It helps to see beautiful fall scenery every time you open you phone or iPad. It reminds you that it is Autumn even if you are in the middle of a heat wave. ☹️

Since you can set your wallpaper and your Lock Screen with different photos you get a two-fer. For my iPad I chose these two images.

For my iPhone I wanted something more Halloween themed.

Halloween is just around the corner so I will switch this to a fall themed picture in November

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I finally finished the Halloween Mystery Quilt from Primrose Cottages. At least the top was pieced together. I still need to send it off to the quilter and then do the binding. Speaking of binding. I need to finish the quilt from last year (which was sent to the quilter ) but I still need to sew on the binding. Sewing on a binding is my least favorite part of doing a quilt, so I tend to procrastinate.

I really like the fabric which is called Spellbound by Sweetfire Road. It is a nice collection of oranges and blacks

The kit had a charm pack so there was some leftover charm squares. I think I will make a few coasters to use them up. There maybe a enough to make a nice gift to a deserving friend.

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I always enjoy watching this annual Halloween treat. It brings me warm memories of my childhood. Back then there were no DVD’s, no streaming apps, no DVRs to save the show to watch later. As a child you circled the date in the TV Guide of the shows you just had to watch. You waited oh so impatiently for the day and time it would air. If you missed it you were out of luck until the following year. Sitting on the floor glued to the tv set with 8 channels and rabbit ears hoping you got a great picture.

Seeing Charlie Brown in the ghost costume with all the eyes, always getting rocks instead of treats still makes me laugh. Not to mention the conviction of Linus sitting in the pumpkin patch waiting. But my favorite scene is where Lucy comes unglued when she was bobbing for apples and she accidentally kissed Snoopy. “My lips touched dogs lips…yuck…yuck….poisoned dog lips”. Oh the sweet memories. These cartoons will always be a part of my youth.

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I generally don’t watch scary movies as it lingers in my mind. However in October I indulge in a few scary films to set the tone for Halloween. Tonight I am watching “No one Will Save You”, a Hulu Exclusive.

I am not the keen on alien movies who tend to do harm and the back story of the heroine who is shunned by her neighbors is intriguing. After fighting aliens and dealing with some pretty strange stuff it has a different kind of ending that I wasn’t expecting. I would rate it a 3 out of 5.

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At night, when there is a chill in the air. I enjoy a good cup of tea. Especially if I am under a warm blanket and have a good book, or watching a great show. I wanted some new tea options that were more in line with the season. Fortunately there are a lot of options out there.

Bigelow has a great teabag collection to capture the flavors of Autumn and Winter. I just received this tea collection in the mail yesterday so I will be have a warm cup of tea tonight. When it is all said and done, I will let you know my favorite flavor.

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I will admit I am a slow reader. My Mom could sit down with a book and read it cover to cover. I am one of those people who only read one chapter and then take a break. So I decided to read short novellas that will not only be quick, but check off those Good Reads Reading Challenge goals. Hee hee

Amazon did not disappoint by bringing a set of scary novellas in October to read with my Kindle. There six books by different authors called the The Creature Feature.

This is Book One written by Joe Hill called The Pram. The synopsis of this book is as follows:

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a nightmarish short story about fatherhood dreams by New York Timesbestselling author Joe Hill.

Willy and Marianne’s farmhouse in Maine has acres of meadow and fresh air, and a lonesome bridle path in the forest along which Willy daydreams and ambles. When he’s loaned a decrepit old baby stroller to cart his groceries home, the rickety squeak of the wheels comforts him. So do the sweet coos of a baby Willy knows can’t be real. Can it? In this twisted thicket, wishes come true—with a price.

I hope to enjoy this read as I check off “read a scary book” on my Halloween Bucket List.

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I have been struggling to come up with an Autumn bucket list this year. I usually like to add a few new things to the list to mix it up, but I struggled. I have a few new items on the list and some of my favorites from year to year. I reserve the right to add new ones along the way, and maybe drop a few off the list. It is October 1st so I need to commit. I also decided to do a separate Halloween list for reasons I cannot fathom.

• Autumn themed homemade soup
• 4 autumn themed dinners
• Read an autumn book
• Hang Autumn garden flags
• Put in Autumn scent wallflowers
• Hang Autumn kitchen towels
• Read autumn poem
• Watch All the Hallmark autumn movies
• Bake pumpkin bread
• Make new Spotify Autumn song list
• Burn fall scented candle or do simmer pot
• Cross stitch autumn theme project
• Make autumn donuts
• Make Autumn Chex mix
• Get new autumn teas
• Change backgrounds on phone and iPad 
• Hot apple cider
• Buy autumn themed fancy floss
• Take pictures of trees turning colors
• Drink fall themed coffee (pods from Aldi)
• Hang autumn fairy lights to create the mood
• Autumn bedding and blankets

I am not sure why I added a second list just for Halloween, but we will just go for it this year.

• Decorate porch for Halloween
• Hang Halloween Garden Flags
• Get Halloween pajamas and slippers
• Read scary book
• Watch new (to me) scary movie
• Watch old (repeat) scary movie
• Get out Halloween mugs
• Watch the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
• Cross stitch Halloween themed item
• Change backgrounds on phone and iPad
• Make Spotify Halloween playlist
• Finish piecing Halloween Mystery Quilt
• Buy Halloween themed fancy floss

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So there is only one more item on the list and it was a Watch Party with the girls for a Halloween Movie. Well we ran into a snag, the watch party requires you use a computer and not a phone or laptop.

One of the girls, Kelli did not have a desktop computer. So we are going to wait until we get her rehired at work.

But hard to believe I finished everything on the list! Yahoo! Until next year.

There are so many wonderful things to cook during Autumn. From soups, to pastas to yummy meats and autumn veggies. I could have done so much more, but here are the top five.

I am always so excited to pay fun shaped pasta but usually have no clue what to do with it. Aldi has released so many fun things for Autumn and I could not resist the Halloween pasta.

So I found a great recipe on Pinterest to make a Easy Taco Pasta Salad. With corn and cheese and sour cream plus taco seasoning to name a few this was a great dish. It is probably better for a summer pool party but was very good and very autumn inspired with the cute Halloween shapes.

Aldi also makes the cutest themed pizzas. Here is their Jack O’Lantern pizza.

I was surpised it was pretty good. I was anticipating some cardboard taste but the sauce was good and it was a quick Friday night meal.

Continuing the Aldi theme, I tried their One Pot Sauce – Beef Stroganoff. I also tried thier Chicken Pot Pie one. This was vary flavorful and I would probably buy again next season.

Made some noodles and a dolap of sour cream and I was having a nice autumn themed meal.

I had bought this Gilbert Fig & Feta chicken Sausage from Target and it seemed so autumn like. At Aldi was the Butternut Squash Blend.

Wow-za! What a great meal. I am not sure what they put in that butternut squash Blend but it was so flavorful and was the most “Autumn” inspired meal of the season.

Can you tell I have a thing for Aldi. The next meal was an Aldi Priano Bolognese Pasta Bake. The weird thing is they never tell you what size pan to use so next time I will do a 8×8 dish, but don’t get me wrong, this was really good. Some hamburger meat and parmensan cheese and this is a winner. I would definitly buy this again.

I am sure I did a few more meals but these were the 5 that I planned.

All were great meals, and thank you Aldi for the great inspiration.

So last year I started this somewhat simple scarf, and of course, did not finish it. I figured since I am working from home I can crochet during long boring meetings. And boy that was the trick, I finished the scarf and it is so warm and comfy.

I found the pattern on Pinterest and the lovely designer put the pattern on Raverly for free but I think she charges now, but well worth it for this awesome pattern. I would recommend it for a first time crocheter as it was fast and easy. That is if you have long conference calls. LOL

Click on the photo below to get to Raverly for the pattern.

The only real issue I had, was that both ends of the skein was the same color. I had quite a struggle trying to get a different color in one of the strands. But I did ok, except I wish the tassels had more dark colors in them but otherwise I love it.

The Mandala yarn is awesome and has such beautiful colors. I was able to find this at Wal-mart for a great price. I know you can order from Michaels and I think Joanns carries it also.

Since you use three strands to crochet the pattern, it really does go fast.