too bad! Mom and Dad are taking care of Alannah and Aidan, so they will get to be in Owego for a couple of days.
Today I have to run around and do a bunch of errands like going to the dump, blahblahblah. I am hoping my friend Danielle calls me to help her go shopping for her reunion outfit. She was so glad to hear that someone else was freaking out about the party--of course her husband doesn't care very much about those kinds of things! I think I am all set there--we have to be careful packing because we are flying in. Scott says we have to keep it to one suitcase...he really doesn't KNOW, does he? It must be nice to be so good looking that you only need three outfits for eight events in one weekend. (now I am really freaking out!)
Other than that, not too much else going on....yet! Both girls have signed up for Drama club so that will start sometime soon. Aidan's school is doing some funny little play about vampires. Alannah's school will be doing Grease. (Susie is excited!) Alannah and I are in the community chorus. Our Fall concert will be like A Prairie Home Companion. The music is really fun! Alannah is also having fun with art club and ultimate frisbee. Aidan's school doesn't have clubs this year because of the budget, but we are looking into sending her to a babysitting class. There is a family at church who would like her to take it so she can babysit for them. I should do that soon, because the kids LOVE her!
My bible study is getting off to a slow start. No one showed up, again, last night! Oh well. I got to sit and read the bible and pray for an hour. That has to be good for something! :)
Happy Fall!
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