September 2017 Review

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It's time for my monthly recap that helps keep me on track (ooo that rhymes!) -- My Sept. 2017 review.  Goal-wise Sept. went pretty well.   Goals Books - I read/listened to 8 books/audiobooks.  (Alright, 7 of them were audiobooks) - 8 x month is my goal. The ones that stand out this month were: "By Hook or By Crook" -Hetchetman  alright, so the story here didn't really grab me.  But the concept did.  A woman's crochet club solves an old mystery that has crochet clues.  "Pray for Silence"  and "Breaking Silence" - Castillo - I think these are  #3 and #4 in the Kate Burkholder series.  The series deals with murders and crimes that happen to the Amish community.  It does not disappoint, active mysteries involving the Amish.  And the book written by Lionel Dahmer.  Yes.  That Dahmer.  The dad of serial killer Jeffery Dahmer wrote a book.  It was heartwrenching and quite open and honest as Lionel explored his own grief over the evil his son did and was quite open about his own short comings.  It really made me more understanding --  in any act where there are victims (such as the Las Vegas shooting) -- there are more victims than only those hurt ...  there is also the family of the one perpetrating the crime.  Exercise As for exercise I try to hold myself to hitting 12 days out of the month where I'm either active for a half hour or walk at least 10,000 steps in the day.  Well, this month I fell a bit short, getting in 7 "goal" days, but 7 is better than none.  I got lazy by driving more often to the grocery store and garden rather than walking.  I will try to walk more this month seeing as come winter I won't have a choice but to drive.  Money I did not use my credit card(s) and I had some money left at the end of each week.  Go me! (On a 3 month roll now!) Recipes It's my goal to try at least 2 new recipes each month.  In Sept. I did 9 new recipes!   Go me!  Lasagna roll-ups, Turkey rice hotdish and Bbq chicken hotdish were so-so.  Sweet tart cucumber salad, peach pie, chili lime fish, tomato soup (homemade), tomato dumpling soup, beef Italian wedding soup - these were all fantastic.   Particularly challenging was preparing the fish, something I haven't done before.  General In other news Sept. was at times difficult.  My mom's favorite cousin passed away.  Even though I didn't know him well, it really affected me.  I think that was probably the biggest blow.  I had some car issues, and while it's fixed for now by adding a little brake fluid, it does appear that the level of fluid goes down a bit periodically so it may mean that I have a leak somewhere.  A little extra worry.  Dad gave me a scare in the early part of the month.  But Sept. was also productive and fun at times.   Canning with mom, preparing for Riverssance, hanging out with friends, going out dancing,  all of these things helped make Sept. fun too.  Thank you for reading.   How was your Sept.?  And how is your Oct. shaping up? Photo: Mine