Holy October!

Guys! It's October! 

Where did September go? Wherever it went, it went fast and I'm kind of okay with that, because it went fast for all the right reasons. October's already picking up speed and shaping up to be an even better month than September. Every month, I like to outline posts I know I want to make, and this month there are so many exclamation points on my outline page--it's going to be SUCH an exclamatory, joy-filled month for me! 

Every basic white girl gets all hyper once October rolls around. It always makes me think of Meg Ryan movies and Anne of Green Gables, women who celebrated autumn like it was a vocation. Insert the "You've Got Mail" quote about a bouquet of newly-sharpened pencils here, y'all. Or how about Anne's rhapsodic "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers?" As Kathleen Kelly and Anne are definitely in the pantheon of my personal female heroes, I'll jump right up on that bandwagon with them. October! I love you!

Just a few of the exciting things coming up this month: 

I move HERE...taking possession in less than eight hours, in fact...

These two are celebrating their 30th anniversary...

While these two get ready to celebrate their wedding...

...giving me a great reason to make a trip HERE!

It's also my favorite man in the world's birthday...

...oh, and I'm celebrating one whole YEAR (!!!!) of doing this bloggity blog thing. 

Yes. October, you are going to be good to me. Raise up your pumpkin spice lattes and let's all toast to the next month...may it be as awesome as a bouquet of newly-sharpened pencils courtesy of Tom Hanks.