October already?

My girl turns 16 in just a few days! Not enough candles on the cake, I know, but it is still our yummy chocolate cake.

I will not freak out about how fast she got to this milestone by freaking out about the fact that is is already mid-way through October. The weeks are flying by, but with this late fall spell of warm weather it doesn't feel as if we are almost to Halloween.

To Do list for fall:
DONE:
Furnace inspection,
close storm windows,
back up all computers,
break out the decorative gourds!
take down compost,
rake pine needles in back yard and put in the compost bin,
bag up and take down the months of recycling back-logged on the back porch for next pick-up day,
get rid of extra chairs in the living room to make room for the new comfy purple armchair!

PENDING:
Repair leak in porch roof, get rid of water stain in living room ceiling.

IN PROGRESS:
purge summer wardrobes and take a load to Savers, rotate in winter clothes, find out if winter boots and coats still fit growing kid.
Decide if keeping all those shoes with high heels that I never wear anymore is really worth it.

Take the A/C out of the window and find the storm window that goes there, not like last year....

Clean out fridge and cook up veggies to freeze,

Return overdue library book.

Get out of grading jail.