After a month of transitions...moving, starting back to school (for me and my oldest) and just a general upheaval of our lives, I am looking forward to settling into October, which is my favorite month, like a comfortable old chair. The month usually brings with it cooler weather (cue Autumn breeze) and sometimes even rain, which I always receive as a special gift from the heavens to me for my birthday, which is also this month. The changing of the leaves,  Fall carnivals, pumpkin patches, they're all a part of my favortie month of the year. By now I am always so exhausted with the lingering heat of summer, that Fall is, literally, a breath of fresh air. I can't wait to pull out my sweaters and long pants. To finally slip on shoes that are more closed than they are open, and cozy up with my family in our new home and count our many blessings.