Swirling leaves...
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntbijouFinally, the cooler weather has arrived!! What we-uns like to call a "blue norther" blew in last night, though this one isn't really BLUE so much as maybe PALE blue. After all, the temp has only dipped into the middle fifties, but it's enough to get Auntie shivering.
I know there are some of you who would snort with amusement at Auntie, but when you consider that last night, when the Husbandly One and I went to attend the soccer board meeting, and we all decided it was so nice, we'd sit outside, it was 84 degrees F. at 6 pm. It got up to about 90 yesterday. So, 90 yesterday, 53 today... big dip. Of COURSE, we're shivering!!
Oh, excuse me, I lied. It's not 53. It's 50. MORE SHIVERING!!
Still, I'm glad to see it. I'd like to put the shorts and tank tops away now, please. Of course, being Texas, we can never really put them AWAY. You see, when summer gets here, we put the winter clothes completely away. Totally away. Packed in boxes, or whatever, they're gone until the next cold front blows through in October or November. But in winter? We can never, never put our summer clothes away. In Texas, you might be putting up Christmas decorations in thermal underwear, three sweaters, sweatpants, jeans, a heavy jacket, a hat, mittens, the whole shebang because it's 15 degrees outside... but you might be taking them down, two weeks later, in shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops, because the temperature is close to 90 again. It's not unusual for fruit trees to bloom during our warm spells, because they're confused. Heck, WE'RE confused.
We're getting a little rain, but not enough to remove the Extreme Fire Danger warning we're under, because it's also very, very windy, and it's expected to dry out by this afternoon. Personally, I was hoping for more rain, because the soccer fields have cracks big enough for me to fit my foot in, thanks to the fact we've had no rain since July. And here I thought the drought was gone. *grumbles*
In any case, now it feels more like fall, and I feel more like working on Halloween costumes for the kids now. Miss Priss wants to be Jesse from Pokemon's Team Rocket *rolls eyes*. Or Howl from "Howl's Moving Castle." Mr. Manzie wants to be a black ninja, Naruto, a werewolf, Ash from Pokemon, or Danny Phantom. Depending on the particular time of day it is, and who he's just talked to. Personally, I'd like to see Mr. Manzie and the Husbandly One both be werewolves. It would be SO COOL!!! They could both wander from door to door, slavering and drooling and being all werewolf-like... *glee*
Am I enjoying the idea a bit too much? *laughs*
The kids alternately try to talk me into being Professor Umbridge (so I can hand out detention slips with candy taped to them), or some nurse character from Pokemon who scares me to death, quite frankly. I personally think I should dress as something truly terrifying... like a 1950's housewife, completely with apron and martini. And LOTS of lipstick! Or maybe I should wear my chemise, buy a black long haired wig, put on pasty face make-up, and be that girl from "The Ring."
Hmmmm... no, not too child friendly, is it? Though it might scare the teens...
Or I could just do Goth Mom. I have enough black clothes... though black eyeliner and mascara do horrible things to my complexion, and make me look like I'm dying of some rare terminal disease... but... I guess that's the point, right?
Well, whatever I do, I'll be the one sitting on the porch, handing out candy... hmmm... maybe... maybe I'll dress up as a scarecrow, or a dummy, and just sit there, limp as if I AM a dummy, with the bowl of candy sitting there invitingly next to me, maybe even a little sign saying, "Help yourself!" And then, when they reach into the bowl to take the candy... I'll grab their wrists and growl, "Whaddaya think yer doin'?"
Yes... I am... I AM evil!!
Muaa-hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
I know there are some of you who would snort with amusement at Auntie, but when you consider that last night, when the Husbandly One and I went to attend the soccer board meeting, and we all decided it was so nice, we'd sit outside, it was 84 degrees F. at 6 pm. It got up to about 90 yesterday. So, 90 yesterday, 53 today... big dip. Of COURSE, we're shivering!!
Oh, excuse me, I lied. It's not 53. It's 50. MORE SHIVERING!!
Still, I'm glad to see it. I'd like to put the shorts and tank tops away now, please. Of course, being Texas, we can never really put them AWAY. You see, when summer gets here, we put the winter clothes completely away. Totally away. Packed in boxes, or whatever, they're gone until the next cold front blows through in October or November. But in winter? We can never, never put our summer clothes away. In Texas, you might be putting up Christmas decorations in thermal underwear, three sweaters, sweatpants, jeans, a heavy jacket, a hat, mittens, the whole shebang because it's 15 degrees outside... but you might be taking them down, two weeks later, in shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops, because the temperature is close to 90 again. It's not unusual for fruit trees to bloom during our warm spells, because they're confused. Heck, WE'RE confused.
We're getting a little rain, but not enough to remove the Extreme Fire Danger warning we're under, because it's also very, very windy, and it's expected to dry out by this afternoon. Personally, I was hoping for more rain, because the soccer fields have cracks big enough for me to fit my foot in, thanks to the fact we've had no rain since July. And here I thought the drought was gone. *grumbles*
In any case, now it feels more like fall, and I feel more like working on Halloween costumes for the kids now. Miss Priss wants to be Jesse from Pokemon's Team Rocket *rolls eyes*. Or Howl from "Howl's Moving Castle." Mr. Manzie wants to be a black ninja, Naruto, a werewolf, Ash from Pokemon, or Danny Phantom. Depending on the particular time of day it is, and who he's just talked to. Personally, I'd like to see Mr. Manzie and the Husbandly One both be werewolves. It would be SO COOL!!! They could both wander from door to door, slavering and drooling and being all werewolf-like... *glee*
Am I enjoying the idea a bit too much? *laughs*
The kids alternately try to talk me into being Professor Umbridge (so I can hand out detention slips with candy taped to them), or some nurse character from Pokemon who scares me to death, quite frankly. I personally think I should dress as something truly terrifying... like a 1950's housewife, completely with apron and martini. And LOTS of lipstick! Or maybe I should wear my chemise, buy a black long haired wig, put on pasty face make-up, and be that girl from "The Ring."
Hmmmm... no, not too child friendly, is it? Though it might scare the teens...
Or I could just do Goth Mom. I have enough black clothes... though black eyeliner and mascara do horrible things to my complexion, and make me look like I'm dying of some rare terminal disease... but... I guess that's the point, right?
Well, whatever I do, I'll be the one sitting on the porch, handing out candy... hmmm... maybe... maybe I'll dress up as a scarecrow, or a dummy, and just sit there, limp as if I AM a dummy, with the bowl of candy sitting there invitingly next to me, maybe even a little sign saying, "Help yourself!" And then, when they reach into the bowl to take the candy... I'll grab their wrists and growl, "Whaddaya think yer doin'?"
Yes... I am... I AM evil!!
Muaa-hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
