first weekend of fall

i've just sat here and tried to remember what i did this summer, and it's realllllly blurry.

let's say summer officially began when i went to vancouver on june 20th, because before that, i don't think it was ever warm. or was it? my birthday was kinda chilly, so i can't be sure there. anyway, i came back, and the weekends in july...hmmm. i did bootcamp daily, i taught on tuesdays, i went to the rogers cup party, we saw batman but not in imax, alex went to vegas and i went shopping, then my sister was here, then my mom came to visit too, then we went to europe. and now summer's over.

somewhere in there, we managed to make very little progress on our place, and i think i have a list of "what i'd love to do in the summer/when the weather's nice" that's still untouched.

anyway, we did cross one very important milestone this past weekend - we finally went apple picking. i've been saying this since 2006, and two years later we finally got out there. i also came up with the brilliant idea of bringing a one-year-old who knows nothing about picking apples and has absolute no appreciation for the things we like. oh, and who is extremely prone to motion sickness - i would know, because i dealt with vomit to and fro. kingsley found it superbly amusing after he vomited the second time - he actually laughed and giggled. i wondered if i'd ever have my own kids.

the weather was beautiful though, and the crowds at chudleigh's proved that it was probably the last nice weekend before fall bites us in the bum. i always remember fall hitting us hard after thanksgiving, but judging by the rain today, i'd say fall has come early this year. only a little while longer before i'm standing in a dark parking lot at 6pm shoveling snow off the car - grrreat.

i do have high expectations for fall...we're doing the cottage thing over thanksgiving, and then some down time before remembrance day long weekend (i'm planning on skipping town - any takers to join me??). i'm picturing getting the kitchen all finished, the lighting fixtures installed, and the window treatments done. fall's a good time to nest, non?