What brings us joy

A fun post and also a gratitude post as we should be grateful to have things that bring us joy. They should be celebrated.  Here is goes!

• Find a new book series. Especially one that has been out for a while so you have years to catch up on.
• When the seasons change and you start burning your new fall/winter candles.
• Planning a vacation - discussing when and where. Making your "must see" list. Planning and the anticipation are half the fun of vacation!
• Finding a new series on Netflix and/or Prime.  Recommendations please!!
• The first snow fall.
• Autumn - when the trees are changing colors.  Breathtaking.
• December when one of us can start holiday decorating
• Long weekends with no plans
• Getting together with family and friends
• Putting the fleece sheets on the bed for winter
• Staying in a cool boutique hotel
• Doing crafts with friends - looking at Pinterest for ideas is part of it
• Hikes in the fall with the changing colors and cooler weather
• Holiday baking
• Time in a coffee shop to just be
• Finding a new wine and being blown away. You can't wait to share.
• Realizing we have a good life and being grateful for that.

10 things we love about Fall

For some of us Fall/Autumn is our favorite season.  Here are our top ten reason why!

1. Leggings. So comfortable and a staple in fall/winter wardrobe.  This leads to number 2
2. Boots.  Love love leggings and boots. Fall wardrobe is someone's favorite.
3. Fall colors. The red, orange and yellow leaves. When the trees change color it is breathtaking.
4. Pumpkin spice.  Lattes and muffins.  Can't get enough of them.
5. New lipstick for Fall.  What is trending and checking it out. Those deeper colors.
6. Cooler nights for sleeping. Having a humid summer and the nights are still hot so....
7. School back in.  Someone had to say it.  Back to the routine. 
8. Swapping out pursue. Some of us have a black pursue we use all year. A few of us like to change them out.  For a few years I had a pretty fresh green one for the summer. It is nice to switch things up.
9. Candles.  Someone favorite.  Fall scents just seem so cozy.
10. Fall décor. The oranges, mustard and cinnamon colors. There is a warmth and coziness in fall décor. Getting your candles out.  Putting that blanket on the back of the sofa. Maybe you have seasonal pillows. 

We would love to know what your fall highlight are.

Last three months of the year

 How is that possible? The days are long but the weeks/months have been fast. The weather is definitely fall here. Warmer days and cooler nights. Which is fine after the humidity we have experienced. Okay I'm not talking for ALL of us but I'm the one typing so........   

We were talking about getting some focus now that the seasons are changing. School back in. Summer vacations over.  That lead to projects or goals we wanted off our plate before we roll into a new year. The following is what we will be concentrating on.

In no particular order.....

• Meal prep.  Start making soups and chili that can be frozen. The plan is to listen to a podcast or audiobook while chopping, and prepping.  
• Paper - seriously pull it out and go through it.  Taxes, receipts, instructions (do we even still have that item?), cards and paper period.
• Get back into book club. Pick a book and a date. Done
• Clean out linen closet
• Organize the garage.  
• Organize the photos on phone.  This feels daunting. Plan is to break it down into small pieces of time. 10-15 minutes here and there. Maybe start with deleting duplicates and out of focus. 
• Schedule and hopefully have a dentist and doctor appointments have been putting off

What do you have on your list to check off before the end of the year?  We would love to hear it! Maybe we'll have to add to ours.