I can hardly wait for the leaves to turn brown to match my grass!!

Well I'm assuming it's too late to start my spring cleaning now, and my tan will have to wait until next year.....BUT, I have to admit that Autumn is my most favorite season of all.... I bet you really don't wanna know why, but if you are reading this rambling you are gonna find out....

Football.....I LOVE football!  The best Friday nights are when I meet my friends for a little tail-gate action before our local high school football game starts.  The Colerain Cardinals are top-notch!  We are known as the hill people, obviously because we sit on the hill and not in the stands. There is a very good reason for sitting on the hill.  Well, of course all our friends are there.  We lay blanket's out on the ground, and chill out, so it's much more comfortable than the stands.  We get to spread out, not sitting shoulder to shoulder with people, and you can see everything, the entire field for one, the concessions (gotta know when to get in line), the band, the cheerleaders.  We can hear everything going on in the Cardinal Village behind us, and see everything in front of us including the silly high school kid getting hauled out for sneaking alcohol in the stadium (will they ever learn?).  We have Twizzlers, not necessarily to eat, but we actually hurl them into the crowd when we score, we dance, laugh, we are super loud and obnoxious, and move around visiting with everyone on the hill (well as long as you don't jinx the team)! Of course I also love the University of Cincinnati Bearcats....gotta love our CATS... one reason, well shouldn't be a surprise, Coach Kerry Coombs is there, he was the football coach at Colerain not too long ago.  Coach Coombs is awesome, his family is awesome, I love his wife! They are great people, so of course I want his team to succeed. I've always been a big fan of UC though, even before Coach Coombs started.  They have had their ups and downs but...hey, doesn't everyone.  WHO-DEY - ADORE those Bengals..."Hear that Bengal growling, mean and angry, see that Bengal prowling, lean and hungry, an offensive brute, run, pass or boot, and defensively, he's rough err tough errr.. Cincinnati Bengals that's the team were gonna cheer to victory... Touchdown Bengals!! Put some points up on the board and win a game for Cincinnati..."  Sorry had to add that, anyway, the Bengals with Batman and Robin this year (T.O and Ochocinco) they are hysterical, and bound to be entertaining.  Last but not least...the New Orleans Saints....I love the Saints, since I have been to New Orleans, read about the volunteer efforts of the Saints after Katrina, I have gained a great deal of respect for them.  They are an awesome team, sooo glad they won the Super Bowl...WHO-DAT.  
Another reason to love autumn....LEAVES...! When the leaves change color, it's like an artists canvas, it's beautiful.  Driving through Mt. Airy forest near my house is very calming during this time, you can see the creek, the little waterfalls, see the deer, drive to Putz's and realize, they are closed..UGH..just kidding.  I love when the leaves fall, they cover up the dead grass, and the kids at preschool love to rake them and jump in them.  I remember the smell of them when I was a kid jumping in the huge piles we had built at my grandma's house, and then filling my dad's clothes to make a scarecrow (why is it called a scarecrow when it's not actually a crow, should be called a mantoscarecrows...right?) We were really being tricked, tricked into raking, and then tricked into picking them up.  The only bad part about that was when you jumped in a pile of leaves was when you would hit a stick, geez that would hurt...
Carmel Apples - the ultimate deliciousness.....wow, melt in your mouth wonderful, scrumptious, heaven to your tongue... I've already had four this year, and it's not officially fall !  Candy Corn - I love candy corn, especially the kind with the brown ends...yummy.  Hot chocolate - that is the ultimate warmer upper at the football games. Bon-Fires - Nothing more fun than roasting marshmallows with friends around a fire, the smell of the wood burning alone is amazing.  Spice - I love the smell of spice, cakes, cookies, candles, whatever it is, it makes me happy.  Apple Cider and pumpkin bread - aaahhhh, delicious!  Pumpkin farms - going to the pumpkin farm with the preschool is one of my favorite things to do, they are so excited. I am so excited...I usually pick out my pumpkin and then steer all the kids away from it, so it can be MINE... I hate to carve them though, they stink, like vomit.  The last two years I've carved my pumpkins to look like they are puking, the neighbors love them!  Haunted Houses - just so you all know, I am willing to go to any haunted house in the world....I love them, I love being scared, wanting to run through it, but wanting to see everything, people pushing and shoving.. screaming and then laughing about it.  It's awesome, It's one of my favorite things to do, I just need to have friends who are less scared of them, they are not real!  Halloween, I think this is my favorite holiday, i love dressing up, going to parties, seeing all the costumes.  So much fun seeing what everyone came up with to wear! 
So to sum it all up.....yes, fall or Autumn whichever you want to call it is an essential part of my happiness!  Yea for fall.....it's here!!!!!   Wanna go to a haunted house??