October in Review and November goals

Wow! October was a really busy month. I didn't set any serious goals or anything and I felt very unfocused all month. So here I am to set goals.

First, lets look at October. I participated in the FMSPhotoaday Challenge. It was an alphabet and number challenge...take a look at what I photographed all month:



To see what I photograph in November follow me on Instagram!

To get in the Halloween spirit despite being in a country that does not celebrate Halloween I decorated my table:

Read the whole post here

The second weekend of this month we took off to Rome, Italy to meet some friends who were on their honeymoon.

See my packing recap here.

A recap of all the delicious food here....

...and read about the rest of the trip here!

It was such an adventure and are so lucky we can just do a weekend in Rome right now. 

When we got home from Rome my daughter was on Autumn break and we took a trip to Muiderslot...a medieval castle in a nearby town.

A photo posted by Kate (@diaryofanurbanhousewife) on Oct 10, 2014 at 6:35am PDT

A photo posted by Kate (@diaryofanurbanhousewife) on Oct 10, 2014 at 10:00am PDT

On the last Friday of Autumn break we went to Kermis which used to be more of a religious fair but has turned into just an expensive regular fair but the kiddo and her friend had a blast so it was well worth it! 

A photo posted by Kate (@diaryofanurbanhousewife) on Oct 10, 2014 at 1:53pm PDT

A photo posted by Kate (@diaryofanurbanhousewife) on Oct 10, 2014 at 11:39am PDT

We attended a great fright night type thing at Keukenhof:

Read about that here.

We had a fantastic visit with our friends. Their visit ended like this:

We made omelets, eggs in pepper, and eggs Benedict for the rest of us. We did brioche, cheese, and mimosas. It was amazing...and so much fun to have other people to cook with!

That brought us right up to the last week in October and celebrating Halloween. A few of the other mom's at school had an imporptu Halloween party I attended while the hubby did a little late work. 

I then came home and cooked us a late, yet delicious steak dinner and we watch Ghostbusters and Scream. 

I didn't meet my fitness goals this month, but kept my nutrition mostly in check. This month:

• Complete Insanity Month 1 +2 days a week do some extra upper body work for maintenance.
• Add more greens to my diet:
• add spinach to my egg whites
• have a salad at lunch each day, but switch it up so they don't get boring
• use greens powder in post workout smoothie
• Cut down to one coffee a day
• One "cheat" meal a week....do my best to avoid the amazing treats that are coming out this time of year.

Get Christmas planned and settled so we can relax in December.

I think that about sums it up...what are your goals for this month?

Swapoween Reveal!

 

Hello, everyone! I am back to post my swapoween reveal!!! My partner was Mandy from over at Funky Frugal Mommy!!!  I had so much fun putting her package together and was so excited when her's arrived to me on Thursday! I unfortunately didn't get around to opening it until yesterday, but was so excited when I did!

Such fun accessories for dressing up!!!

Close up of my goodies. That skeleton glows in the dark, so awesome! We also now tell everyone to have a spooky day when they leave thanks to the door plaque we have hanging! 

Also I am so excited about the silly string. I always "surprise" my daughter (who's 13) with silly string...I'll randomly wake her up by spraying her with it! She saw it and was like oh my I must hide it! LOL

A close up of some of the goodies!

This is probably my single most favourite piece...a glitter skull with pink rhinestone eyes! Already planning a costume to use this next year! hahaha

Some super cool masks, some fun stickers that I'm using in my planner this upcoming week, a tattoo sleeve, and my daughter's favourite which you can't really see here are some Chupa Chyps and some orange stick on nails! Stayed tuned on instagram  where some of these goodies will be making their debut this weekend! 

Mandy really managed to put together a super fun box for my family! We love it! Make sure to go check her out and the ladies over at Chaotic Goddess Swaps, they are fantastic for putting this together!