Forever Fall...

Last week was Thanksgiving (which we are all aware of because of our tighter fit clothing!).

I did NOT cook a turkey, a pie, or even a side dish. I was lucky enough to go to my mother in laws house in South Carolina. I took wine, chocolate, cashew brittle, and pistachios to sip/munch on while dinner was being prepared by everyone else. It was fabulous! And by fabulous, I literally mean FAB. U. LOUS!!!!!!!! ...My family did not starve, nor, did they demand that I prepare a turkey! Again, FABULOUS!

We stayed in a wonderful cottage in a very small, quiet and quaint town. There was a little bit of a drive - but nothing too terribly bad...

However, we did have 2 kids and a dog in the car - of which all THREE get car sick - which you can imagine can make for some memorable moments (trust me on this!)...

Because of past "memorable moments" in our families car ride history, Dramamine is always readily available for such occassions! Once the seat belts click, I open that little orange & white box of goodness and happily distribute one pill to each kid and a 1/4 of a pill to the dog.... Within 30 minutes, Sir Dramamine is doing his handiwork and everyone is usually fast asleep with not a tummy ache in sight! Ahhhh - SUCCESS!!! (I am secretly in love with Sir Dramamine... but please don't tell my husband - this is our little secret!)

After lots of turkey, stuffing, and family fellowship, a horse drawn carriage ride through said small quaint town, and some quality retail therapy with my mother in law, we returned home safely on Saturday afternoon.

Upon pulling into our driveway IT began! Ladies, you know what "IT" is... Like every other woman with a family on the weekend after Thanksgiving - the laundry, cleaning, decorating and Christmas shopping madness takes over the mind! Hyperventilating into a bag, sweaty palms, sweaty pits, empty checking accounts and anxiety galore!

Christmas time feels like stress on steroids! We hadn't even put the car in PARK and I'm working out the decoration "detail" in my mind... What is UPPP with that?

Once we unloaded the car, I decided that I wasn't going to kill myself on the last 2 days of the Thanksgiving holiday to make it "Santa's Workshop at E*'s"...

This year, I've decided that I'm making a change... I'm switching it up a bit...

I haven't gotten the FIRST Christmas decoration out of the attic yet. And you know what, I'm making myself OK with that. I may not be the first neighbor to crank up the watts on my electric meter! And I may not even have the Christmas tree up until December 24th this year! But until then...

Its still FALL at my house!!

So feel free to come on over if you want to smell some warm pumpkin candles OR if you just want to see what happens when you leave pumpkins on the doorstep for over 3 months!!! (its less stressful and ...well, kinda gooey and gross!) :-) Just the way I like it!