Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Top Ten Tuesday: Halloweeeeeeen

    
Top Ten is an original feature/weekly meme originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl that features a great bookish top ten every week.

A Halloween Freebie!? Yes Please! I did my top ten books that I think would be great to read on Halloween! Plus movies we watch every year on or around Halloween

Books:


Movies:

Plus here is 10 years of Halloween costumes!

2014 
(I didn't manage to get a pic in 2015 so I'm counting this!)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023
Junie's first Halloween! John and June were bears and me and Finn were foxes (Again)

2024
Me and June were witches and John and Finn were zombies

Monday, October 27, 2025

Awe Monday! Forehead Kiss

  

Awe (Awww) Mondays is hosted by Comedy Plus! Just post a photo that makes you say AWE! and link up.




Sunday, October 26, 2025

November Readathin!



I couldn't find ALL of the info about this, I'm assuming it starts at 12 AM on November 1st and ends 11:59PM on November 30th. But either way I'm doing it! Here is the link to check it out
Let me know if you plan to join! Can't wait to see what everyone will be reading!
I'll post my TBR probably Thursday!



Prompt and Explanation

MOVIE/DATE NIGHT
Take yourself, a friend, family member, or partner out on a date or to the movies. Or you can cozy on up and watch a movie at home!

COZY READING NIGHT
Snuggle up with a nice warm blanket and a hot beverage and read some good books. Though, if you cannot do this during the actual "night" feel free to do it whenever you can. No pressure to specifically do it during the night. It just sounds better for the prompt...

START PLANNING 2026
This can be as simple as just making a journal spread, brainstorming some goals, or fully deciding on some. You don't have to "fully" plan the year. Just get started so you're not stressing about it all in December.

STORYGRAPH/GOODREADS CLEAN UP
Take a look at your Storygraph and/or Goodreads and clean it up a bit. Organize some books into tags or go through some of your want to read list. Get rid of some things you're not interested in anymore, add some series continuations that you may have forgotten to mark as "want to read," or clean up your challenges. Just get ready for 2026 with a nice cleaned up tracker.

LISTEN TO MUSIC
Take some time to not read and just listen to some music. You can do a dance party, use some lo-fi music to focus on some tasks, or just play some music during the day while you're going about your normal tasks. Just listen to some good music!

GRATITUDE LIST FOR 2025
Take some time to reflect on 2025. Look back and remember all the good things that happened to you this year. Yes, this year was a tough one, but some good things happened. Remember those things over the bad. You don't need to share these with anyone, but feel free to if you want!

HOBBY TIME OR JOURNAL
Take some time to work on your favorite hobby or start a new one! Work on some journaling to let out some steam or prep for next year!

DECLUTTER SOMETHING
A fan favorite with this one. Can be something really small like decluttering your mind by brainstorming everything that's up there or something bigger like decluttering a space in your house. Even getting rid of one thing that isn't serving you anymore counts!

SELF CARE DAY
Take some time to rest and relax (or whatever you count as self care).

HAVE AN AUTUMNAL SNACK
Yes, drinks count for this as well! You don't need to make it yourself, but just have a snack or drink that screams "Autumn" to you!

WINTER HOPEFULS LIST
You know the drill! Make a list of some books you want to read this winter. I know winter is a tough one with time so feel free to have this list "start" in either December or January. If you want to start when the official season starts, go for it! If you're in the Southern Hemisphere, feel free to make this a Summer Hopefuls list! There is a template that's Winter themed in the Graphics section of this website.

DO SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF
This can be anything, really. If you're a crocheter or knitter, weave in those ends. If you've been putting off cleaning something, get it done. Have to make a phone call or send an email or schedule an appointment?
GET. IT. DONE.

Weekly Wrap Up: October 19th-26th

    

Weekly Wrap Up: October 19th-26th

Life Stuff:
This week sucked. There's no other way to say it. I have had this horrible abdominal pain since last Sunday and Tuesday I finally went to urgent care thinking maybe it's my gallbladder. It wasn't, they said everything looks fine. Gallbladder is fine, no gallstones, everything is fine. Went home. Lived life Wednesday, rescheduled our movie for Friday because I was not feeling good. 
Thursday comes around and the pain is so much worse, I can barely move. I ended up vomiting and we went to the ER concerned it was my appendix. 
Get to the ER, they do ALL kinds of tests, urine, blood, CT, ultrasound. They end up saying it's because I have cysts on my ovaries... Guess what? I have PCOS, yes I have cysts.
They said that's why I'm in pain, even though the pain is in my upper right abdomen and nowhere near my ovaries. 
Friday my dad took off so he could watch June because I was in so much pain I could not. 
I'm so frustrated, we had to cancel our movie, John took June to a birthday party without me. I can still barely move. 
Went to urgent care last night.. Again. They did a CT again, blood work, etc. I loved the doctor though, he listened and validated. He's like yeah no, it's not caused from PCOS and they just wanted you out as fast as they could. 
He said I need to go to the GI and it sounds like an ulcer. Sooo that's the next step.

Coming up this week:
We have two doctor appointments for the kids on Monday, just well checks. Then I have an appointment with a nutritionist after. I have a photoshoot Tuesday, a WIC appointment Thursday, and then Friday is Halloween! Saturday we'll be going to the Day of the Dead festival!

Finn/June learned:
Finn is focusing on online school (So he's mostly doing it on his own) and we did a lot of journaling this week.
June is learning all about colors, shapes, letters, numbers, body parts, and emotions!

Photos from this week:



Books Read: 
Because I haven't been feeling great I haven't really been reading. Which sucks a bit. 


Played:

Watched:




This week's TBR:

This week's TBW:




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