Some things I can't live without

 

It's a bonus blog post kind of day; truthfully, if I'd remembered this link party earlier, I'd have joined it in with my Hello Monday post that I've already written. That being said, I couldn't pass this one up since I love the topic. I'm joining in with a few different ladies for this post today. 

Aside from the obvious things I can't live without like my Bible, my relationship with Jesus, and my family and friends, my car, and basic needs, here are the five things I can't live without.

Like many of you have said, I can't live without my phone. It holds a lot of information that I use multiple times each day, I use it for navigation, for Bible reading, for pictures and memories, and for looking up things online daily. I love having it as a camera to document all the little things I love taking pictures of, and I am always looking back over the pictures that I've taken. 

It's how I stay connected in my relationships, I listen to music through it, it's my calendar and to-do list, I can borrow books through my local library and the Libby app, and I can even read a book on it while I wait, though the small screen isn't ideal. Which leads me to my next item...

I definitely can't live without my Kindle! 

I love having my Kindle for a million different reasons, but here are the top few: 

• I can read it easily by making the font a size that's easy for me to read.
• I don't need good lighting to be able to use it throughout the day.
• It's lightweight and has multiple books on it, making it easy to take with me either around town or when I travel by plane.
• I never have to use a bookmark or worry about losing my place in the book I'm reading.

I am definitely a fan and always will be, even though it's something I always said I'd never use. I love physical books, but my eyesight just isn't great anymore, which makes it hard for me to read a real book. There are a million benefits to using this!

Speaking of eyesight, I could never live without my glasses.

I need them one hundred percent of the time if I'm trying to read something. The ones I wear are readers, and I need them so often that I consider them a hair accessory as well.

I now know why old ladies used to wear them on a chain around their necks! Trust me, I've considered that, but I'll settle for using them as a headband instead. I don't do that to be stylish, obviously, but because I need them all the time. 

The ones I wear are from Amazon, and came in a pack of five; the ones above are the ones I always wear the most. I get compliments on them every time that I wear them! If you're interested in some for yourself, here's a link. I use 1.5, but I'm about to have to bump up to 1.75. After I wrote this, I went ahead and ordered that size. They'll arrive tomorrow! 

Another thing I can't live without is music. I listen to it all the time, and I listen to all different types of it throughout the day. I have "morning cafe music" playing right now as I write this post. I could make a whole other blog post out of the music I love, but here are some favorite playlists/artists:

• coastal grandmother
• eighties love songs
• nineties country
• all the Nora Ephron playlists
• French cafe music
• Steve Tyrell
• Ben Rector
• worship music
• nineties Christian music
• Natalie Grant
• Jonathan McReynolds
• K Love
• Louis Armstrong/Tony Bennett 
• jazz
• New York City trio
• Christmas worship

Now that we're dog people, I don't know that I could ever live without them in my life. I know not everyone is a dog person, but the joy they bring to us is indescribable. I'm so glad Todd talked me into saying yes to our first dog eighteen years ago! Jonah and Noah were three years old when we adopted Andy into our home, and they turned twenty-one yesterday. I can assure you we will never have five dogs in our home at once again, but I can definitely always seeing us being a two dog family. One dog needs a companion, we learned, as it seems to extend life to the older one. We've experienced this and know that it's true. Andy was like a new puppy once we brought Crash into our home when Andy was nine. 

They're all such sweet babies!

The last thing I couldn't live without is a cute cup to drink water from. That may sound ridiculous to some of you, but it's true. I've learned that I drink much more water if I have a cup to keep it cold and to take everywhere with me. Here are a few recent faves...

The last three are the Meoky brand that I've ordered from the TikTok shop and from Amazon. I would also have a hard time living without water flavoring, since it's really the only thing I drink all day aside from a few cups of coffee and my morning protein/coffee drink.

The Starbursts brand is my current favorite water enhancer. 

What are some things you can't live without right now? I love reading things like this! Thanks for reading my bonus post today, friends. Love to all!