Currently (October 2024) – A Healthy Slice of Life


I’ve been writing these Presently weblog posts for years, a couple of times a 12 months, and I simply made the error of going again and studying one from 2017 which has me every kind of nostalgic about that chapter of life. That’s one profit about sharing life on-line for the previous 14 years; I’ve an in depth archive of the seasons, the expansion, and all the fun (and struggles) of this lovely life.

Presently it’s October 9 at 6:15 AM. I’m sitting on mother’s sofa with a softly loud night breathing Finley curled up beside me. I’m sipping espresso in a quiet home, mentally lining up my to dos for the day, peeking at my high 20 follower favorites from large deal days, and writing to you right here. These weblog posts are a enjoyable breakdown of what life appears like categorically and should you’re within the spirit to share, I’d love to listen to what you’re presently watching, studying, and extra!

Presently Watching

Am I the one one not presently watching No person Desires This? Both their advertising and marketing deserves main props or everybody actually is watching it, however I’ve seen it in all places. I’ve heard it described as romcom vibes so it’s on my quick listing to take a look at. Nevertheless, proper now I’m principally watching Halloween films and Wednesday with the children. We love us some vacation themed films! We additionally completed studying The Wild Robotic and went to see it within the theater. It was cute! It was very completely different from the ebook and (per standard) the ebook had significantly better character improvement, however the film was candy and enjoyable and we loved it.

Presently Studying

We’re all in settlement that audiobooks rely as studying, right? Glorious. In that case, I’m studying Good Vitality by Casey Means. You might need heard of her; she’s the Stanford skilled physician making the rounds by way of the podcast circuit speaking about complete physique well being. After studying and taking a while to digest Outlive (extremely advocate studying this one in small chunks), I used to be prepared for extra about how all our bodily techniques are related and find out how to optimize our well being for now and sooner or later.

I’m additionally listening to the free audiobook on Audible learn superbly by Rachel McAdams of Anne of Inexperienced Gables with the children (we’re all immensely having fun with Anne’s aptitude for the dramatic) and we’re about to start Little Ladies (an abridged model).

Presently Listening To

A mixture of 90’s nation, classical music, and podcasts. How is that for a mixture? My three most listened to podcasts for the time being are Breaking Factors, The Genius Life, and 1000 Hours Exterior. There are a number of others within the combine, too, however on walks I’ve been Marco Polo-ing (it’s a video message app) to meet up with buddies, so I haven’t listened as a lot to podcasts.

Presently Consuming

  • Pumpkin Hen Chili
  • Eggs, cottage cheese and tomatoes with basil, blueberries
  • Fajitas with hen, steak, refried beans, lettuce, sauteed bell peppers, bitter cream, guacamole, and recent oregano
  • Vegetable Barley Soup
  • Straightforward Sluggish Cooker Beef Stew (I take advantage of the identical methodology for pot roast and beef stew- beef stew model is after I simply minimize the meat into massive chunks earlier than cooking, omit the cream of mushroom soup, and add beef bone broth as an alternative)

Presently Planning

A transfer! We’re a pair weeks away at this level of transferring into the brand new home and it’s getting very thrilling. There’s a lot to coordinate since we presently having full storage unit again in North Carolina and in Greenville, in addition to the gadgets we have now right here at mother’s home. Moreover we try to determine when is the most effective time to buy a number of new gadgets for supply. A number of have a timeframe supply span from every week earlier than we shut to 2 weeks after we shut so it’s tough to string that needle on timing to try to get it as shut to only after we transfer in as potential. It’s all bringing good vitality although; we will’t consider we’ll really be getting to maneuver into this house we’ve been watching come to life over the previous 12 months.

Presently Consuming

Fairly a mixture of issues. Espresso with half and half within the morning, adopted by my each day LMNT, adopted by water, adopted by a cup of Dealer Joe’s Harvest Mix scorching tea, adopted by pre-workout and extra water, after which typically adopted by a glass of purple wine.

Within the Marketplace for

A mattress. We hadn’t deliberate on switching out our main bedroom arrange, however quite a lot of circumstances now has us doing so. I’ve spent loads of time currently headboards, testing mattresses, researching sheets, and so forth. I’ve splurged on Boll & Department bedding for the primary time after listening to so many rave opinions and am actually hoping it’s as wonderful as I’ve heard! The mattress itself has been tripping me up essentially the most. I can’t resolve if I like wooden, upholstered, or a mixture of the 2. I’m open to suggestions on this when you’ve got any. Presently I’m leaning in the direction of this look under (simply the mattress itself)- ideas? Our partitions within the new bed room are painted Magnetic Grey if that helps.

Presently Trying Ahead to

Household time! The women and I get to see Mema and Grandpa tonight after which subsequent week we’re happening a household journey with mother, Kris, Cara, and my nieces. We often do that in summer season, however opted for fall this 12 months and I’m very a lot trying ahead to some enjoyable and catching up with everybody. David is touring all this week and can meet us on Friday; I can’t wait!

That’s all I’ve for now. Time to take Finley on her morning sniffari, get the ladies up, and begin our day. Thanks for making my weblog part of your day; I hope it’s a great one!

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