Seasonal Shorts

The weather here turned downright cold this week, so I'm bundled up while other guys are still wearing shorts as if it were summer; reminds me of one or two of our sons doing that every day of high school -- even in winter … can’t understand it.

Yesterday at Walmart (gotta love it) … lots of shorts wandering around … in the garden department I saw trees lined up with pretty lights shining on them  … what?!   Out in the cold section where I looked for garden clearance deals, there were a few basic items, but no prices, like there’s no demand to justify paying people to price-tag out of season.  (Walmart is so smart, not wasting space with clearance like other stores do.)  Instead, I saw endless stacks of unopened boxes of Christmas decorations from … (you know where) … waiting to be emptied by eager workers wielding box cutters.  Of course the Halloween merchandise is still going strong because September isn’t over yet; it will probably peak during "Conference weekend” Oct. 5-6 (includes Sunday, even though that’s actually the first day of the week – not the week end.)
Later at DI, shorts were my desire, to wear at home while the furnace runs; but I guess the few were snatched up the minute they hit the racks.  Disappointed, I understood why guys aren't donating more, as shorts are never out of style.

The other day I ran across my swim shorts on my closet floor; wish I’d found them last June before our vacation.  My motto: “A place for everything, and everything in its place.”  Imagine that.

Looking forward to skiing, I can picture a sunny day at Powder Mountain, my favorite (cheaper) resort.  Others will be snowboarding in shorts, taking in the high-altitude sun.  “Powder Mountain has over 7000 acres of the epic terrain covered in 500 inches of ..."

-- powdermountain.com  (Check out the death-defying snowboarder here.)

Enjoy the season, and Happy Holidays, whatever it is you’re preparing to celebrate!