{ Blogtober 2025 - Day 1 - Welcome }

Welcome to the very first day of October, 2025.  

 

Ahhhh I have been anticipating saying that for so long.  Not that the weather is at all reflective of the month we are entering, but that's ok, one step at a time.

 

With a new month, come new possibilities especially as we head into the busy but beautiful family gathering months of Fall and Winter.  It is by far my favorite time of year.  The food, the colors, the smells, the family gathered around a huge table chatting and laughing and enjoying delicious meals.  

 

Soups and stews, crunchy fall leaves, hot coffees and yummy teas along with slices of spiced cake.

 

Everything that we or, I, absolutely adore.  All smooshed into 3 months of pure joy and contentment.  

 

Before I start this Blogtober post, I just want to send you all a huge hug for the sweet comments you've already left on my previous post.  You guys are just so sweet and kind and you brought me to tears.  So often we think we are alone in the way we feel and think about things, then we realize we have like minded ladies who understand and commiserate with us.  Thank you, truly, it is one of the reasons why I will never leave nor delete this blog.

 

Now, let's move on.  

 

 

 

October, and with it Blogtober.  31 Days of daily posts about anything fall related.  You can keep it simple and just post a small little snippet, or go all out, or share a picture, whatever you want to do.  I thought this would be the best way to kind of jump right into more consistent blogging, so here goes.

 

These are the prompts I'll be following, in no particular order, just a list of upcoming ideas for some posts.

 

Comfort Food Crockpot Recipes 

Favorite Fall movies

Favorite Fall series

Favorite Fall books

Create a Fruits of the spirit playlist

Create a Nature Mandala

Make a Pumpkin Bouquet

Baking a pumpkin dessert

Fall Knits or Crochet 

Autumn scented simmer pot

Fall decorations around the house

Fall in the Bible

Fall Workout routine

Day in the Life

Gathering Pecans and Pecan Harvest

Fall Poem

A project on your to do list

Fall look back through my blog years 

Favorite seasonal cleaners

Favorite Fall candles

Around the house

Golden Light Moments

Youtube Vlogtober Favorites

 

There will be many more, obviously, to make up for 31 days in the month, but there will probably be some days where I simply share a fall inspired picture.  

 

I am so excited to participate in Blogtober again, I have done it a few years and you can go back and look at them here:

 

Blogtober 2017 

Blogtober 2018

Blogtober 2019

 

If you do Blogtober, be sure to let me know down below.  I would love to come see how you're spending this season 🍂🍂

{ Blogtober 2019 - Day 14 - Pumpkins for carving }

Blogtober 2019 - Day 14 - Pumpkins for carving

Hi everyone, welcome back to the Blogtober.

Yes, I missed two days this weekend, due to some internet issues, but I'm back, thankfully.

Curt and I had to run a few errands today and while out, we picked up 4 pumpkins for us to carve.  It's been years since we've carved pumpkins, as the kids have gotten older, it's not exactly something they wanted to do anymore, but the past year or so they've shown interest in doing it again.

I think it's something we all go through.  As we start growing up we no longer look forward to things we pertain to be for little kids.  Then as years start going by you suddenly begin missing all those things that made your childhood such a wonderful one, and then once again want to go back to traditions and customs.

Think that is where my kids are at, so we are carving pumpkins this year.

Of course they also want to do it because they want me to roast pumpkin seeds, they're not fools are they?











And now just to show you, not pumpkins but the sewing project I've started on.



And also not a pumpkin, but this adorable blanket our daughter bought for us, it's perfect for this time of year.

{ Blogtober 2019 - Day 1 }

Hello October !!!

My favorite time of the year is upon us.  No, not because of pumpkin anything, although I do like pumpkin but I'm not all about the pumpkin flavored everything, it's a bit overwhelming even for me.

With my current routine and schedule, it has become quite difficult to daily post, which bugs me to no end.  It doesn't help that I seem to have hit a bit of a rut as well, where I honestly have no clue what to post about and I don't want this blog of mine to become the same thing day in and day out, although, to be fair, that is a true interpretation of my life.

I want to kick myself in the pants and get going with posting, and I always find that October is the perfect time to do just that.

I hope that this month will kick start my daily blogging again, make it a priority to keep getting in some sort of blog post once a day, or every other day, that would be wonderful.

I don't know if anyone else is going to be doing Blogtober, but I have done it in previous years, some go well, others start great and fizzle out shortly after.  Such is our nature as humans when life gets in the way, right?

I am making the commitment, today, to post for the next 31 days.  I am not sure what exactly I'll be doing, but I think it may be a combination of photos, Fall related subjects, day in the lives, books reviews and so on.

Here are just some ideas for upcoming posts, and I'm not putting them in a specific list, this is just a mash up of what I will possibly be sharing throughout this month.

Day in the life
Fall pictures around the house or yard
Gathering pecans
Fall DIY
Fall baking
Favorite movies to watch during October
Interesting Fall celebrations around the world
Pumpkin Carving
Autumn poem or quote
True Crime 
Favorite candles for the season


As always if you are also doing Blogtober, let me know in the comments down below so I can come over, and follow along.

{ Blogtober 2019 - Day 4 - Favorite Fall Recipe }

October 10, 2019 - Favorite Fall Recipe

As the temperatures cool down and we head into Fall, I immediately turn to spices and brown colors and anything ginger and pumpkin. I will say that I am not as obsessed with pumpkin as I used to be, but I still quite enjoy a few goodies that I think are best suited for the cooler temperatures.

One of my favorite fall recipes, is that of Gingerbread, especially the Laura Ingalls Wilder recipe.  If you're a Little House on the Prairie fan than you know exactly what I'm referring to.

It smells amazing as it is baking!

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Gingerbread

Mix together:
1 C. brown sugar
½ C. shortening
1 C. molasses

Add:
2 t. baking soda that has been dissolved in
1 C. boiling water

Sift together then add:
3 C. flour
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. ginger
1 t. cloves
1 t. nutmeg
1 t. allspice
½ t. salt

Add last:
2 eggs, well beaten

Bake at 350 in a greased 9 x 13″ pan until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

- Laura Ingalls Wilder

{ Blogtober 2019 - Day 2 - Around the house }

October 2nd, 2019 - Around the house

🍂 - Dark mornings and lit candles




🍂 - Current reads for upcoming reviews




🍂 - Making mango juice (fresh chopped mango, water and sugar to taste)




🍂 - Kneading dough




🍂 - Portuguese Rolls fresh out of the oven




🍂 - Sink constantly full of dishes, no matter how much I wash up, there's always more piled in




🍂 - Pops of color showing up in the front yard (by the way, if you know what these are, please let me know, because if they're poisonous we will be getting rid of these bushes around the property)

{ Blogtober 2019 - Day 11 - Golden Light

October 11, 2019 - Golden Light

Hey everyone, happy Friday!

I am so glad the weekend is upon us, my allergies have been so bad the past two weeks which has meant not so good sleep.  I'll be happy to know that I can sleep in and not worry about the alarm going off so early.

Anyway, here we are, day 11 of October.

For today's prompt, I thought I would focus on the beautiful golden light that Fall mornings seem to bring us.  Hope you enjoy :)

{ Blogtober 2019 - Day 5 - October around the homestead }

October 5, 2019 - October around the homestead

Hi everyone, welcome back to my blog.

I decided that for today's post, I would simply step outside the house and take a few pictures around the property.  Though the temperatures are not yet cooperating for a true Fall feeling, nature is starting to show signs of preparing for the change of seasons.

Hope you enjoy the little peek around.

{ Blogtober 2019 - Day 9 - In the Kitchen }

October 9, 2019 - In the Kitchen

Hi everyone, welcome back to my little corner.

As the temperatures have started dropping, I find myself spending hours in my kitchen.

The kitchen has always been my favorite room of the house, actually from a very young age.  It is where I've spent most of my life, first as a tiny toddler at my great grandmother's feet, then as a teenager around the kitchen table drinking tea, eating biscuits (cookies) and chatting with both my great grandmother and grandmother, and then as a newly married mom, making meals for my loves.

So it's always been a place I've found to be a safe haven, a peaceful corner of the home.

It is also where everyone gathers, holidays, dinners, we tend to end up sitting in the kitchen chatting.

But when Fall and Winter come around, I find that I spend even more time in there.  There are foods and certain things that I mainly make when the temperatures have cooled down.

Yesterday, I spent the day pottering around, I prepped meals, made pickled beets and some more tomato jam. 

The hours went by, I listened to soft music, fully immersed in the hum drum of the chores before me, and blocked out the stresses and worries that daily life seems to bring upon us.  While I'm the kitchen, I often think about my great grandmother, the type of woman she was and just how much I miss her.

There are certain tastes, certain smells, and certain moments that are intricately connected with her memory.  What I wouldn't give to have her beside me, to share another cup of tea, a biscuit and a chat.  I miss my grandmas and my great grandmother and especially those moments that we often take for granted, knowing full well that one day they will be over, but never quite thinking the time is coming anytime soon.

So while I continue my journey here on earth, they continue theirs in Heaven.  We will see each other again one day, but for the moment, I revel in every minute I'm in the kitchen and try to keep their memories alive in the things that I do, the food that I make and the love that I have for my home and family.

After all, I learned from the best!