Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Dreams and Goals for October

 


Happy Wednesday, my friends! I knew going into this week that it was going to be a busy one – and it has been – but it’s been a pretty good week. As we enter this new month and sail full-force into fall, I have a few goals for the Shaffer household, so I’m sharing them with you today.

Celebrate our engagementversary. Believe it or not, Saturday marks THIRTEEN YEARS since Ryan surprised me with a proposal! Some of you remember that day well, don’t you? You were surprised right along with me. 😊 We don’t tend to go over the top with engagementversary celebrations, but I do have a few ideas for dates to enjoy the goodness of the day.

Take a personal planning day. I am so excited about this one. When I attended the staff retreat this past month, we did a lot of collaborative planning for the next year. Now that I know those plans, I am ready to have a planning day of my own! I have made lists (upon lists upon lists) and plan to lay out not just the events to come, but the timeline of planning leading up to those events. My producer days sure are coming in handy!

Plan for and enjoy family photos. We have our family picture day coming up later this month, and while I think we have an idea of what we will wear, we need to finalize that idea and then enjoy the chance to hang out with our friend, Barb, for the night!

Work on vacation album. I want to try to knock out most/all of the Mackinac trip prior to our anniversary. It should go pretty quickly once I get into it. I just need to begin!

Work on Christmas letter. I normally pick a theme for our Christmas letter very early in the year and then slowly craft the letter all year long. This year…um…I haven’t thought of the theme just yet. I need to make that a priority this month so I can begin my wordsmithing!

                I think these should keep me plenty busy enough. What plans do you have for October?

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