Best Things To Do This Fall 2015 – My Fall Bucket List

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Fall starts this year September 23 and ends December 21. I haven’t done a Fall Bucket List  in a while and so I am going to do one this year. This time I am going to put most of my list into one of the months. Maybe that way, I will get more done.

Why do I write Bucket Lists? I want to live more intentionally . . I want to spend more FUN time with friends and family. And sometimes my experiences take me out of my comfort zone which always cause me to grow!

September 23-30

1. Watch a movie with friends. I will watch Les Mis with the PEP group from church. This movie is part of our 5th Tuesday Movie Night series.
2. Fall Drink – Have a pumpkin spiced latte with a friend. Or make this one at home.
3. Decorate – Put up one Fall decoration in my home or office. I normally only decorate for Christmas. But I am trying something new this year. Maybe this burlap wreath? This felt flower wreath is also cute.
4. Create – Make Bed Treats for Women’s Retreat. I will do this with the Women’s Ministry team.
5. Read –  As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

UPDATE – – – Fall Bucket List Update – September 2015

OCTOBER 1-31

1. Plan my weekend with Sofia. Her parents are gone one weekend and I get to have her.
2. Autumn Field Trip. See if anyone wants to go to a corn maze, cemetery tour, or pumpkin patch with me.
3. Refresh – Go to Women’s Retreat at Zephyr Point
4. Create – a pumpkin masterpiece (carve, paint, glitter, or use stickers for a subway art pumpkin). Maybe create this sunflower mural with our Sunday School classes.
5. Watch a movie with friends: He Named Me Malala. Here is the Official Trailer. This will be advertised as a women’s event for our church. Have you read the book?
6. Read  – a scary book: The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fictionby Henry James or The ghost stories of Edith Wharton. Here is a list of more scary books. Have you read any of these?
7. Participate in Nester’s 31 Days of Writing. I am studying and writing about laughter. There are 100’s who do this every year. Why don’t you join us?

UPDATE – – – Fall Bucket List 2015 Update – October

NOVEMBER 1-30

1. Read – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens before seeing the play.
2. Field Trip – Go see A Christmas Carol: The Musical with the PEP group at Folsom Lake College.
3. Another Bucket List – Write a Thanksgiving Bucket List and do at least a few of the items.
4. Celebrate Thanksgiving in a new way – We probably won’t be going to the beach this year
5. Make advent festive. Perhaps by making a grown up Advent calendar. See this online Advent calendar. Here is an advent chain to make. Advent November 29 (ends December 24).
6. Donate something extra. Operation Christmas Child is always something I do. Here are some posts about Operation Christmas Child . . . Everyone Can Help One Child . . . Grateful I am Able to Help  . . . I Help Because I am a Parent, Auntie, and Missionary . . . Love in a Box . . . My Plan to Collect 55 OCC Boxes 

UPDATE – – – Fall Bucket List Update – November

DECEMBER 1-21

1. Celebrate advent some more. Pick one/more of the following: wear purple, make a wreath, read an advent devotional, Read this. Or read this. This site has Advent ideas.
2. Make snowman Christmas ornaments. I do this yearly with my nieces and daughter. Here are some past examples. Snowman Ornaments Made of Foam & Some Made with Eyeglasses . . . From Eyeglasses to Snowman Ornament (tutorial) . . .  4 Types of Home-Made Ornaments Using Decoupage, Dough, Clay, & Fabric
3. Watch a movie with friends: The 33. Here is a trailer.
4. More movies. I LOVE watching Christmas movies. Before Christmas, I want to watch 4 of them. Here are some posts I written about them. 3 Reasons to Watch Christmas Movies . . .  Christmas Movies I Watched in 2011 . . .  A Charlie Brown Christmas Quiz . . . The Nativity Filled Our Time and Minds

UPDATE – – – Didn’t write one.

Your Turn . . . What things would you put on your Fall Bucket list? . . . Will you do any of the above mentioned things these next 3 months? . . . What is something I could do this Fall that would take me out of my comfort zone?

Related Posts . . . 

• Fall Bucket List 2011 (Fruitful Words)
• Fall Bucket List 2012 (Fruitful Words)
• Bucket List Index (Fruitful Words)
• 56 Ideas For Your Fall Bucket List (Marelisa Fabrega from Daring to Live Fully)