winter bucket list update

There are three months left to this frigid season and after rereading my bucket list posted in November, I was pleased to discover that I’ve actually checked off a few items:

• Go sledding
• Make a gingerbread house
• Build a snowman
• Decorate cookies
• Celebrate the birth of Jesus
• Read through the Christmas story in all four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
• Give someone a secret gift
• Decorate the tree
• Drink/Make loaded hot cocoa
• Drink/Make some  “clean” eggnog
• Look at Christmas lights
• Watch Christmas movies…there’s a whole list – including the new ones aired on the Hallmark Channel
• Watch It’s a Wonderful Life simply because I haven’t seen it
• Watch Charlie Brown’s Christmas
• Watch the classics from my childhood
• Play in the snow – make snow angels – haven’t done that since I was a kid
• Make and deliver treats to neighbors and friends
• Go caroling
• Sit by a fire and read a book  Sitting by a crackling candle counts, right?
• Read through my holiday collection or pick up a few new ones from the library
• Start a new book series…any suggestions?
• Volunteer
• Donate food
• Attend a winter festival…St. Paul anyone?
• Have a snowball fight
• Watch a play or a musical
• Attend a Christmas concert
• Go ice skating
• Trim the tree
• Decorate for winter
• Host a winter dinner
• Learn to knit/crochet
• Take too many photos
• Send out Christmas cards
• Maybe learn to ski…cross country
• Go on a horse drawn carriage ride
• Listen to Christmas music…starting November 1
• Bundle up and go on a city walk
• Take a walk while it’s snowing

Here’s to the rest of the season and may I seek adventure in completing that list! What’s on your list?

further inspiration: a winter bucket list

There is something pristine and pure about a winter landscape. It’s quiet. Peaceful. Serene.

I found myself thinking about what I’d like to this upcoming season (November 1st is this Friday and that is usually when my Christmas music, movie and book collection sees the light of day once again) and, well, here’s a glimpse into the typical holiday and winter things I tend to enjoy…along with a few I’ve either never done or haven’t since my childhood. Here’s to feeling like a giddy kid again:

• Go sledding
• Make a gingerbread house
• Build a snowman
• Decorate cookies
• Celebrate the birth of Jesus
• Read through the Christmas story in all four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
• Give someone a secret gift
• Decorate the tree
• Drink/Make loaded hot cocoa
• Drink/Make some  “clean” eggnog
• Look at Christmas lights
• Watch Christmas movies…there’s a whole list – including the new ones aired on the Hallmark Channel
• Watch It’s a Wonderful Life simply because I haven’t seen it
• Watch Charlie Brown’s Christmas
• Watch the classics from my childhood
• Play in the snow – make snow angels – haven’t done that since I was a kid
• Make and deliver treats to neighbors and friends
• Go caroling
• Sit by a fire and read a book
• Read through my holiday collection or pick up a few new ones from the library
• Start a new book series…any suggestions?
• Volunteer
• Donate food
• Attend a winter festival…St. Paul anyone?
• Have a snowball fight
• Watch a play or a musical
• Attend a Christmas concert
• Go ice skating
• Trim the tree
• Decorate for winter
• Host a winter dinner
• Learn to knit/crochet
• Take too many photos
• Send out Christmas cards
• Maybe learn to ski…cross country
• Go on a horse drawn carriage ride
• Listen to Christmas music…starting November 1
• Bundle up and go on a city walk
• Take a walk while it’s snowing

What’s on your list?

feeling inspired: a fall bucket list

Good afternoon friends, family and fellow bloggers (or blog readers)! With the storms rolling through the Twin Cities metro area and the change in temperature the last week, I’ve been filling just a tad bit inspired.

Autumn is by far my favorite season.

Sure, I love bits and pieces of the other three – one has to if they choose to live in Minnesota/the upper midwest – but fall…I just love it. Everything about it.

And while I was sipping my pumpkin chai this morning, I felt this sudden urge to write down a bucket list of things I would like to do this year, during this lovely season:

My Fall Bucket List

• Go apple picking
• Bake a pie
• Go on a fall picnic – by myself – this should be fun!
• Take a scenic drive to see autumn foilage
• Visit a local pumpkin patch
• Carve/Decorate 1-2 pumpkins, save the seeds for next spring
• Take multiple nature walks with a camera
• Bake and decorate leaf cut-out cookies
• Host a fall dinner party for my friends
• Decorate my mantle with a fall theme
• Buy locally-made apple cider
• Experience a corn maze, hay ride, etc.
• Collect leaves, acorns and pine cones
• Watch football
• Take in a bonfire — with S’mores
• Take in a fall festival in a nearby subhurb/small town
• Bake bread
• Make soup/stew
• Enjoy it!

What’s on your list this fall?