Due to Blog-Tember, I haven't posted a Sunday Sunset in a month. This might be a big post...

Listening To: Arctic Monkeys; Florence + the Machine; Sirius XM Alt Nation; Sirius XM Octane

Book finished: Interest; Don't Know Much About Mythology; First Frost; Artemis Fowl; The Distant Hours; 1491; Dark Places

Reading: Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin

On the Nightstand: 1493 by Charles Mann; Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke; The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner

MakingLists: So many lists! I've got my Arthur's birthday party list, grocery list, Holiday Bazaar list, Christmas list (yes I've started planning), general to-do list, 2016 TBR list (yep, started this one as well), craft project list, and rest of 2015 TBR list. Thank goodness I have my handle planner and Evernote to keep track of it all!

From the kitchen: I've made a few new recipes lately included one for Lemon Chicken with Brussel Sprouts that was super yummy. I spend a few days last week and meal planned for the entire month of October. I stumbled upon a new meal planning system (involving my planner and post-it tags) and decided to jump in with both feet. I hope this system lessens my meal planning stress.

Crafting: I've been focused on SSINK design team projects for the past month. With October's card finished early, I've been thinking about my Christmas card plan of attack. I've narrowed it down to about 5 designs that I can more or less mass produce. Plus, I've started thinking about December Daily and how to pack my supplies when Arthur and I head to Indiana in December.

Watching: Many of our currently airing shows just started back up again, but we've been in the midst of a big television switch. We got rid of the Apple TV (actually we still have it, but not for tv viewing) and bought a Roku. From there, we have Amazon and Netflix loaded. We also moved all our shows to Plex running off the Roku. That has taken ages, so we are a bit behind on current shows. Instead, we spent most of September binge watching Merlin. Almost to the end and I'm sad for it to be over. Really loving that show!

From Nature: September was hot! But that's normal around here. We had lots of sunny days wearing shorts and tees. And then on the last day of the month, the temperature dropped 20 degrees and it rained. I loved Wednesday! I spent part of the day listening to the rain while reading my book. It's not very often that we enjoy a rainy fall day in the Bay Area. It was a nice change.

Picture: Arthur selfie with sunglasses!