Me and my red bandana ...

*looks under shoe for August*  Nope, not there …

Dang, man.  The summer totally got away  on me.  Partly because I think it never really got here in the first place.  And for all the cold weather, we finally had a couple of really gorgeously hot days … in September.  It’s like the ultimate tease.  Oh Mother Nature, you evil woman.

And even amidst the warm weather, I was watching the leaves turn brilliant shades of yellow and the geese begin their annual trip south.  It doesn’t really seem fair.  Also, I am not looking forward to winter this year.  Especially not after last year’s marathon season of snow.  Oi.

So here we are, September has snuck up on me, school is in full swing, and I’m already half-way to a nervous break down.  lol  I’m teaching 3 classes this year and holy, is it tough.  I’m already confusing my classes.  I forget which class I’ve discussed which topic.  It’s good times.  :P  Only, not really.

Add to the stress of work the fact that we had 3 flat tires in two weeks.  WOOWOO!  So now we have to buy new tires because ours are shot.  Except it’s too early for winter tires, and but it’s so close to winter, we have to buy winter tires.  So this means, we have to buy 2 complete sets of tires.  All-seasons to get us to winter, and a set of winter tires once winter gets here.  UGH.  And I’m the sole-income at the moment.  Blah.  I’m not writing this so people can feel sorry for me, just writing it for the record.

Anyhoot, the plus side of all this is that I’m rediscovering the awesomeness of baking.  Since we can’t afford to buy bakery goodies anymore, I am baking goodies at home again.  I made some loverly homemade oatmeal cookies.  They were tasteh!  Some I made plain and a few I tossed in a couple of dried cranberries.  Ooh they were delicious!  Thankfully, there are a few more still.  :D

I also, for the first time ever, made bread this weekend.  I think I will make more this upcoming weekend, but I will most definitely begin earlier in the day!  I started my experiment at 7pm which was a terrible mistake.  I ended up waiting until almost midnight to take it out of the oven.  Ugh.  Never again!  But alls well that ends well.  :D  It was awesome.  I can’t wait to eat more.  In fact …

Oh yes, and the above picture?  I dressed up my daughter and took pictures of her.  lol  She was my little model.  I got the idea listening to ‘Me and Bobby McGhee’ by Janis Joplin.  Y’know the lines:

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues.
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine,
We sang every song that driver knew.

And since her guitar was red, I thought it would be so perfect!  *happy sigh*  I love that song.  The pictures turned out so cute.  Anyhoot … I should go.  I should also take more pictures of the kids like that some day.  They’re so beautiful and make such lovely little models.  :)