Housewife, 54

 To which season am I referring?  Meteorlogical or tennis? Well, we have finished the season of summer and tennis season will be over soon, so in another couple of weeks everything will change for us again.  We are having cool nights but are again in a run of hot summer temperature days... I'm running the A/C at least in the late afternoons/evenings or it is too hot when we go to bed. Hubby is in a major grouse.  Things are not going well for his team and this past weekend they went to a Meet that was an over-night event which did not go well. Transportation was insufficient, the hotel was not good, food was hit-and-miss (and that is never a good thing), his team didn't win anything, and the bus broke down on the way home. He has been in a foul mood ever since. Visiting Coach Grandpa at a Meet My recent concern has been with the dogs.  El has had an increasingly serious cloudy eye and it is affecting his vision to the point that his behaviour is changing... He i...

 It's half-past September by now and the long stretches of hot weather are behind us.  We still have the occasional hot day (and even need the A/C) but the next day is almost always cooler if not drastically so.  AS usual, roller-coaster weather brings on my headaches, so on my "good" days I try to get a lot done in anticipation of a less-than-good day cropping up in my calendar.    Annoying. The garden is winding down and so is my interest in it.  I have NOT been able to keep up with the green beans, even though I planted considerably less than last year.  They have gotten overly mature in just a day or two!  So after I had frozen about 12 bags, I have given up picking and processing every day and just let them go.  IF I want beans for a meal, I go out and pick what I want, but a lot are going to waste!  Tomatoes are tapering off and that is good, too.  I have a good amount of juice, sauce, chopped bits, and salsa.  Because I ...