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lit a candle when Toast. I bought a Buttered Mashed Potatoes candle I came in from the once, which smelled great, but it didn’t help my garage this afterlow-carb resolution one little bit, so when I won a noon. No, I wasn’t callChocolate Chip Cookie candle as second prize at ing forth a moment of Bunco, I quickly packed it away until after my high silence for my chipped school reunion. The first place winner got a candle windshield. I was tryinfused with the aroma of Cinnabon. Come on now, ing to dispel the aromas that’s just plain mean. of my morning cleaning What I needed was a Cottage Cheese and Juicefrenzy. Eau de Lysol Packed Peaches candle. Multigrain Muffin and and Dryer Sheets was Low Cholesterol Spread. It wasn’t going to happen. an improvement over Candle scents are designed to evoke pleasant memoSusan Murphy last night’s Parfum de ries, or memories you wish you had. Evening in Hamburger and Onions, Paris, Island Getaway, Mountainside Cabin. You can but not something that makes almost see it ... or smell it. you draw in a breath and say, I saw a candle the other day I like candles. Yes, those called Hometown Square. I didn’t “ahhhh.” I struck the match, watched a whiff, but it occurred to plug-in things are cleaner take the flame rise and waited. As the me that the hometown scent and less cumbersome, but would depend on what was on the candle essence wafted through A bakery? A dry cleaner? the room, however, I realized I there’s something about square. A pizzeria? Pizza wouldn’t be had made a mistake. Summer watching the tiny little a bad smell, of course, but my Breeze? How could I have been guess is burning the candle would so careless? It was a day for flames that warms my cause you to pick up the phone Autumn Joy. First day of fall! It was offifor delivery with increased reguheart. cial. Sure, average outside temlarity. Hey, brilliant promotional peratures could still be counted idea! Instead of throwing in a as sweltering, and the resident geese were making bottle of soda or pack of cheese bread with each no move farther south, but the calendar had indeed order, hand people a pizza candle. Business could inched forward. It was time to pack up the Moonlit double overnight. Beach and Popsicle Plum and take out the Fallen No, no pizza candle for me. Not until after my Leaves and Pumpkin Spice. reunion. It’s fall. I want my house to smell like fall, You have to be quick with your fall candles, a season for gathering around the fire (if the tembecause in a few short weeks (days?), the stores perature dips below 90 degrees), watching geese in will be overrun with jars of Magic Mistletoe and flight (if they ever decide to wing it) and bringing in Snow Covered Pine. The holiday clock is ticking, so the harvest ... which could smell great, depending on breathe in your Crisp Apple Cobbler while you may. what the farmer is harvesting. Red cheeked apples? I like candles. Yes, those plug-in things are Great. Soybeans? I’m not so sure. cleaner and less cumbersome, but there’s something Forget the soybeans. There are only a few short weeks in the autumn scent window, so I’m going about watching the tiny little flames that warms my to light every candle in the house. Pumpkin Spice, heart. Besides, I prefer to have my electrical outlets Apple Pie, Turkey and Dressing if they have it. To free and clear in case I decide to run the vacuum heck with my reunion weight goal, I’m bringing the cleaner or make some toast ... which would be a fall smell harvest home. It just makes scents. ❖ good candle scent, now that I think of it. Buttered
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“If Tennessee is losing, I will switch locations and televisions to watch the game until they hopefully start winning.” Jordan Cole Homewood
“If Alabama is doing well and I am sitting in a certain spot, I will stay in that spot the entire time. If they are doing poorly, I move to a different spot in the room with hopes that it will somehow help them improve.” Terra Garmon Homewood
“I play football at Samford, and if we’re on the sidelines, we have to use headsets to communicate the plays. I use the same headset every game until we lose, then I will change it.” Connor Lowery Homewood
“I have a game day ring that I have to wear or Alabama will lose.” Tori Bragg Homewood