Typically I like the winter.  I wouldn’t say winter is my favorite season, but isn’t my least favorite.  Living in Indiana I have the joy of all four seasons.  If you made me pick my least favorite season, it would actually be summer.  I don’t like temps above 90 and I HATE bugs.  This long winter and 6 weeks of constant white has made me look forward to summer.

So today, while sitting indoors, again, I planned next week, fall break, house projects, and our outdoor living space.  I used my Erin Condren planner to plan each week.  I sit down each Sunday, armed with pens and my planner and think about my upcoming week.  On Sunday I think about what needs to be done, where we need to be, what we will eat, and what I need to buy.  By planning ahead, we eat at home more because my meal plan looks at our schedule.  Everything is on one page, so I feel better prepared for the week ahead.

The fun part of my planner are the lists that I make at the back.  I am constantly thinking and if I don’t write things down, I don’t sleep.  So, I make lists.  I make lists for everything, but once it is on a list, it isn’t rolling around my head keeping me awake.  So as I was helping my husband move snow outside, I was daydreaming about what we would do this summer when in was warmer.  I want this to be the year we finally make an outdoor living space.  We have talked about it for years, but our schedule has always interfered.  To accomplish any goal, you have to make a plan.  So, I made a plan.  Of course my plan is in the form of a list.

We are planning on Fall Break being our main vacation this year.  We’ve considered Disney, and it is still an option.  However, we want to consider other ideas.  We’ve considered flying this year, but I wondered how the drive would be different if we made the drive part of the trip.  If we picked out two different locations there and back, planning to drive about six hours each day, the drive could be fun.  Normally I love green, trees, and nature.  This year, I’m in the mood for the beach.  We had so much fun in Myrtle Beach last year, but it was a little cool.  We haven’t taken Curtis to the gulf side of Florida yet, so that is an option.  I’m not sure what we will do, but I have a list to write down my ideas.  The bonus, the thoughts are out of my head and now I have a head start on planning our vacation.