Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is this coming Monday, and I have to admit, I always tend to think of fall as the start of a new year, too. Maybe it’s because in a month and a day from today, I’ll be 34.
Plus, with no disrespect to Spring Fever, there’s something about Fall that makes me want to lift up my shirt and yell "WOOOO" like a Girl Gone Wild ™. I love the colors of fall, the weather, the sports, the feeling that something exciting is just around the corner.
We’re having friends over tonight, so I made a stop to my favorite bakery in Nashville – Homestyle Bakery on Murfreesboro Rd. They do great things with cake. And icing.
I picked up a dozen coconut macaroons for the party - possibly a mistake - because, awesome as it is, not everyone likes coconut. Ah well – it’s not the end of the world. I may pick up ice cream to go with.
But because it’s Friday, and I’m in a good mood, and the state of the world, despite the fact that the economy is about to “crater” (thanks, David Letterman), is good, I also picked up cookies for my teammates at the office. – Footballs and Helmets – iced sugar cookies. I’ll go back next week and get a little something for Mom and Dad’s visit – they had little cakes shaped and iced like pumpkins. Too cute! And that’s to say nothing of the cupcakes. I’ll put in a stash of those for Laura in a few months.
Anyway, the cookies went over well – who wouldn’t want a sugary sussy on a Friday afternoon?
Speaking of sussies – I talked with Dad on the way to the bakery – today is “The Big Spay” – I remember being a nervous wreck the day they did Lola – I must have called the vet a dozen times. But she did great and so will Maggie. But anyway - Dad got Miss Maggie a new collar, a nylabone and some tennis balls for when she gets to feeling better.
I’d scoff, but I bought Lola a politically themed toy (a red, white and blue elephant) for tonight’s debate. Lola is a dixiecrat, I thought she’d enjoy eviscerating and desqueakifying the pachyderm.
My regards to Thomas Nast!
ae
Plus, with no disrespect to Spring Fever, there’s something about Fall that makes me want to lift up my shirt and yell "WOOOO" like a Girl Gone Wild ™. I love the colors of fall, the weather, the sports, the feeling that something exciting is just around the corner.
We’re having friends over tonight, so I made a stop to my favorite bakery in Nashville – Homestyle Bakery on Murfreesboro Rd. They do great things with cake. And icing.
I picked up a dozen coconut macaroons for the party - possibly a mistake - because, awesome as it is, not everyone likes coconut. Ah well – it’s not the end of the world. I may pick up ice cream to go with.
But because it’s Friday, and I’m in a good mood, and the state of the world, despite the fact that the economy is about to “crater” (thanks, David Letterman), is good, I also picked up cookies for my teammates at the office. – Footballs and Helmets – iced sugar cookies. I’ll go back next week and get a little something for Mom and Dad’s visit – they had little cakes shaped and iced like pumpkins. Too cute! And that’s to say nothing of the cupcakes. I’ll put in a stash of those for Laura in a few months.
Anyway, the cookies went over well – who wouldn’t want a sugary sussy on a Friday afternoon?
Speaking of sussies – I talked with Dad on the way to the bakery – today is “The Big Spay” – I remember being a nervous wreck the day they did Lola – I must have called the vet a dozen times. But she did great and so will Maggie. But anyway - Dad got Miss Maggie a new collar, a nylabone and some tennis balls for when she gets to feeling better.
I’d scoff, but I bought Lola a politically themed toy (a red, white and blue elephant) for tonight’s debate. Lola is a dixiecrat, I thought she’d enjoy eviscerating and desqueakifying the pachyderm.
My regards to Thomas Nast!
ae
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