Sunday Sunset #3
- weekly wrap-up
Book finished**:** Lessons in French; Roaring Midnight
Reading**:** The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin
On the Nightstand: Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry; Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn; Bloodlines by Richelle Mead; Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa
Making Lists: I’m loving my Daily Planner pages that I bought last week. They are keeping me so organized. I just take a few minutes every evening to fill it out for the next day. If I need to, I can always change or add things, but I find that I get 95% filled out the night before. Now I don’t forgot to do things or misplace those little pieces of paper with reminders. Plus, I am more comfortable with paper than an app on the iPhone.
Around the house: I’m slowly implementing my cleaning schedule. So far, so good.
From the kitchen: This week I ended up packing a few freezer meals for the future (Sweet Potato Barley Soup, Santa Fe Chicken, and Chicken Taco Chili). Our freezer is now just about completely full. I love filling it with freezer meals and then slowly emptying it back out.
Crafting: This week has been a slow week crafting-wise but a good week for organization. After taking some time to organize my stash, I blogged a tour of my crafting room. I still have a few organizational projects, overall I’m really happy at how it all came together. One of those projects I tackled last night: organizing my paper scarps. I used quart ziploc bags to sort scraps by color. Those bags then went into the 8.5” x 11” magazine files. This eliminated the need for one cracked plastic bin. Now I’m left with easier access to scraps and a bin with my small paper pads. On the organization travels, I was stumped as to figuring out which Stampin’ Up color coordinated with my retired paper pads (Festival of Prints and Print Poetry). Some amazing person on the internet created a spreadsheet with every DSP from at least the last 7 years and the coordinating colors. I’m definitely bookmarking that page for future reference.
As to the actual crafting, i attended meet and greet on Saturday and worked on the Valentines for our mom’s group party. I finished them after I came home. I forgot to take any pictures before I sealed the envelopes, but I will say that they are all very adorable and used a ton of scraps. This coming week I need to complete my stamp club homework for Feb. 13th and I want to make at least two cards inspired by a pin from Pinterest.
Watching: J and I have been binge watching Workaholics. Way too funny! We’re also catching up on our currently airing shows. And I finished Dracula this week. Holy crap! I thought it was supposed to me a self-contained one season show, but they left it completely open for season two. Not quite sure how I feel about that…
From Nature: It’s been a bit chilly and overcast around these parts. Definitely great weather for walking with a light jacket and nice blanket for Arthur. Although I could do without the gray days. They remind me a bit too much of the Midwest.
Shopping Scores: Another big shopping week. I picked up some white onesies, car window shades, and a toy mirror for Arthur. He adores the mirror! I grabbed some Valentine’s supplies to make cards for our baby Valentine’s Day party. For myself, I picked up some new workout gear. I walk every Monday at Shoreline, but didn’t have any good clothes to help keep me comfy and dry. Target was having a good sale so I snapped up some pants, a sports bra, and a tee. Love them!
Project: I have begun to plan for our summer vacation. That’s right, it’s February and I’m planning for summer. Instead of a big structured road trip with an 8 month old in tow, I thought we could do a slow road trip up the northern coast to the Redwoods National Forest and back down again. Currently, I am just pulling together ideas and possible stops. I checked out some travel books from the library and have pilled some ideas from Pinterest. It will come together nicely at some point this spring.
Picture: Check out my little reader! So much like his momma.