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| Don't know if this will be my fall project but I do love it! |
Yesterday the son in law (what I've been calling him for three years even though they are getting married this weekend, lol) and I took my large SUV and his small car and hauled everything to the wedding venue-wine, beer, mason jars with baby's breath, various decorations, toys for the kids to play with, name tags, place settings and you name it. Once that was done, I was feeling punk for whatever reason, so I grabbed a Whataburger (had to do it) and then spent the afternoon napping. Today I am free except for picking up the wedding dress from alterations and getting it steamed later this afternoon. Tomorrow is my birthday and I'll help son in law prepare for the cleaners on Friday morning, possibly run off to see Ad Astra and then have prime rib and lemon meringue pie-and then back to wedding stuff.
I deliberately have not made any plans or commitments other than the wedding for all of this month. It's been very much an end of summer feeling with temps in the upper eighties in Colorado and upper nineties here in Texas. When I head back next week though, it will officially be October. The leaves will be changing, fall social activities like dinner groups starting and generally it's a time to embrace fall and also to set a few fall goals for October and November. Just a few.
My Fall Bucket List (October and November)
1. Take a day and see the leaves color
2. Make two pumpkin related recipes, one not sweet
3. Go to a Pumpkin Patch or Fall Festival
4. Go to a fall/Holiday craft fair
5. Make a fall holiday decor item for the house
6. Go to a fall play or concert
7. Make at least one new to me fall soup recipe
8. Try a pumpkin spiced Chai or hot chocolate drink (I don't do coffee)
9. Have a Halloween Movie night (with only the least scary movies)
10. Go to a Halloween Tea and with friends and have the fun menu below
11. Make two scarves or other items for the homeless and donate at Thanksgiving.
My October Goals List
1. Goal of 700 steps or equivalent five days a week on my tracker
2. Do strength building three days a week and track on tracker
3. Sew quilted ornaments that will be one of my two "small gifts" for the various groups that I am in.
4. Make an appointment for the fall furnace checkup even though we wont need it before late October
4. Make a Christmas baking inventory and needs list to take advantage of sales.
5. Make the master Christmas list of gifts, food and so on.
6. Completely finish cleaning and decluttering my bedroom and studio (and then ignore except for basic vacuuming/pickup until after the holidays)
7. Hire someone to do at least a once a month cleaning.
9. Clean all the rugs.
10. Complet two hand made gifts
11. Set a goal of $100 earned in rewards and survey earnings and return to the saved savings challenge to add to the spring travel fund.
It's a long list, but it's as much organizational as it is my own effort stuff, so hopefully this will be easy to do.........What do you think, am I over extending?
For me, there is a fine line between setting realistic goals and setting so many it feels like a job which takes some of the enjoyment out of doing stuff. If I fail at getting everything doing, it sets me up to feel like a failure.
ReplyDeleteThis is my issue as well. I am hoping that since about halfthese goals involve simply calling others or making to do lists that I have not over extended myself.
DeleteThe Halloween Tea menu looks awesome! Pass me an eyeball!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it look fun? She does a seasonal menu each month and we liked the idea of the one even better than the Christmas menu.
DeleteThe Halloween tea sounds like fun. And, I did notice that your last years to do list was more complicated than this years. I am all for simplifying.
ReplyDeleteFar more complicated. I learned my lesson. Hopefully this is not too much and I won't have to learn it again..although I am at a slightly higher energy level these days.
DeleteLooks like some interesting activities and not too dreadful a goals list. Take photos of the tea please!
ReplyDeleteYou bet!
DeleteLately I never seem to get my goals for the month finished. Perhaps I should make a goal to actually complete them.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
He. I'll let you know how it goes
DeleteI'm very impressed that your daughter and son-in-law provided toys for the children at the reception - what a thoughtful touch! Good luck with your October goals!
ReplyDeleteIt is a family only wedding-37 people (with a huge brinch and then barbcue open house the next day) and there are three family flower girls and the ring bearer just for starters so she made a ring toss game and brought coloring stuff and so on for them. I think it's a great idea.
DeleteHappy Birthday! Can't wait to hear what you think about the Ad Astra movie.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Hittign the big 68 and all that. I dont think Im going to make it today but it is on the top of my list when I return. This year there seem to be much better fall movies than there were summer ones.
DeleteA list is a good place to start. Congrats on having more energy!! A great birthday gift. Take lots and lots of photos! We live vicariously, you know!
ReplyDeleteI am one of those people that will never embrace the exercise thing, but I think that plus my new sleep routine helped alot with the energy.
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