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October has been one productive month at our house. We have been GETTING THANGS D-O-N-E + it just feels good. We listened to this book<\/a> together at the beginning of the month + it has really helped my crazy mom-brain to balance the 897 things I put on my plate at a time. I discovered how much time I was wasting running around during the day with my head cut off trying to cater to everyone + everything. But also worrying about all that I had to get done. Did you know that’s a total time eater? So annoying!! Although I always have intentions of conquering my todo list, most of the time when I get home after errands, I find that I forgot the only thing I really needed from the grocery store. Drives me BONKERS. Such is life though, right? We sat down together, set some realistic goals AND realistic game plans + I can feel the change in my every day. Looking back it has made all the difference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n



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I have learned that life is pretty simple, if we want it to be. I was planning to keep my car cleaner, write in my journal at night, blog more frequently + buy some big matching bins to organize our holiday decorations a little better. My car was cleaner on the inside  + <\/span>not because I was a NO FOOD IN THE CAR BECAUSE MOM said so, frustrated Mom, but because we hung the shop-vac on the wall + left it plugged in so vacuuming was simp simp easy to access a couple times a week. Like, duh. Why didn’t I do this forever ago? Riggins broke off my license plate holder + my back windshield wipers snapped at the car wash, so that was kind of a bust, but the inside was still more clean. BABYSTEPS.<\/span><\/div>\n




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We also got our family pictures back from SAMI JO<\/a> + I am excited to show them to you!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n



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I wrote a handful of updates in my journal each week, didn’t blog quite as much as I had scheduled, but I made some major headway on my new website + feel really good about it<\/span>. We painted a lot of water color pictures, played store, carved pumpkins that didn’t last until halloween, took double digit trips to logan + enjoyed Halloween together as a family. I’ve never been a huge halloween lover, but I completely enjoyed it this year. Kids are magic. I’m looking forward to November, Thanksgiving + teaching the kids about what service means to me.<\/span>

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