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November Goals

You guys. October went crazy fast, didn’t it? My most favorite month flew by without much of my normal October/Autum fanfare. I baked only one batch of Killer Pumpkin Bars, which now that I’m thinking about it, probably answers my question about how I lost two pounds last week without even trying.

While the challenges of work in October have been met and my focus there can relax a bit, home life in November will be about playing catch up. Chores and plans I had for last month didn’t work out and so we’ll work to get those goals accomplished along with my November goals.

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Here are my November Goals:

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Five Ways to Cheer for the Home Team

Happy Fall, friends! I’m celebrating with a healthy dose of pumpkin spice and also with a new series over on Facebook LIVE. Catch me every Friday for Friday Five Live, a live chat about five topics chosen by myself and YOU!  Have a topic you’d like to discuss? Leave suggestions in the comment section. Remember, this is meant to be fun and informational so no hot topics, please.

Today’s episode is all about celebrating the home team and 5 Ways to Cheer for the Home Team as suggested by my good friend Julie.

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Don’t Shout. Find Your Megaphone | Recap

I think most bloggers are like me: introverts who occasionally need to be social in real life. Some of us lead quiet online lives with laid back editorial calendars (or with none at all-like me) and some have every single day scheduled with blog posts, social shares, live chats, Insta stories. The list of social shout outs goes on and on. I like my quiet voice. There’s no need to shout when you have a megaphone.

I’m talking about the conference formerly known as AWBU (of which I’ve raved about for years).

Megaphone Conference. Different name. Same great group of bloggers, speakers, and leaders and most definitely the same idea-gather, grow, connect.

See recaps from previous years here:

  • 2012 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  (2012 was a big year, you guys)
  • 2013
  • 2014…ummm…apparently I was in a rut as I didn’t blog about the 2014 conference at all. Nor did I blog for the entire month of September.
  • 2015…and apparently I didn’t do much blogging this year either. Sad face.

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I was fortunate enough to win a ticket this year by volunteering to write a blog post over at the Arkansas Women Bloggers site, so, thank you Stephanie!

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Why I won’t be reading

I’ve been ruminating over the release of this play-disguised-as-a-book for a couple of months now. I admit, I was torn over whether or not I would read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; like every other Harry Potter fan, I am hungry for more Harry, Hermione, and of course, Ron but not so much so that I’ll settle for less than the best.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Why I won't be reading

And, the best would be in J.K.’s own voice. Seeing her name there, larger and above the others, just doesn’t convince me that this is her work; her words. After all, to me, she is Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

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