We have reached the end of another
month of 2024, and I absolutely can’t believe we only have two months left in
this year! We’ll save all my sappy thoughts on this year for another day and
post, and we’ll stay concentrated today on how this month went. I made
some goals at the start of the month, so let’s see how they went:
ONE. Choose a writing
project: Well, I’ll start by
saying that I didn’t accomplish the goal as I wrote it, BUT…I finished the
first edit on the memoir project I wrote this summer. I love how it turned out,
and even though it will always be (in its current form) only for me, I believe
there are some things within that could be extracted to share at some point. So
I’m excited I accomplished that this year.
TWO. Go on a fun and
different kind of date. We did this on our
engagementversary! I shared about it earlier this month, but if you missed it,
we visited a new-to-us orchard for a Friday night of free music at their
outside venue, and really yummy apple treats! It was a fun, fun night, and
we’ve decided to make it a tradition to visit that orchard for a Free Music
Friday each year!
THREE. Figure out
picture outfits. This one did not go
smoothly, but it did get accomplished with literally five minutes to spare. I
had figured out a whole outfit for myself (to coordinate with the one Ryan
wanted for himself) and as he was strolling in the door from work and the
photographer was standing IN OUR DINING ROOM, I decided I didn’t like mine and
wanted to start over! So I did! I haven’t seen the pictures yet, but here’s
hoping it was not the worst choice in the world. Ha!
FOUR. Do better with
the workouts. It wasn’t as great as
I hoped. Part of that was because both Ryan and I had colds this month, so we
ended up resting more than working out. That’s not the worst either, but it
didn’t help me check off this goal!
In other adventures
from this month….
·
Ryan and I served at
our church’s fall fun night (alongside our fellow deacons) and had a blast
doing it. This also gave us a chance to have fun at the Steele Farms Corn Maze
– on our monthiversary, no less!
·
Ryan took a few more
head shots for me one night when I was having a good hair day. 😊 You might remember this had been a goal in a previous
month, and we did it and marked it off the list, but we just added to it, and I
really liked how round 2 turned out!
·
I had a total blast
updating Ryan’s resume for the new role he applied for at work this month. It
was almost like a scrapbooking project for me, and I probably had way more fun
with it than anyone should have sprucing up a resume.
·
Ryan and I worked
together to repair the boat trailer for the pontoon. It was pretty old and had
a lot of worn spots, so he researched how to fix it up, and we spent many
evenings doing just that. I was excited to see it turn out looking great – for
a couple of boat trailer rookies!
·
I completed my
speaking at the church I’ve been sharing at throughout the year. That adventure
was a complete surprise for my year and has been such a great learning
experience for me. I am thankful.
·
I was able to see (and
photograph) the Northern Lights, which I had no idea would even be visible this
month, and they were SO beautiful!
·
We celebrated my dad’s
92nd birthday with him.
·
Ryan participated in
the choir at work, and I enjoyed both presentations of the concert they gave.
It was so good!
·
My book order came
(the one I placed with Better World Books that I told you about earlier this
week) and I started reading! I am so excited to dive into ALL the books I
ordered.
·
We had a couple of
weeks off because of fall break and other activities, but we continued helping
to serve with the kids’ ministry at church!
·
I traveled to a
workshop for Run Hard. Rest Well. and learned some valuable information that
day!
·
Ryan started his new
role at work, and I have been busy plotting the décor of his new office.
·
I hosted the ladies
from our Sunday School class at a little get-together at our house, and we had
so much fun.
·
We had our family
pictures taken for our Christmas card (and just to update home pictures) and
had a blast, as always. Barb (our photographer) does such a great job and makes
it so easy for us! (And she is a total champ for wrangling a toddler dog in the
middle of it all!)
And that’s a wrap on
October!
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