Goals for the next 30 days

 We found this challenge and enjoyed the prompts. No we haven't followed it exactly and pulled off the thirty days.  Yes to a few.  Here is one we thought neat.  What are our goals for the next 30 days.  

• More pumpkin spice lattes and treats
• Finish putting away summer clothes
• Purchase a new fall/winter pursue
• Make a fall wreath
• Pick out next book for book club
• Make supper plans with the ladies 
• Clean out linen closet (has been on list for a while)
• Buy local
• Start making soups. Slow cooker out
• Go through mitts and gloves. Toss worn ones and put others in coats
• Make sure winter boots are okay! Was I suppose to buy new ones before now???
• Winter tires on
• To get excited about the season - working on it
• Fall and/or Halloween decorating
• Halloween treats

What are your goals for the next thirty days?

That time of year - get the sweaters out!

Not everyone loves fall.  But for those that do we love our sweaters.  Feeling cozy and getting our jeans out.  Fall is perfect.  The days are still warm and the evenings cool (better for sleeping).  Sweater weather is the best as with the right one you can still sit out and enjoy the sun.  

Here are a few we are crushing on.  

Oversized and comfort.  Looks great with jeans.  We love the colors - that bit of rust is very fallish. This sweater is so Saturday afternoon on a patio with friends.

One of us thinks everyone needs a white fall/winter sweater. This one great with jeans and even dress pants. 

Turtlenecks are a staple in a few closets.  Whether fitted or loose they are a great sweater for fall and winter.  

Falling in love with this loose long sweater. Can see curled up at home with it.  Out with friends. Leggings for sure. It screams cozy to us. 

We are slowly transitioning into warmer clothes.  Whether you like fall or not make the most out of it. Get a cozy sweater, put your jeans on, grab a friend or two and take advantage of these warmer afternoon and sit and enjoy!

5 places we are excited to see!

 We saw this writing challenge and thought yeah we're in.  It is 30 days of prompts.  Full disclosure we haven't been doing the 30 days. Sigh.  Here is one that was exciting to do - future plans maybe? 

Five places you are excited to visit:   Also this list has various opinions. We had to give our top one. It helped that a few of us had the same places on our lists.  

😊  Iceland.  That has been on a list for a few years now.

😍  Paris - I feel I could spend a month there.  Never leaving the city and still not see and experience it all.  I guess what I want is enough time not to rush. To sit at a cafe over a cup of coffee or glass of wine.  

😄  Croatia - every time X sees the pictures of here she is drooling. The walled city, history, the works.

😊  New Zealand - big dream as so far away.  This one definitely isn't a vacation while working.  Paris is doable for one to two weeks.  New Zealand not so much.  But ohhhh it looks so beautiful and has to be on the list.  Retirement?  Sabbatical???

😄  Bali - everyone who goes can't say enough about it.  The ultimate would be to do for a yoga and meditation retreat.  

😄  Tossing in Italy, Portugal, Netherlands - well all of Europe who are we kidding!!

Where are your top five?

Autumn bucket list!

 

We don't always agree.  That said we all agree that A beautiful mess is one of our favorite blogs.  It has something for all of us.  Makeup, crafts and decor.  Elise posted her autumn bucket list and we thought "oh yeah we need one of those".  So here ours:

• pick apples
• bake apple and pumpkin pies
• go through fall/winter clothes
• carve pumpkins
• seasonal decorating (one of us collects pumpkins)
• enjoy pumpkin spice goodies
• drive to check out fall foliage
• find a fall scented candle - start burning
• corn maze
• hikes - best time of year for them

Would love to know what is on your autumn bucket list!  Please share!

New Month New Views

 Well we have turned the calendar and in the mornings can feel it in the air.  It has been a whirlwind of a summer. What will be open, can we travel, if we can where and how? This summer kept everyone closer to home and that wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

Families looking for campers.  Booking cottages and camp grounds. Not traveling and doing home renovations. Realizing that open concept isn't necessarily all that it is cracked up to be.  We have been looking at our homes, situations and future a bit differently in the past six months.

This is not changing anytime soon. Yes we can go out to restaurants and school is starting. We are entering into another season and will have to find ways to deal with it like we did summer. Sticking closer to home and enjoying places in our own local.

We think fall and heading into winter is a great time to start thinking about new projects. Summer allowed us to be outdoors and easier to social distance.  Fall and especially winter not so much. So lets start the conversation of what we can do. Lets have projects and events in mind for when we are home more. Something to look forward.

We have been pretty creativity from Zoom book clubs, paint-nights and more. Let's not wait until winter is upon us. Why not start the conversation now as to things we can do to keep us sane and look forward to.

We're putting our heads together and will report back our ideas for events at home and keeping the winter blues somewhat at bay.

   

Top three pet peeves

 We like this challenge.  It is a variety of questions or blog post ideas and we are going for it.  We already wrote 10 things that make us happy so check that out.  Three top peeves - we had to narrow them down as once we got talking the flood gates opened.  So top three only.  Drum roll please.

1. People that are right in front of your that let the door swing back into your face.
2. Littering - anyone that litters.  We are definitely including cigarettes here.  People! Hello! Dropping your cigarette butt is littering.  We don't want to hear no garbage can is near - maybe option is don't smoke then. 
3. Not recycling. Individuals that are too lazy to walk their recycling to appropriate can. They just toss stuff in the garbage. An extra five steps is out of the question. 

What would be your top peeves?

One pillow so many looks

 The majority of us love to decorate - one of us thinks nothing of painting a room in a weekend. Just because.  The rest of us are not so bold nor have that energy level.  What we all enjoy is easy decorating ideas.  One is cushions.  IKEA has a cushion form 20 x 20 inches and lots of cushion cases.  We thought we'd share our favourites and why.

One of us likes softer colors with some design.  No cushions that are going to jump out at you. Their wall color is that pale blue in the first pillow.

Black and white all the way.  Cushions that are versatile enough to go in any room.  This is also the person that wear a lot of........ you guessed it. Black and white.

 

This is actually a recent make-over.  Person wanted pops of color on a neutral sofa.  She gravitated to the yellow.

There are so many choices and most of the cushion cases are under $10 (some under $5) making it fun and easy to swap up your look.