Hi There, nice people!!
Where has the Summer gone? Seems like we've taken our bucket full of summer and dumped it out to make room for all the fall!!! Pack it up sand...the leaves are a movin' in!!!
So...I guess a little unloading and updating are in order? (If that sounds familiar, it's because that's what's happening in our LIVES as well! Packing, moving, job hunting, house hunting, nomadic..another blog for another day, dears.)... Let's recap our list from the summer...
Make something beachy that will remind us of home. COMPLETED
Make homemade lemonade-and sell it from a stand. COMPLETED
Go on picnics. COMPLETED
Make homemade ice cream.
Find and buy the perfect house for us. (We FOUND it. We are still working on the BUYING it!)
Enter the Summer reading contest at the library. COMPLETED
Create canvas art for studio space.
Make bottle cap wind chimes.
Paint the Dining Room table and Buffet.
Mod Podge top of bistro table.
Chalk the sidewalk. COMPLETED
Make sponge bombs. Play backyard War.
Fly kites.
Go on a 'Date With Dad'. COMPLETED
Lie on backs and look for shapes in clouds.
Go to Connor Prairie.
See a symphony on the lawn.
COMPLETED Go on bike rides. Conquer the bike trail.
Spend a whole day in PJ's playing board games .(We didn't play board games. But we DID work a puzzle. That counts..right?)
Make a Summer Smash Journal together.
Take photo outings. Complete Portfolio.
Make wreathes and welcome mats.
Make homemade laundry soap and fabric softener.
Make friendship bracelets. COMPLETED
Tie Dye stuff.
Make custom Cornhole boards and bags.
Create stuff for Smalls new bed & bath. COMPLETED
Go to a baseball game. COMPLETED
Go to auctions. COMPLETED
Send letters to soldiers and sailors overseas.
Lay on a quilt and stargaze.
Go to a drive-in movie.
Make garden items-bird bath, rain barrel, patio furniture.
Make bead sun catchers.
Spend one day doing random acts of kindness.
Go to Farmers Market. Buy that nights dinner.
Plan a garden of our own.
Pick our own Strawberries.
Make Strawberry Freezer Jam.
Create Family Binder.
Go to a water park.
Make homemade banana splits.
See how Krispy Kremes are made.
Go on a Dolphin Cruise.
Wow!!!!Look at all the stuff that we managed to get done in there. And we went to the Fair. And we went swimming. That was ALOT of fun! And we made crafty stuff..AND we started school. AND I had 9 gazillion medical appointments (again...another blog!). AND we moved cross country (like twice..but whose counting?!). AND we had brand new baby weenie puppies. So...I'd say that's a pretty darn good summer.
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!!!
Now we need a 'Bucket Full Of Autumn' list. Sooooooo.........don't be all hatin when I bring down the leftovers from summer. I don't want them to feel unloved or unwanted! Here...we...go...
Make homemade ice cream.
Buy our perfect house.
Create canvas art for
studio space.
Make bottle cap wind
chimes.
Paint the Dining Room
table and Buffet.
Mod Podge top of bistro
table.
Make leaf piles. Jump in
them. Repeat.
Fly kites.
Go on a 'Date With Dad'.
Lie on backs and look for
shapes in clouds.
Go to Connor Prairie.
See a symphony on the
lawn.
Spend a whole day in PJ's
playing board games. In front of fire.
Make a Smash Journal
together.
Take photo outings.
Complete Portfolio.
Create workable Studio
space.
Make wreathes and welcome
mats.
Make homemade laundry
soap and fabric softener.
Start 'Homesteading'.
Tie Dye stuff.
Make custom Cornhole
boards and bags.
Go to a football game.
Go to auctions. Look for
dining room chairs.
Send letters to soldiers
and sailors overseas.
Lay on a quilt and
stargaze.
Go to hockey game.
Go to a drive-in movie.
Make garden items-bird
bath, rain barrel, patio furniture.
Make bead sun catchers.
Spend one day doing
random acts of kindness.
Go to Farmers Market. Buy
that nights dinner.
Plan a garden of our own.
Go to Apple Orchard. Pick
apples and pumpkins.
Make Apple Butter
and Pumpkin Pie.
Bake homemade bread. Lots
of it. Mail it to everyone.
Create Family Binder.
Plan coffee dates with old friends.
Paint patio chairs.
Walk twice a day. Take
the dogs..
Work on Holiday Card
List.
Lose Weight.
I love Fall...but...SHEW!!!! Gonna be a busy one!!! Gathering up some excitement about finally being back in the hometown after all these years...and while I miss places, and things, and especially PEOPLE..that I left behind....there is so so much to look forward to.
Until next time...be gentle with yourselves!!!
XOX
