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November has arrived. Bringing with it the slippery slope toward our birthday-and-holidays extravaganza. As of today, BigBrother’s fourth birthday is in 16 days and LittleBrother’s second birthday is in 23 days. Their presents, except for one, are in house. I do not have the cake ordered though the invitations are on their way to me right now. (Of course I made my own through VistaPrint. Did you know that I’m giving away 50 holiday cards?) As far as Christmas presents go, the boys are almost done. I know what I’m buying others. (And my Christmas cards are ordered, of course.)

I’ve taken the pink off the site as it is no longer Breast Cancer Awareness Month. November is Adoption Awareness Month which I’m sure I’ll write about elsewhere. Our header features Thanksgiving celebration images. It’s also National Novel Writing Month (of which I will not be participating in this year, thankyouverymuch). Thankfully, it’s also NaBloPoMo which I may or may not succeed in finishing. I did find two desktop backgrounds that I liked this month but, sadly, they each only offered room for one picture. Despite having some great solo-pics of the boys this month, minus their costume pictures, I don’t have a great one of them both. So while my desktop is pretty the photo itself is rather boring. Oh well!

Here’s the one I chose. (And this is another great option which includes an iPhone background that I think I’ll use.)

November Desktop

Considering our busy schedule and the fact that I start my new job tomorrow, I’m sure November will be a very hectic month. Here’s hoping that we remember to stay thankful day in and day out. (Even if we do seem to have some respiratory malady up in here. Ugh.)

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It’s October? It’s October! Fall is in full swing. Don’t believe me? View my You Capture challenge post for today! That said, it’s also time to change up my desktop wallpaper. I have a dilemma this month and I need some help.

I chose this desktop from Design by Dani. It’s bright and colorful but still Halloween-esque. It fits exactly what I was looking for this month. The only problem is that I don’t know which picture I should use. Take a look.

Do I go with the boys in their fall initial pumpkin shirts? (From this Etsy store at a great price.)

Fall Shirts

Or do I go with the boys in their Aeromax firefighter costumes (review next week) in a cute picture taken after the fire?

Halloween Costumes

Dilemma indeed. I currently have the one with the fall shirts sitting on the desktop but I just want to keep switching back and forth between the two. I love my two little firefighters as well! Such a hard decision. Let me know which one you think I should use for the month in the comments!

I saw a few other nice October digital scrapbooking desktop wallpapers out there in my search. This one at Digital Scrap Cafe was light and lovely. And this one by Traci Reed’s Team Blog, while without a calendar, was definitely adorable. (Plus I have a love of ones that allow for three pictures so I can have one of each child and either a nature shot or one of them together.)

I leave you with this lovely October quote.

“Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.” – Carol Bishop Hipps

So true. Enjoy your beautiful October.