Fall Bucket List Update – November

Yosemite’s Ahwahnee Hotel had amazing centerpieces Thanksgiving weekend. ‪#‎GratitudeScavengerHunt‬ –  This photo went into the “Something I’m grateful for that tastes good” category.

How well do you finish all the things on your bucket lists? I am great at writing them, but have troubles finishing. Well, not this month. This month, I finished all the things I wanted to!!!

Below is the original November list and some details about the item.

ONE. Read – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens before seeing the play. TRUTH DISCLAIMER – I didn’t actually read the book, but I listened to a free audio version. Except for kids books, I have never listened to an audio book. I thought I would do some work while listening to this story, but I ended up sitting in my chair on 3 different occasions just listening. This was quite enjoyable and I will do this again.

I also read a book about gratitude: Choosing Gratitude: Learning to Love the Life you Have by James A Autry. Here is my recap post about that book.

TWO. Field Trip – Go see A Christmas Carol: The Musical with the PEP group at Folsom Lake College. This was a fun night out with 9 women and 2 men. The acting, staging and music were a delight.

THREE. Write Another Bucket List – Write a Singles Thanksgiving Bucket List and do at least a few of the items.

Before Thanksgiving or during Thanksgiving weekend, I did numbers One (Watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving) Five (Made silverware holders), Six (Made this prayer pumpkin), Seven (Scavenger Gratitude Walk), Eight (I gave our waitress a BIG tip.) and Ten (Made a snowman ornament, but not the block one. I used these directions.

This spot in Yosemite didn’t have much snow Thanksgiving weekend, but it was beautiful and cold!

FOUR. Celebrate Thanksgiving in a new way – We won’t be going to the beach this year. I had the joy of Thanksgiving at my sister’s home. It was a merry and tasty time. And then I spent Friday and Saturday in Yosemite with my daughter.

FIVE. Make grown up Advent calendar. See this online Advent calendar. Here is an advent chain to make. Advent November 29 (ends December 24).

I made an Advent Prayer Wreath. The base is a felt quilled wreath kit I picked up from Michaels last year after Christmas. I cut out 24 extra leaves. Each day I will write a name on one leaf and pray for that person. And then I will glue the leaf onto my wreath.

All the numbers start off upside down. As each day comes and I finish the daily “project”, the number will be righted.

I also made a magnetic tree ornament advent calendar. I got the directions from here.

I decided to read several advent books.

• With my church I am reading Walking the Road to Bethlehem. The Sunday sermons will go along with these readings.
• I am also reading The Season of the Nativity: Confessions and Practices of an Advent, Christmas & Epiphany extremist by Sybil Macbeth. I will see if I add anything to my celebrations.

SIX. Donate something extra. Operation Christmas Child is something I always do. And I did it again this year. To add to the joy of doing this project, my daughter-in-law also did this with me. Together we filled 20 boxes.

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 

SEVEN. Try a new pumpkin recipe. A friend (Michelle) and I made a paleo pumpkin and tomato soup. I made a 2nd batch and put some into the freezer.

Your Turn . . . Have you done anything mew this past month? Or something that helped you celebrate Fall?

Related Posts . . .

• Fall Bucket List Update – September 2015
• Fall Bucket List 2015 Update – October
• Best Things To Do This Fall – My Fall Bucket List 2015
• Singles Thanksgiving Bucket List
• Bucket List Index