Welcome to Blanchard!

My grandparent's live just outside Norman, Oklahoma, home of OU. They also live just outside a town of estimated 1000 people. Blanchard. Now Norman is pretty cool, aren't all college towns? But Blanchard.... The stores there are Dollar General, Spencers, Video Rentals, and a "Day Spa". The "historic downtown" is 10 rundown brick buildings with a Subway, flower shop, a store-front church that runs the bubble tea coffee shop next door... and a salon. The library is tiny, which is a big problem for me.

But the youth is even weirder. The latest trend for teen girls is casual... too casual. It involves t shirts and sweats, big football jackets, fake maroon uggs, and huge, godzilla size designer bags. no kidding.

I heart fall.

Ok, so there is a little sadness mixed in with the leaves falling. In our neighborhood, we have big oak and sycamore trees. Oaks and sycamores are the kind of tree that goes from green to brown in two days. By next week, nearly all the trees in the neighborhood are bare. :(

So, today Mom and Dad raked all of the leaves. All of them. Front yard, back yard, by the curb... They brought in tons of leaves and put them into one big pile in the corner of the yard. 10 feet wide, and more then 5 feet tall. As tall as me, and it's awesome to jump in.