Alright, I'm getting on board with the seasonal bucket lists. As autumn begins on September 22nd, I thought it would be a great starting line. I know that fall lasts until the winter solstice, but as soon as December 1st hits, I'm all about Christmas. So I'm going to run my fall bucket list until November 30th. I've thought about the things that scream fall to me and created my list.
My current completion 15/35 42.9%
- Enjoy a PSL -- Always have to indulge a few times.
- Go to a pumpkin patch -- Took Arthur to a small one with tons of bounce houses
- Buy some proper cider -- I bought some cider at Target. Unfortunately, I bought spiced cider and it's a little too orange-y for my tastes. I'll have to pick up some more at another store.
- Bake pumpkin bread -- One loaf down, I imagine I will make a few more before Christmas.
- Make stuffed acorn squash -- Always love this recipe, but can only make it in the fall when the acorn squash is ripe.
- Carve a pumpkin
- Make a fall craft with Arthur
- Read some scary books -- I participated in Seasons of Reading's FrightFall Readathon. I've read:
- 8.4 by Peter Hernon (earthquake thriller)
- Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell (supernatural cozy mystery)
- The Mummy by Anne Rice (classic horror)
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (classic horror)
- Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff (crappy supernatural YA)
- Haunted Castles by Ray Russell (collection of ghost stories)
- The Gates by John Connolly (comedic horror)
- A Cast Off Coven by Juliet Blackwell (supernatural cozy mystery)
- Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell (supernatural cozy mystery)
- Pick up some fall themed tea -- I grabbed some Caramel Apple Spice at the store!
- Take pictures of the changing leaf colors
- Make chili and cornbread -- It will be back on the meal plan soon.
- Find two new fall soup recipes
- Watch Shaun of the Dead for Halloween
- Visit a corn maze
- Bake fall cookies -- I made some Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, but they weren't the best.
- Make leaf art
- Pick up some fall nail polish (and actually do my nails!)
- Go apple picking
- Bake an apple pie
- Make mulled wine
- Plan and cook Thanksgiving
- Read Kids Books
- Fall
- The Autumn Equinox by Ellen Jackson
- My Leaf Book by Monica Wellington
- WonderFall by Michael Hall
- Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
- Fall by Kay Barnham
- An Apple's Life by Nancy Dickman
- Autumn by Stephanie Hedlund
- Leaves Fall Down by Lisa Bullard
- Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes
- The Autumn Leaf by Carl Emerson
- Who Loves the Fall? by Bob Raczka
- Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins
- Little Elliot Fall Friends by Mike Curato
- Counting on Fall by Lizann Flatt
- Halloween
- Countdown to Halloween by Patricia Reeder Eubank
- Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin
- Halloween Hustle by Charlotte Gunnufson
- Dog and Bear Tricks and Treats by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? by Wendell Minor
- Seven Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage
- Thanksgiving
- Gobble, Gobble, Tucker by Leslie McGuirk
- Fall
- Decorate the front porch
- Buy some pumpkin ale -- I grabbed Leinenkugel's Autumn Shandy. Decent, but I will have to find something else.
- Go on a hayride
- Celebrate Halloween with costumes and trick-or-treating -- We made it around the entire top of the hill.
- Pick up a fall candle -- I grabbed a yummy smelling Orchard candle from Glade. It reminds me of pumpkin and bonfires.
- Read a cozy mystery -- I finished Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell this week. I loved it! Will have to pick up the next book in the series.
- Make a scarecrow
- Make homemade sauerkraut
- Toast pumpkin seeds
- Have a Monster Mash dance party
- Create Halloween and Thanksgiving cocktails
- Watch It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
- Have a Resident Evil marathon
Next up on the TBR pile:
