It’s October and that means a whole bunch of different things
to me. It means everywhere I go is all
pumpkins, hay stacks and apples. Its young kids talking about the perfect
costumes while shopping with their parents. It also means isles full of bagged Halloween
candy, costumes, and trick or treat buckets shaped like Hello Kitty, ghosts, or
Batman. Its texts with pictures of my best friend dressed as the wicked witch
in some form at someone’s Halloween party (we don’t live in the same state).
It used to mean trips
to the pumpkin patch but without kids to enjoy the hayrides with or watch the
immense joy at picking out their perfect pumpkin and watching them feed the
animals in the petting zoo; it’s too expensive to go since they charge $15 a
person to even walk into the patch now so I buy our pumpkins in the store or farmer's market.
It’s the time when everything pumpkin spice is released, which
frankly is out of control. . I admit I love to make pumpkin bread from scratch
as well as apple butter and a nice curry pumpkin soup. I love pumpkin spice lattes and most things pumpkin
but I certainly don’t want or need pumpkin spice Oreos or M&M’s. I saw this
video posted to a friend’s wall and its perfect (warning not safe for work or
kids due to brief language).
October also has National Chocolate day on the 28th
so what can be a better way to celebrate our “go live” date. That’s the day we
officially went into circulation meaning our letters and link to our online
profile would go out to expecting parents thinking about adoption.
October also means it’s another year waiting to adopt. Which starts me thinking how much longer will
I put us through the emotional meat grinder.
I know in my heart the answer but with each passing year it gets harder
to wait.
October also means another trip to Ghana for Don. This year
the charity is building a playground for the school and is focused on the
kindergarten class. We’ve had friends
and my cousin generously donate puzzles, harmonicas, and Beanie Babies so
far. The lady at the coffee shop has
younger kids so she thinks she has some books they’ve out grown to donate and I’ve
picked up dice and wood building blocks so far.
I’ll be hitting up Good Will too to see if they’ve got books and games I
can send over.
Last year's Team in Ghana in front of the newly finished school
Don teaching his class about computers last year
This October also means our basement remodel will be
completed and I’m super excited. Our
cabinets were installed yesterday so we are inching closer and closer to being
done. Then we can start shopping for new furniture and relocate our living room
into the new space. With this remodel it opens up a large section to be a great
play area for our future little one to play in.
October means that Football season is in full swing and Baseball season is coming to a close.
Us on Sunday at the Seahawks first home game
What does October mean to you this year?
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