Currently: November 2024

 

Happy Saturday and bonus blog post day! Since I never shared my own post for this month's Currently link-up, I thought I'd do that today. This month we're talking about the things we're currently loving, looking forward to, smelling, preparing for, and thankful for. 

loving

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I am loving the shorter days, especially when I have a day off and nowhere to be. I love waking up to sunlight in the mornings, and it's been my alarm clock since I've been home from Colorado. I am also loving family time, and I've had loads of that lately! I loved seeing my Colorado family, and I loved seeing my Memphis guys on Thursday night when I fed them all dinner. I always miss Noah on nights like that, but I'm thankful for the fact that I did talk to him on the phone that day. I will take quality time any way that I can get it! 

looking forward to

I am looking forward to a few fun things that I have coming up! First up is celebrating sweet Marilyn's birthday on Monday; we're going to breakfast that morning, and I'll see her again that night at a party that her friend is hosting in her honor. I'm looking forward to book club on Thursday night of next week, a sounds of the season concert that's coming up at my church, a hair appointment later this month, and a fun night planned on my town square to get me in the Christmas spirit! This is also the month that all the holiday things start, so our town tree lighting is another fun thing I'm looking forward to in November, not to mention the actual day of Thanksgiving...but I'm kind of dreading that day, truth be told. It's another first that I'll be glad to have behind me. 

smelling

As I write this, I'm sitting in my newly Christmas decorated home smelling a pine scented Yankee candle that's burning next to me. I love to have seasonal candles, and this one is my favorite! Speaking of smelling things, did you know that the Denver airport uses pine scented air fresheners in the bathrooms? It always smells so good when I go there! 

preparing for

I am preparing for Christmas and will start my shopping this weekend. I hope to be finished by Thanksgiving! I want as low key and stress free as possible this holiday season. I will keep you posted on how this goes, but I seriously hope to get started with at least one or two things today while I'm out and about. Here's to hoping! 

thankful for

I am so thankful for my family and friends. I know that this seems redundant to keep saying, but I seriously mean that from the bottom of my heart. They've all been my support system in so many ways, and they've put up with my bad moods, my spontaneous fits of anger and cursing, my tears, and my rants. And they still love me anyway, in spite of all of that. It's a wonderful feeling knowing that I don't have to "perform", so to speak, all of the time. The ones who I'm closest to have all seen this in me in the past five months, and it hasn't scared any of them away. 

Thanks for joining up with the Currently link party this month! I'm still not caught up on blog reading, but I hope to do that more this weekend. Thanks for reading my blog today, friends. Love to all!