What's Up Wednesday in October 2025

It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for What's Up Wednesday.

What We're Eating: 

Sunday: I made burgers, hot dogs, french fries, and tater tots for the boys since my husband was out fishing. I just had a salad

Monday: Chicken fajita rice bowl with all the fixings

Tuesday: Pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw and salad

Wednesday: Homemade chicken Parmesan with spaghetti, sauce, and salad. 

Thursday: Shrimp stir fry over rice noodles

Friday: Whole roasted chicken with potatoes and green beans 

What I'm Reminiscing About: I haven't been reminiscing about anything lately. 

What I'm Loving:  Our weather has been just beautiful this month. 
 
What We've Been Up To: We had a fun month filled with hiking, checking out a cute local bookshop, another college tour, seeing SIX in Providence, going to the immersive Monet exhibit, a delicious date night out at Foxwood's steakhouse, 
 

 
 


 
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What I'm Dreading: Nothing at all right now.
 
What I'm Working On: I've started scrapbooking our Glacier Park trip and I even started a new painting trying to capture the hues of Bowman lake; I'm not quite there yet but I'm close... 
 
What I'm Excited About: Evan's college applications and both boys' FAFSAs are all done. Now Evan and I just sit back an wait and see about acceptances. He applied to 3 colleges and already has them in order of first, second, and third choice.  

What I'm Watching/Reading: Next Gen Chef (Netflix), Benny & Joon (Roku Channel), Bunheads (Hulu), Doc (Netflix), Greenland (HBOMax), I'm rewatching Gilmore Girls (Hulu), We rewatched San Andreas (Netflix), Abbott Elementary (Hulu), Jerry & Marge Go Large (Paramount+), The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix), I Like Me; The John Candy Documentary (Prime)-- I loved it! The latest season of The Diplomat (Netflix)-- SO good!, The latest seasons of  9-1-1 (Hulu), 9-1-1 Nashville (Hulu)--though to be honest I'm finding both 9-1-1's too far fetched in their rescue scenarios that I'm rolling my eyes a lot. 
 

I read 10 books again this month.
 

 
What I'm Listening to: I've been listening to lots and lots of audiobooks.  

What I'm Wearing: October was such a weird month weather-wise. Our temps fluctuated from the 50's to the 80's from one day to the next. I never knew what to wear! 
 


















 


What I'm Doing This Weekend:  We have no plans.

What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month: Hadestown, Thanksgiving-- Alec and his roommate are staying with us!
 

What Else is New: Nothing!

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Comments

  1. Maria RineerOctober 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM

    Glad you've had a good weather month and have gotten to enjoy spending time outdoors. Your outfits are all really pretty- I like the tops that show your shoulders and the black flowy sleeve top. You've gone to some fun events. What an exciting time for Evan!

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  2. Amy ScottOctober 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM

    What did you think of the Monet? We were so disappointed by the Van Gogh. It was way overpriced and not very good.

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  3. The Happy WhiskOctober 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM

    Love this time of year too. And all your clothes are super cute! Happy rest of the season of fall to you and Happy Halloween Week

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  4. HollyOctober 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM

    I am so jealous of the shows you are going too- ha! You are so right about the weather too- my gosh- threw me for a loop!

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  5. Lyssy in the CityOctober 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM

    A great month! I keep forgetting to write my what's up posts. Maybe next month ha! Enjoy Hadestown!!

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