Growing

Growth isn't always easy. My littlest one has teeth coming in and it's easy to see it hurts sometimes. So why do I expect my own personal growth to come without pain? Pruning is healthy and necessary but not always easy. It's work and the joy for me will come when I look back and see my progress. In the midst of the process, I need to stay focused and motivated. That's perhaps what I'm finding so hard right now.

Harvest Festival

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"Church Harvest Festival and Trunk or Treat"

Here are my three kids and how the trunk turned out. I'm so happy with it! We got lots of great compliments and the kids had a wonderful time. It was a great way to start the week!

Welcome Great Pumpkin

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"Painting done. Almost ready for the trunk or treat tomorrow."

This is what I've been working on. I'm so happy with how they turned out! Buying a projector was definitely worth it. It was $30 at Hobby Lobby and I used a coupon so I definitely got a good deal. I'm sure I'll have many more uses for it in the future.

Margins

A Bible study about margins today. About creating space in one's life to be able to savor life and have clarity about your priorities. Very timely and lots of food for thought Not sure what I want to say about it here but it's been on my mind for a bit. As I shuffle around my volunteer committments, dropping some and adding others, I want to make sure my priorities are taken care of. God, family, myself. A juggling act for sure but often the good stuff takes work. So I'm working at it and overall, I'm happy where I'm at. I keep plugging away at getting my craft room to be ready for me to create at a moment's notice and I'm knocking out some other pop-up projects, mostly Halloween related. It's all coming together. Margins also help me recognize my blessings. Never enough of that.

Moving

Constant motion today! Except for the 10 minutes on the couch when I closed my eyes to rest just before the kids came home from school. Just finished ironing on patches to my Brownie's uniform and then we're off to Cub Scouts and Brownies. Mike has an HOA meeting and a Stewardship Committee meeting (at the same time). CGN and I will bounce around making sure everyone is behaving and surviving until Mike arrives to be with our Cub Scout.

Just a few more weeks until soccer is over. We're plugging away at the to-do list and enjoying life as it happens. But I look forward to rest time soon!

Whew

Yesterday was errand day so I was out and about with CGN gathering up Halloween goodies and gearing up for the end of October. She is so social and sweet. At Hobby Lobby she saw an elderly gentleman in a wheelchair, made eye contact with him and then showered him love by throwing kisses and waving hi obsessively. She did that to lots of people in the store and I always get lots of comments and compliments. She's a sweet girl and it's fun to be her sidekick.

This morning I walked a 5K. Took about an hour. I need to get back into fitness, regardless of how much I don't love it. I need to like it more so I can get back into shape. Just a little bit each day. I've reined in my eating a lot so hopefully I'll see results at some point.

Had a scary incident while walking my kids to school today. The crossing guard was walking towards us to get us across safely and a car made a left turn (during a red light) and nearly hit her. We were in the crosswalk too but not nearly as close as she was. It scared me and I could tell she was shaken. I called the principal and the school district police. I wish people would just take a deep breath and drive safely. They put all 5 of us at risk just so they could get their kid to school. It's just not worth it. I'm tired of watching this happen - it's not the first time by a long shot. It's a large reason I don't like to walk my kids to school. It's scary how stupid some drivers/parents can be.

Reorganizing

I'm focused on getting the craft room into shape so I can walk in and create without having to clean up first. I was blessed to have some organizers come help me two years ago and now I'm in the maintenance phase of keeping things working for me. There is so much that works for me but it does need some tidying and improving so that's what I'm doing. I don't lack for projects, that's for sure! But I do need the ability to blow off steam now and then and it's hard to do when I have to clean up first. I moved around some furniture to better suit how I work and now it's on to making sure my desk area is set up correctly. I'll post some pictures once everything is in it's place. Shouldn't be long now!