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Cooler Weather Finally

jglass

jglass

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The past week has been about 10 degrees cooler with highs around 87. A few days have been cool and the nights have been in the 50s - 60s. Wonderful weather and I hope it stays this way.

Gardens are just about played out for the season here. I have a batch of okra in the fridge I am frying tomorrow. I have never had okra so I am looking forward to it. My father in law has out some late cucumbers we are hoping they come to fruition before it frosts on them. It was so hot the first round of cucumbers did not produce much. I have been drying my dill just in case I can make a few more pickles later on.

First day of Fall is September 23. I really look forward to the Fall. It begins the holiday season and the weather cools down. I have asthma and killer spring & summer allergies. I can breath way better in the Fall and Winter. You can see a few tree leaves are already getting brown here. With our nights already getting into the 50's I'm not sure that cucumber patch will get to make much before they get bitten with frost.

My nieces have their Halloween costumes already picked out. I am ordering Evelyn's costume in the next few weeks. As soon as they put the plastic Halloween pumpkins out for sale I will start building them two stuffed with chocolate for Halloween :D This is the costume Evelyn wants. She is 7 years old now and just started 2nd grade.

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Yes it has cooled a bit here - at least we can breathe better. The humidity today is lower - it's supposed to increase for the weekend again.

My babies were here Wednesday and spent the night - it was hot and I still had to cook - cripe I cooked all day and all night for 2 days. I took them home last night and I left the front door open all night to get the cool breeze that was out there. It felt so good - and yes I am a fall baby - waiting for fall myself. I just hope the snows don't hit until December. the past couple years we've had snow too early - I want to enjoy the fall.
 
Funny you mentioned Halloween - the stores already are pushing Halloween stuff and the kids don't have their school supplies yet! Some fo the store are putting our Xmas already! THAT is a turn off to me. It ruins the "mood"
 
Mama I bet they eat like royalty when they come to visit you. Summer makes me really appreciate the fact the electric and ac are included in my rent here. I know they push Halloween and the other holidays super early but I love it so much. I have not seen my nieces since last Halloween so I am really looking forward to it.
 
I enjoy spoiling them. They had lunch (BLT's and sweet potato fries) and dinner (BBQ'd top round, buttered taters with peas, carrots, corn) (dessert was homemade ice cream cake drizzled with chcoolate syrup, topped with chocolate whipped cream and a cherry) with me on Wednesday and movie snacks (an assortment of snacks while watching movies) - Thursday at 5am we had scrambled eggs and cinnamon toast with milk. At 7am we had chocolate pudding pie with whipped cream and milk. At 9:30am they had pancakes and breakfast sausage with juice. By noon it was ham and cheese hoagies with salad follwed by movie snacks again. Then it was back to the Ice cream cake and pudding pies. They went home for dinner.
 
We had 102 degrees last week and our local forcast called it a cool front. I quess it was down a bit from our usual 107 here in North Louisiana.
 
We still have humidity and I still have one baby that will not go home - he is going to stay forever - at least until he is 85 he says - well let's see - he is 9 right now - so I think I have my work cut out for me.
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach - and I have the dishpan hands to prove it!
Today he IS going home - and he wants to come back for the weekend - geez - sure does give me a lot of time to rest, do laundry, clean and fill the house with food again!
5:30 this morning - it was brownies and milk
7:30 was a fresh fruit salad
and I am on my way into the kitchen shortly to make my famous scrambled eggs (he loves them and would eat them every day), breakfast sausage and toast.....................
 
Mama, if you find the time after all that cooking with love and the cleaning. We could use some cooler weather and rain. 105° here yesterday. And over 50 days with no rain. I am happy that y'all are getting some relief.
sound like eating good in the neighbor hood to me, love it. CF:)
 
We still have the humidity - it's not as super hot as it was - but it is still uncomfortable. But yet you can still feel that autumn is coming - there is a strangeness in the air.

When the babies are here - they choose the menu - but they are good eaters and they love fruits, veggies, salads, chicken, steak, pork, BBQ, pasta, sammies, soups, stews, desserts - so it can be just about anything - what ever they want.

I know for sure I have to make another ice cream cake before the weekend - that is a must - especially if his sister stays too.
 
Funny how the temp can drop 10 - 15 degrees and you feel relief - even at those high temps. I am truly waiting for the 70's during the day, and really want the 60's during the day - then the oven can stay on all day baking!
 
Y'all are so lucky having cooler weather. 107° here yesterday and they say it will be the same for today. Still no rain in site. This is getting serious in Texas. CF:) But I am still smiling, I got up this morning.
 
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