Currently: the March edition

 

Happy Wednesday, friends! I'm glad you're here again this month! Today we'll be talking about what we're currently loving, looking forward to, planning, wearing, and eating. 

Loving

I am currently loving my favorite hobby of reading. I know that sounds strange for me to say, but sometimes I go through phases where I don't read all that much; maybe that's because of being in a book rut or just watching too much TV in its place. I always start a new year with making a goal to read more, and I've been able to do that so far in 2024. I'm reading book number seventeen of the year already, and I'm almost finished with it; I'm excited for the one I have waiting on deck. 

I'm also loving the longer hours of daylight we've been having! I've talked about before how we live in a smart home; this just means that most of our things in the house are controlled by outlets that Todd bought and that we can control on our phones. When he goes to bed each night, he says, "Goodnight, Google", and everything in the house turns off. The reason I mention this is because our front porch light is controlled by one such outlet, and he recently set it to turn the porch light on every night at dusk. I noticed that it used to come on around 5:40 in the evenings, but lately it's started coming on later, right up until six or a few minutes after. (We even have our Christmas tree plugged into a smart outlet, so I can tell Google to turn the Christmas tree on, and she lights right up! It's amazing.)

I am loving hearing stories from my Jonah. He told me a sweet one yesterday! For Valentine's day, he bought his girlfriend a weighted stuffed animal; did you know those exist? I did not, but she loves the 5 pound weighted dog he picked out for her. Her cousins live with them at their house, and her little six year old cousin fell in love with the dog Jonah bought for her, so he kept trying to sneak into her room to take it out. Well, on Monday Aimes had his tonsils removed, and Jonah bought him his own weighted stuffed animal to have and cuddle with as he recovers. He woke up to it in his bed with him this morning, since Laura snuck it in to him while he was sleeping last night. He also told me that anytime Jonah goes out to their house, Aimes likes to sit in his lap while he plays on his little handheld video game. Isn't that the sweetest? My heart melted over all of this, but more than that, I was so proud of my boy as I heard him tell me this. He's not perfect by any means, but he's such a good boyfriend and a great all around guy! 

Looking forward to

I'm really looking forward to each day that I'm living in. I try to be like this all the time and not look too far ahead, because I don't want to wish away my life. I take each day as it comes, I thank the Lord for it, and I try to squeeze some joy out from it no matter what I'm doing. Part of this is just how I am all the time: an eternal optimist. The other thing is that it's good for us to be this way; it's good for our emotional and mental wellbeing. I really do try to practice the art of gratitude each day, and I think doing that helps me in this. Are you this way? I know that this trait would probably bug the daylights out of some of you, and I try not to be obnoxious in this because of that. I try to be sensitive to the feelings of people I'm around when I'm with them if they don't share this trait. 

Planning

This week I'm planning a family dinner to celebrate some birthdays in our family! I'll do a little deck refresh one day this week to freshen things up outside, and Todd is going to make a repair to the lights that hang on the deck. Our ridiculous squirrels are destructive and chew through wires! It's so annoying. I'm also planning the dinner portion of the night and trying to come up with a plan on what to have. I have a couple of ideas rolling around in my mind, though, and the weather is supposed to be nice. I always think people might enjoy going out there, but honestly, they usually just stay inside. 

Wearing

Would you believe that I've already been wearing sandals? I got a pedicure Saturday with this in mind! It doesn't matter what time of year it is, when it's warm enough for sandals, I wear them. I do need to order some new ones soon, but for now I'm wearing the same ones from last season. 

See? This was one day at work last week; the weather was in the mid seventies! 

Eating 

I've been eating some delicious things lately, but as far as cooking goes, I'm in a bit of a rut. I made Todd and me this cauliflower pizza on Monday night, and it was delicious! I smeared a small amount of alfredo sauce on the bottom, then sprinkled on mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, bacon, parmesan, spinach, nutmeg, salt, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes. 

If you have some good dinner suggestions for us, feel free to send them my way! I'm always in need of new things to try. I need to look at some healthy eating websites as well. 

Thanks for joining up with me today for this fun link party! I can't wait to read your posts. Don't forget to visit some of the others who are linked up and leave them some comment love! Love to all. 

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