Category Archives: Seasons

Welcome To September

  • Crispy leaves
  • Tall boots
  • Cozy sweaters
  • Mugs to wrap your hands around
  • Open windows
  • Late afternoon sun
  • Cicada drone
  • Fields of hay rounds
  • Farm equipment on the roads
  • Apples
  • Whispers of holiday plans
  • Silly costumes
  • Crunchy corn stalks tied in twine
  • Fall Festivals
  • Pumpkins and gourds
  • Oranges and yellows and browns
  • High school football games

Things to Do When it is 100 Degrees Outside

  • Stay inside
  • Get in the pool
  • Drive around in your air conditioned car and catch Pokémon
  • Eat ice cream
  • Complain about how hot it is
  • Be that really annoying girl that says “I like it this way!”
  • Bask in the sunshine on your skin
  • Procrastinate on outdoor chores
  • Sleep with your window cracked open anyway
  • Take pictures of the temperature on your car since it doesn’t get this hot in the Midwest very often
  • Except… climate change
  • Discuss climate change
  • Plan a beach vacation to further the sunshine experience
Swimming at Grand Cayman

All About April

  • Birthstone: Diamond
  • Average temp in Iowa: 49.3 degrees
  • Named for the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite
  • My son’s birthmonth
  • The sinking of the Titanic
  • Flower: Daisy or Sweet Pea
  • Earth Day
  • Passover
  • Autism Awareness Month
  • “Houston, we have a problem.”
  • Brings May Flowers

Life Is Too Short For…

  • Eating pickles
  • Folding underwear
  • Staying inside
  • Getting buried under debt
  • Raking leaves
  • Listening to bad music
  • Struggling to lose the last 5 pounds
  • Beating around the bush
  • Waiting to tell someone you love them
  • Dusting
  • Wearing ugly shoes
  • Always making the practical choice
  • Putting off the things you are going to have to do anyway
  • Not learning new things
  • Waiting for everything to be perfect
  • Trying to make everyone like you
  • Arguing with people on the internet