Hello, October!!!!!

October is finally here! It has to be one of my favorite months!! Halloween- seeing children trick-or-treating, our Wedding Anniversary is also on Halloween! Plus all the yummy pumpkin flavored treats abound!

 

We usually decorate shortly after Labor Day but September was a weird month. The decorating will commence tomorrow!! Instead of carving a pumpking (because of all the fateful videos we have seen on AFV of kids eating the pumpkin innards & puking everywhere) we will be painting a pumpkin!! Maybe putting our hand prints on it to make them look like Turkeys!

 

General with September, since my Hubs bday is at the beginning portion of the month- it is a very exciting time of year! Hello Gateway month! Hubs Bday, First Day of Fall, HALLOWEEN!, Thanksgiving and then the winter holidays! It is my absolute favorite!!!

 

With living in Lovely South Florida (wah-wah) we do not really experience "cold" fall weather. Maybe 3 collective weeks of chilly sweater-worthy weather. (BOOO!!!!)

 

With my Hubs receiving his promotion, we keep toying with ideas of where we eventually want to sprout our own roots- Stay in Fla? Move to Washington? Who knows! A few days ago, we discussed a dream of Hay Rides, and Corn Mazes, Pumpkin Patches and fall colored leaves. Stirring that into the possibility, we couldn't really think where that would plant us. For a VERY short time,Orlando was home to me. We have tossed around the idea of moving to Orlando- I've got 3 GREAT friends up there, Hubs could easily transfer (since they do not have any Advance Auto Parts in Washington State.)

 

At this point in life we still need to set aside money TO move, potentially buy a home to raise Our Dude. My father says if we come to Georgia, he would sign a mortgage with us, thus helping us lock in a lower financing rate.

 

Aah! Sometimes being, granted a modified version, an adult.....SUCKS. Choices that will now affect our son more directly. It is kind of hefty to shoulder!!

 

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What sort of decisions do YOU have currently on the backburner or in the future??

 

 

Life is funny.....materialism sucks.

I was reading my friends blog and she hit the nail on the head in questioning how we as a "civilization" are always trying to "one-up" each other. That the best car, most expensive handbag, blingiest jewelry, or amount of money will somehow make us "better" than everyone else.  This type of thinking is BULLSHIT. I myself find it hard not to get sucked in to this way of thinking. It happens though. Not to say that there aren't things that would be lovely to add to my closet, pending a winning lottery ticket. But being realistic about it, nothing NEEDED.
The question comes up within myself as to why these materialistic things are wanted; a lot of time its to fill a "void" of some sort. Not within my relationship with my husband, but maybe in certain areas of life that feel "cheated" in a sense. "Not enough attention as a child? Not feeling adequate in my adolescense? Not getting in to a 4-year college, or having the attention span to go to community college?" Assuming we had the possibility of a "perfect" world- baker/pastry chef/cake decorator would be my dream job.

There are SOO many things I wish for my son. After reading an article that talked about splitting up his future allowance into three categories: SPEND/SAVE/DONATE. He will be in charge of deciding how much percentage he wants to put into each category. This way if we are out shopping and there comes a toy he wants, it will depend on his "SPEND/SAVE" accounts if HE can afford it.  AMAZING!! I wish I could remember the name of the book where this theory/practice was discussed!! It is genius!

After having my son, the new life motto is to try and get as much out of life with my loved ones as possible. Hug your family, send a text to a friend whom you haven't talked to in a while to let them know that you're still there for them. Make plans outdoors! Drink up life!!! You only go around once, so LIVE IT UP!!