friday i'm in love...the comfort edition

♥ with long periods of deep, uninterrupted, heavy comforting sleep

♥ manchester orchestra - the gold

♥ chicken noodle cup of soup with crackers

♥ cinnamon-spicy tea in a polka dot mug

♥ a book read by the glow of the christmas lights

♥ this guilty pleasure show

♥ my new smurf display

♥ it is the season of stripey leggings and oversized socks…

♥ coming home to find a big bag of smurfs on my doorstep
including these which I ABSOLUTELY LOVE!!! :)

happy friday…
i’m looking forward to curling up
on the couch with a blanket and a cup of soup
by the christmas tree
and losing myself in a good book
for the rest of the night.
♥♥♥

decembeREST

I have been thinking a little bit.
This Christmas is going to be different for me…
even more different than the
last two have been.
This is the first year that 25 will be working
on Christmas Day.

I have never not had the kids here
Christmas morning.

But I know that Christmas will likely be different
this year
for a lot of us…

If the separation taught me anything, though,
it showed me that just because things aren’t how they have always been…
that doesn’t mean that they can’t still be good.
You just have to redefine and realign.
Look for the positives,
feel the negatives if you have to…but don’t focus on them.

The other thing I have been thinking about
is that online dating has not been bringing me
much joy or happiness lately.
I feel like it’s become…meh. Boring. Annoying.
A distraction that served its purpose
when I needed it the most
but right now…I’m very, very happy.
I’m content.
And now I feel that what began as an intended distraction
is now really a distraction from where I actually want to
be spending my time.

So, I have decided for the month of December
I am going to delete the dating app and limit my social media…
I will still post on social media because, honestly, that fuels my creativity.
But I am going to limit endless scrolling
and if I do scroll, I am going to try to limit it to Pinterest
because that usually gives me a shot of inspiration.

I am thinking of December in terms of rest
right now and that makes me happy.
I am picturing
tea in a polka dot mug,
journals,
hot chocolate, chicken soup in a slow cooker,
music, podcasts, magazines,
Christmas movies with heavy blankets,
quiet walks all bundled up,
candles, books, snowmen,
maybe finally a puzzle.

And for whatever traditions
we can’t recreate this year,
we try something new.
Who knows…maybe it will stick…
I wouldn’t have thought jamming a
Christmas tree in the back seat of a civic
would become a tradition
but there it is.
:)

Happy Sunday.
Thanks for sticking with me through
all my moods and musings.
♥

whatcha readin'? 2020 {book 19::goal 30}

This book was ok…
I didn’t love it, I didn’t hate it.
It didn’t grab me, it didn’t hold onto me
in a death grip making me
need to know what happened next.

But…it was ok.

2.5 ♥’s out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
NEXT UP:: THE NIGHT ROAD - KRISTIN HANNAH

friday i'm in love

Sometimes
I am very social.
I crave connections and plans and outings …
it takes everything I have to
stay inside the house.

Sometimes
I am the opposite.

I want to sink into my space,
light candles, burn incense…
scribble in journals, watch youtube videos
of people who seem to have their
life in order
with a pen and paper fervently making notes
that I will tuck away
and then forget
where I put them.

This has been one of the stick-at-home days
which leads me to my first friday-i’m-in-love
and if it’s the only one I share, that’s ok…
this one is SO good:

The Queen’s Gambit.

If you have not watched this,
you need to do so now.
It was soooooooooooooo good.
It caught ALL of my emotions…
the storyline, the writing, the clothes,
oh my gawd, the clothes…
and the girl playing Beth
was so breathtakingly interesting and beautiful to watch.
All of the characters were so great
and the whole series
had me sitting on the
edge of my seat
biting my nails and
rooting for her.

Other random things I am
currently crushing on:

• No-name chicken burgers from Superstore (I never claimed to be fancy)

• This shampoo/conditioner has made such a huge difference in my fine hair.
  I love it!

• This girl’s Insta & website makes me want to pick up my camera again

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whatcha readin'? 2020 {book 18::goal 30}

I don’t actually know a lot about anna kendrick
to be honest
but I was drawn to this book
but that cute little title….
scrappy little nobody.

That just sounds like a book I want to read.

And it was good.
I like memoir kind of biography mixed with
a little coming-of-age….
I fully enjoyed reading this.

4 ♥’s out of 5 ♥♥♥♥♥’s
NEXT UP:: RE JANE - PATRICIA PARK