Sunday Social- Let's Get Literary!

This week's Sunday Social is all about reading. I wish I could be more of a reader, Tom always has his nose in a book. I just cannot seem to get into it. With that said...

 1. Favorite Childhood Book: I was quite an avid reader when I was a kid, until my seventh grade reading teacher basically told me that I was an idiot and that it was inappropriate to be reading Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prairie. She wanted me to challenge myself more with reading, in the end, she scared me away from reading. I'm trying to get back into it. My favorite book was Dear Mr Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. It's about a boy writing to his favorite author. I don't know what it was about the book, but I read the whole thing in one sitting. I was also an avid fan of Judy Blume and R.L. Stine.

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2. Favorite Book Lately: Game of Thrones I was about 3/4 of the way through when I put it down, Tom keeps pushing me to pick it back up. I really need to, I have not seen the series on HBO yet and I absolutely refuse to do so until I have finished the book.

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3. Book You Wish You Could Live In: The Notebook, or really any Nicholas Sparks book. He is definitely one of my favorite authors, and I want to visit North Carolina specifically to see where the majority of his books take place. 

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4. If you could be any character from a book, who would it be and why? I am going to have to let my nerd side show with this one, I would love to be Menolly from Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern trilogy. I read the books when I was in high school, and I could relate to the character so much I actually dressed up as the character for Halloween. 

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5. Favorite Book Turned Movie? Interview with a Vampire, because Anne Rice did such an amazing job with the screenplay, and Tom Cruise IS Lestat. I was so obsessed with the movie as a teenager that I have a signed copy of the book, and I refuse to read/watch The Twilight Saga.

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6. Favorite Magazines: I'm not really a fan of magazines. I occasionally like reading Cosmopolitan as a guilty pleasure, and I will read People while at the dentist's office. I have a free subscription for Good Housekeeping right now, but I'm not really getting into it. 

Sunday Social- Fall!

This week's theme is "Things I Love About Fall." Fall is my favorite season, and September and October are my two favorite months out of the year. Yes mom, they even beat December and Christmas. Up here in Maine, it means the tourists are going home, and we finally have the state back to ourselves. It means other things too, you'll see!

Our Anniversary Okay, so maybe I'm cheating a little with this one, our anniversary is on September 11th, which is technically still summer, and throughout wedding planning, I insisted that we were having a summer wedding. Let's be honest, September is one of those months that can go either way, and depending on the year up here sometimes our anniversary feels like summer time, other times it definitely feels like fall.

Foliage Depending on what part of the state you are in, the leaves start changing colors anywhere from mid-September through to early October. Forests of green turn into bright oranges, reds, yellows, and even some deep purples.

Can you believe this is the only picture I can find of me in a hoodie? The Harley isn't that bad either. Tom, you need to start taking the camera from me or something

Hoodies I love the fall weather, when the air gets a slight crispness to it, but it's not yet cold. The kind of weather where a hoodie and a warm pair of socks will do the trick and it is still possible to enjoy the outdoors.

Apple Picking Definitely a fall staple out here, along with picking up pumpkins and squash. This brings about another favorite thing about fall, the beginning of baking season. Fall means I can turn off my air conditioner, open the windows, and bake without heating the house up. My house permanently smells of cinnamon, baked apples, and pumpkin during fall.

Country Fairs I have been going to fairs since I was a little kid. I remember holding my infant cousin in the back of my grandmother's car while my mom gave her her first taste of cotton candy. When I was a kid, it was all about the rides. As a grown up, I love seeing the animals, the exhibition halls, and, of course, the carnival food.

Halloween It would be impossible to do a blog post about fall without mentioning Halloween and all the fun that comes with it. Tom and I consider ourselves fairly accomplished pumpkin carvers, for any nerds in the audience, yes, that is Cthulu carved into a pumpkin. Two of our best friends have started the tradition of holding a halloween party every year where we get to dress up and have a good time. I am also looking forward to taking our children trick-or-treating and bobbing for apples, and everything else that is fun about being a kid during Halloween.

Football And finally, it's not fall without football. Before Tom, I could not have cared less, and I still have a lot to learn. I do enjoy snuggling with the hubby and watching a game, even if I'm often scrapbooking while he is attempting to coach from the couch. It is also fun to pick on people that cheer for different teams, after all, we are Chicago Bears fans living in Patriots country.