September 1, 2011

september love

it is the first day of september
can you believe it??

i have been waiting 11 long months for september to come
it is my favorite
the weather cools down
the leaves change color
the hoodies come out of hiding
the fire pit in the back yard gets used
the coffee pot continues to fill up
today i flipped up the page of my calendar and i smiled
i just love september
at our staff meeting the other day the senior pastor was shocked to find out that both myself & the youth pastor LOVE autumn. he said that he just did not understand
but whether or not we could explain it properly, we were both firm on this.. we love autumn. we have autumn on the mind, all summer long. and now it's almost officially here.
 i'm excited about the things that September brings. the new starts (school, bible study), the continued projects (the retreat house, and our basement renos), exciting moments (josh & leah's ultrasound!), the warm drinks (pumpkin spice latte anyone?), routines (church! we don't go much over summer), cool evening bike rides, s'mores, thunderstorms (hopefully)... so many things.

on a different, but similar (maybe) note.. since September is the month of new things, i decided to try a new thing. i am officially a user of a diva cup. i've had mixed reviews from people i told.. but i think it was a good choice. today is my first full day using it. and besides the fact that i'm super aware of it (due to paranoia) it's doing awesome. also, it takes me about 10 extra minutes longer in the bathroom than normal.. and i don't quite have the hang of it yet to insert it properly.. but I slept all night with it, no problemo. i did, however, discover, that as exciting as this may be (for me), michael would rather not get the hourly play by play. fair enough. to spare the rest of you the details (as i'm sure some of you are already squirming - since i have one friend that can't even handle talking about being in the washroom.. you could probably say "toilet paper" and she'd squirm) i will post a link to the review that i read before purchasing. it was very thorough, and helpful, and so far, quite accurate. if you've ever considered it.. i'd say "go for it". here is the link

back to september
welcome.
i'm so glad you're here.

4 comments:

Audacious said...

You make me smile, and laugh, and squirm a little too :-)

Kara said...

I know how you feel about fall. I feel the exact same way! Congrats on being an auntie again. How exciting! I'm waiting for those Pumpkin spice's to come out - I can hardly wait!

lauren elizabeth said...

We went from blazing heat on Saturday to perfect crisp fall weather Sunday. Like a switch was flipped and tadaa, fall! We should get a pumpkin spice and have a skype date soon, friend :)

ashleymarie said...

aud - i'm always here to give you a laugh or a reason to squirm! ha ha!
kara - i think they are out! leah had one the other day, but i've yet to have one yet!
koop - yes please! name the time!