Reading
Planning
Perennial garden for spring 2024, home exterior revamp, shed exterior (siding) renovation, 10 year anniversary trip in 2024 (Grand Teton NP, Yellowstone NP, Theodore Roosevelt NP, Badlands NP, Wind Cave NP)
Watching
College football, professional football, Taylor Swift’s Eras tour content on tik tok, Golden Bachelor premiere
Cooking
Cheddar zucchini bread with honey jalapeño butter, blueberry pie, lots of meat on the grill and smoker, cinnamon strudel muffins
Eating
Barr’s Public House, Carlos Poco Loco
Drinking
Our way around Cincinnati spots (Braxton Brewing Co, Covington Yard, The Standard, Frida 602), Warped Wing Brewing Company, coffee flights at Brew Coffee Bar
Creating
Dying napkins for my birthday brunch, reorganizing my bookshelf (by author), near dozen floral arrangements with thrifted vases, floral press (with Kyle’s help), The Golden Bachelor printables
HOUSing
Sunroom roof repair, paint stripping and painting laundry room door with new keyless entry and hardware
Going
Mudhen’s game, book club meetings, UT Rockets tailgates, Michigan vs BGSU game at the Big House, glass pumpkin event at the Toledo Museum of Art
TRAVELing
30th birthday celebration in Cincinnati, annual August trip up north to Grand Lake
Loving
Haircut with baby highlights, watching my cosmos grow at the front of the house, hibiscus bush blooming, Bohdi Moose (July 12, 2023), 30th birthday cookies, collecting cosmo seeds
Dreaming
2024 travel back to Grand Teton National Park, gardening next year
Feeling
Sad to say goodbye to AJM and KBM, love watching the honeybees hop from cosmo to cosmo, proud and excited to be running long distances again, embracing the cool fall temps, grateful for full time work between 2 buildings
Listening
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift, Stick Season by Noah Kahan, Ultimate Taylor Swift Running Playlist on Spotify, rom com pop hits on Spotify
Celebrating
30th birthday in Cincinnati with an indie book store crawl with Cynthia, 30th birthday brunch and backyard bbq at our home (with friends from all stages of life), the birth of NCH and DLJM, the life of Bob Barker and Jimmy Buffet, wine and cheese night for the Golden Bachelor premiere
Learning
How to play Can Jam and Beersby, how to plant and care for cosmos
Buying
Midcentury modern buffet ($199 from Consign It), house plants from Bensell Greenhouse, Kroger, and Lowe’s, all new bedroom furniture (Walker Edison), king sized mattress, IKEA terrarium for toxic plants, cat tower, fall and Halloween decor, Bissell portable deep cleaner
mantra
If you only feed yourself on a Sunday, you’ll starve (this isn’t about food)
Until next time, Meryn
MERYN MADE 
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