Fall is here.  This picture was from last October and it makes me so happy.  I just fall in line with the millions of people that love this season.  Not a pumpkin fan though… sorry.  Since I love lists and I love fall (plus, I didn’t have much to write about) I decided to make a list of things I want to do this fall.

1.  Visit the Pumpkin Patch.  Our friends are the owners of the Anoka County Farms and we love visiting them each year.  If you live in the Twin Cities, this is a great place to bring the kids.  We will be heading there with our nieces soon.

2.  Visit an Apple Orchard.  There are so many beautiful Apple Orchards around here and we haven’t ever done that together.  It might be a fun week night activity for us when we need a break from the craziness of our house.

3.  Go to Oktoberfest.   Lots of these happening right now and I need to partake in the festivities.  My dad’s family is very German and I need to embrace everything about it.  Beer, Beer, Beer.

4.  Win my Diet Bet.  Just need to lose 4% of my total weight.  I know I just pretty much sang about beer in the last item, but I think one (or three) beers won’t totally set me back.

5.  Spend lots of time with friends & family.  We are leaving Minnesota sometime in the next two months.  We want to spend as much time as we can with friends & family.

6.  Have a bonfire.  We have a really special fire ring (story some other day) that we have barely used.  We will be passing it off to a friend, so I want to use it one more time before we hand it over.

7.  Find a new apartment.  We are doing a little apartment hunting next week and I’m so excited to find a place that will become home.

8.  Rework my 30 Before 30 List.  There will be a few things that will become extremely difficult with our move coming up, so I will be editing just a few items on the current list.

9.  Celebrate 2 weddings, one baby shower, a brand new nephew and a few special birthdays.  We have a few really fun things to celebrate with friends and family before we leave including a brand new nephew making his debut in late October.


10.  Wear flannel, boots, scarves and love every second of the changing leaves and the beautiful weather.




Last, but not least…

MOVE 1,190 MILES FROM HOME.

There it is.  A few fun things and a few things we don’t really have a choice but to get done.  As crazy as life is, I enjoy taking a little time each evening (or something lunch hour) writing on this blog and it has been great to make time.  I can’t thank you all enough for all the kind words and awesome advice.

I leave you today with some of my favorite pictures from fall last year.