Our fall.

September into October was a busy time. Between keeping up with work, emptying my DVR, book club (I didn't read the book), Zumba (I barely went to the classes), weekends away (New Hampshire, Vermont, Cape Cod), apple picking, birthday celebrations with friends, Sean selling a hobby and acquiring a new one (he sold his motorcycle and starting brewing beer), crafting (for fall & Project Life), starting the process of beginning the process of thinking about buying a house, finding the cats halloween costumes, enjoying the foliage and spending time with Sean -- I forgot about this blog. 

This past weekend, I was in the Cape for my family's girls weekend (a time when all the women in my family get together for a weekend) and I was subtly reminded by everyone there that I hadn't blogged in four weeks. :) We spent the weekend going out for meals, celebrating two engagements, hanging out together and admiring baby Easton (who is getting so big & is the only boy who was allowed at Girls Weekend).

Blogging will be slow around these parts. My work weeks are exhausting and our next few weekends are filled with even more getaways (Maine & New York City), not to mention concerts and shows, and Halloween parties and birthday parties, and doing all the consistent things that make life work (laundry, paying bills, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, organizing, hanging out with the husband, etc.). Hopefully, I'll find a rhythm but... I checked my blog posts from this time last year and I seemed to have the same problem then, too!

I turned 27.

Last weekend, I celebrated my 27th birthday at my parents house. I wasn't feeling good and I'm sort of surprised that the pictures came out pretty decent. I had one of those days where I almost passed out in the grocery store from dizziness. I told myself it was allergies, even though I don't think allergies make you do that, but I powered through it and by my actual birthday on Tuesday, I was feeling pretty good. But the celebration on Sunday was really fun and included Chinese food, an ice cream cake, presents and family. I loved it. [Please note Sean's face in the pictures of me opening my presents. mmkay?]

What the heck is that face? I feel like it comes out during present time on multiple occasions: birthdays, Christmas, Easter... the middle child in him realizes the only child in me. And then, the face comes out. :) On my actual birthday, we went to the Outback with our parents to celebrate. It was a lot of fun :)

Fall goals.

I know it's not technically fall, but I'm back at work, the mornings are freezing, it's getting dark right after dinner and new fall shows are about to start. It's basically fall -- and it's time to set some goals. I've already gotten a head start with a few of these goals. Hopefully I can keep them up! I've already been to my first book club meeting and my first Zumba class. We're finding days that we can do a hayride and apple picking -- last year, we did it all at the same time. It was pretty convenient. The scenic drive will most likely happen while we're off camping. Carving pumpkins and haunted houses sort of go together so we'll probably do those two things the same day. My weekend in the Cape is already planned and our tickets for Macklemore are already purchased and printed! Our building is having a dog/cat halloween pageant so the cats will surely participate and around that time I'll break out my fall decorations. That way it will be all ready for Thanksgiving! We're not hosting this year but I think it's still nice to have some decor.

Any fall goals?

Fall TV.

It's that time of year. You know the one. The time of year when all I can think about are the new TV shows about to premiere. It's slightly sad, but I get really excited for this! I wait and wait and wait and once the shows seem semi-finalized I choose my picks for fall. In fact, a few Saturday nights ago Sean and I spent our night watching the On Demand previews for all the network shows. (what a date night specifically for someone who doesn't like TV all that much). But did you know they were available? You can watch 3-4 minute segments of all the new shows. It's pretty cool.

I usually go overboard with planning out what shows I'm going to watch. Like, I've made a color coordinated spreadsheet with clickable links that bring you to the shows website, and it also tells me the date it premieres. My DVR is not that reliable. In fact, sometimes it just does it's absolute own thing -- so I need a graph to remind me to check the DVR. Whatever, okay?

So, what am I watching?

Mondays:

For someone who doesn't like TV, Sean was sure vocal as far as Monday night TV is panning out. I don't think Almost Human or Sleepy Hollow are for me -- but who knows? Almost Human is about a race of robots that appear to be helping humans? Or maybe, I'm confused. Sleepy Hollow is about the headless horseman? I think. What I do know is that Blacklist and Hostages look interesting and Anna Faris looks hysterical in Mom.

Tuesdays:

A comedy by the creator of Family Guy starring Seth Green? Super excited about Dads. The Goldbergs reminds me of a mock "The Wonder Years" and it takes place in the 80s so I'm pumped to see hairstyles and clothing. Brooklyn Nine-Nine looks like one of those stupid comedies that you watch and enjoy but don't tell anyone about it? And Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  is another one of Sean's picks. Super heroes? No, thanks.

Wednesdays:

This night is all for me. Rebel Wilson has her own show? I'm all about it. And Back in the game just looks funny. I don't even know why.

Thursdays:

The Crazy Ones stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar -- need I say more? Michael J. Fox has his own TV show?? Welcome to the Family is about two families that have to deal with each other because their teenagers are having a baby. Will Arnett gets a divorce in The Millers. And "Just Jack" is back on TV in Sean Saves the World. I need to be a part of that. 

Of course, this list joins all the other shows that made the cut last spring: New Girl, Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, Two and a half Men, The Following and Parenthood.

What about you? Have you looked at any of the new series coming out? I personally like to add sitcoms to my list. That way if they get canceled I know I only wasted 18 minutes each week... because believe me -- most of these will get chopped.