OHP: Is it time for Fall yet?

The a weeks ago in Ohio the weather felt like fall and despite the rising temps the last couple week the feeling of fall made me quite giddy and even more ready for the glorious season to be upon us!

Like most people, fall is definitely my favorite time of year.
I honestly think the biggest part is that it's my ideal temperature which then leads to the clothing, the yummy food, and all the fun activities that take place.

I can only hope that this year we get a little bit longer of a fall around this parts because it always comes and goes so quickly!
Can it be fall yet?

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Happy Wednesday!

Perfect Weekend!

This weekend was perfect weekend.

It was a nice mixture of relaxing and productivity :)

Friday was spent with some of us going over to my friends, Lindz & Ross, new place.
It was a Mexican themed meal and per usual I ate entirely too much!
Laura, another friend if the bomb.com at all Mexican foods.
She ever so lovingly gave us this amazing margarita recipe that I must share! 

~1 jug cran - strawberry juice. 

We used cran-rasberry & I thought it was so good! 

This is something to note as it seemed to quite difficult to find cran-strawberry juice around these parts 

~1 orange juice concentrate
~1 limeade concentrate 

~Tequila
~Lots of ice

The original recipe calls for half of everything and adding tequila to taste.
We did the whole thing of everything: juice, concentrates, and added tequila to taste.
Just make sure you have a large enough pitcher to accommodate for juice, and melting concentrates!
Could be very messy if you don't!

Source: bettycrocker.com via Megan on Pinterest

It's this recipe + tequila!

Saturday was spent lounging around.

I got to do some make up cuddling with Gunner :)
I think he was pretty comfy!

Kev was in my hometown hunting!

If anyone is interested he ended up getting a deer.

 
I went to Jason and Danielle's to hang out for awhile. Socialize and eat pretty much lol. 

Then that evening was some more lounging around & watching the OSU game!

 

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Sunday was a day o' productivity for me!
I did some deep cleaning in the kitchen.
It was greatly needed, and I've decided to tackle one room at a time until I've deep cleaned them all!
 
I have to show you these mugs Ju got us for our one year.

I think she understands us pretty well ;P
 
I also finally finished my fall wreath!
I know it's just wrapping some twine around a cardboard letter but it's tedious and took much longer than I expected.
However, I'm happy with the results!

 

How was your weekend?
Do anything fun?

Happy Monday!

Fall is in the Air

Fall is in the air, and I am starting to feel it. 

Maybe it's because this summer was so crazy hot but I am just itching to get this fall season started! 

Why? 

Well because of all the greatness that is fall! 

You have...

 

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I have always been one to LOVE fall fashion. 

Not because I'm a trend setter, but because I find it to be the most comfortable! 

I just love throwing on a warm shirt/sweater, some big ole thick socks and just lounging. 

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Enough said right? 

It's probably the only shoe I'm truly obsessed with.

The downfall for me is justifying buying more than one pair in a certain color because they all look so similiar. 

I've already gotten some for this year since I'm replacing all my old ones. 

Let's see how many pairs I end up with by the end of the season. 

 

{chilli, drinks, dessert}

On top of the fashion the fall comfort foods are my favorite!

I think I can eat chilli and anything pumpkin related everyday if you let me! 

Warm drinks are my best friend since I'm always cold, and of course my favorite PSL comes out in the fall! 

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There are so many fun things to do!

Even though I haven't participating in all things fall related the last couple of years I'm hoping we can have a bonfire or two, and do some pumpkin picking. 

Pumpkin Show is an event that Kev and I both look forward to each year! 

Being from the ville it's like a sin for Kevin to miss it, but we wouldn't dream of it (unless we aren't in town). 

Finally it's Kev and I's bday season...it also seems to be the bday season of dang near everyone we know!

I should also mention that fall is the season that makes me broke thanks to all the fun activities :) 

 

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Of course the beauty of fall doesn't hurt. 

I love watching the changing of the leaves, and the rich hues start to pop against the blue sky! 

It's gorgeous. 

I only wish Ohio's fall lasted a little bit longer! 

The smells...I don't think I really need to say much about it. 

I indulge in fall candles, and am constantly burning them all season long. 

I can't get enough of those comforting, deep scents that just brings this peace of mind when you breath it in. 

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Last by certainly not least. Football Season. 

Now I'm not the biggest football fan per say. 

I don't know all the ins & outs of the game, but I love all of that football season entails. 

I love having people over for cookouts or going downtown to tailgate. 

I love that it brings us all together and show some love for the home place!

What is your favorite thing about the fall?

Happy Thursday!

Halloween Spirit

So it kind of just dawned on me...like an hour ago that Halloween is next Monday. This week is when pretty much all the celebrating will be going down though so I suppose we can just say this weekend.

Anyways, I realized that Kevin and I did absolutely nothing to prepare for the holiday this year. I don't have a costume yet (working on it), we didn't carve pumpkins, we didn't put up decorations, we didn't even watch any scary movies. Not even Hocus Pocus! I always watch that at least once during the Halloween season. Oh please don't act like you don't love that movie! Old school JSP...psh dont' deny it! Since I am not able to fully enjoy the Halloween spirit in the home place, I'm going to enjoy it via blog. I will say that I do plan on watching a few scary flicks over the next week. I suppose you can watch scary movies after Halloween. Here are some of my favorite things Halloween style :)

Scream (part 1).

I don't find alot of movies that scary anymore. They are either eerie, gory, or just dumb. However, at the time this came out it scared the crap out of me! I haven't watched this in a while so I think I might want to this year :)

The Nightmare before Christmas

If you've read the blog so far you know that I'm a Tim Burton fan. I pretty big one and of course one of my all time favorites is The Nightmare before Christmas. I love it, and really I can watch it at either holiday & not feel bad about it :)  I pinterest this & found all kinds of cute decor for Halloween that I think I might try next year. Do I smell a theme? I also found some cute outfits by Disney that mimic the characters, like Oogie Boogie! 

Source: disneybound.tumblr.com via Megan on Pinterest

How cute  is this!

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Poltergeist 

One of the hubby's request. I haven't watched this movie many times. I know, I know it's a classic. I'm not sure why I never really watched it, just haven't. I will be soon though! 

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I really like bats for some reason around Halloween time. I mean I'm not trying to go out and catch one or anything. I think they are fun to use for the holiday and it's a little different than the jack-o-laterns and cats.

Source: paisleyboulevard.com via Megan on Pinterest

I am in love with this wreath! I'm making it next year...already decided!

Source: dana-made-it.com via Megan on Pinterest

This is neat and I think we could actually do this in our house with the open layout we have.

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How cute is this! I don't think they'd actually use it, but I need one anyways :)

Source: etsy.com via Megan on Pinterest

Of course I need some bat swag for myself, not just the house.

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No carved pumpkins. I usually do something plain & easy. You know the triangle eyes & the jagged mouth. However, when we were still in college Kev's frat had pumpkin carving & we always went to that & I'd try something more tricky. Usually failed :( Check out these awesome jack-o-lanterns though! 

For my lack of decorating I'm going to throw in a few likes/wants :) 

Source: tumblr.com via Megan on Pinterest

 

Love this & I could use a good display for the counter & passing out candy to the trick or treaters in the neighborhood!

 

Source: marthastewart.com via Megan on Pinterest

Cute clock! Easy & functional...I like it :)

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Next year I will definitely be more prepared for Halloween! Until then let the delayed scary movie watching begin :)

Weekend Fun

So this weekend was a great one, and really as weird as it is to say, it's makes the start of my week easier. It's harder to leave the weekend I suppose, but it starts you off on the right mood.

Friday was a relaxing night. I can't remember exactly what we did to be honest. I believe it was alot of laying around, watching movies, ya know...chillin.

Saturday was a fun filled day. Kevin started off productive as ever and picked up the meat we got from the cow we split with his family. Holy cow (pun intended) it's a lot of beef! Definitely won't need to pick that up at the store anytime soon.

So now we know that Kev woke up productive, I woke up not so productive but extremely giddy because we were going to the Pumpkin Show that afternoon!  But first things first, had to do some name change stuff so I headed to the bank & got that taken care of there. It was a lot easier than what I have anticipated, thank heavens. 

Then it was Pumpkin Show time!!!! Kev headed down early with our friend, Jason, to his Nanny's (Grandma's) house. They are cleaning it out and getting all the things that had been saved for them! There was quite a bit of it, and Kev's made it back to the house safe & sound. It kind of looks like our childhood exploded in the basement, tubs full of legos & ninja turtle stuff, however it also full of old hunting knives, and bows...talk about one extreme to the other.You could tell by the look on Kev's face and how excited he talked about some of the items it brought back good memories. That's the one reason I like to clean things out like this...the memories it all brings :)

My car getting filled. By the time we got home it was a lot more stuff then that.

We also found some stilts! Danielle felt the need to give them a whirl. She didn't get to far, but an A for effort :)

So once the cleaning (for the day) was complete we FINALLY got to go to PUMPKIN SHOW...which really just means we got to stuff our faces with greasy, fried goodness. 

As explained before there are a lot of pumpkin flavored items - like my personal favorites (which we got both of!)

As you can see Pumpkin Burgers. They are really more like Sloppy Joe, but whatever. We actually got some of this to bring home!

Pumpkin Chill. So I realize that I'm not sure if this is made with actual pumpkin or not. I'm going to guess no and it's just the spice that I taste when eating it!

Of course there are alot of other foods that are not pumpkin anything...and we ate those too. French Fries, Fried Veggies & a Schmidt's Pumpkin Cream Puff (TO DIE FOR!)

The rest of the trip was spent walking off all that food, checking out the sights that is the Pumpkin Show, and catching up with some friends! 

Welcome to the Pumpkin Show. Kind of crazy how you can see the wall of people where it actually starts.

Some Roundtown drummers. No idea who they are, but they were not bad.

The pumpkin pyramid. They have this every year!

Happy 105th Circleville Pumpkin Show! (now that's old)

A little over half of a ton! That's huge! I always like to check out who has the biggest pumpkin & what it weights. Sometimes there are some really massive ones...how do they get them so big!

One of the houses that is on the edge of the show. They decorate every year! Should mention that Pumpkin Show is held right in the middle of town, roads closed and all that good stuff :)

Overall it was a successful Pumpkin Show! Can't wait for next year...yes, already! 

Sunday was then followed by more productivity for the hubs. As well as for myself too. Kev continued working on Nanny's house, while I spent the day organizing the wedding gifts. When I said organize I really mean get them out of the boxes they were shipped in and put them back into the dining room until they can actually go somewhere else. I did get to see everything we got, and made some decisions as to what we still need and what we can take back. You know things like cookie sheets when I got about 7 of them for presents. Not that they weren't good buys on the guests part, I just don't need 7. 

I also spent Sunday getting this little lady acquainted to the house for a couple weeks. 

Lucy or Little LuLu as we like to call her.

Meet Lucy. She's Kevin's dads' & step mom dog. I think they got her from a friend and they said she was a Mastiff, but she seems like she is a mix. Maybe a Mastiff and a German Shepperd?As they have been very busy with some home renovations and moving they asked Megan P. & Kev to hold onto her. Since Meg's had her for like 3 weeks, it's our turn. She's really cute, but she's a puppy...about 6 months I believe. She'll need some training still. Ah the adventures of puppy motherhood. I'm sure there will be more posts to follow. I should be clear - we are not keeping her! Just watching her, until they back into their house. I swear I'm saying this for you guys, not for myself...