Life in My Fast Lane

Here comes fall with it's leaf piles, pumkin carving, costume wearing, pie baking, bread rising, warm winds, darker nights, thick sweaters and homemade soups... and I love this time of year. I am distracted by the countless things I want to make and bake: squash, pumkin, apples, cranberries, potatoes and pecans... Mmmmm. If only I didn't have so little time to cook! But somehow I manage (who misses my chocolate chip cookies?).

With the season change comes all of the related activities! Ramsey's preschool went off on the annual pumkin patch tour which seemed like a fall Disneyland more than a farm!

I did manage to spend last weekend having way too much fun in Texas! I was in Dallas, not Houston - which seems to be a trend. I don't seem to go home to the Woodlands very often. But it will always hold my heart with fond memories and good friends. (I miss the Greywing Ladies!)

(The Frodsham's Sunday morning)

And the weather changed while I was gone... crisp cold mornings and still warm afternoons awaited me back home. - That strange in between weather that makes me want to cuddle up with someone and watch a scary movie! And pull out the wardrobe of warm fall colors. This is such a great time of year!

(On my way to a meeting at the college)

While running to dance, piano, roller hockey, young women, achievement days, Rainbow girls and Mad Science the world rolled effortlessly through the vast abyss of space and brought us to the glorious season of autumn! And I welcome the change of temperature with open arms and a pile of firewood outside. I am also looking forward to teaching in January - a US history class and a World History class - at DeAnza college.

Life is still wonderfully fun and crazy. I am busy with church, getting ready for my classes, my company and the children's lives. They are first in my heart and with my time - and so it is sometimes hard to make time for myself. But it makes me ridiculously happy and I wouldn't have it any other way. (I have been back to training and hope to do a race soon!) I love our life.

And I relish in the traditions of this time of year!