wordless wednesday
embrace winter bucket list - january update
Back in December,
I wrote a blog post
about how I planned to
embrace winter this year
instead of fighting it tooth and nail
which is my normal method of madness.
So far,
I have tried curling (which was fun
but I failed miserably at…),
looked at lots and lots of Christmas lights,
baked chocolate chip cookies…twice…
(and yes, passing someone else the
ingredients and occasionally
setting the timer
TOTALLY counts as baking cookies….
they are my rules, after all.)
But this weekend,
I got to cross snowshoeing off my list. :)
If I was 100% honest with you,
I was a little nervous about this.
I am not exactly what one would call
coordinated
or
athletic.
But it was a beautiful, sunny, warm day
and I honestly had
so
much
fun.
And I was sooooo glad I brought my camera.
And extra socks.
There was hot chocolate with marshmallows,
a sunset,
and I didn’t fall once!
This “embrace winter” thing is not too bad.
:)
now….what can I cross off the list next?!
friday i'm in love...
I was going to come here and do my usual
friday i’m in love post
but somehow
i got sucked down an alice in wonderland rabbit hole of
searching for
(and getting incredibly excited about)
the following things:
building a doll house
how to deconstruct & re-construct a blythe doll
i want ALL the calico critters
also little people
and bella grace magazines
plus a new hot chocolate recipe
and cute skates
so i can build a light box
and a doll house (which brings me full circle).
Do you ever have those moments though?
Where you are kind of bobbing along, doing your every day thing
and slightly inspired by the world around you
but then, all of a sudden, it’s like you wake up
and EVERYTHING is inspiring…
shades of light,
music,
the color of the sky,
random you tube playlists,
the book you are reading,
ads for kids clothes,
snippets of conversation in the mall…
literally everything suddenly makes you want to
grab a paper, pen, saw, scissors, keyboard, chainsaw…
you feel excited
about
everything.
That’s how I feel…right now.
I like this feeling.
I want to keep it.
:)
(also, this little guy
had a friday adventure of his own…and
went to the vet today…but he is ok! Yay!)
tuesday truths...in 2020
♥ the truth is I am still using winter photos from 2018
because I have not gotten out with my camera in
forever and that makes me a little sad.
♥ the truth is I spent a ridiculous amount of time
creating a color coded spreadsheet to help me
determine how I should spend every second of my time
because I sometimes feel a little overwhelmed and
worried that I can’t do everything that I want to do.
♥ the truth is…the color coded spreadsheet
made me feel so much better. I like having a plan.
♥ the truth is I wish I had a big bag of chips right now
but instead I know I have to get on the treadmill in 16 minutes
because that’s what color coded spreadsheet told me to do.
♥ the truth is…I still feel pretty optimistic that 2020 is going to be
a big year for me…I have plans…and blueprints…and goals…
and a fancy color coded spreadsheet.
#stansgottaplan
:)