AAAHHH, COOL BRISK FALL WEATHER .......

What a RELIEF from the miserable, oppressive heat we had last month, with more than 1/2 the month being days over 100 degrees! It's so nice and cool out this morning, almost chilly!!! The high today MIGHT be 70 - HOW I LOVE IT!!!!! Being able to go outside without busting into a dripping sweat or struggling just to breathe, feeling like you're melting into a little puddle on the hot asphalt, riding in the car with the windows down and a refreshing breeze blowing in on you, instead of sweltering heat that feels like you just opened the oven door and stuck your head inside - what a welcome change this is! Sure makes it hard to sit inside the office all day long. I'm itching to get out and go to the park, throw a blanket & pillow down under a shade tree and kick back with my new issue of Southern Living and just read, relax and snooze and enjoy the beautiful outdoors (not beautiful as in "Colorado scenery beautiful," just beautiful in the sense of lovely, invigorating outdoor weather).
Well, I have company this week. Mother and Daddy came out last Saturday on a spur-of-the-moment plan. I am enjoying the company. And Granddaddy is staying with us this week, too, so they can visit during the day. But it makes me need to go home exactly at 5 o'clock and that's not working out too well with my work load. I had to take some work home with me last night, but was able to do it while sitting in the living room keeping "company" with the family. I did go outside and water my flowerbeds in the back yard. Some of the plants are bouncing back from the damage that the horrible heat caused (the ones that didn't fully croak) and are looking like they might make it now. Still, the beds need an awful lot of work right now, but I just don't have the time to devote to them. Have more company coming Saturday, which I am thrilled about! As mother and daddy are leaving, sister #3 and grandbaby are coming! And nephew and his father-in-law will be coming that night too, but just passing through on their way to the wild desert land, so just spending a night. Hope they feel up to dinner out so we can take them out to somewhere nice and visit for a little bit, otherwise, I might not see him again for a long, long time, as I don't get out to the desert much!
Get to have a new culinary experience today - going to the new CHEESECAKE FACTORY restaurant that just opened nearby. One of my girls' last day is today so I'm taking her and two others out for lunch to say farewell. Will let you know how it is, I've heard nothing but great things about it, except for the long waits because of its popularity, of course.
By the way, just a note of caution regarding something I never even considered would/could happen. Do you use a debit card? And do you use a credit card? And do you keep them side-by-side in your wallet? Well, words of experience ...... ALWAYS LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT WHICH CARD YOU GRAB BEFORE USING IT TO PAY FOR A PURCHASE!!!!!! Giving the debit card when you meant to give the credit card can end up being VERY VERY VERY VERY costly!!!!!!! Words of experience!!!!!!
Bye now.