Hump Day Poll: What Takes YOU Back?
In a world that is spiraling down the toilet ever changing, and sometimes not for the better, there are small things we can do to create little pockets of nostalgia from a simpler time. It's harder and harder to find things from your childhood and if you do, often they aren't the same. (I still lament the death of the taste of Chef Boy Ardee boxed pizza mix. Sigh) But for me, there are a few scents that I can rely on that are still out there. When we were dating, one of my favorite scents was that spray musk and I was tickled to still be able to find it! One spritz of it and I'm ready for a night on the town with the teenaged Mr in his Iroc. I was also happy to find Night Magic from Avon is still available and gives me that same feeling. My friend got it for me last year and with as much as I use it (rarely to never), I'll have it until I'm dust. (I did find the solid perfume compact in a bin and still have it if I want to be truly...
Yeah Fall was kind of a letdown, big time. That is why I want the Christmas season to slow down so we can enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to go find a pick your own apples orchard, and then make mulitple batches of applesauce. Where I am it's really too hot for apples so that means a couple hours drive at least and I just never got around to it.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I went to the mountains to see the leaves change in early October at least. It was a little too early, but it was still a worthwhile mini-trip.
I had 3 projects around the house and yard that I absolutely wanted to finish by Tday but kept losing motivation or coming up against weather issues. None are done. But we did get our driveway replaced AND french drain installed around it so we are set for the spring storms. Finally!
ReplyDeleteI got my pumpkins well before Halloween but somehow I never seemed to find the time to carve them. This year was the first in a very long time where I didn't display a jack-o-lantern for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteI had wanted to drive the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island this year when the leaves were changing colors, but that didn't happen. Minor hockey and family issues took over, so that by the time we had a chance to get away the leaves were gone. There had been a few heavy wind storms, so the autumn colours didn't last long.
I also didn't get in a few local hikes like I wanted to once the days cooled off. We made a few attempts, but got rained out each time.
I have to say this year the only think that I got accomplished that I wanted to this fall was to get my rain gutters cleaned out and the leaves raked in my yard. It was not a great few months for us. Lots of family turmoil.
I had some fall clean up stuff outside I wanted to do but the weather did not cooperate. I didn't realize we would get hit with single digit temps and snow that would stick around as early as we did.
ReplyDeleteAs for fun stuff, I wish I'd gotten in more time at the apple orchard. I didn't go see the animals or sit outside like I wanted to. I also did not get in the scenic drives I had planned on. Bit of a bummer all around.