Odds and Ends

Here's my randomness for the week:

• 4 month olds are hard to entertain! Q demands my attention all the time...
• I think I have too many library books out at once. Not enough time to read them all!
• I need to remember to buy iced tea next time at the grocery. I really miss drinking something other than water and coffee in the morning.
• Feels good to donate a ton of baby clothes to a great organization. We don't need that stuff anymore!
• I'm not usually big on pink but I'm loving the super pink decorations in my planner.

Currently #2

Watching: J was surprised to learn that I've never seen most of 30 Rock. Guess what we started from the beginning.

Reading: A Study of Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas. Picked it up from the library and loving it so far.

Listening: Both boys have been super whiners the last few days. So over this.

Making: Our parent group Valentine's Exchange is on Thursday. I'm making one set of 32 for Q to "hand out." Arthur requested Paw Patrol ones.

Feeling: I've been feeling very scatter-brained for the past two weeks. I kept losing my train of thought, forgetting tasks, and feeling very anxious. Not a fan of my current state.

Planning: Trying to get some craft classes and events on the calendar for February and March.

Loving: I love listening to the rain. And in the past week it's actually rained hard enough for me to listen!

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Title: The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1)

Author: Terry Pratchett

Publisher: 1983

Genre: Fantasy

Pages: 288

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Perpetual (The Fantasy Project; Discworld); Discworld; Mount TBR

The beginning of the hilarious and irreverent series that has more than 80 million copies worldwide, The Color of Magic is where we meet tourist Twoflower and wizard guide Ricewind, and follow them on their always-bizarre journeys.

I finally finally finally started the Discworld series. J has been bugging me to start this for years now. And so, I read the first novel that published. I've decided to read the series in chronological order as opposed to subseries order. I really enjoyed The Colour of Magic. Rincewind is such a great character. I loved following him through parts of the Discworld encountering random side characters and going on adventures. My favorite side character is of course Death. And in my head Death sounds like Christopher Lee because Christopher Lee is Death. That simple. Beyond Rincewind, this book is really about world building. We see Pratchett give the reader hints as to other places, characters, and stories on the Discworld. I imagine some of those side characters will appear in books down the road. A very successful start to hopefully a great series.

February 2017 Life Goals

Let’s check in on January’s goals and my progress.

• New Movie Month — Sorta fail. We only ended up watched 20 new-to-me movies, but I'd say that's a decent showing for the month.
• Daily MommaStrong/Walk — Sorta fail. I was off and on throughout the month. But I did just do a 7 day squat challenge a friend hosted. Killed my legs, but it felt good.
• Read 1500 pages — Success! I read 1793 pages for January!
• Implement a grocery budget and meal plan — Success! I'm trying to implement some strategies to decrease our food costs. I'm trying to incorporate ideas one at a time instead of trying to do everything at one.
• Project 365: Tobe — Success! I've finished spreads in my memory planner and posted on Instagram every day.
• Research vehicle options — Fail. I need to dive in next month.

February's Goals:

• 30 Day Challenge: 20 minutes of exercise -- Whether it's a walk, MommaStrong, yoga, or something else, I want to make this a daily habit.
• Prep and send February's card -- Have a few cards to get out this month.
• Read 2000 pages -- Upping my goal for this month
• Research vehicle options -- Carry-over goal
• Plan at least two kid activities -- I already have the Oakland Zoo scheduled, but I'm not going to count it. I'm thinking BADM, maybe CuriOdyssey, maybe Habitot, or a simple park playdate.

January 2017 Wrap-up

January's TBR Pile (7/10):

1. MVPA Book Club Selection: The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling √
2. Series Pick: The Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
3. Nonfiction Pick: Buffering by Hannah Hart √
4. Carry-over: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
5. Comic Pick: Revival Vol. 3 √
6. Comic Pick: The Runaways Complete Collection Vol. 1 √
7. Added: The Bargain by Jane Ashford √
8. Added: A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron √
9. Added: The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
10. Added: Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor √

Picture Book Roundup: Finally getting back to the library for new-to-us picture books

1. Yellow Copter by Kersten Hamilton
2. Too Many Moose! by Lisa M. Bakos
3. A Poem in Your Pocket by Margaret McNamara
4. H.O.R.S.E. by Christopher Meyers
5. The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School by Reeve Lindbergh
6. Take Away the A by Michael Escoffier
7. Bike On, Bear! by Cynthea Liu
8. Curious George Discovers the Stars by Bethany V. Freitas
9. Never Play Music Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow
10. Zoo Zoom! by Candace Ryan
11. Meet Tracker by Geof Smith
12. The 329th Friends by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
13. The Sandman by William Joyce
14. Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
15. My Pet Book  by Bob Staake
16. Half of an Elephant by Gusti
17. Miss Fox's Class Shapes Up by Eileen Spinelli

1,000,000 Page Goal

Monthly Total: 1793 pages

Pages Remaining: 734,180 pages

Current Read - Voyager by Diana Gabaldon; The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett; the Daily Show An Oral History by Christ Smith

Books I Gave Up On (0)

Books bought/received

February's TBR Pile:

1. MVPA Book Club Selection: (already read)
2. Series Pick: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
3. Nonfiction Pick:
4. Carry-over: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
5. Carry-over: The Daily Show by Chris Smith
6. Carry-over: The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
7. Read Your Book Shelf Pick: Burning Bright by Tracey Chevalier
8. Discworld Pick: The Light Fantastic

Movies watched - See all the movies watch in January in my New Movie Posts here and here. We didn't make it to 31 movies this month, but we did watch a fair amount of new-to-me movies.

TV Shows watched

• UnReal S1 - Finally watched this show during break. A very intriguing soap opera.
• Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After? S1 - Haha! My mom made me watch this one. Those two are ridiculous.
• The Paradise S2 Episodes 2-3
• The Bachelor S21 - So far, I'm loving Nick as the Bachelor. So much more personality than the last bachelor, Ben. And my three picks, Vanessa, Rachel, and Danielle, are still in it!
• Sherlock S4 - J and finished this in the span of about a week.
• Gilmore Girls S6 and S7 - I finally finished so I can watch the mini series.
• Those Who Can't - J and sped through this series...
• Superstore - And this one...