Life Lately

Here is what has been going on around here lately...we have all been sick, so it was a lot of time spent at home.

• I got these for Michael, so he would stop getting a biggie soda every night

• Jar did some yard work

• We winterized the camper...the first tarp Michael bought was huge and covered the camper twice (you should have seen us out in the road trying to fold it to take it back)

• the hydrangeas have changed from a bright blue to this mauve color

• I got some Christmas pillows at Marshall's

• working on my schedule and meal list

• I made grilled cheese and tomato bisque soup for dinner

• Jar fixed Cam's hair

• Michael got the Malibu out and winterized it

• I made a turkey sausage and kale dish

• guess what Jar is getting ready to do...clean Zena's kennel

• Cam cleaned his car

• I decorated the hutch for Christmas (the camper is new...from Target)

• Michael and Jar put up the outside lights; I put up the Christmas tre

• I made Jar and I some hot chocolate (he was cold outside)

• I love how everything looks when it is done (the top of the tree is not done; I ran out of lights)

• Michael and I got some Starbucks...love the red holiday cups

• Jar's new electric guitar finally came (it was an early Christmas present)

We are finally all coming out of being sick...both the boys still have a cough though. This week is Cam's birthday week. We have a lot of special things planned for this week. I cannot believe that he is 20 years old this week...where did the time go!

America The Beautiful...Land of the Free...Home of the Brave

Pinterest Finds

• This reminds me of Wellsboro, PA

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This looks like such a cozy place to be

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I'd love to build a two-story garage with a garage apartment in it that the boys could live in when they first get married

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I miss the vibrant color of the leaves in the fall in Pennsylvania

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Fall to me means cozy

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I am ready for the Christmas season (I've already been listening to Christmas music)

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November Goals

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These are my November Goals:

1. Go see Fantastic Beasts movie
2. Watch new Anne of Green Gables movie on PBS
3. Make pumpkin bread
4. Make some pumpkin pies
5. Watch all of the Star Wars movies in a row
6. Exercise daily
7. Set up dentist appointments
8. Go to breakfast or lunch with Mom
9. Plan Thanksgiving
10. Cut boys' hair
11. Play board games
12. Plan Cam's 20th birthday
13. Read more
14. Journal
15. Take Christmas card photos
16. Order Christmas cards
17. Put up Christmas tree
18. Decorate for Christmas
19. Put up Christmas lights
20. Watch Hallmark Christmas movies
21. Listen to Christmas music
22. Plan some dinners for the Thanksgiving week
23. Plan some things for Thanksgiving week

These are my September/October Goals:

1. Go to a local Farmer's Market/Farm
2. Take evening walks
3. Start new devotional
4. Put out fall decorations
5. Get into the groove of school
6. Get some home projects done (clean garage cabinets, finish front walkway steps, finish blocks by arborvitae, cut down flowers, pressure wash around house)
7. Go for drives and take photos
8. Go bowling with friends
9. Spend more time outside
10. Celebrate Amy's birthday
11. Celebrate Michael's birthday
12. Go to Red Robin for our birthdays
13. Go out with Mom
14. Cut Lily's hair
15. Go to Oktoberfest
16. Take fall photos
17. Go on a hike (Silver Falls and Opal Creek)
18. Watch college football
19. Rake leaves
20. Make pumpkin bread
21. Get pumpkin latte from Starbucks
22. Go to the outlets
23. Go to trampoline park with friends/cousins
24. Play outdoor yard games
25. Play four-square
26. Play board games

October Boxes

These were my boxes for the month of October...

Love with Food box

Ipsy Box

Birchbox box

Sephora Box

Life Lately

We have been really busy here lately. Cam has been really busy with school and work, Michael has been crazy busy with work and some projects around the house, Jar has been busy with school and practicing his electric guitar, and I have been busy keeping everybody sane and keeping up with everything needed to run this household.

Here is what has been happening around here lately...

Cam dressed up as a Bakery worker for Halloween...instead of the Deli worker that he is

I ordered these Gluten-free cookies from Vitacost...they are delicious

I have been having 2 fried eggs over guacamole for breakfast

Cam was going to take photos at the park, so I took some photos of him

It is time for Cam to clean his room

Jar loves gluten-free pasta with butter and Parmesan cheese

I love a beautiful sky

My Chauffeur  

I love this spot by the Library

Packing my "things to do" bag for camping

Preparing food for camping

Groceries for camping

When we got home from camping, we cleaned out the camper...because we plan to sell it in the spring. Our house looked like a hoarder house.

Not long after we got home from camping, this was our view from our back yard

After 4 hours of solid cleaning of the mess in the house, this is what I had left

Finally the house is all clean

The boys, Grandma, and I went to the Farmhouse Craft Fair

After the craft fair, we stopped by a cute cafe and got food to go for lunch (the restaurant was very busy) I got a BLT; Cam got mac and cheese with a salad; and Jar got sausage with biscuits and gravy, fried potatoes, and 2 fried eggs.

I started listening to Christmas music...I just can't help myself

I colored and highlighted Jar's hair

Michael left to run an errand...this is where Lily sat waiting for him to come back

Jar's finished hair. I think it looks great. Better yet, he loves it.

The boys and I went shopping...Jar spent his whole time in Guitar Center looking at electric guitars

I spent a lot of time at Marshall's...one of my favorite stores

I picked up Lily a new pair of pajamas

I picked up a few things at Marshall's (I have wanted a silver reindeer and Christmas pillows for a couple of years now)

I picked up some Christmas candles

Michael, Cam, and I voted

This was Cam's first time voting 

I picked up some yummy coffee

Time for school...I have the peppermint bark candle burning, and I made Jar some coffee

I am watching the last game of the World Series tonight. I don't follow baseball...it is not my favorite sport to watch. I decided that I wanted to watch the last game though. Hearing the game reminds me so much of my grandma...she watched every game of baseball that she could. She loved it. It has been really enjoyable to me tonight. I really want the Chicago Cubs to win. (they have not won since 1908)