A Realistic Fall season

Now I'm famous for being a procrastinator, for making lists, giving myself unattainable goals, thinking I can accomplish about 75% more than I actually can, and also being extremely over confident in my crafting/cooking capabilities.  

And this fall I don't want to be like that.  I want to enjoy it with my husband.  I want to have fun and create things for myself and my family to really enjoy.  To my way of thinking the process should be just as enjoyable as the finished product.

And I'm going to just say it Pinterest does not help me stay within my realm of possibilities.  I have to repeatedly give myself a Pinterest Reality Check *what this means is I call my husband in and show him my board and I ask him "do you think I'll actually do this?" and bless his heart he sits with me through the whole board and is honest in ways only a husband can be LOL* so I decided to make an Autumn To Do Board it has 34 pins on it *believe me it took me 4 or 5 tries to knock it down that much* that are all husband approved, I did this because I wanted to be realistic...what can I afford to do?  What do I actually want to do?  What am I capable of doing?  And I think I did a pretty good job!  It's so easy to just make those pinterest boards full of dreams, wishes, some days, and even just wants.  But it's a lot harder to be honest with yourself and buckle down and do even a fraction of the stuff you've pinned.  So I don't think 34 things is that crazy.  I've actually already done a few of those things.  At the end of November I want to post a list of the things I accomplished and see how I did.  I'm also interested to see if this is a less stressful season.  Only time will tell I guess!  This year I also created a little Fall Bucket List!

Do you have problems doing things you pin on pinterest or are you completely above and beyond me lol?  Do you ever find yourself over whelmed by what you want to do versus what you can actually do?  Let me know!  ...Or am I the only one out there with this problem lol?

The List

So,  This is emberassing.  Emberassing and oh so necessary.  Since my husband has been home I've been so happy and just in about the best place mentally, spiritually, and physically that I've been in since we got married!  But creatively...uhmm kind of another story.  He has inspired me to start all of these amazing projects, I've gotten awesome blog ideas, even gotten into some lovely thrift store item-transformations!  It sounds great right?!  Right?!  Yes.  But the real problem is that I'm...not...finishing...Anything.  It's ridiculous I've finished One thing since he has been home.  Just One.  And it is driving me nuts I am not a girl that can leave things half done, or start a project knowing I don't have all the materials and just go 'oh I'll finish it later' ...that is just not how I opperate.  It is now officially starting to take it's toll on me.  I can't seem to get my head on straight and make the lists I need to *because I need a list to get Anything done* so I thought

'hey why not do a quick post about it instead of crying into your tea about what a failure you are?'

So here we are!  I am sucking down my relaxing tea mix of sleepytime green and honey-Chamomille-Vanilla in my pretty little white & blue cup and just trying to breathe and not concentrate on the havoc that is taking place around me.  And now I am going to start...The List.

The List

*This list is not including any blog ideas in my head or any day to day stuff UGH* 

I need to print out a really creative picture I found online and put it by my desk for inspiration

make an Arkansas state tribute to our family there and hang it up somewhere

Hang up the sign I have from our storage shed

Hang up the painting I got at walmart

Put all the extra stuff back in our storage shed

make old-fashioned scrapbook

make a new picture frame with my dad

make a sign about 'no shoes' for our soon-to-be-front porch

paint new tea bucket

re-paint 3 tiered sign

hang up new curtain

clean up and paint (with chalkboard paint?) old coffee pot

Paint new veggie box

hang up planter outside

clean out our drawers in our room move ALL his stuff outside in them, go through ALL my clothes and find out which ones I'm going to keep and get rid of and organize them A LOT better (no more giant piles of clothes hopefully)

sand paper little basket and paint it

Re-do desk (sand and paint) and then figure out creative ways to handle all the freaking clutter on it

get paint and fix all spots on the walls

get paint and fix the loft

...Wish me luck?  Any creative projects going on with you?  Anything you have to get to that you're having a hard time with?

Also I am going to check back at the begining and end of next week with you guys and see how I've done with this list!