Whats Up Wednesday: October 2019

A month ago I started blogging (again).  Whoa!  A month.  Haha.  This is just for fun and I appreciate you dropping by.  Now lets see what was memorable about this month....

Eating
So I started something new...
Every Saturday or Sunday I go to Trader Joe's and enjoy the sample.  If I enjoy the sample then the sample becomes a meal for the week ahead.  No, this doesn't pertain to the apple cider donuts.  May I suggest the gnocci and chicken sausage with the kale pesto?

You will love it.



I also bought an air fryer this week.  I guess that will lead to a post in November.

Halloween candy is the devil - a damn delicious one - but a devil indeed.  My indulgences include:  Snickers, Milky Way Dark, and Butterfinger.

Loving
Who am I?  Snuggling with a blanket on the couch.  I'm turning into a cat.
French press season is here.  I make more coffee with my french press in the cool and cold months than in the warm months.

Saturdays are going to be free again!  Fall sports wrapped last weekend.

Dreading
The impending rush of the last bit of the year.  October, November, and December go by so quickly.  It also means cold weather is closer. Meh.

Working on
Finding fun things to do for the holidays.  This is the first year I will not have a holiday break.  I'm really sad about that.



Finding center.  Do any of you use the mindfulness apps?  I really need to get back into yoga as well.  I have a to do list that is about ten feet long...here we go.

Excited about
Hallmark movies (new ones)
A few movies coming out in theaters this next month!
A date night (maybe?)
Planning a Christmas party!!!

Watching/Reading
I read Before She Was Found...
I'm still watching the same shows
This Is Us
Real Housewives OC & Dallas
A Million Little Things
Anne with An E was binge watched - so good. (Netflix)

Wearing




Two of my favorite additions to the wardrobe this month!  (Old Navy)

This weekend

Not sure yet.  I am hoping to head to the mountains!

Next month
My birthday
Thanksgiving
Decorating for Christmas...good stuff!

And that is that!!!
Fun post -
C ya later!

October - Why So Fast?

Today is one of those days that makes you go - yep it is autumn.

The temperature this morning?  A balmy forty degrees.  Check back with me in February and word balmy will probably mean just that.  I wanted to stay in bed and read - alas soccer beckoned me.  Leggings, a sweater, a coat, a Dunkin run.

Game one - won!

Game two - not sure we had to leave to rush over to the softball field at half time.  That game was a sloppy, cold mess.

Off to Trader Joe's for groceries.  If you ever need ideas for dinner and the idea of Pinterest is stale please go to Trader Joe's.  You will get your inspiration.  Today it came by way of sweet potato gnocchi, vegan kale and pesto sauce, and chicken sausage (too hilarious how we lumped something "vegan" with chicken sausage.  I love this life.)  I personally prefer TJ's in the fall and winter - such great seasonal fare.

Since the cool weather is here that warranted a trip to the consignment store to grab the youngest some pants and long sleeves.  Note:  When you look at your kid and say yeah he's the same size as last year you're probably lying to yourself.  My kid looks the same as last year but...he's not.  All apologies to people who think my kid is taking skinny sizing to a whole new level.  Pickings were slim at the consignment store this weekend.  PUN INTENDED!

And here we are at nearly five o'clock - that gnocchi dish?  Yeah it is being saved for later in the week.  Stouffer's is supporting my lazy ass in the kitchen by way of lasagna. A Million Little Things is on my television, God bless Hulu.  I have blankets and Bud Light and I'm just fine enjoying this fine, grey, cool autumn day in the comfort of my little home where the heat is on. (And all the Northerners laugh hysterically.)

October is a wonderful month.  A favorite.  And today I feel like I can enjoy it to the fullest.

Too bad its past the mid month mark.

Slow down.

Just slow down.

Love This! Friday 101119

I have missed this!  Yay to being back.

Thank the good Lord that this week is winding the heck down.  It has been a doozie of a five days and I'm ready for w.e.e.k.e.n.d

Let's start this day off right and lets share some love today.  Love will push us through to the going home hour (c'mon 3:30 I'm looking for you!).  Speaking of LOVE I really love Brene Brown and I really loved this post from her blog this week.

There are a couple things that are new to me and my life this week.  The first one is that I have successfully completed my first seven days of intermittent fasting.  I felt like I had my own support system with the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur falling this week which calls for a fasting from sundown to sundown.  Some of my Jewish friends were cheering me on (note:  I do not fast 24 hours!)  There have been some major fast benefits from IF - mental clarity being the biggest.  When you aren't shoveling sh*t in your mouth at random times your mind is way more clear.  I also sleep much better!  I won't bore you on my details but I generally eat at 5:30am and then again at 5:30pm.  Between those hours I'm not extremely active (thanks work) and I keep myself hydrated with water and enjoy my black coffee.  I was a black coffee drinker before I started this so there was no adjustment period to that.

If you're interested let me know and I'll post on it later.  Otherwise we're moving on....beep beep!

Do you love pod casts?  I do, I do!  My work bestie shared Criminal with me.  Oh

Unfortunately, this version was sold out.

man.  I love crime pod casts like none other.  I loved Sh*t Town and I loved This American Life but I could do without all the gruesome parts those offered at times.  This week I started listening to Criminal and I'm full invested now.  These are some SUPER interesting stories (real not fake) and they do not take a week to listen to.  Most shows average thirty minutes!

Last Saturday I went shopping for like an hour.  My favorite purchase...wait my third favorite purchase was this top from Old Navy.  My one and two spot faves were the new bras I got.  OK so that sounds wackadoo BUT you have to know this.  I went to the Hanes Store and walked straight to the clerk and said, "You need to measure me."  She laughed and said, "Follow me."  After a ninety second measuring tape experience I finally have two bras that fit like a freaking glove.  Do yourself a favor and get the ta ta's in the CORRECT size bra and also if you're 40 or over or have a high breast cancer risk in your family - go get them checked then get a great bra!

Now...this post moved your day ahead by about three minutes (if you actually read and clicked links) so you're super welcome for that.  Let's see if I can get at least two more minutes put away from the work

On tap for the weekend?  TELL ME!  What are you getting into?  Here are my amazing (going to totally let you down, you have been warned, plans!)

*Hot date with my daughter tonight.  She said Zoe's Kitchen and I said, I love you!  Then off to Trader Joe's.
*Tomorrow soccer in the morning and my cousin's wedding in the afternoon!
*Then its all Cabernet and chilled out fly by the seat of your pants!

OK let's knock out the remaining seven hours and fifty-five minutes of this work day!

A