Thursday, October 9, 2008

Loving the leaves, preparing for winter

If I could, I'd freeze fall (specifically September and the first two weeks of October) and put those six weeks on a repeating cycle right up until Christmas Eve. I love this time of year! There's a certain winding down that happens, not only outside with the weather, but inside of me as well.

This is also the time of year where I start stocking up on things. I can't help it! I see squirrels scooting around our backyard, burying food for winter, and I kick into high gear without even realizing it. My husband will come home, open the pantry, and say, "Hol, do we really need 36 boxes of Kleenex?" or my nine-year-old will roll his eyes (as he did yesterday) and say, "Who buys 12 boxes of Frosted Flakes at the same time?!"

I tell them they don't know how good they have it. I also tell them "stocking up" is a woman thing, something they wouldn't understand. It is, right? A woman thing, I mean. Tell me there are more of you out there doing this!

P.S. This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada and for me that means packing up the SUV and heading north to my home town of Athabasca to visit family. Of course, there'll be lots of good food and drink (hands in the air - Holly doesn't have to cook!) not to mention a few requisite tight smiles, topped off with polite but strained conversation between family members who aren't getting along and who keep switching places at the table so they don't have to sit next to each other.

Such fun! The writer in me (always on the hunt for new material or snappy dialogue) is already trying to pick a spot where I can hide my tape recorder for the evening and press PLAY.

11 comments:

laughingwolf said...

lol... glad you said first two weeks of october, too, includes my b'day! ;)

have fun at athabasca, love that part of alberta [actually, all]... kids were born in edmonton... i worked all over central to north, as well as saskatchebush :P

as for stocking up, yeah! learned from ma and pa, but do so any time i see specials, esp of non-perishables....

Adam said...

Women kill me!
I think you the stocking up gene comes with each of you when you're born. Have a nice weekend.

Anonymous said...

Oooh, Athabasca!
The town in The Tin Box.
Yes, such fun. I wish I could see it myself.

Victoria said...

Pop back some wine and enjoy that family visit!

Oh, and enjoy the turkey.

Larramie said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours...enjoy!

Kim Rossi Stagliano said...

If I could bottle October in New England and sell it I'd be a rich woman. It's my favorite month too. I too am stocking up. And cooking richer foods. Grilling just seems WRONG come October!

Happy C-TG!

Kim

Dawn Anon said...

I loved the blog

September is wonderful, peaceful, and pretty. I also have some feelings of sadness that summer is ending... *sigh* I always think about stocking up too in the fall... Always! but i'm such a procrastinator that I don't get past the thinking part! haha.

Happy thanksgiving to you and your family.

LadyBronco said...

Holly ~

I hope you and your family has a wonderful Thanksgiving. :o)

Unknown said...

I love this time of year too Holly, and I also stock up. Hope you have a good weekend with the family.

ORION said...

Fall? FALL? What's fall?
I do know Thanksgiving so have a happy one!

Travis Erwin said...

Hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving.