Currently: We've Had a Cool Front!

Current Book

Prince Charming by Rachel Hawkins ~

This is cheesy...even for me!

Current Song

Memories by Maroon 5 - Trent and Drew love this one too!

Current TV Show

You can bet the farm that I watched this!

I'm really enjoying this!

And about LOST MY MIND when I realized the dad is ZACH MORRIS...

and he looks OLD!

Current Podcast

Y'all. This was SO INSANE. Might be one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to.

It's true crime but kind of different because it's not unsolved - 

you know right away who the 'bad guy' is and what happened but the getting there...

so so so so so so so crazy.

Current Drink

I tried Keto Coffee from It Works and it's really good!

I tried the salted caramel flavor and don't put any sweetener in it.

That's huge for me!

Current Food

I don't think I ate an actual meal today - 

lots of snacking because Trent had therapy and I took the kids to the library

and solo parented tonight.

The last thing I ate was some cheese and crackers, ha!

Current Shame-Inducing Pleasure

That Current Book is pretty embarrassing haha.

1. Luckily I've got some other ones to redeem myself.

Current Outfit

Current Celebrity Crush

Rob Lowe and his sons are Instagram are so funny!

Current Mood

Tired AF. 

Paige is putting us through our paces in the night right now.

Sigh.

Current Anticipation

It's that time of year where I get SUPER GIDDY about all the fun coming up!

We have a fall fest at the clubhouse on Sunday that I'm super excited about.

And Drew is starting horseback riding lessons on Saturday!

Lots of fun stuff coming up!!

Current Wishlist

I've started my Christmas shopping already.

I've finished both my nephews, my father-in-law, my mother-in-law,

have something for my mom, and have a good list for the kids!

So that's what is consuming my 'shopping' brain right now.

Current Film

Gah, I got nothing!

Allison, what is going on with us?!?!

Current Picture

This sums up pretty well how our new sleeping situation is going...

Things I'd Like to Learn

Do you ever see people {usually online} who DO all these great things? Like they seem to have 27 hours in a day and lots of time to create or be interesting? When I describe myself, which I have to do a lot at work when I talk to new people in the group I support, I always say 'I workout because it's good for me and not because I like it, I love to read, and I love to go to the movies.' That's it! LAME.

I have a lot of things I'd like to learn how to do...someday. I know part of the problem is the season of life we're in. It isn't super easy to be gone for lessons for various things with 3 children at home. We're also spending a lot of our disposable money on activities for those said 3 children. Add in a full-time job, a husband, a home...etc. and it's tough! 

Nevertheless, here are the activities I'd love to learn!

SEWING

My mother-in-law sews all kinds of amazing stuff. She makes pillows {OMG she's making these ADORABLE Santa pillows for her church craft fir this year and I am SO buying some!}, clothes for herself, dresses for the girls...you name it, she can sew it. She even gave me a sewing machine YEARS ago...and we've used it for ONE project. Womp, womp. I have a few friends who have said they are interested too, and I've gone so far as to look for sewing classes nearby but I haven't had much luck...

KNITTING

My granny was a knitter when I was a little girl. It always seemed like an old lady activity but now it's cool to knit, ha. Drew learned to finger knit in her kindergarten class, and I have my eye on some finger knitting books/supplies for her for Christmas. I thought it would be fun if she and I took an actual knitting class and learned together?? There's a local place that looks to have classes, so I just need to figure out if Drew is old enough and get us some supplies.

GUITAR/FIDDLE

I've always wanted to learn to play the guitar and the fiddle. I took piano lessons for about 9 years and flute lessons through school for 7. I'm never going to be a star at any instrument, but I enjoy music so much! For some reason, this one makes me nervous? I actually made one of my college roommates call a place in college - that's how long I've wanted to learn! - and ask questions about taking lessons - why does this embarrass me??

HAIR

I can do a few fun things with my hair, but I don't think it ever looks great. I can french braid - including my bangs, and I can curl my hair using a curling iron. I see girls who do all kinds of funky braids that I'm very jealous of because mine are pretty sloppy. And I have tried numerous times to curl my hair with my straight iron and FAIL miserably. It would be nice just to have a few more tricks up my sleeve - especially if some of those tricks involved when my hair is super dirty, ha!

EYE MAKEUP

This is super lame, but I don't know how to do a smoky eye! I have some basic ways I put on eye makeup, but I want to know how to do a really dramatic look. I just need to spend some time with YouTube I'm sure! I actually bought some new mineral colors, and I'd like to be able to do something by Brent's work holiday party, so this one I can hopefully accomplish sooner rather than later.

I'm thinking at least one of these needs to be on my Goals for 2020??