1) Morning Pages
2) Gratitude Journal
The purpose of the gratitude journal is to ACTIVELY COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS AND RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS TO SUPPORT YOU ON DAYS WHEN LIFE FEELS BLESSINGLESS. And the funny thing is, that as you do that, you become more grateful, positive, appreciative and satisfied with life, even when you don't do anything "fancy" and "complicated".
Steps of keeping a gratitude journal:
- get something to write on and something to write with. The ideal is to have a book you find beautiful and delightful to hold, and lovely to write on; and a pen that writes smoothly and leaves a readible print on the paper; a pen, that sits well in your hand, that is a joy to use.
But any piece of paper is good enough and any pen, pencil, what ever that leaves a mark on the paper.
The journal and the pen are not the point here. What you write down is.
- Record 3-5 things you are grateful for every day. Things that bring you joy. Things you enjoy. Things you love to have in your life. Things without which your life would feel poorer and less likable. You can call it a happiness journal, if that makes it feel better :-D
But do it every day. There is power in repeated actions and habits. Do it even on days when you don't feel much gratitude, when it's boring and stupid, when you don't have time to do it... just write it.
That's it.
- You don't need to use any format, write long, explain anything. You just need to jot down nice things about and in your life.
This list is good enough:
- my family- my bed
- my computer
- my home
- breakfast cup of tea
- it's OK to record "obvious" things. It's OK to record mechanically, without "really thinking about it".
- it's OK to not feel grateful as you record these things. "Counting your blessings" work even when you don't actively try to "feel" things. Even when you feel nothing.
- it's OK to repeat the things. You don't have to find NEW things every day to report. It's not some sort of competition or a challenge.
- it's OK to write down more things than 3-5, but try to write something every day. As said, it's OK to repeat. So when you have "nothing" to be grateful for, just copy what you write on the previous page.
- you don't need to "change your attitude" or "try to be more positive". Crumble, whine and murmur just as you are used to do. Let the action have its natural consequences without trying to force it.
- It is OK to "borrow" things you are grateful for from other people. Sometimes we don't see what we have before we read someone else being grateful for that thing.
- it is OK to compare what you have with what others have.
I for one am incredibly grateful for living in a democratic, Western country with solidarity and social conscience, that is living in peace. I am incredibly grateful for not needing to flee to save my life.
I am very, very grateful for having a roof over my head and walls around me and a door that I can lock behind me.
I am grateful for the food on the table and the good, clean water in the pipes; I am grateful for plumbing, I am grateful for the WC - I grew up without plumbing. There's thousands, millions of people who don't have plumbing and not even clean water!
I am grateful for being still mobile.
I am grateful for my loving and kind husband, whom I love and find pleasing to look at and lovely to discuss with, and with whom I have so much fun and intimacy. :-)
- it's OK to write about things. This is not a competition. No-one else but you are supposed to see this book. It is highly private and personal, and you shouldn't be thinking about "what others might think of you if they knew how petty/stupid/shallow you are". Accept who you are and what you like. The things you will write in this will be short and simple. The best things in life are. Just think how much there fits in a word like "mother", "daughter", "beloved"... Your pet. His name is enough to define him to you, but there are no words in the world to define him to others :-)
3) Art Journal
4) Line-a-day
A good way of keeping a diary or log of your days. Just write one line to describe the day.
5) Smash Book / Junk Journal / Glue Book
6) Travel album
Remember that life itself is a journey...
7) Scrapbook
In the beginning there were "scrapbooks" that were for collecting scraps - cuttings from newspapers and magazines and other ephemera. Then photography was invented and became every man's business and where there were first photo albums, people started decorating the photo albums and adding journaling, and then when the "scraps" and ephemera amount increased, people started calling them scrapbooks. Today we understand "scrapbook" as a sort of decorated photo album with journaling. Very few still remember that scrapbooks really were about books where you glued scraps from newspapers and magazines.
8) Personal planner
9) Idea Book
Monday, September 21, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
HOLIDAY GRAND PLAN WEEK 3: ENTRYWAY / FOYER
SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 TO SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
Welcome to Week Three of the Holiday Grand Plan: Entry/Foyer Week!
This week, we tackle deep-cleaning and decluttering our entryway or foyer, to create a welcoming entrance to the home for holiday guests.
Holiday prep chores focus on baking and kitchen as we plan our baked goodies and start stocking up for holiday meals. More printable forms help our Holiday Grand Plan notebooks grow.
Ready? Let's get organized with Entry/Foyer Week at the Holiday Grand Plan!
CLEANING/ORGANIZING AREA: ENTRYWAY OR FOYER
HOLIDAY PREP:
Make one batch of Holiday Goodies.
Make one extra meal for freezer again labeled HOLIDAY MEAL.
Buy two canned food items from Menus (get 2 of each item, one to use and one to donate to food drive).
Keep 2 boxes in a pantry area or storage place to put these in so that they are not used in everyday cooking - make sure to label them so that when food drives start your holiday supply stays intact and the food drive gets the food purchased for it.
Buy all supplies for homemade gifts. Package each project with directions and other information in zipper food storage bag and place in a basket or box in craft/sewing area.
Buy film, camera batteries, blank videotapes. Hide them; write yourself a note.
Sunday, September 6, 2015
HOLIDAY GRAND PLAN WEEK 2: LIVING ROOM / QUESTION WEEK
SEPTEMBER 4, 2016 TO SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
Week Two? It's all about questions during Question Week in the Holiday Grand Plan.
During this week, we'll continue making lists and planning our holiday. We'll get in touch with our values through important questions.
In the cleaning component, we tackle the living room, decluttering and deep-cleaning to prepare for holiday entertaining.
Ready? Let's get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!
CLEANING/ORGANIZING AREA: LIVING ROOM
HOLIDAY PREP
Buy extra flour, sugar, shortening, etc.
Make one extra meal for the freezer labeled HOLIDAY MEAL. This should be large enough to feed the family plus two people.
Browse Week:
Develop ideas for gifts, and decorations.
Order Christmas cards and address labels.
For your friends of other religions take the time to find out what their major holiday is and look for an appropriate card to send to them at that time.
Divide gift responsibilities with other family members.
Ask these questions:
Do I see Christmas time primarily as a time for entertaining friends and renewing long-lost acquaintances or as a time for family?
How much emphasis do our Christmas activities place on the spiritual side of Christmas?
How involved is my family in the Christmas preparation?
What activities are particularly important to our family at Christmas? To myself?
Why do we observe the traditions we do in our house?
How important is an elaborately decorated house, homemade gifts, or food, to my feelings about Christmas?
What would my ideal Christmas be like?
Monday, August 31, 2015
HOLIDAY GRAND PLAN WEEK 1: FRONT PORCH / LIST WEEK
AUGUST 28, 2016 TO SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
Holiday Grand Plan 2016
Week One is List Week at the Holiday Grand Plan!
During this week, we kick off holiday prep with lists, lists and more lists.
We'll print helpful calendars and forms for Christmas organizing and begin to create a Christmas notebook.
This week's cleaning focus is the front porch: We'll clean and organize the area around the front door so that our home will be ready to welcome visitors during the holiday season.
Ready to jump into List Week? Let's get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!
CLEANING/ORGANIZING AREA: FRONT PORCH
HOLIDAY PREP
Print the Holiday Grand Plan calendars for reference.
Make the following lists:
Gifts to be given, amount to spend (include family, friends, school, church, etc)
Christmas card list (computerize it!) Print list and update it, if needed. Decide how many cards are needed.
Visits to make
Parties/Entertaining
Menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, other parties
Goodies for Sharing/Gifts. Decide how much needs to be made and divide it between the weeks from now through December 1.
Favorite Meals of Family members for freezing ahead.
Long-term shopping list divided into: canned foods, perishables for each holiday, linens and dishes, decorations, etc.
Create a Christmas planner notebook to organize holiday planning.
This week's printable forms from Organized Christmas include:
Sunday, August 30, 2015
WELCOME TO THE HOLIDAY GRAND PLAN
You've decided: this is the year you'll celebrate the holiday season from a home that is clean, organized, and ready for Christmas. You dream of holiday parties, overnight house guests, Christmas cookies, a decorated home, and a calm and stress-free holiday season.
There's only one problem: right now, you're living in domestic chaos. How to create a clean home for the holidays?
Looking around your home, you don't know where to begin. Cluttered counters, crammed closets, and out-of-place possessions pile up everywhere.
Dust bunnies and ceiling cobwebs announce that deep-cleaning is long overdue, and the guest room? Forget about it! It's home to moving boxes, unfinished crafts, and last winter's stained jackets and unmatched mittens.
What's the answer? You need a plan: the Holiday Grand Plan.
WEEK-BY-WEEK TO AN ORGANIZED CHRISTMAS
To have the holiday of your dreams, you need more than just a gift list and good intentions: you need a tried and tested roadmap to Christmas in a clean and organized home.
That's where the Holiday Grand Plan comes in! By breaking down all the tasks needed to clean and organize the house and prepare for the holidays, and dividing them into weekly assignments, the HGP will help you reach the season calm, centered, and ready to celebrate from a clean and organized home.
Based on the companion Cleaning Grand Plan, the Holiday Grand Plan combines holiday prep, home organizing, and cleaning components. Each week, the Plan focuses on one room or area. Beginning just as the summer ends, you'll work week-by-week to declutter, clean, and organize each room in your home.
Along the way, the HGP tackles holiday preparations, too. Whether it's gifts, decor, or holiday meals, you'll be organized and ready for the holidays before they arrive.
To guide you, you'll make a Christmas planner notebook to simplify your holidays. Free printable checklists and calendars make it easy to plan your progress and organize each week's goals. Your planner will become your road map for an organized holiday season ... in a clean home. Best of all? Next season you'll start ahead of the game, thanks to the notes, records, and reminders you'll tuck into your planner as you work the HGP.
Working with others makes it easier to follow your holiday plan. With many active HGP communities online on the Web, you'll have lots of company as you prepare for Christmas!
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Mabon Bingo
Adapted from Thanksgiving Bingo
You will need:
as many bingo calling cards as you have players, and one for the caller
some blu-tack or pins and corkboard or some other such, to keep the cards in square for playing. (read the whole instruction to understand.)
15 markers for each player. These could be nuts, for example.
Cut all into squares.All the players and the caller mix their squares in front of them, picture side down.
The players pick 16 cards and arrange them into a square, which ever way they like.
(If there are some kids who like to copy someone else, let them arrange the square in the order they pick them up. In four rows, four cards in each row.)
It might be good to have some blu-tack to tack the cards in the square, so that they won't get mixed during the game
Caller turns over a card randomly and calls out the picture.
Any player with that image, lays a marker on top.
Play continues until the some gets four in row in any direction including diagonally and shouts out BINGO!
(You can, of course, adjust the cards to your own symbols and traditions. This is mine.)
You will need:
as many bingo calling cards as you have players, and one for the caller
some blu-tack or pins and corkboard or some other such, to keep the cards in square for playing. (read the whole instruction to understand.)
15 markers for each player. These could be nuts, for example.
The players pick 16 cards and arrange them into a square, which ever way they like.
(If there are some kids who like to copy someone else, let them arrange the square in the order they pick them up. In four rows, four cards in each row.)
It might be good to have some blu-tack to tack the cards in the square, so that they won't get mixed during the game
Caller turns over a card randomly and calls out the picture.
Any player with that image, lays a marker on top.
Play continues until the some gets four in row in any direction including diagonally and shouts out BINGO!
(You can, of course, adjust the cards to your own symbols and traditions. This is mine.)
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Autumn Bucket List 2015
My autumn... well... datewise it's from Lammas to Samhain. But August doesn't feel like autumn :-D And I am divided, because I do feel Mother knows best, better than our calculations, traditions and calenders. Basically... one could think the autumn is when most trees have changed colors. But... that seems to be happening later and later every decade, and I am not going to wait for October to celebrate Autumn. I would miss Mabon! So - from Lammas to Samhain it is, and I am going to explain August as "the first days of autumn that feel like summer still", just as the first days of spring feel like winter etc.
Different definitions of autumn:
- astronomical - begins at Autumn Equinox, ends at Winter Solstice
- meteorological - here it's "Summer is when the median temperature of days is over 10 °C five or more subsequent days", so when the median temperature sinks below 10 °C. In USA it's "June, July, August"
- write an autumn bucket list
- write a list of 92 things you love/like about autumn
If you don't get 92 things on your list, don't worry. Write as many as you can think of.
- commit to take a photo on each day of Autumn according to this list of your personal favorites. This is why the number os 92. If you didn't get 92 things, don't worry about it, just take more photos of some of your favorites.
- clean your home for winter. There are several "fall cleaning" checklists and suggestions on-line.
- decorate your home
- prepare your wardrobe for the transition.
Create a fall capsule wardrobe fit for your lifestyle, activities and purposes.
On my list is "tweed promenade suit, 40's felt hat, plenty of patterned tights, brogue oxfords with heel, leather gloves"
Check the sweaters and cardigans, let them air in the crisp autumn air and start wearing them.
Get a pair of good, comfortable, classic fall boots you will be wearing the rest of your life, and a pair of boot socks.
- Knit something. Learn to knit. On my list is a white, soft aran sweater and a fair-isle set of vest and cardigan. And a tam.
- Take the "week of dressing dangerously" challenge.
Look at all the clothing styles people have, all the costumes, all the tv-series and everything where people wear clothes. Pick five favorites. Pick five of the costumes or outfits you wish you had or could wear or would wear "if..." If you were skinny or curvy. If you were tall or short. If you were a man. If you were in your favorite fantasy world. If you were your favorite superhero. If you were a rock star.
Get yourself these outfits/costumes.
Wear them a whole day, as if it was your normal attire.
On my list
I do have the Japanese "oil from plastic" machine on my shopping list... and then I will be making oil. But until I get one - or build one - there are other things to do.
There was a list of some 25 things you could do this fall with your husband, but I can't find it :-( There were really nice ideas.
There are also "fall dating ideas" lists. Go through some and pick things that sound reasonable to do with your spouse.
Go to a date every week in Autumn
* build a home theater (within our resources, naturally. It might not be much more than rearranging the living room so that the television and comfy chairs are "strategically" placed with the coffee table - but that alone would improve the movie and tv watching time together.)
* build a fake fireplace (to be able to cuddle in front of the fireplace and to decorate the mantel)
* make a "cuddle kit"
Write - I have a couple of books I need to write on my list
Compile a collection of spooky stories
Have a teddy bears' picnic, October 27th (The International Teddy Bear Day)
Host or attend a fall festival with fun games, crafts, and prizes!
Invites friends over for chili night
Have a sock knitting bee
Learn orienteering
Learn the Thriller dance
Make 30 autumn cards and send to people
Make a pinecone weather station
Have a board-game night
Play hide and seek outside
Play pumpkin bowling
Prepare the balcony for winter
Find five scents that feels like autumn
Learn to solve puzzle cubes
Surprise someone you love with a fall-colored mum
Take a walk in the rain, without an umbrella. Don’t resist the urge to jump in puddles
Visit a craft show with friends
Visit a haunted house
Visit Skogskyrkogård
Stay up late and watch the harvest moon 28/9
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah September 14.
Celebrate Yom Kippur September 22.
Celebrate Sukkot September 28-October 5
Celebrate the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival September 27
Celebrate Mabon 23/9
Celebrate National Potato Day, 19/8
Celebrate Oktoberfest
Have a Halloween bonfire with hot apple cider
Have a Halloween masquerade party with apple bobbing
Build a Dia de los Muertos altar
Collect autumn leaves
Plant Lily-of-the-valleys for Independence Day
Create an autumn nature table
Enjoy autumn
Go apple picking in an apple orchard
Go indoor apple picking
Go for an early morning walk and watch the sun rise on a cool, crisp day
Go to a leaf hunt
jump in leaf piles
Make a fall leaf maze
Make a nature shadow box
Make land art with leaves
Play conkers
Play with a fall sensory bucket
Look for signs of fall
Play fall "I Spy"
decorate an autumn cake
Get 8 Sabbath boxes and start filling them. (I want 8 big boxes with all the Sabbath associated stuff in, and nothing more.)
celebrate Mabon
Do some Autumn crafts
The following is from my personal bucket list, so not autumn related
Paint china
Improve my French
Improve my German
Learn the basics of all Celtic languages
Learn Latin
Learn hulahooping
learn whip cracking
learn baton twirling
learn herping
learn juggling
learn to brew cider, mead, ale, wine
illustrate
translate
reconnect with highschool friends
build a baker's cabinet
make 3 baskets in different ways
make 3 beaded works
learn leather work
learn flowerwork
learn bonecarving
create a cactus tray
create a terrarium
create a bonsai tree
make 30 books in 30 days
make 10 different kinds of candy
Different definitions of autumn:
- astronomical - begins at Autumn Equinox, ends at Winter Solstice
- meteorological - here it's "Summer is when the median temperature of days is over 10 °C five or more subsequent days", so when the median temperature sinks below 10 °C. In USA it's "June, July, August"
- write an autumn bucket list
- write a list of 92 things you love/like about autumn
If you don't get 92 things on your list, don't worry. Write as many as you can think of.
- commit to take a photo on each day of Autumn according to this list of your personal favorites. This is why the number os 92. If you didn't get 92 things, don't worry about it, just take more photos of some of your favorites.
- get better with photographing.
- Search "[name of the month] photo/photography challenge". There's dozens of suggestions on-line. Pick your favorites, print the list and cut it into strips, and put the strips in a bowl. Every day of Autumn, pick a strip and take a photo.
Yes, it's a lot of photos. But it doesn't take more than a couple of minutes top most to snap a photo of a thing. It doesn't need to be the greatest photo in the history of photography. It doesn't even need to be a good photo. Or a photo you are proud of. Or a photo you like. It just needs to be a photo of something.
- Start an Autumn journal
- a bit like "December Daily", though this is "August/September/October Daily"
- illustrate it with your photos-a-day.
- make the pages like an art journal, "Project Life" page or a scrapbook page.
- make a page every day
- there are different journal prompts around, and "project life" prompts etc. Use them.
- write down the best part of each day. This doesn't need to be perfect, amazing, inspiring or even good. "best" means "the least bad".
- start a gratitude journal - write this, too, in your autumn journal
- start writing morning pages. Write these to separate pages and add to your journal.
- keep a nature journal or notebook. Write down the weather and nature phenomenon you observed. For this you need to take a nature walk every day with your camera... so we'll get both practice with camera and exercise in the list just like that :-D
- Pick a beautiful tree and take a photo of it once a week from the same spot, to see how the seasons change. Pick a tree with beautiful autumn colors, like a maple or aspen. Rowens are nice too, with their berries.
- "Sharpen your Observational Skills through Drawing" - again, it doesn't need to be good. The point is to sharpen your observational skills, not to make art... and that you will get better with drawing is just a bonus. ;-)
- "Think about the “seasons” of life, and write a letter to yourself about what you will savor about this season"
- clean your home for winter. There are several "fall cleaning" checklists and suggestions on-line.
- decorate your home
- prepare your wardrobe for the transition.
Create a fall capsule wardrobe fit for your lifestyle, activities and purposes.
On my list is "tweed promenade suit, 40's felt hat, plenty of patterned tights, brogue oxfords with heel, leather gloves"
Check the sweaters and cardigans, let them air in the crisp autumn air and start wearing them.
Get a pair of good, comfortable, classic fall boots you will be wearing the rest of your life, and a pair of boot socks.
- Knit something. Learn to knit. On my list is a white, soft aran sweater and a fair-isle set of vest and cardigan. And a tam.
- Take the "week of dressing dangerously" challenge.
Look at all the clothing styles people have, all the costumes, all the tv-series and everything where people wear clothes. Pick five favorites. Pick five of the costumes or outfits you wish you had or could wear or would wear "if..." If you were skinny or curvy. If you were tall or short. If you were a man. If you were in your favorite fantasy world. If you were your favorite superhero. If you were a rock star.
Get yourself these outfits/costumes.
Wear them a whole day, as if it was your normal attire.
On my list
- tree
- steampunk
- goth
- gypsy
I do have the Japanese "oil from plastic" machine on my shopping list... and then I will be making oil. But until I get one - or build one - there are other things to do.
- have a “earth day” every day – 1 hour of no electricity
- use water as if it was a rarity
- use electricity as if it was a rarity
- get a bike
- start walking at least one hour every day
- get a monthly bus pass and get to know your town.
- get good curtains to every window – black curtains and thick side curtains
- turn off lights
- unplug items not in use
- get more houseplants
- plant more trees
- keep the electric appliances clean
- learn to use no fire cookers
- minimize your belongings – take the 100 things challenge. Only keep things you love and that make you feel good
- eat more veggies and fruits. Have at least one vegetarian day every week.
- eat more locally produced and organic food
- write a food plan and keep it
- stop throwing food away
- cook from scratch
- eat less
- shorter showers
- take the stairs. Elevators and escalators use electricity.
- get a compost and start composting everything that can be composted
- recycle all your garbage
- start cleaning your environment. “roska päivässä” movement
- change electric appliances to manpowered, crank or treadle powered
- use less dishes and wash them by hand, air dry
- use less clothes and use them wisely. Get work clothes and use clothes-protecting items like aprons and sleeve covers. Air your clothes often, wash them less.
- buy minimally packaged goods, and make things of the packaging
- eliminate disposable products - make reusable pads, reusable produce bags, reusable handkerchiefs, reusable shopping bags, sandwich bags, reusable bowl covers for the fridge etc.
- check how to use cloth instead of toilet paper (this is VERY EXTREME)
There was a list of some 25 things you could do this fall with your husband, but I can't find it :-( There were really nice ideas.
There are also "fall dating ideas" lists. Go through some and pick things that sound reasonable to do with your spouse.
Go to a date every week in Autumn
- spend a whole morning in bed
- write a fall bucket list together
- go reading together in a park with sammies and wine
- go tossing a frisbee
- make a kite together and go flying it
- build a fort in living room and have a movie night
- have a ghostbusters movie night
- have a scary movie marathon
- have a Harry Potter movie marathon
- read ghost stories to each other in candlelight
- make a quilt together for snuggling
- have a game night
- go to a market, buy things and come home to cook something with those things
- cook a romantic dinner togehter
- bake together
- go to a flea market, second hand etc. buy a piece of furniture and fix it together
- go on a bookstore date
- go on a sunrise or sunset date
- go shopping some fall decor and things
- go picking some nature elements that can be used to make fall decorations with, and make fall decorations together
- make autumnal gingerbread house
- go to a picnic in a romantic place and play in leaves
- get bicycles for both of us and go on a biking tour with picnic basket
- go bowling
- go play pool
- go hiking and camping, spend a night in the wilderness and watch stars together, by a fire, in a blanket, and make s'mores
- get a new hobby together (I chose cabinetmaking :-D)
- learn a foreign language together (I chose French)
- learn to dance with my spouse and go dancing
- learn to give massage and give each other massage
- paint each other's portrait
- go tour your home town; either take a guided tour or find out information to share with each other
- learn to play an instrument together (I chose guitar)
- learn to play a new card game
- practice yoga daily together
- go on a "day trip" (I chose a zoo nearby, which is going to take the whole day.)
- take a CPR/first aid course together
- learn to make candles
- make candy together
* build a home theater (within our resources, naturally. It might not be much more than rearranging the living room so that the television and comfy chairs are "strategically" placed with the coffee table - but that alone would improve the movie and tv watching time together.)
* build a fake fireplace (to be able to cuddle in front of the fireplace and to decorate the mantel)
* make a "cuddle kit"
Write - I have a couple of books I need to write on my list
Compile a collection of spooky stories
Have a teddy bears' picnic, October 27th (The International Teddy Bear Day)
Host or attend a fall festival with fun games, crafts, and prizes!
Invites friends over for chili night
Have a sock knitting bee
Learn orienteering
Learn the Thriller dance
Make 30 autumn cards and send to people
Make a pinecone weather station
Have a board-game night
Play hide and seek outside
Play pumpkin bowling
Prepare the balcony for winter
Find five scents that feels like autumn
Learn to solve puzzle cubes
Surprise someone you love with a fall-colored mum
Take a walk in the rain, without an umbrella. Don’t resist the urge to jump in puddles
Visit a craft show with friends
Visit a haunted house
Visit Skogskyrkogård
Stay up late and watch the harvest moon 28/9
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah September 14.
Celebrate Yom Kippur September 22.
Celebrate Sukkot September 28-October 5
Celebrate the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival September 27
Celebrate Mabon 23/9
Celebrate National Potato Day, 19/8
Celebrate Oktoberfest
Have a Halloween bonfire with hot apple cider
Have a Halloween masquerade party with apple bobbing
Build a Dia de los Muertos altar
Collect autumn leaves
Plant Lily-of-the-valleys for Independence Day
Create an autumn nature table
Enjoy autumn
Go apple picking in an apple orchard
Go indoor apple picking
Go for an early morning walk and watch the sun rise on a cool, crisp day
Go to a leaf hunt
jump in leaf piles
Make a fall leaf maze
Make a nature shadow box
Make land art with leaves
Play conkers
Play with a fall sensory bucket
Look for signs of fall
Play fall "I Spy"
decorate an autumn cake
Get 8 Sabbath boxes and start filling them. (I want 8 big boxes with all the Sabbath associated stuff in, and nothing more.)
celebrate Mabon
Do some Autumn crafts
The following is from my personal bucket list, so not autumn related
Paint china
Improve my French
Improve my German
Learn the basics of all Celtic languages
Learn Latin
Learn hulahooping
learn whip cracking
learn baton twirling
learn herping
learn juggling
learn to brew cider, mead, ale, wine
illustrate
translate
reconnect with highschool friends
build a baker's cabinet
make 3 baskets in different ways
make 3 beaded works
learn leather work
learn flowerwork
learn bonecarving
create a cactus tray
create a terrarium
create a bonsai tree
make 30 books in 30 days
make 10 different kinds of candy
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