When will fall really come?

We are finally in the month of October. Time has just flown by this year, just as it does every year it seems. Sometimes I wish I could just freeze time and hold on to that moment just a bit longer, but of course, I have no such powers. (my mom claims there is a magic wand in the attic, but I have yet to see it and I am starting to think she is delusional.) Most days seem to leave me at the end of the night completely exhausted and ready to pull my hair out. Although I get overwhelmed and frustrated at times (ok,,, more times then I would really like to admit), I absolutely love being a mom and having 4 truely fantastic children. Each of them brings a smile to my face and a hop in my step on a regular basis. The joy and excitement that I feel from being a mom is unremarkable and most likely I could never do motherhood justice in trying to explain the vastness of its fulfillment.

Nonetheless, back to it being October. I know I should not complain, but I would really like for our weather to cool off a bit. I want it too feel and look like fall. I want to wear long sleeves and jeans. I want the air to be crisp and my nose to be cold. As much as I desire the coolness that fall has to offer, I am still sitting STICKY with warm weather. The Humidity here in the south is still something that I have not learned to love, or even like for that matter. I do like that it is warm here 3/4 of the year, but I miss having seasons. Currently our weather is very nice, in the mid 80's with very little humitiy. I should just bite my tounge and be greatful for not having SNOW, but, you know what they say: "The Grass is Always Greener on The Other Side of The Fence". I am sure that in the next few weeks we will have a few nights where it frosts over. After that it will just get rigid cold and brown and a bit unattractive outside - thus bypassing Fall and going straight into Winter.

I suppose I will work on having a better attitude in the morning. I will be gratefull that it is a sunny day and that I do not have to bundle my children up in 20 layers of clothing just to go get in the car. I will focus on enjoying the fact that my grass is still green and that we do not have a yard full of leaves to rake up yet. I will count my blessings that even if it is not crisp and cool outside, that at least I have a home that has air conditioning and when it DOES turn cold,,, we have a heater as well. I guess I am just committing myself to havea better attitude with a new better day.

A new way for updating those dear to me.

I have started a blog (I guess you do not have to be a rocket sciencetist to figure that out since you are reading it)! I finally caved and fell to the peer preasure of joining the blogging world on the vast world of the web. My goal is to share pictures, experiences, ups and downs of our family life here in Mississippi. I hope that I will get interaction from all of you by posting often to my blog.