Sundays with April

Good morning and Happy November!

Wait, can you believe it is actually November??

This has been the nicest Fall that we have had in a long time here in Denver. The colors have been so beautiful and, because we haven’t had any snow yet, the leaves are still on all the trees in the most vibrant colors. And I am not complaining about it.

I hope you had a Happy Halloween! Truth be told, I don’t typically decorate for Halloween. I decorate for Fall.

Especially because I can count the number of trick-or-treaters we get on one hand, so it is not worth it to me.

Plus, I just can’t get into the spooky spirit of it all. Some people absolutely LOVE it, and maybe that is you. But I am not wired that way.

I did make an attempt to decorate for Halloween one time, and you can see the few decorations I did that one year. The thought was there, I just had a hard time getting into creepy mode.

This year, we took my grandson out to about 5 houses, and that was plenty. He is only 2 1/2, so he only needs a little bit of it. And he was happy!

There was so much going on around us that we couldn’t get him to look at the camera. And that is totally OK. He was so cute in his Scooby Doo costume (and warm!). His mom and dad were Shaggy and Daphne.

Christmas is less than 8 weeks away. You’re welcome, lol.

I have started to collect a few gifts here and there. I just have to remember where I put them, lol. I am going to pull out a bin today and put them all in there so I can have them all in one place.

When the kids were little, I used to have to hide all the gifts in bins in the storage room and label them odd things like “old clothes”, etc. I had a couple of determined snoops!

 

Get my Balsam Hill Tree before it sells out! Lowes has partnered with Balsam Hill to bring us the same beauty and quality in a tree that we are looking for, but conveniently available and priced for us all.

It has a 5-star rating, and here is the info you want:

• Quick Set feature: slide the tree sections together for pre-wired pole-to-pole connection
• Pre-lit with 700 color-changing LumaDazzle Twinkle LED lights
• 1,671 Simple Shape branch tips for easy styling
• 11 different light effects – (1) Combination (2) Clear Steady (3) Color Steady (4) Clear Twinkling (5) Color Twinkling (6) Clear Fading (7) Color Fading (8) Clear & Color Alternating (9) Clear & Color Fast Blinking (10) Clear & Color Slow Blinking (11) Clear & Color Fading.  Warm white, clear steady is my personal favorite.
• Includes sturdy metal tree stand, remote control & on/off foot pedal

You can order it from this link and pick it up at your store! They will bring it right to your car, and you can get it home and set it up!

This tree is under $450 and is SO beautiful! I absolutely love it.

Wait until you see what I did with the base.  You’re going to LOVE it! I will share that in the next couple of weeks here on the blog.

And check out all of my other favorite Holiday Decor from Lowes. They have so many great decor items that I am in love with that I think you will love, too.

This week on the blog

This week, I shared how I created my awesome grapevine garland from old wreaths I had sitting in my basement.

I wanted a full and beautiful garland for my Fall porch decor, but I wasn’t having luck finding what I wanted. So I made my own.

You can see how I did it by clicking on the photo below.

I will continue to use it for my holiday decor by keeping it in place and adding lights to it.

So it is not too late for you to try this!!

 

Story Time

I have been so behind lately on all the things.

I got a concussion in early October that REALLY set me back. I still have some residual effects from it occasionally and have to pace myself.

I wasn’t doing anything cool. In fact, the day it happened was a little after this photo was taken of me getting the garland up.

I was simply….. shopping. So dumb.

And I hit my head on a metal bar. I was wearing a ball cap and didn’t see a metal bar as I bent down to get something off a shelf, and I hit my head a lot harder than I thought!

Cool.

So computer work has had to take a backseat to other things as I have had a hard time with long blocks of time on the screen.

October Amazon Favorites you might have missed!

You all went crazy for this serum that has made my skin so GLOWY!!

My long puffer vest in a lot of my photos sold out, but here is a similar vest that I love!

Add these to your planters, indoor or outdoor, and see how much more beautiful and perfect they will look!

I am so happy to have found these for watching TV and scrolling my phone.

These shoes are trending right now, and I think they are SO cute! So did you!

You might want this for your holiday entertaining. Also, did you catch my recipe for it?

What is coming in November?

1. Because I’ve been so limited with my concussion on my computer time, I’m a little behind on revealing my fall porch. But that post will be coming out next week.
2. I am going to be wrapping up my office project. You can see how it’s coming along on Instagram. If you don’t have Instagram, don’t worry! I have lots of that content coming to the blog soon.
3. I will be sharing more holiday inspiration for your home and entertaining.

Words of advice

Stay true to what is true for you and don’t get overwhelmed by what everyone else is doing.

It can make you feel like you’re behind and rob you of the joy of the season.

I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead and can’t wait to chat next week.

And remember, you can do it all yourself, but let’s do it together.