I'm So Ready For Fall

I made a batch of sugar cookies last week, and they turned out just the way Jess makes them around the holidays.  She has always been the master baker when it comes to sugar cookies.  The trick is to not cook them that long, so they are soft in the middle rather than crispy.  My brother-in-law came by for a visit last week from Seattle.  It was good to see him, and I made him a hot cup of coffee in the morning when he got here, and a sugar cookie.

For lunch, we picked up a big pizza and some buffalo wings with sauce and coke and came back to the house to eat.  It was a feast.

Although Starbuck's is my favorite coffee, I like to try different kinds, and came across this one, which was pretty good....Don Francisco's coffee.

A snack of Havarti cheese, which is one of my favorite cheeses.  Havarti is a soft Danish milk cheese, and Nel first introduced me to it at her house one day.

Another snack of Gouda cheese with Greek olives.  Gouda is a semi-hard milk cheese originating from the Netherlands.

I made a delicious baked chicken one night with mashed potatoes and gravy and broccoli.

I grew up eating Cheerios, and I still love them to this day.  We would often have this cereal for breakfast when I was a little girl.  And we had it in our household when my kids were growing up.  So, when my son saw this at the store, he had to grab one for me.

I've put a few things out for Fall already, just cause it's my favorite season.  I found this cute bird painting, so I started with that.  It looked like Fall to me with the blues and browns.

Then, I added a few items.....my blue velvet pumpkin and the little white house my son gave me when he was a young boy.  And Glade carries an Autumn Spiced Apple candle that has the best scent.

Nel went school shopping with Mia, and found the cutest clothes.  Afterwards, they stopped to get some apple donuts.  She looks happy here with her bundle.

  Doesn't this plaid jumper have "school days" written all over it?  aahh, brings back so many memories.  Turns out, grandma J. got Francesca the same plaid jumper. 

Well, I have to have my orange in Fall too....just because.  I love seeing my glass pumpkin on the kitchen window sill when I wake up early to make my first cup of coffee.

~School days, school days, dear old golden rule days ~ I will forever remember my dad waking me up early and singing that to me on the first day of school every year.  Some things always stick with us, don't they?

~Sheri