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Currently!

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Reading… Heir of Fire and Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore

Watching… Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural, Mad Max: Fury Road

Listening to… My space heater because it’s really cold in my office.

Drinking… Tea, egg nog, all of the coffee

Eating… Seasonal goodies like chocolate covered Ritz crackers

Organizing… My office – it really needs it

Rearranging… The house. Again. I should take pictures once it’s finally all sorted

Relaxing… Almost every evening, curled up IN MY BED with the cats watching TV or reading. This is big because of the next one, which is that I’m…

Excited… Because the kids have been sleeping in their own beds – not the whole night, but they’ve been falling asleep by 8:30 in their OWN beds.

Adjusting… To winter. It’s here, there is snow, and it’s cold.

Attempting… To get rid of more clutter in the house and find a way to organize the kitchen better without throwing out everything in frustration.

Procrastinating… A lot of things. That can wait until next year, right? Right!

Looking forward to… Dressing up and going out with Josh for the office holiday party.

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Counting…down the minutes until it’s time to start the weekend!

Reading… Crown of Midnight and The Storyteller

Watching… The Great British Bake-Off, Scandal, Outlander, Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural

Listening to… I Am a Gummi Bear Pandora station… kids.

Drinking… Still way too much coffee… and wine.  I need them to live.

Eating… Baked goods. I need to stop making pies and things that are not going to help my waistline.

Organizing… The house. It’s an ongoing project that never stops.

Planning… An escape!  I’m having a mommy morning tomorrow!

Relaxing… By coloring. So glad there are so many more choices for coloring books for adults now!

Snuggling… Children and kitties. They’re all rather jealous of each other.

Participating… In a monthly book related Instagram photo challenge. #booksandteacups

Adjusting… To way too little daylight.  I lay down with the kids in the evening and don’t want to get up.

Attempting… To get the cats on better terms so we can move Vega’s litter box and food downstairs… okay, at least the litter box.

Dreading… Winter. There, I said it, but I’m…

Excited… For twinkle lights and how magical they are in the snow.

Love these pictures from a Haunted House. Ha ha.

 

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Turning…33 years old… today.

Reading… Station Eleven

Watching… The Great British Bake-Off, Scandal, Outlander, Grey’s Anatomy

Listening to… Limetown Podcast

Drinking…All of the coffee.  I should probably switch to tea.

Eating…Still loving Blue Apron.

Organizing… The house.  I’ve been greatly enjoying getting rid of stuff.

Planning…Creative projects. I got a new sewing machine that I want to break in.

Playing… Just got Forbidden Island and want to break it in one of these nights!

Snuggling…Our new kitten Vega.

Chasing after… Our new kitten Vega.  I forgot how into everything kittens are. 😉

Celebrating… The fact that Enzo hasn’t worn pull ups during the day in a couple of weeks and has stayed dry through the night for over a week.

Motivating… myself to get back into blending and studying again and oh so many other things.

Teaching… myself to do more creative things.

Thankful… we have a large house while we convince Uzi that Vega is not trying to usurp his throne.

Mediating… Our cats as they learn to all love one another since no one is going anywhere.

Thinking… About the day I can be a SAHM/WAHM and spend more time with the kids.

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Reading

Let’s see… I finished The Martian and despite it being a little slow at times, it was still a really good read.  There’s humor and wit, and while I’m not an expert at all when it comes to space travel or engineering it’s informative and doesn’t leave you feeling completely confused.  Right now I’m reading a couple of books including Outlander, which I figured I should read due to its popularity.  I’m not very far into it, but so far I like the writing and while I’m not a historian, I think it probably paints a decent picture of 18th century Scotland.

Watching

I’ve actually been binge watching Grey’s Anatomy.  I never got into it before, but I like having it on in the background and have been wondering why on earth I didn’t watch it when it was on the air!  Oh yeah, there was a lack of cable for a while there pre-Hulu days, and I’m not one to start watching a series if I’ve missed the first season or more.  I’m also really excited about Showtime on Hulu now.  Hooray!  I finally get to see some shows I’ve been wanting to.  Josh and I also started watching Supernatural together. I had started watching the first season ages ago, but now we’re starting from the beginning and it looks like that will be our new show.  It’s fun… cheesy at times, but fun.

As for movies… yeah, we really haven’t been watching that many lately.  There’s been a lot going on.

Health and Wellness

The Fitbit continues to be a great motivator and I feel better the more I walk and exercise, so that in itself is a great motivator.  I also haven’t had hives since the last “Currently” so I’m incredibly thrilled about that.

Drinking/Eating

I’m kind of obsessed with popcorn right now.  I could eat it every day, and sometimes I do.  The Pop Secret with Sea Salt is my favorite right now.  We’re in a rut in terms of meal planning and dinners, though… anyone have any tips or ideas to motivate me again?  I’m stoked to try Blue Apron – it’s finally delivering to our area, so maybe that will help.

Enjoying

The weather – overall this has been one of the mildest summers we’ve had since moving to Minnesota, and even though it was a little disconcerting to be in the low 60s the other day, we’re making the most of what warm days we have left.  We’re headed to opening weekend of the Renaissance Festival tomorrow and I’m hoping the rain actually holds off until late afternoon.  We haven’t gone to the festival since we first moved here, but I remember it being fun and hope the kids think so too.

Thinking About

Everything and then often nothing at all.  We’ve been struggling with Enzo at bedtime and I have no idea why.  He says he isn’t tired at his usual bedtime, but the past few nights he has been fighting us and his bedtime and then wakes up tired and cranky due to lack of sleep.  Kind of at my wit’s end.  Granted, we went through this before, but Phoebe is a much lighter sleeper now so when he starts yelling and screaming because he doesn’t want to stay in his room, she wakes back up.  Have I mentioned what an easy sleeper she is?  She willingly lies down in her crib, waits for me to cover her with her blanket and then tells me good-night. She’s typically out in 10 minutes.  I am so grateful we have at least one kid who doesn’t fight bedtime right now.  Parenting has been a struggle lately, that’s for sure.  I know his potty training regression is probably due to getting rid of his nuk, but his sleep was fine at first… now I’m not sure if this is also a result of him giving up his nuk???  Fingers crossed we can find a way to win at bedtime again.

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This isn't even actually recent... I really need to upload photos.

This isn’t even actually recent… I really need to upload photos.

Reading

I’m on a reading roll!  Granted, two books I’m reading are a little embarrassing to admit to as one especially is like Hunger Games meets the Bachelor only less interesting… and I don’t even like The Bachelor.  It’s a YA novel (The Selection) that was supposedly good, but now that I read more reviews people love it or hate it.  At any rate, it’s mindless and kind of entertaining in a really dumb way.

As for good books – I’m also reading The Martian and it’s a good one so far.  I can see why they’re making it into a movie.  While you would think it might be boring because it’s a guy stuck on Mars by himself, it’s actually really interesting.  It’s scientific, it’s funny, and while I may not have a clue what he’s talking about at times, it’s written in a way that makes it not too technical and really enjoyable.

Watching

I finished Season 3 of Orange is the New Black recently and it was a good one – some new backstories, new characters and a lot of feels. Season 4 can’t come soon enough!  It’s funny because some of the characters I wasn’t a fan of in the beginning have completely grown on me and after the finale?  Season 4 should be interesting! I’m also binge-watching Season 4 of Scandal.  Sometimes I really just want to smack some sense into Olivia, though.

As for movies… we actually haven’t watched many lately.  We’ve been busy doing other things and Josh has been playing games lately in the evening, so I honestly can’t even remember the last movie we watched.  That’s really odd for us too. Ha ha.

Overall Health and Wellness

I’m really liking the Fitbit One I got and think it’s helping me stay slightly more motivated than I was, so it’s been a worthwhile purchase overall as I try and remind myself to stay more active, which can be difficult at a desk job.  As for my hives… they are essentially GONE!  The acupuncture treatments and Chinese Herbal blend I’ve been taking have done amazing things.  I don’t take antihistamines anymore (except for the occasional seasonal allergies) and I don’t even need the herbs on a daily basis either.  I’ve seen a couple hives now and then, but it’s been an amazing turnaround.  It’s almost crazy to think I was taking several 24hr Allegra pills a day to keep the itchy hives at bay for… how many months?  I am blown away completely by the results.

Drinking/Eating

Trying to cut back on gluten and dairy and sugar.  Sometimes I do okay and other days I completely fail.  I’m not intolerant, but my acupuncturist says I need to cutback.  He’s a big paleo advocate, though, so I’m not sure how much of his advice is based on his own personal opinion vs. actual health reasons.  I’m willing to compromise, though and give it a try.   I can’t deny that I do feel better physically when I’m good and eat fewer of these things.  Sigh. 😉

Thinking About

All of the things on our to-do list.  We have a fairly big list of things we need to do around the house, some of which are necessary (like properly sealing up a few things after a big ole ant infestation) and some things that are more aesthetic changes to the house itself.  We still need to finish landscaping and ultimately we’d like to put carpet downstairs and hardwood upstairs in the kitchen/dining area and the entryway.  I’m also still trying to reorganize things after switching our living room/play room/family room around.  Also, your basic DIY crafts and pinteresty things are really not where I excel, but we’ll see how a few little projects turn out that I’ve taken on.