Bucket List Checkup

Back at the beginning of September, I shared my fall bucket list, and it occurred to me this week that I should look at it to see how I'm doing in checking items off the list! (I needed to see what things we still need to squeeze in before it's too late!)

So...

1. Decorate the house for fall...CHECK! Okay so that one was already done before I made the bucket list, but still! It's good to start with a CHECK!!!! And since I hadn't gotten to show you the mum and pumpkin display...here's a peek at that!

2. Get a cup of my beloved apple pie chai at McConn Coffee...womp, womp. This is the coffee shop over at Indiana Wesleyan, and when we lived in Marion, we went there every fall for at least one apple pie chai fix. Alas, we haven't been to Marion this fall, so we haven't been able to check off this item, BUT!!!!! We did go to the Hydration Station in Greentown and got a frosted apple cider (or whatever they call it). SO GOOD. And that will suffice as a fall drink treat for me!

3. Drive through the back roads of our county to look at pretty leaves...womp, womp. This one is not our fault. The majority of the leaves didn't pop their colors around here until Tuesday, and then yesterday most of them fell from the trees. There is a possibility, I suppose, that we could take a quick jaunt out this weekend and see if there are any remnants worth seeing, but we may have missed our one day window. HOWEVER!!!! The trees on our road are some of the best in the whole county, and they DID change color early, and we've been loving them.

4. Make lots of soup...CHECK! I've been keeping the slow cooker really busy with all kinds of soups this fall! Delicious! And apparently not at all photo worthy!

5. Diffuse all the fall smells...sort of. I have been diffusing, but it seems that germs are swirling around us sooner than normal, because I have been running the immunity blends more than the fall blends. Fortunately they're heavy on the cinnamon scents, so it still smells fall-ish, but I haven't done all the blends I originally planned. Yet. :)

6. Hike in the fall...CHECK! Owen County and McCormick's Creek State Park provided a beautiful place for us to enjoy a ten mile brisk hike and a WONDERFUL date day. Thoroughly enjoyed it! (Even though we look either sleepy or exhausted in this picture.)

7. Sunday night football dinners...CHECK! Ryan has been switching this one up a little and has added grilled chicken wings to the menu, too! He still has his beloved football serving tray plate and has been enjoying his salsa/queso duo!

8. Candy corn and peanuts...CHECK! Ryan made sure we got this delicacy this fall, and he must have really liked it, because when he did our grocery shopping last week, he bought another bag of candy corn and another jar of peanuts!

9. Corn maze...CHECK! We did this as our engagementversary date and had a blast! We didn't get lost, and we didn't have to go in the dark, so it was a win/win for me!

10. Go to a college football game...CHECK! It was already on the schedule when I did the bucket list, but we did accomplish it! It wasn't fall-like weather, but that was okay with me. Ryan and I went to a Purdue game with our friend Pat!

11. Curl up in the hammock under a blanket and read...womp, womp. It hasn't happened yet, BUT!! We did do one thing that I totally failed to even put ON the bucket list, and that was enjoy a proper fire pit evening with hot dogs, s'mores, and friends!

We haven't gotten to them all, and I'm sure some will never happen this year, but it's still been a great fall - and it's not over yet!