Mrs. on the Move

I thought I would get back into the swing of blogging by doing a fun, multipurpose post!  We have had so many life changes happening lately that my short term goals and things I want to do have felt really jumbled.  I'm a huge list person and generally keep a daily to-do list in a notebook and a weekly/monthly schedule in my planner but I usually reserve those for things like "get car inspected", "phone bill due", or "buy water".  So, the purpose of this list of 101 things is to have a physical reminder of things I would like to accomplish in the next 1,001 days (roughly 2.75 years) and by publishing it here I have a community to keep me accountable!  Some of these are rather small things that I've been meaning to do for a while and some of them are huge goals that are going to be really meaningful to cross off.

This past weekend, Kyle and I were as spontaneous as I think we've ever been.  We had talked about going to Acadia National Park for a while, but didn't really know how to make it work with our schedules and the weather.  Our weather has been really unpredictable lately, but luckily when we checked the weather on Friday afternoon, Saturday was supposed to be perfect!  We had our trip planned and hotel booked in literally an hour.  And the best part? Pecan could tag along with us, and I'm so, so glad we took him, because I think he enjoyed it just as much, if not more, than we did!  The little guy was seriously as happy as I've ever seen him.

This past weekend Kyle and I crossed off picking apples from my fall bucket list!  I love apples, so as soon as we found out we were moving to this part of the country, I knew it was something I just had to do.  We went to Parlee Farms, which is about 25 minutes from our apartment.  It's the cutest little place where you can buy or pick your own apples, walk through fields of zinnias and sunflowers, and grab an ice cream from their farmstand.  We ended up picking 10 pounds of apples, which is a lot less than I thought it would be, but we will definitely be eating quite a few apples in the next week!

I don't think I've enjoyed a three day weekend this much in a long time.  We really just went with the flow which normally drives my type A personality crazy, but for some reason it didn't bother me one bit all weekend.  Maybe I'm getting old, or maybe I should realize it's okay not to have every minute planned out.

We spent Saturday just relaxing and breaking in the new camera by shooting some looks for fall (stay tuned!).  On Sunday morning I took a class at Pure Barre and in the afternoon we went to the Minute Man National Park in Concord.  We had been to Concord before to check out some of the little shops and restaurants they have, but hadn't been to the park.  The afternoon was spent walking around and just taking in all the pretty views.  There were lots of people kayaking, paddle boarding, and biking as well.  If you love the outdoors and/or history, this is definitely a place to visit!

I really can't believe Labor Day Weekend is already here.  We had beautiful weather yesterday, and dare I say it felt like the start of fall.  It's always been my favorite season, and I can't wait to actually get to experience one with real temperature changes, pretty colors, and of course, have a reason to wear all my favorite clothes.  I'm pretty excited about some fall posts coming to the blog soon.  We had been using an older camera to take the pictures for posts, and sadly, it died on us a few weeks ago.  Hence the lack of style posts on the blog lately.  But, we finally replaced it with a newer model camera, and both Kyle and I are excited to start shooting again!

If there's one thing this Texas girl has missed since our move to Boston, it's definitely Mexican food.  I'll be honest with y'all, I've been a little reluctant to try any restaurants up here because let's face it...we're pretty far north of the border.  When I got invited to try Margarita's Mexican restaurant in preparation for National Tequila Day, I was still slightly hesitant, yet excited at the possibility of finding somewhere to get my chips and salsa fix.

For the past 6 years I've moved at least once a year.  One summer I moved twice - not the smartest thing I've ever done - but it all worked out in the end.  I've learned quite a bit through all of these transitions, so I thought I would share with y'all my top tips for making a move.  

We could not have asked for better weather while we were visiting Boston this past weekend.  There was no humidity, a nice breeze, and it actually got cool at night.  I will definitely miss a lot of things about Texas, but the weather will not be one of them!  

With our upcoming trip to Boston this weekend, I thought I would share how I'm planning to pack everything I'll need into my carry-on.  This may seem like an easy task, but I'm the girl who had a "caution when lifting" tag stuck to her bag by the airport employees on our last trip to Florida.  I like to think I can be low maintenance when I travel, but in reality I'm the girl who packs everything but the kitchen sink.