Thursday, September 24, 2026

Ah, fall! We just love it so much, don’t we? Let’s not think of what’s coming and try to live in the moment. What’s coming, you ask? WINTER!

I am going to use some photos from past seasons in this post, fyi.

Solo Stove

Here are some things I hope to do this season…

Decorate for fall! Buy real or faux mums and pumpkins for porch. Decorate fall in general September 1 and add Halloween October 1 and Thanksgiving November 1.

Eat on patios now that it’s tolerable again

Enjoy apple flavors in September

Enjoy pumpkin flavors in October

Use solo stove on porch

Watch tv on porch

Entertain on porch

Play mah jong

Read some fall themed books

Watch some fall themed shows/movies

Make soup and try some new soup recipes

Make my first batch of chili

Do some hiking

Bake bread

Make some new recipes – I really enjoyed learning a bunch of new German recipes last year. Tom and I took a German cooking class, bought a German cookbook from our old German restaurant no longer in business and we really embraced the whole German theme! I haven’t decided what kind of recipes to try this year

Take lots of fall photos

Clean out and organize fall clothing

Go to fall events

Go to the pumpkin chunkin’ event/fundraiser

Last year Eddie Otis found pumpkin still floating in the river!

Make a German meal for Oktoberfest

Experiment with fall flavored coffee/cocktails

Make apple cider sangria

Fall leaf peeping on the boat

Celebrate besties’ birthdays – first bestie is September, second is October, and then mine is November

Celebrate my birthday

Celebrate Thanksgiving

What about you? What is on your fall list? Do you make one?

Amy

20 thoughts on “Fall Goals”

  1. I’m not type A enough to make an actual list, haha. However, there are a few things I’ve made a mental note of that I’d like to do this fall. Your list is great- so many good things on it. I hope you get to them all. Lots of birthdays to celebrate- that’s cool! I have one good friend’s to celebrate as well as Abby’s birthday. Your pictures are all so good and fall like- I like the one with your patio and the stringed lights creating a great ambiance.

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    1. I’ve had seasons where I do them and where I don’t and I definitely feel like writing it down helps me to have more fun as crazy as that sounds. Thank you! I like looking back at old photos for inspiration, too. I love the look of leaves and don’t like them to be raked, to be honest. It’s better for the environment to leave them I have heard.

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  3. This is such a great fall list! I love the picture of EO coming out of the water with a piece of pumpkin. I haven’t made a fall list yet, but I need to do this!

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    1. Thank you! That was so funny! It was a week later, I think! Yes, I think you should. My young former student/friend told me to plan “side quests”, too. Such a fun idea! She just moved to Chicago so I send her Chicago quests!

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  5. Hi Amy!
    I’m back from vacation so now I can really think fall! I want to definitely want to go to some fall fests and throw a couple of craft shows in there also. On the downside I’m NOT looking for to cold weather at all. This vacation really made me realize I’m a warm weather girl, I mean I knew I always liked summer best but warm weather all the way for me.
    Have a great day!!!

    Cheers!
    Missy

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    1. Yes! I hope you had a great one! I like to put any fall event on my calendar and if I can go, I go. I’m not either. Last year was brutal. I am a spring and fall girl!

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    1. Yes it is! I don’t beat myself up if I don’t do it all. Mums are so pretty to me! I love the light red I chose and I will go back and get two more since I have 3 identical containers.

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