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Year of Faith – The year of faith started this month and I read a great post from Elizabeth Duffy called Re-igniting the Romance of Faith: Using the Year of Faith for refreshment and a good stretch. I love the idea of rekindling your love of Christ over the next year. Patheos also had a timely post from Pat Gohn who has a handy collection of links and resources to make the most of your Year of Faith.
Are you doing anything special to mark this year of faith? Any recommendations for the kids? Let me know!

For My Sweetheart – Speaking of rekindling love, our favorite marriage-boosting-go-to-gal, Hallie at Moxie Wife, started the 30 Day Marriage Challenge on Monday. I’ve joined along with her and have been doing well so far…except for the day I had to go the whole day without correcting Brian. I don’t think I made it the first hour. I’ll have to add an extra day at the end and have a redo! If you want to join in, here is the list. Today (Saturday 10/20) we are doing challenge #6.

Down on One Knee – Speaking of my hubby, this month we celebrated 13 years since Brian officially proposed to me. I pulled out my old scrapbook to find the paper where he drafted what he would say to me. It brings tears to my eyes that everything he promised me that night, he has delivered. He’s filled my life with love and happiness, which is just the remedy to soften the normal family chaos. 😉 God is good.

My Little Man – Speaking of the cause of much of my daily chaos, my sweet Matty turned 18 months last week. He is full of energy and mischievousness but he’s got a smile that melts a mama’s heart.

Me Likey – – I’ve been working on cleaning up the blog, deleting dead links, updating tags etc but it’s a tedious task since I have posts from over the past 8 years. I’ve been debating whether I should change to WordPress or even Blogger for greater design options. I’m also bummed that so many people email me saying they are unable to comment. I’m still trying to work out the bugs but there are only so many hours in the day.
In the meantime, I’ve made an official RoL logo and Facebook page. Check it out and “Like” it. Thx! Mwah!

Making It Count – Don’t forget that this Tuesday is the next installment of Making It Count. You simply start with any one of those fabulous ideas you’ve found online. Then, do it. Make it. Cook it. Create it. Take it from the screen, give it life and let it bless your world. When you’re done, snap a photo, write about it and share it with us. Make your time online count! I think I’ll post about the Tyler Florence Chicken Soup that Brian loooooved!

Ugh, My DVR Is at 90% – How have you been liking the new Fall shows? Any favorites? Any disappointments? Brian and I love the new Elementary and The Arrow on CW. We’ve been trying to get into Revolution but it just isn’t grabbing us. I don’t care much for the Charlie character which makes watching almost tedious. I doubt it’ll last another week in our house. I also love PBS’s Call the Midwife but Brian politely passed. We do watch The Middle together and always get a laugh. Oh and we still love Grimm and Once Upon A Time. I am happy to report that the once annoying David has finally redeemed himself in my eyes as he has started acting like a man. What do you think of Regina? Will she find her inner good and let Cora be the villain instead?
Anyway, if you are not into TV but love period dramas here is a video that was in my Facebook feed this week. I don’t really know the song but it has clips from five of my favorite period dramas – Persuasion (2007), North & South (2004), Wives and Daughters (1999), Jane Eyre (2006) and Pride & Prejudice (2005).
Hopefully the correct video plays. (Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word) Sometimes another 70’s-ish period drama video comes up instead.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!