Hi friends and happy first day of November (and first day of NaBloPoMo)! It is all of a sudden freezing cold here in Kansas. Yesterday was chillier than we expected… maybe even one of the coldest Halloweens we’ve had. That didn’t stop the kids from heading out and getting way too much candy.

What do you all do with all the candy after Halloween? My kids dentist and his vacation house would probably like it if I let them have a free for all, but I typically let them eat all they want the night of Halloween (which never ends up being as much as I would think) then the day after they each get 20 pieces to keep. I hold onto some of it for currency (like clean your room, you get candy, etc) but other than that, I try to get as much of it out of the house as possible. I LOVE candy… I always have. It is one thing I can’t have around the house, or I am the one eating it all day! The good thing is, my kids will do just about anything for candy, so if I play my cards right my house should be very clean by the end of this week without me having to lift a finger!

I thought today would be a perfect day for a Happiness Report. It’s the start of a new month (hello, November!) and I’m feeling all kinds of peppy this morning. So here we go……

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1) Bakeaholic Mama 2) Pineapple and Coconut 3) Fabtastic Eats 4) Lemon Bowl 5) Foodness Gracious 6) Rachel Cooks 7) Dine & Dish  8) Big Bears Wife 9) Nutmeg Nanny 10) Savory Simple 11) What Megan’s Making 12) Beeroness

Happy December! To kick this month off, the month of giving and sharing, Bakeaholic Mama thought it would be fun to get some food blogger friends together to share some of our favorite things and to have a massive giveaway for our readers! I loved that idea so am joining in! Below the picture, you will find links to each of our giveaways. Make sure to head to everyones blog to see what wonderful things they are offering and enter their giveaways too!

My giveaway today includes a few of my favorite things… an Erin Condren Life Planner ($50 credit to create your own Life Planner at www.erincondren.com), a set of my favorite Sharpie Pens (the perfect writing utensil for my Erin Condren Life Planner), and a set of  6 coffee mugs!…

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First off, my newest coffee mug from Pier 1 is the best, don’t you think? I love this time of year and the beginning of sweater season!…

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One thing I’m good at is setting goals. I can set goals all day long… implementing and accomplishing those goals is a different story. As we sit down each week to discuss our goals from the week before, I’ve discovered I’ve passed on that lovely skill to my kids as well. We are all great at goal setting, but tend to fall short of following through and reaching our goals. I decided after several weeks of the same answer of “No” to the “Did you reach your goal?” question, it was time for a change. …

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