Wednesday, September 30, 2026

It’s Wednesday and time to link up with Joyce for Hodgepodge!

1. When you think of autumn what sounds come to mind? 

Leaf blowers! No, that’s just a little joke. The leaf blowing maniac next door doesn’t just blow in the fall. I love the sound of leaves crunching under my feet. I also love wet leaves if I have on my rainboots. The wet leaves can be “slicker than snot” as my dad used to say.

2.  Is a trip to the mountains something you enjoy? What’s your favorite mountain? 

Yes, although I would probably choose a beach or a city. I have been to the smokies the most because of proximity to where I grew up and where I live now.

3. What’s something that once felt like a mountain, but is now just a molehill? 

Laundry even though I had my boys learn how to do it at a young age. I still felt responsible for the switching of loads and the folding and putting away or at least the management of it getting done. I had to nag. Now, laundry is an easy and enjoyable task, even. Tom does his own and I do my own and the house laundry. Tom helps with that if I need him to.

4. Let’s play this or that-fall foods edition. Yes you have to choose. 

• pumpkin spice latte or chai latte – I love both and they both feel very “fall” to me. I usually pick PSL
• apple cider or hot chocolate   – I love both but hot chocolate
• stew or chili – I love both but chili
• sweet potato casserole or green bean casserole – Sweet potato if there are no nuts but I love both
• butternut squash soup or creamy mushroom soup– Butternut squash soup
• cranberry sauce or gravy – I am not really a fan of either. Cranberries taste pretty bitter to me and I like my mashed potatoes naked, thank you very much

5. Sum up your September in a sentence or two. 

It was a hot September and at times hard with Mason gone and not being able to celebrate my twins’ birthday, but we got away for one night for a music festival and I had some fun times with Tom and friends. Mason moved to Santa Fe for grad school on August 24th, for reference.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I have really enjoyed my fall decor since September 1! I went ahead and added Halloween specific things, but I don’t have much of that anymore.

You can really go crazy on decor but I kept new purchases this year to just a couple of things from the Target Dollar Spot.

I added one mum (so far) and two pumpkins, also:

I have a fall bow on the front door and a pumpkin yard flag.

I was listening to a podcast that was talking about how much spending people do for Halloween, specifically at the Halloween pop up stores. They also mentioned that some of the decor is AI generated! I had no idea, but that makes sense.

What would you say to any of the topics today?

Amy