I got my two boys out this afternoon mowing & sucking up all the fall leaves with me since we’re having a heat wave-60 degrees high (rain or snow tomorrow; 30’s high next week). Florida Pete I don’t want to hear a word! We have a hill with huge trees behind us so you could hardly see the grass for all the leaves. There’s something about the smell of slightly wet leaves that always reminds me of college…I guess it’s that back to school smell. When I was younger it was “paste”:tongue2:...I’m aging myself again aren’t I?…Hey, do they even MAKE school paste anymore?:eek:

We’re been doing the final college visits now with my middle one (boy); the one I mentioned just got into National Honor Society this week (sorry, proud). My DH (Mr. SA) is taking him on his last two different visits this weekend (wish I was going, but my youngest has a commitment). It’s good kids know what they want; he wants a huge school, my daughter is a senior at mid-size one. She would tell me to insert a shameless resume here…but I’ll keep it to anyone looking for a bright employee: double major-marketing/intl. business, let me know :cool:(She’ll have me on the street corner wearing a sandwich board for her soon). What a bad time to graduate and be seeking employment huh?...but I envy them those wonderful college years!

So fall reminds me of walking around my college campus and all the expectations of a new school year. I was thinking today that starting this LB process now in the fall brings a lot of the same feelings I had then; anticipation, hopefulness, eagerness, anxiousness, etc. So I’ll use this school year to get educated (about LB) and for now I’m just hoping I’ll be “graduating” to a new part of my life…just about the same time as my two oldest ones! :drool::tt1:

I Just found your Blogs so am reading some pretty old stuff, But I think it's great to see the journey through your eyes and I can't wait to get to the more recent stuff to see how the journey was when you were at my current stage and to also see the near future stages that I have to look forward to. I'm not nearly so elequent with words but can relate to much of how you feel... Ohhh and I love how you call your DH Mr. Skinny Ass... Cracks me up... My Ex was skinny too... My Current BF is a decent size... He's almost 60 so he has a grampa buddah belly but the rest of him is perfect and I love to rub his Buddah Belly.... I never understood why those little round bellies are cute on men and disgusting on women... I can't ever imagine anyone rubbing my belly and "saying how cute!" Well, for one thing, mens bellys are more solid and my belly is more like a bowl of jello.... Now why is this? Anyhow, time to read on...... Thanks for sharing your story....

Thanks Jen! I stopped calling him Mr. SA after awhile as it was confusing people LOL. -BG