It's been a while since I've written a currently post! Honestly, we are at this difficult in-between stage in homeschooling where I know that homeschool is just going to take over my life between the months of September and May - I've accepted it. I have a couple hours this Sunday afternoon, the school week is already planned out, and I am doing a little not-too-serious blogging.
Currently...
Drinking: Holly Jolly coffee. You can see the recipe here.
Wearing: Brand new leggings, because we have a puppy that finds joy in chewing up all my clothes. I have taken something of a break from my no-buy project, because I have had to replace so many items that have been destroyed! She's literally chewed up every one of my workout leggings, among other items (including five dollars - literally, just a five dollar bill she found in my closet). I know this chewing phase will pass, but goodness, at what cost? So far she's dismembered at least $300 worth of stuff. Ouch. At least she's cute.
Reading: Hoax For Hire by Laura Martin. I really enjoy Laura Martin's middle grade fiction - she comes up with such interesting plots. In this one, a family has been hoaxers for generations, fooling people into believing they've seen Bigfoot, Nessie, etc, etc. It is Middle Grade March, so it seemed like a good month to pick it up.
Here are a couple other books I'm reading too.
Watching: Derek and I have been going through Parks & Rec again. Ron Swanson literally (read that the way Chris would say it) makes that show. We've also been catching up on Survivor. We usually wait until after a season has aired and then we subscribe to Peacock for one month and watch it all at once.
Planning: The kids' Easter baskets. I think I might even whip out a separate post about it, just so there's more to read on my poor, sleepy blog. But I found some fun things for their baskets, and I might be more excited about it than they are.
Dreaming: About warm summer days. This is always the stage of spring that drags by for me, as we are constantly teased by warm days bookended by snowstorms. We had a doozy last week, with 27 inches of snow at our house! The kids were thrilled, and I didn't hate it. We took a rare homeschool snow day! However, it's all melting into a muddy mess now, and that is the part that makes me pine for tank tops, pool days, and reading on my porch in the sunshine. Soon.
Listening To: A Johnny Cash playlist. It's just hitting right.
Baking: Alot of bread. I have finally perfected my fresh-ground grain bread recipe for my bread maker, and it turns out perfect every time now. I also was able to experiment at making cinnamon raisin bread and apple bread, and it's been yummy. It's a good way to add some extra protein to our diets, and it takes me about 20 minutes to throw everything into the bread machine. Two hours later, we have a beautiful loaf. Sourdough is nice and everything, but I doubt it can beat the ease of my bread maker recipe ( though I might still try sourdough sometime).
Working On: Cleaning out all the nooks and crannies of our house. When we first moved here, my cabinets and closet were fairly well organized, but the clutter has slowly crept back in. It's amazing how much can accumulate in a short five years! I did a major kid clothes cleanout a few weeks ago, and our SUV is piled full of 8+ bags full of stuff to donate. And I haven't even tackled my closet yet (that's on the agenda for next weekend). I'm looking forward to going through my clothes and packing away the things that I haven't worn this past winter. My method (currently) for getting rid of clothes is packing away items that I haven't wanted to wear over the past season, then revisiting it in a year. If it's packed away and I haven't even thought about it in a year, it's probably safe to get rid of it, so each year I go through my bins and do a final purge. I have to do this two-step process to help me be a little more ruthless on what to consider giving away - it helps me to know I can always undo it before my final purge.
Loving: How laid-back I'm feeling this spring. Aside from the year that I took completely off of social media, this past year I've probably spent the least amount of time I ever have on scrolling. I notice that when I am not constantly bombarded with aesthetic Instagram posts, I feel less compelled to have photographic evidence of everything we do, and hence I'm less stressed and more able to enjoy things and just relax. I've also spent more time communicating with friends through mediums other than social media, and I think that is a really healthy thing. It's just helpful to pause every now and then, and recognize how far I've come in the way I use my phone, and the positive changes I've seen since making adjustments.
Now, I still spend too much time on podcasts and Youtube, but that's a different post. One problem at a time.
I agree! It’s wild how few photos I take when I’m not actively on social media. Also—bread machine for life. I need to pull mine out again but it’s so much easier than doing it all by hand. I just don’t have the capacity to attempt sourdough right now.
I am convinced that if I had a bread maker, I would become the homemaker of my dreams! Chris eats sandwiches every single day for lunch, so that would probably be a good investment, right?
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