How can it already be October and next month November?
We're only a little over a week into Autumn, but I feel like I've left summer completely behind.
I do love this time of year. It holds a special magic for me because Tim and I met and married and had both of our kids in this season. We've started up our wood stove again and whenever I smell the wood smoke it carries me back to my first few months of marriage, new to this town, new to this life and I just love those memories.
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According to custom in our household, this time of year also marks the end of VERY major home projects. When we got married we were installing a wood stove.
Year One: We insulated our house
Year Two: No major projects, but serious uncertainty on the job front
Year Three: We are installing a new furnace (specifics here)
Seeing these projects in list form like this doesn't look so bad, but they have stretched us and challenged us to our limits, especially this present one. We've been at it since May, and I don't exaggerate when I say that it has eaten up nearly every weekend since then. In the past month, month-and-a-half, it has eaten up nearly every evening with Tim also coming home at lunch to work on it. This is easily the most challenging thing we've experienced as a couple and as homeowners. We are so thankful that it has brought us closer together and been so very good in a lot of ways. We've both grown up a lot, but man is it painful! We now see the end in sight. Tomorrow is the projected hook-up day. We can't wait to push that button and hear the furnace turn on and have our evenings back!
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After a difficult few years of trying to adjust to a new town and a new area, I am so thankful for the church and church family that God has blessed us with. It feels so good to have women around me that I can talk to and hang out with and to see relationships building in my kids lives as well. It is a serious answer to prayer. Included in this is participating in a weekly Beth Moore Bible study. I have done several in the past and am just loving getting back into one. I so need the motivation and accountability that these studies provide.
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Being a mom remains one of my favorite things about life. Lately though, and I'm sure many of you can relate, I haven't felt particularly good at it. I am being challenged in all new ways as my sweet little ones develop and move onto new stages. Pretty much I feel like I'm in survival mode a lot of the time. I just have to remember that they are God's best for me and I am His best for them and He makes up the difference. I am so, so thankful for that when I've yelled and cried and ended up in a heap of exasperation. In my weakness He is strong!
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We're looking forward to many things this month:
~A trip to the pumpkin patch, hay ride and corn maze. Hoping this means caramel apples, too!
~A special, long weekend away to the coast and time with my parents, sister, aunt and uncle, just sorry Tim won't be with us
~Oliver's second birthday party. It's all about trains this year!
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Now to let you in on a little secret... a sweet little miracle is going to join our family and make us five come April! Pink or blue? No clue. Just have to wait and see!
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I'm enjoying wearing jackets again
Snuggling up in blankets
Sharing pie and a cup of tea with Tim after the kids go to bed. French Pear Pie to be specific. Dangerously good!
The new season of "Once Upon a Time"
Play dates
Bible study homework and good conversations with my husband
Orchard-fresh produce
Playing outside
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It's a Happy October
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