Fall Bucket List

I thought it would be fun to play along with this link-up this year, even if I don't end up participating in all the days. (Let's face it: I'm fashion-predictable. I'm not sure I can pull an exciting post out of that week's prompt!)

But a fall bucket list sounds pretty fun to me, so I thought I would play along this week and see what I can come up with for some autumn goals.

* It may be cheating to say this one since I've already mostly done it, but my first item would be to decorate the house for fall. I realize that may seem like a strange bucket list item, but last fall I didn't get to focus on decorating as fully as I would have liked, because fall brought about Nita's illness and the beginning of our crazy schedule. So this year I've enjoyed bringing out the fall décor tubs and warming up the house with oranges and yellows and different scenery!

* We are going to have to plan a trip to Marion at some point, because I cannot have fall without one cup of my beloved Apple Pie Chai from McConn Coffee. I have yet to find another coffee shop that makes this one - correctly, anyway. I did find one other place that had it on the menu, but it was not the same, and I was so very sad.

* We've never done this before, but I would love to take a drive through our own county this fall, once the leaves turn, to take pictures of beautiful areas. Remember this summer when I told you Ryan and I visited a little country church and drove down tree-covered roads we didn't even know existed around here? I want to go rediscover them in the fall.

* Make lots of soup! I love soup season, because it's so easy to throw everything in the slow cooker first thing in the morning and then enjoy it at dinner time.

* Diffuse all the fall smells. I have been eyeing all my fall scented essential oils here lately and am ready to mix them all up in the diffuser and enjoy a fall-scented house!

* One thing we did squeeze in last year amid all the chaos of our schedule was a hike through a state park. We went to Turkey Run with our friends Shawn and Amber and we had the best day ever. I loved it. I'd love to hike again in the fall. Less sweat!

* This one is more Ryan's than mine, but I will sneak a taste or two. Once regular football season hits, he loves a Sunday night dinner of chips, salsa, and queso. He mixes the salsa and queso together and puts away enough to constitute a meal! I used to join him, but I really need my pants to zip, so I'll just have a taste or two and eat something more vegetable-y.

* Candy corn and peanuts. Again, I need the pants to zip, so I can't go crazy, but I do want to have a small handful. It's one of my favorite things.

* I'm not sure if we'll get to do this, but I really would love to do a corn maze. We've done a couple since we've been married, and there is one nearby that we've never tried. I'd like to go if we can make it happen!

* Go to a college football game. (This may also be a cheating item since it's on the calendar already, but still...)

* Curl up under a blanket on the hammock and read. I need to find myself a cool-but-not-cold fall afternoon and snuggle up in the hammock with a blanket and a good book.

I'm sure there are more things I'd like to do, but I think this is a pretty fine start, don't you?