OCTOBER 2022!

  QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

"It is no kindness to treat unhappy people as helpless, hopeless, or inadequate, no matter what has happened to them. Kindness is having faith in the truth, and that people can handle it and use it for their benefit. True compassion is helping people help themselves.”
~William Glasser, Choice Theory

OCTOBER MEMORABLE MOMENTS

• Fun with friends at Rachel's birthday brunch in Tulsa!
• Joining Mom and the kids to watch Carter Lee play football
• Kyndal Faith's first book being dedicated to me!
• Seeing Mean Girls in theaters just for fun
• Two Taber walk-throughs to ask for and approve small corrections
• Fun with friends at the "Marvel movie night" where I only saw five minutes of the movie
• A good dinner talk with Sarah Elizabeth at Charleston's
• Helping Rach update her resume and cover letter
• Closing day, moving weekend, Mom joining me for my first night in the new home
• The Wilson fam's surprise visit on moving weekend!
• Lots of help from Kristin and Al and the Parrish fam
• Tons of unpacking, organizing, and decorating work (and lots more to go)
• My second role play video CCU homework -- less intimidating this time, so yay progress!
• LIFE-GIVING:  Feeling so much support from friends and family!!  Learning about plant propagation - more on that later, but the metaphor for my life at the moment made me happy!
• LIFE-DRAINING:  Moving.  Happy to be here, but the process is draining for me until things truly feel settled (which will happen over the next couple weeks).  I'm verrry glad I took a rest day on Sunday!

HAPPY LISTS

I Listened To:

• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

• The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why it Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal

• Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

• Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom by William Glasser

• The usual favorite podcasts!

I Watched:  

• Finished The West Wing, Season 3

• Mean Girls in theaters

• Fixer Upper: The Castle on Hulu (with Mom)

• Schitt's Creek on Hulu

I'm Celebrating:  

• My new home - YAY!
• Persevering through exhaustion/doubt to keep pursuing school goals and other dreams

Yay, Taber Homes!

Happy Halloween, friends and family! =)  It's the first Halloween in several years where my house isn't brimming over with Christmas decor, but we'll remedy that soon!  What a month this has been!!  I hope your October held lots of good memories, and I hope to see you again soon, maybe at my new place! ❤

"May you enter His gates with thanksgiving
and His courts with praise!"

(Psalm 100:4)