Fall foliage -- according to AccuWeather.com, last week marked the "best" time for fall foliage in northern Indiana. October is my pop's favorite month of the year. It is definitely up there for me, too. I recently changed the background on my cell phone to a patch of leaves I passed on my way home one day. Sometimes I wish you could bottle the scent of leaves. C'mon Bath and Body Works, why don't you have leaf-induced aromatic candles?

Fall classic -- actually, that's PHALL classic! In the biggest news of the week -- and entire year thus far -- the Phillies won the Major League Baseball National League pennant on Wednesday. For all you baseball fans (in Philly we're "phans") out there, here's a bit of Phillies trivia: first World Series since 1993 (when I was six year old); last championship was in 1980; only fifth postseason series victory in franchise history (est. 1883!). This is our chance to reposition ourselves from the losingest franchise in sports history with over 10,000 losses. If only we had a team to play...

Fall down -- Lane Miller, one of my four house-dude-mates fell off his bike on Thursday. If Wednesday held the overall biggest news of the year, Thursday claims the funniest. I'm not going to say much more since I haven't asked for permission. Sorry I don't have any photos of Lane. If I did, you'd see his bruised thigh, sprained right-wrist (he's a piano player...), and gash on his chin.

Fall break -- FALL BREAK 2008 WHOOO!!! Not much else needs to be said here. We have off Monday through Wednesday. Word.

Fall cleaning -- because we are on break, I decided -- along with Lane, the aforementioned cripple -- the house was in need of a makeover. We spent all of Saturday morning dusting, washing, vacuuming, scrubbing, and any other verb synonymous with cleaning. Ben was at play rehearsal, Greg's in Virginia, and Matt's visiting his brother.

Fall frost -- we had our first frost of the season in Goshen this morning.

The end.