Working on my Holiday Catalog swap cards. Such great new Christmas sets! You can also spy my stack of Stamp Club cards. Two the ladies couldn't make it last Saturday, so I made their cards for them.
Currently
Reading: Finally picked up Little Bee by Chris Cleave. It's been sitting on my shelf for years!
Watching: Loving this season of Bachelor in Paradise. Way better than The Bachelorette.
Listening: Downloaded and working my way through Crooked Media's podcast The Wilderness. In some ways it's very depressing, but in other ways it fascinating and somewhat uplifting.
Making: My next craft project is prepping birthday thank you cards for the boys's birthday party.
Feeling: J and the boys were all sick this past week. While I've escaped most of the sickness, I've had to deal with three sick people in my house. I am now exhausted. Here's hoping I don't catch it now.
Planning: I've gotten the decor, activities, and goody bags worked out for the party. Now I just need to finalize our menu for the day of.
Loving: Cooler mornings were made for coffee and couch snuggles. Loving the bit of cooler weather we've had this past week.
Currently
Reading: The Stolen Bride by Jo Beverley. I turned to some fun Regency Romance for this week.
Watching: J and I are getting close to finishing Supernatural S5.
Listening: I completely forgot about listening to Annotated S2 and rediscovered it on my podcast app. Yeah!! I'm four episodes in and I'm loving the collection of topics.
Making: Attempting to finish my Family Project Life spreads so I can pack away the supplies.
Feeling: Calmer this week. Hoping it lasts.
Planning: We're having a Mad Science Party for the boys's birthday party. I'm busy planning the science experiments that we will be featuring.
Loving: Having a to-do list to tackle every couple of days is keeping me on track. Usually I make them on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Currently
Reading: Finally reading Parasite by Mira Grant. And it's oh so good! I will definitely have to pick up the other two books in the trilogy.
Watching: J and I are keeping up with the current season of Elementary. I'm wondering where they are going to take the serial killer storyline.
Listening: Catching up on my Bachelorette recaps with Here to Make Friends.
Making: Working on Project Life spreads once again. Hoping to finish out Arthurs 2017 album this month or July and keep current with the 2018 Family album.
Feeling: Last week was full of ups and downs. This week seems to be getting off to a better start. Hoping it continues.
Planning: Working on next month's activities and events. A few things are still up in the air and I need to get in touch with our visiting family.
Loving: Every time we go to the grocery, we have to buy the yummy yummy fresh strawberries. Oh so good!
Desktop Thursday #2
Working on the rest of this month's cards for SSINK. Can you spy my almost finished card?
Currently
Reading: I finally started The Selection by Kiera Cass. A fluffy romance was just what I needed this week.
Watching: Along with my fluffy romance, I needed some feel-good television. Call the Midwife S2 is perfect for this. It's serious, but always makes me feel good at the end.
Listening: After marathoning Black Veil Brides for Arthur, I randomly pulled up a much loved older album: Anberlin's Cities. I sang along to every song.
Making: Working on some floral cards for this month. I'm thinking that may be my theme for the next class I plan.
Feeling: The twins arrive tonight and I am so anxious. I will be super anxious until I get the text that they have landed.
Planning: Working on our plans for next week - activities and meals.
Loving: This past weekend was really hot (over 90 degrees both days). The temps are back in the 70s with sunshine and a nice cool breeze. Loving it!
Currently
Reading: The second in the Lady Sherlock Holmes series, A Conspiracy in Belgravia. I'm really enjoying it.
Watching: Finally got to watch UnReal S3! Been loving my nights.
Listening: The kids have been very amped up this week. So much yelling coming from those two.
Making: One of my stamp club ladies wants my retiring Pieces and Patterns stamp set, but I wanted to get just a few more cards out of it. So I went a little crazy yesterday and stamp out a ton of random pieces to create a few cards.
Feeling: Solo parenting this week has been rough... Sunday was great and then yesterday was horrid. And now today is not amazing.
Planning: No idea what we're eating for dinner for this week. I should get on that...
Loving: I picked up some cheap bottles of white wine to enjoy this week.
Currently
Reading: Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman. I snagged a copy from the library's new releases shelf.
Watching: We finally started watching Veep S6. I have no idea why we didn't watch this earlier.
Listening: I finally caught up with the wonderful podcast Elise Gets Crafty. Really love her creative small business chats.
Making: After taking a break for Project Life spreads and Memory Planner pages, I'm back to making a ton of cards.
Feeling: Stampin' Up! released their new annual catalog to the demonstrators yesterday and I'm so incredibly excited about all the new products.
Planning: I'm trying to start planning out this summer's travel and activities.
Loving: We've been going on a few long walks and it's been lovely.
Currently
Reading: The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller. It was my BOTM selection from February. An interesting mix of historical fiction and steampunk. Enjoying it so far.
Watching: Another Period is back and it's amazing. The show is so stupid, but I love it.
Listening: Loving the new singles from CHVRCHES. Can't wait for the new album to be released.
Making: I've printed the pictures for the Week in the Life album, now I need to put it all together. I've gotten Monday finished so that only leaves me with 6 more days...
Feeling: Getting away for a few hours yesterday really helped me recharge.
Planning: I made our Spring Bucket list yesterday. Now to plan out some activities and get doing!
Loving: The ability to put books on hold and grab them from the shelf is amazing... Half my reads for April are currently on hold.
Currently
Reading: Demonglass and Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins. After some more adult reads, I'm taking a bit of a YA break to finish this series.
Watching: J and I have been on a movie kick lately. I actually made a watch list in my bujo because I keep forgetting the movies I want to watch. Now we can look at the short list, pick something to watch, and cross it off! (I'm a huge lister and completionist over here.)
Listening: I downloaded some albums onto my Apple Music app and one of my selections was the new Black Veil Brides album. I love some metal every once in awhile!
Making: I'm trying to finish a month in our family Project Life album from last year. Currently working on April and May. Plus, I'm documenting Week in the Life this week so I'm mentally planning spreads and stories for the album.
Feeling: Last week, I felt very scattered in my tasks and plans. This week, I'm much much more focused.
Planning: I've got a few new craft classes scheduled for April and May. I need to prep the rest of the card kits. I've also got Spring Bingo scheduled. Now I need to plan out my make n takes and finalize the prizes. Finally, I've still got one project to design for March stamp club and I need to start thinking about April stamp club (last in this round).
Loving: My birthday was yesterday! We don't usually have anything big planned, but I do love commemorating it in some way. The retreat a few weekends back acted as my big present, but I also made sure to have a dessert and a few other little self-care items the day of.