Preparing For Fall

I know that it seems early but I am already starting to crave pumpkin spice coffee. I know that it is early, but I'm already gathering my Fall decorations. I know, I know, but Fall is my favorite season and I can't wait for it to begin. This summer has been really uneventful. I thought that I would have a blast focusing energy on my garden and preserving food. Here's the thing, it was a huge bust. Yes, I do have a garden, but it was a disaster. Last year, we had a vegetable patch in the yard of the house that we were renting. The yard hadn't been tilled for a garden before then and after tilling the garden and planting the seeds things were going great. We enjoyed fresh tomatoes and greens and I was really looking forward to my squashes. Then, we discovered that we needed to focus our energy on finding a house and the garden went to pot. So, I really wanted to succeed with this year's garden. Sadly, even with a lot of tilling of the ground there still was too much grass to contend with. It's one thing to weed a garden daily, its an entirely different issue when you're trying to keep a lawn from growing. So, I do have tomatoes and zucchini coming, but my greens have been lost to the jungle. Oh well, there's always next year. So, now I am looking forward to Fall. Soon, the school year will be starting and that will make life easier, if not a bit busy I happen to like being busy because it at least follows a schedule. Soccer season will be in full swing and I will have a normal schedule again. 

Lately, I've been passing the down time with youtube. Normally, I like to watch makeup tutorials, but they are all starting to sound the same and I'm not learning much from them anymore. I have shifted to watching channels about organization, budgeting, and Dollar Tree crafts. I love crafting, especially on a budget. I do most things on a budget; so all of these channels have been inspiring. One type of post I like to watch is about Dollar Tree hauls and right now, ladies are buying a lot of Fall decor. I have started to notice more of it creeping into my Dollar Tree, so I decided to grab some items here and there before they sold out. By the time October is here, I don't know if all of this stuff will be available. I am also already planning Halloween and what I will be doing to celebrate the holiday. 

Poor Murr, it was a chilly day yesterday and he wanted nothing to do with life.

 I have a number of projects that I want to take on in the Fall. These projects will keep me busy during the daytime after I am done with everything else that I normally do in a day. I have also been preparing to have a yard sale. My husband and I organized our garage, so not only do we both have our own individual work spaces, but we also have a little lounge area to hide in when the teenagers have taken over the house. Now that it is cleaner I have room to store items for the yard sale. I have also been going to my parent's house and I am slowly cleaning out the attic, finding old treasures and items to sell at the yard sale. Everything seems to be happening so quickly, but I will be happy to see summer out and let Fall roll in.

So, in all the chaos and whirlwind of preparing for Fall and the school year,  I have not been in the writing head space. I've been wanting to write, in fact, I had a craft project that I wanted to share but I kept putting it off, maybe I'll post that later in the week. For some reason, I just didn't have the energy to write a tutorial. Also, lately I've really been wanting to start a youtube channel, but I want to have the right equipment to do it. I have a nice camera that I like to use for blogging, but the batteries died and I'm not certain that it can record for a long time. I still need to read more about the camera. I know that more YouTubers will tell you that you don't need super fancy equipment to post a video, but I still like things to look slightly professional. I will continue to look into the tools that I have available and once I have more of a handle of filming and editing and I have the finances to make a small investment, I will upgrade my camera. Until then, I am sticking to a budget of zero. If and when I decide to launch the channel, you will be the first to know. I think it could be a lot of fun and it would be a great creative outlet for me. I've been really inspired lately and I can't wait to start creating! Until then~ Toodahloo!