So Ready for Fall

I'm ready, I'm ready!! So ready for the fall to fall in here in the (almost) Midwest. I cooked Chilli today and that's a sure sign that fall is on its way. I love turtlenecks and suede, boots and sweaters, socks and leather purses. All the things I put away reluctantly each spring. I must say it doesn't take much passing of time here in Michigan before its time to pull all these wares back out. I'm feeling the urge to change my decor , and exchange my bright fake flowers gracing my table with dried grape vines, fall leaves and wreaths. Time for new (old) drapes and furniture rearranging and actually cooking with a shopping list in hand to make good old fashioned meals for a family that'll gather around the table, eat together, talk together undistracted from the heat. Yes the Fall is for me. I feel a surge in energy for schooling and a overwhelming nesting instinct that settles upon me just in time to rearrange the house for the cold days ahead. I'm ready to wash quilts and dust off blankets and resist the urge to weather proof the windows just yet. Womanly instincts, yes its a beautiful thing...