“October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.”
Welcome, most prized and glorious month of the year!
Today I’ll not dwell on our government’s inability to get it together (thus affecting the lives of thousands of Americans), or the thousands of dollars in medical bills we’re bound to start receiving from our insurance company over the next several months due, in part, to America’s wildly outrageous and absolutely un-affordable health care costs. But there’s really not a lot I can do about either of those things.
So, instead I’ll be grateful and enjoy some of my most favorite October blessings:
Pumpkins
Corn mazes
Fall farms
Hayrides
Fall foliage
Crisp weather
Hard cider
Apple harvests
Caramel
Potlucks
Warm drinks
Delicious seasonal eats (of which there are too many to list)
Wonderful scents
Good books
Sweaters, scarves, boots, tights, and other fall fashions
Halloween
Get togethers with family and friends
Our anniversary
More pumpkins.
This month brings us one fun fall farm day with friends, an autumn potluck at work, an autumn potluck/bonfire/pumpking carving party/movie and game night with friends, a Midnight Dinner with the book club, my parents visit to Rochester, a few fall foliage tours and other autumny outings, our visit to see my brother and his family in Virginia, our third wedding anniversary (which we will celebrate at the circus!), Halloween, and the openings of The Last Five Years and The 39 Steps at our theatres.
All on an extremely strict budget. It can be done!
Happy October!
I’m so excited you’re here!
