Weekly Plan

Happy October! My favorite month of the year!

Weekly planning this morning and I am realizing that I am WAY behind! 

YIKES

Halloween in just 4+ weeks when I know we will have people here and then it will be Thanksgiving in a heartbeat. So I think just working on Monday, Wednesday and Friday isn't cutting it!

We have a full week this week, no days off, nothing special just the "normal" week!

I still have a few half done projects like beadboard in the guest bath that needs to be painted, and antlers that need glittered. Those are the fun ones to do but I still have clothes to sort, baseboards to clean and touch up.

I haven't even started in either bathroom or the linen closet! Those are on the list for this week too.

I think this warm weather makes me not feel like Fall cleaning! It's been high 70's for weeks!

Meals

Monday~Pork Tenderloin and Veggies

Tuesday~Tacos (or nachos)

Wednesday~Spicy Chicken pasta

Thursday~Teriyaki Chicken and rice

Friday~Football Game Food 

Reading

~Devotional

~Crazy Love (for small group Bible study)

~Huge stack of Halloween Magazines

Fun Stuff

~Library Music and Dance Story time

~Riding Lessons

~Soccer Practice x4

~Playdates

And I am also planning on making some baked goodies..

Going to try mini blackberry cobblers and something pumpkin or Fall-ish for playdate!

Any super recipes that can be sweet but not overly sweet or complicated?

I love this set-up. Looks so cozy!

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Fall Porch

I love a good porch! A big porch with cozy seating and a general feel of welcoming. We don't have that :(

We have a decent sized porch but it's lacking!

I've been working on it though to make it better.

Here is what ours looked like before

Sad little chair, missing table, over ripe apples from last month, cob webs 

and a tipped over bucket. Nothing Fall like or inviting!

Taking inspiration from Pinterest

 (of course) and other blogs. 

These are some of my favorite porches, like you could sit and stay a while (with no 8 legged friends)

Love the clock!

Never thought of using rugs, other than door mats. Clever!

Love the floor, and the mismatched chairs!

I know I love Mums for fall

I like the white and the dark red ones

and pillows! We need pillows!

These are ADORABLE!

I LOVE love this sign, this style!

Ok, I have some inspiration and our porch is mostly cleaned off. Naptime tomorrow  well whenever I have a few minutes here and there I will work on it, Hoping to be done before Thursday!

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Weekly Plan

Now that our birthday weekend is over, I REALLY have to get in gear!

I usually grocery shop on Friday but we left Friday so I have to do it today, along with a bunch of other stuff.

This week needs to be the end of some projects, the start of some fall/easy cooking and the beginning stages of Christmas planning. I know, that sounds crazy, but I am just planning on making a
 plan to start homemade gifts.

Meals
So easy meals means cook once eat multiple times
Monday~Crock Pot Pork Roast
Tuesday~Pork Soft tacos (with leftovers)
Wednesday~Spaghetti
Thursday~Beef Stroganoff
Friday~Mini Pizzas


Errands
~Oil Change (least fave thing to do, but the 30 minutes of scheduling time I can use)
~Grocery Shopping
~Switching Banks.. another ewww!

Fun Stuff
~Horse Riding Lessons
~5k this weekend
~Soccer, Soccer and more Soccer!
~Playdates, lots of playdates!

Around the House
~Finish Painting Blue
~Finish Kitchen Fall Cleaning
~Finish Family Room Fall Cleaning
~Pretty up the Porch
~Prep for Halloween decorations (clean surfaces, put non seasonal stuff away)

Reading
~My stack of magazines (and pass them on)
~ A few chapters in my fun book (The Night Circus)
~Daily reads in my Devotional


I will say that making these weekly plans has really helped me feel like I get a better idea of the big picture!
And I have not been going to the gym as much lately, thinking I need to add exercise to the list of planning! Failing to plan is planning to fail right?
If this week doesn't manage to have a few good workouts in it, I will for sure be adding it to the list!

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Fall = Changes

And not just the regular leave changing, new classroom changes. 

Around here something about fall makes me like to change EVERYTHING! From hair color to bedroom furniture placement and the way I drive to and from school.

I talked about changing Finnley's room, well if you can call it changing, more like finishing.

But we also have been doing some work in Ramsey's room!

Haven't really shared much of his.

Here are a few from when Hubby built his bed, and we got his little locker desk put in.

We painted his room when we first moved in, before the dresser and bed. Obviously since they all clash!

Just finishing up painting, already put the bed back together, a few things to take care of and I will share the changes. I miss that tiny face, the picture was taken in 2010! He looks so big and grown up now, with HUGE teeth!

When we get back from our weekend adventure we should be able to finish it all up!

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