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Happy  Wednesday, friends! It doesn't seem like it should be October already. I feel like I just wrote this post last week for the month of September. It's crazy how much time flies by.

I'm linking up with Anne over at her lovely blog, 💓 anne in residence. This month we're talking about what we're borrowing, buying, planning, prepping and reading.

Borrowing:

The only thing I can think of here is that I'm borrowing all the books from my library. Well, not the actual physical library, but I use the app Libby and am able to borrow books through my library card. Although, this has gotten me thinking that I need to consider paying a visit there soon. I may do that this week. I am wanting to read a couple of decorating books right now and it would be nice to browse through their nonfiction books to see what I can find. 

I wrote a post about my local library last week, in an installment of a series I do here called Tuesday Around Town. If you'd like to read it, you can click here. 

Buying:

The usual...groceries, stuff like that. I really want a pumpkin and a mum for our front porch and didn't find one on Monday, so that's on the agenda to buy this week. I'd also love to hit up my favorite boutique and buy a new top or two. One like this style—

Planning:

All the things in this cute new planner I picked up this week. I am more about the Google calendar these days, just because I always have it with me, but every once in a while, I really miss a paper planner. This one was very inexpensive from Target that I picked up while I was getting some groceries. I love writing things down so that I can later forget. 🤣

Also...

...after blogging for how many years? I have finally become more predictable in this space and at the suggestion of another blogger, started planning posts each month. Would you believe I already have the posts planned out for the rest of this year? Now that I do this, it flows a little easier and I work on the posts as I go about life. For instance, as I read books, I work on that draft as I finish each book. I started to say I don't know why I didn't do this before, but I do know the reason: I was busy! My twins were still being homeschooled and I made myself available for them all the time. Now that they've graduated and are working full time jobs, I have free time. (I finished all of these posts ahead of time and scheduled them on the day I wanted them to publish. It's Monday afternoon as I write this at my kitchen table, with some lovely Steve Tyrell music playing in the background.)

Prepping:

At the moment I'm prepping for this week. I like to do this type of thing on Monday...I sit down and write out the things I have going on that week, then I like to think about dinner and what the plan is for that each night. Sometimes I don't do this and am more fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants, but it's better for me when I do it this way. I also love to do this at the beginning of each month and at the new year. 

Reading:

In my quiet time each day, I'm in the book of Isaiah, Psalm, Proverbs and Ephesians. I am still reading along in my Everyday with Jesus Bible that I've been reading all year. Ephesians is one of my favorite books in the Bible, especially the sixth chapter. 

As part of my quiet time, I'm also reading a book called SING! by Keith and Kristyn Getty. Side note: they will be at my church in December and I get to be a part of the choir that gets to sing with them! I'm excited about that. As for the book, it's really good and is one my worship pastor recommended. It's all about the importance of singing praises to God. 

Personally and for fun, I'm reading yet another book by Pamela Kelley. If you haven't read her books, have I convinced you yet? She is such a great author! 

Thanks for reading my blog, friends! I hope your week is going really good so far. Love to all! ❤

P.s. I added a bonus blog post last night, so if you missed that, you can click here to go read it...it was a fun one!