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but i ll look for some an oregon cottage said they do an annual apple tasting with a lovely homemade caramel sauce i thought that sounded like something fun to do don t you i d like to take a trip to the washington georgia area and see if we can find some of this year s north georgia apple crop i d like to make fried apple pies whether or not i make a trip for fresh apples i can do this granny used her homemade biscuit dough rolled thin and cooked fresh or dried apples i used to make these and bake them instead of frying they are both good but again it s nostalgia i m going for she fried them in butter they were delicious i won t do a big batch i ll make just enough for one for everyone and that will be perfect drive up to the foothills to see fall color i suspect it will be a little more towards the end of the month for that usually our deepest colors come after frost in november but every now and then we get to see color prior to that also later in the month i ve promised caleb we ll get a big pumpkin and carve it i ll probably not put it on the porch but have it here in the house on the table and we ll put a battery powered light in it so he can have the joy of seeing it lit up i want to make up halloween treat bags for all six of the children i d like to include non edible things but i ll have to see what i can find that s inexpensive and then i think it would also be fun to include some candy from mine and john s childhood something from their parents childhood and something that is their personal favorite look out for flowering kale and snapdragons at the garden centers plant them for winter color in the past they have done so beautifully here even in frosty weather i want to do a fall manicure there s one online that i ve seen a lot with a golden yellow color russet brown an olive green and some orange color can t find the image just now but i think they are so pretty i have all but the golden yellow color something like this i have all of these colors but not the golden color this isn t the exact one i had in mind but it s similar there are other possibilities too look them up on pinterest under fall inspired manicures i found this one that might work amazon affiliate associate link this one might work i ve got it ordered set up a month of outfits if i can i don t have that many clothes but if i put the shared bottom with the multiples of tops and the necklace or scarf that can go with it that particular outfit i can set up close to a month s worth i think i ll have fun trying anyway especially since i m going to pretend it s really going to turn autumnal and i can wear my sweaters lol the peach sheds near us often start to sell pecans and butter pecan ice cream this time of year i ll try to convince john to go but if he backs out on me i ll see if i can t do this with mama one day i ve made up my mind from this month forward i m going to try and keep something fresh in the house in each season right now we have pumpkins and winter squashes meant for eating tucked into the old wooden dough board i ll see if the big pine tree has dropped pinecones which i could add in and in the weeks ahead i ll have sprays of persimmon or pyracantha in the blue and white jars or colorful leaves etc i m not against buying these things either if i can t find them in the wild i just want to have something pretty on display in each month of the year i know it s not really cold yet but i d love to find some pretty throws to go on my chairs not the thin little fleece type ones be had for 2 at dollar general but lush knits or velvety ones i know they will cost a pretty penny don t care i can buy one this year and another next year i want to find some pretty bowls to go with my dinner set i know what i d like to have i ll look around on ebay and see if i can t find some that are affordable read i know some of emilie loring books are set in the autumn diary of an edwardian lady is set up by month again some of glady s taber s books frugal luxuries and i m just willing to bet i can find a grace livingston hill that is set in autumn i only have about 50 to choose from i m going to make up my own little blend for my evening cup of decaf coffee i have plenty of spices and i am pretty sure i can come up with something lovely that will give me the aroma and taste i want for an autumn cuppa and since the evenings are getting cooler i m going to try to slip out to watch the sunset while i have that evening cup and count the blessings from my day while i m there make autumn leaf shaped sugar cookies i think i need to replace my sugar sprinkles but this has become something i so enjoy doing and that s my list for this month at october 04 2023 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest october goals work work work i ve just read over september goals and boy i thought i was doing so well did i over plan perhaps in some ways looking back i know i did accomplish many things just now all of the things i d hoped to accomplish i confess i m a mite disappointed in myself at this moment it s a good time to read through that post and remind myself to not be quite so terribly ambitious with this month s goals spiritual no on bible study last month so so on prayer what will it take to make this a habit once more years ago i started reading the bible daily and i very very rarely missed a day then when i started keeping caleb full time this year i let it lapse and here we are a non reader since a full on bible study seems to be beyond me and my mind i m going to go back to basics this month i m going to try to read a chapter a day i ll go back to roman s and start where i left off in august i know that eventually i ll have the time to do a proper study but it seems to me that reading alone is better than good intentions and doing nothing i did get better at journaling daily and some of those days turned into a written conversation with god which was nice i hadn t expected that my journal might become part of my daily spiritual practice since it did i ll add here that i hope to write daily outdoors i didn t get the broken rocker off the back porch no encourage john in looking to see if there s any way possible to fix it i m thinking maybe two small l brackets might do it we ll see i might even attempt it myself i did get the excess things off the back porch and then came back to find the headboard sitting there i ll get that to the shed this month heck this week the front porch needs a hard cleaning and by hard i mean it needs a good hard scrubbing since i ve just about got my shoulder where it s not super painful all of the time i find i m really reluctant to test it out i know from the past that i can do this in small sections and since i m out there nearly every day i ll attempt to do it in that manner first the patio table is still there on the patio and with the new playhouse the water table scooters and bike and the two wagons and all the planters it s looking mighty crowded i can move something away and put it under the carport for now speaking of which there is a table under the carport that needs to be removed as it s falling apart mostly i leave the carport to john but i put the table out there and i expect it will be up to me to remove it the fall winter garden has been planted and there are mums and pansies planted i am still hoping to find snapdragons and kale but i haven t found any yet as we get nearer the end of the month i want to plant garlic and then i need to get the mandevilla up out of the pot it s in and ready to go into the bin for the winter i m hoping the hibiscus will overwinter they re supposed to here in our area caleb potty training goes on we are getting outdoors every day just now unless it s full on raining this has been so beneficial to him he s afraid of every little thing no kidding but he s growing in confidence and being more independent out there as long as i m standing by indoors there are too many toys in the toybox and he either ignores them or dumps them all out in a search for something else i m going to bag up a few things to send over to katie s boyfriend s so he has some of his own things there i won t overload that poor man with my cast offs some i will simply put way in the shed and hold them until he needs something fresh to play with once more i find rotation helps how it is that we ended up with such a lot of stuff is beyond me but we do house i pulled out a 9 x 13 pan and the lids to my pots and lo and behold my kitchen angst died those were all the items i brought out nope i also brought out the 12 cup muffin pan after i found my cheap 6 cup one from the dollar store was rusting those things have made a huge difference in how i feel in my kitchen this month is supposed to be the start of our renovations will it be i honestly can t say i guess we just limp along until he shows up and then if he s not here when november starts we try calling once again in the meantime just all the cooking cleaning etc the house is a bit better but there s a lot of backlogs of work to be done getting back into zone work has meant that something is being done in every area every month and that s something i plan to continue working with i started a running list of things i am completely out of stock of in my pantry and this month i hope to fill those gaps with not only one for now but two for later in most things and case lot in the areas that are affordable as case lots we don t get special sales on those around here but these are the canned items that aren t typically horribly expensive anyway other things like maple syrup and spam i ll work at over the next few months restock my supply of candles i only have one matching pair left to use in the candle holders on the table we typically burn them for shabat but in the darker months i ve been known to light them at the supper table and on really dreary days even at lunch just for the brightness they give kids love it when i do that we ll just leave that there i tend to examine upcoming zones and know pretty much what i ll be working on when i hit that week personal continue with my plan to eat better i did get into a couple pairs of pants this past month that had been too small to even consider zipping i m not saying they aren t snug yet but i m able to close the zipper and button them that s progress so i plan to keep going with this and yes i did this despite entering whole heartedly into baking fall treats this past month i got my coat and a pair of leopard ballet flats right now i need to step back and assess where i am and what i think i need before i buy anything else for my outer wardrobe in october i start to look for new bras nighties and underwear then i buy a few pieces each month so that will be my direction starting this month i m trying to be mindful of my skin once more i do have some very rough looking skin on my arms and with winter coming in they will only look worse one of you reminded me of a formula i d used in the past of baby oil lotion and something i stopped using it because of the high scent of the products i realized the other night i could easily sub in the fractionated coconut oil the unscented lotion i typically use and seems like a third ingredient perhaps vaseline i ll have to look it up and see if i can t recreate this beauty balm for my skin from the products that have no scent manis and pedis i didn t quite reach the point of doing it as often as i d said but i m going to keep trying i did find a nice express dry topcoat that i can use to help extend the life of my polish finally posture is being a bear for me lately my shoulder pain is very nearly gone what helped was sleeping with a rolled towel under my arm about the armpit and upper breast area which took some of the pressure off the shoulder at night of course the chiropractor did a lot of work that brought the pain down to something bearable herself so won t forget to mention that i realized that my posture while sitting in my chair was making my shoulders hurt so i started to put a pillow behind me so that i could comfortably lean back upon it and lo and behold the remaining shoulder pain pretty well has decreased then i found that sitting with my feet up as i like to do was doing a number on my legs i do need to elevate them some but i was sitting too long with them up and i noted i was hobbling most when i did so i started intermittently putting them up and after 20 minutes putting them down for 20 minutes made a huge difference in my gait now to continue with these three things i need to make one more correction i need to use another pillow to elevate my laptop better so i don t lean into it when i m writing so that s my last goal in this area finances i don t think i announced this but maxine who comments here on posts often enough issued me an invitation to join her and her daughter in a financial challenge our goal was to physically save 125 this past month maxine has done exceptionally well with her challenge i didn t do too shabbily either i started a whole brand new savings account and put away about 250 right now i m trying to determine just what i think i m going to earmark this money for i also cashed in fetch rewards and put that into a restaurant gift card for us to use i m setting the same goal this coming month 125 i also put aside nearly 400 towards the deficit in the home insurance amount to pay it off in full in november when that bill comes due that puts me ahead with that as well i won t tell you these funds came from a reduction in our grocery spending i haven t even looked at those figures but i m going to this month in order to encourage me to reduce that down to my previously budgeted level i m going to keep a running tab on my bulletin board so that it is in my face and reminds me that unless it s a super duper unexpected sale i need to really stick to my budget produce and dairy or my running pantry list which will be my primary goal when i do shop keep a close eye on amazon orders and make sure i m still getting the best price last month i got a shipment of two different lots of paper plates one had been unavailable for months i didn t get my august pre order approval notice at all so i had no idea i was getting a massive shipment of paper plates and being charged for both which i ought to have been not complaining over that here s the deal i can go in and see what s coming each month well ahead of time and catch these things if i ll just take the time to go look in the meantime i ve come across a smaller paper plate going from 10 inches to 8 5 for one fourth the price john can be happy with two inches less paper plate for that sort of savings or so i say i need to work up a budget sheet for the last quarter of the year this is always a sticky sort of time as we have several annual renewals that we must have money set aside for two major holidays six birthdays and christmas i ve got josie s three taken care of but th...