living in Vegas now. I remember it would be just around this time of the year that we could hold out no longer in the house wearing sweaters and socks in the evening and have to turn on the furnace. We had fuel oil heating which is pegged to the price of gasoline.

It was when gas touched $4 a gallon back in the 2000s that we realize we would have to spend way too much of our income on heating oil to get thru the winter.

When we bought the house it made sense since oil was under $2 a gallon.

We started then to plan to leave NY. Still miss the seasons though.

I can't wait for the snow.

The singer is actually the famous vocalist Jo Stafford, the pianist is her husband. They made a series of spoof recordings of standard songs. Jo purposely sang out of tune -- horribly off key. And her husband played awful arrangements as the accompaniment, full of piano tricks and gee-gaws. This is one of their greatest hits.

What year was this done in?

And I love it. Just a little pissed that the pool is too cool to swim in. Maybe, next year we put in solar and swim till November.

I'd swim in your pool! And then I'd top it off by going to a really good Mexican restaurant in your town, the food there is mind-blowing!

Which was a true melting pot of cultures. In Tucson, you get the Amaricanized version of ethnic food. Even the Mexican food here sucks and don't even get me started on pizza! Fortunatly, I love to cook so you can still get real Mexican, Chinese, Vietnamese and Japanese food at my house. You just can't get it at most eating establisments.

But you're right about the pizza. After over six years of living in NY, I can't even stand the pizza when I go back to the Pacific Northwest to visit family and friends.

without A/C or heat yet, and yes, the leaves do look great, especially when the sun is shining on the trees against a blue sky. Moved here from the Pacific Northwest about six and a half years ago, and while I do miss things there, the fall here is absolutely beautiful.

I don't have that problem, but for my friends who do, it's a good thing!

was wonderful. Went to CT as well.

around labor day knowing that colder weather was coming and would be around for a long time. moved to phoenix in '89 -- it was 90 today.

we do get some chilly days in the winter and then i'm miserable. anything under 70 is too cold for me.