Dear November,

You've seen the dreary October and know you can better. Let's not have a repeat of what happened last month. Let's kick ass for the next four weeks. No snow, clear skies, not too cold. Just do this one thing for me. Deal? Thanks. Loooove, me.

And here's the halfway point in Fall and I'm checking up on my list.

✓ 1. in the spirit of going back to school, I'm going to learn something

✓ 2. close my eyes and breathe in the fall air in the morning

✓ 3. always carry tissues- because it's that season

✓ 4. Sunday = baking day

5. go to the farmer's market before they are gone for the season

6. watch purple violets and wish I was Selma Blair

✓ 7. exercise everyday... almost everyday. I'm working on it.

✓ 8. continue to learn the guitar

9. buy a bike

10. attend many concerts

✓ 11. make an apple pie from scratch

12. also make ✓ pecan pie, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie & cherry pie

13. make soups!

✓ 14. have afternoon tea

✓ 15. look for an internship... no luck yet but I'm not done trying!

16. actually learn a new language

17. buy/wear/love tights, scarves, hats & boots

18. go to the movies

19. go bowling

20. fly a kite

✓ 21. make/drink cider, hot milled cider

✓ 22. watch scary movies on halloween

✓ 23. put candy corn on my teeth like a vampire

✓ 24. listen to more music- new & old

✓ 25. get addicted to a new television show

✓ 26. apply to grad schools... working on it. I'm almost done!

27. cure my fear of commitment... on anything

✓ 28. watch the sun rise and set on the same day

29. buy/chew clove gum

30. read while completely enveloped in blankets

✓ 31. go to the Little Farmer or Apple Holler... I went to Awe's Orchard and it was good.

✓ 32. pick apples and/or pumpkins

✓ 33. eat more fresh foods

✓ 34. attend BK's wedding

✓ 35. take photographs of autumn- because for 4 years I never really experienced fall and last year I never truly appreciated it

36. go out and be a doer

37. enjoy the outdoors before winter comes

38. travel to Washington D.C. and experience that feeling of being "home"... sad to say it's not going to happen until after the new year.

39. bundle up and open the windows at night to experience a crisp fall morning in bed

40. finish sorting family genealogy

✓ 41. journal/sketch more... and still doing it!

42. learn a new hobby

✓ 43. make more lists

44. purge things I don't need

45. loose weight

✓ 46. buy new office supplies... and more to come!

✓ 47. frame photos of mine

48. re-imagine my life and set life goals

49. get out of neutral

50. let go and let flow

Woohoo! 25 down (and still going on) 25 more to go! I am AWESOME!