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Top Ten Tuesday: Worrying

So basically I just make a list of whatever 10 things I want to and link up to the Oh Amanda blog!

Today I seem to have a lot of worries. I'm trying not to worry so much. Today I am placing my Top Ten worries before God and trusting He knows about them and will take care of them, no matter how big or small the worries are.  Here they are:

I'm worried about:

1. My middle-school girl's friendship heartaches and her longing to have close friends who care about her and aren't afraid to tell her.

2. My youngest's school work insecurities.

3. My husband's job.

4. A new web design job I have that I can't seem to get off the ground.

5. An upcoming event that I am dreading.

6. My oldest daughter's schedule and how to manage her desire to be involved in EVERYTHING.

7. My own continued health struggles.

8. Finances. Enough said.

9. My children's Bible education and how to provide for that knowing they won't get it at school.

10. And number one some more.

Top Ten Tuesday: Goals for November

So basically I just make a list of whatever 10 things I want to and link up to the Oh Amanda blog!

Top Ten Goals for November

1. Catch up on Photo Albums

2. Increase my blog traffic (I'm feeling depressed that even free books only get 10 entries...what am I doing wrong?)

3. Have a date with my husband.

4. Have a daughter date with each of my girls.

5. Read lots of books.

6. Start volunteering a little at school.

7. Keep going with P90X exercises.

8. Spend less time on Facebook. Spend less time obsessing about things others post on Facebook.

9. Finally get my eyebrows shaped by someone who knows what they are doing (not all goals can be too deep, right?)

10. Knit 2 purses.

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things I Adore About Fall in the Midwest

So basically I just make a list of whatever 10 things I want to and link up to the Oh Amanda blog!

Top Ten Things I Adore About all [in the Midwest]

1. Fantastically beautiful fall colors on the trees! Took my breath away on my walk today!

2. Going to the apple orchard with my family.

3. Pumpkin bread!

4. Salted caramel lattes at Starbucks.

5. Watching my puppy try to chase squirrels. He scrambles after them, but gets so confused when he gets to the bottom of the tree they've run up and can't find them. He looks round and round the tree and looks so sad that he can't find them! Adorable and pathetic all at once!

6. I love all the cute pumpkin arrangements on people's front steps!

7. The big [huge] blow up pumpkins my neighbors put out on their front lawn!

8. Applesauce cooking in the slow cooker all day!

9. The perfect weather...mid-70s...no humidity, no mosquitoes, no snow!

10. Watching my kids jump in leaf piles!

Top Ten Tuesday: Sick Kids Changed my Day in Ten Ways

Found a new fun blog post group link for Tuesdays!

So basically I just make a list of 10 things and link up to the Oh Amanda blog! 

My Tuesday is not going exactly how I wanted it to. I have 2 sick kiddos home from school and I am struggling with the sense of not managing my day or my emotions very well. So here are the top ten things I thought I would be doing today that I am not doing because of sickness.

1. Going for a long walk with the dog. Instead I am playing fetch with him down the hall to give him exercise. I am exercising my fingers on the computer keyboard and my juice-pouring arm to bring the girls their vitamin C in liquid form.

2. Watching last night's "Castle" episode. I have it on the DVR. Waiting for me. But murder is probably not the most kid-friendly thing to watch while they are home.

3. Decluttering the toy room. Hard to manage packing up stuffed teddy and My Little Ponies when they are watching.

4. Driving youngest to karate. No hi-yays when sick.

5. Driving oldest to swim team. No crawling, breast-stroaking, butterflying, or back-stroking when sick.

6. Dusting out the ceiling fan in the bathroom.  No real excuse here, just dread doing it.

7. Entering receipts into the budget software. Sick child watching Netflix on laptop.

8. Finding out the highs and lows of their days at school.

9. Mailing out book-winners books. Again...sick kids don't like to be left alone.

10. and the last thing I'm not doing b/c of sick kids is feel guilt-free. I feel utterly guilty that they got sick for some reason. I guess b/c some other moms have mentioned how healthy their kids are b/c of vitamins they take and I've been negligent in the vitamin-giving department. Now I feel guilt.

Strangs top ten list for my first one. Please don't hold it against me since I am feeling mommy guilt mixed with cabin fever. I'm not my normal self.