ME time.

Yowzers, life is busy. I used to try to envision what life would be like once all five boys were in school. Though I'm not the lounging, bon bon type, I pictured myself getting caught up on all my little projects, in between the time I'd spend baking, decorating, painting, and writing.  Id put my feet up every now and then and get lost in a book, with a piping hot cup of tea by my side.

What the hell happened?  Granted, all 5 boys aren't in school full time, but I do have exactly four hours per week where I'm the ONLY.  ONE.  HOME.

Here's the part where I need therapy.  Those precious 240 minutes are spent cleaning, folding, organizing, running (think errands, NOT treadmill), doing, volunteering, and partaking in many other ing's.

Funny thing is, I'm having a blast!  Who knew it would be so much fun to grocery shop alone, run in and out of stores alone, fold laundry (music blaring) alone, and scrub the kitchen floor when there are no little feet eager to traipse through your mop trail?

Life is good.  Damn good.

The crisp autumn air is the cherry that sits atop this blissful life of mine.  (Have you any idea how much I adore the declining temperatures?)  Bye bye shorts and flip flops.  Hello jeans and tall boots...I've been waiting (very impatiently) for you.

In other news, when I'm not folding, cooking, cleaning, and/or running (again, no treadmill), I can be found volunteering at the boys' school.  I think I may start sleeping there.  It'd be much easier than this back and forth gig.  Last week, the boys had field day and the two littles and I went to cheer them on. 

Here's a snippet-

 

 

 

Happy Friday!

Tuesday woes.

Little Wes, pretending to make it snow (thanks to shredded paper towels) in his city. 

I'm not the only one who's ready for a change.

Today I'm feeling gloomy. There's not a cloud in the sky, and the outside temperature will reach a toasty 91 degrees today. Sounds dreamy, right? 

Yuck.

This girl is longing for flannels and jeans, sweaters and leggings, scarves and snow. Lots and LOTS of snow.

Browsing through old pictures and stumbling upon these just adds fuel to the fire-

 

 

As the Denver forecast isn't going to change much over the next 10 days, I'll continue to live vicariously through these pictures-
(which I borrowed from one of my favorite etsy stores, Grace and Lace)

 

 

 

(I'm pretty sure that the model in the picture above is my very own Aunt Sheila.  She's lucky enough to live in foggy San Francisco, and dress like this 365 days a year.  Like me, she's a leggings and boots type of girl who wears

 a coordinating scarf with every outfit.  I'd duplicate her wardrobe in a heartbeat)

 

If you're not drooling over these legwarmers right now, you and I may as well part ways.  Just looking at them may help to pull me out of these warm weather blues.  I don't own any, but if I did, I'd take one in every color.

 

Check out the link above and browse their etsy site.  You'll be swooning in no time.