We’ve been to the beach! We made the time and (finally!) took a few days away. With gorgeous weather we spent time paddling our feet in the ocean and playing in the sand. We took some walks that seemed long for tiny legs and just generally spent time enjoying each others company.
It’s nice to get away from the general doing-ness of home. Where you can relax because you can’t see the piles of dust and washing, where you can eat out every meal and not feel guilty, where you can sit on the balcony and listen to and watch the waves rolling in.
The ‘busy-ness’ of the past month has left me a little brain dead with no energy for writing. I’ve written a few sporadic and sparse journal entries, usually right before the little one wakes for the day, a couple of LUPO things and that’s it. I’ve been quite tragic at reaching the writing goals I’ve set for myself. I did, however, get the big jar of pretty purple sauerkraut made, it’s fermenting busily in the pantry.
Making: Sauerkraut
Cooking: Salmon patties
Drinking: I’ve tried hot cacao again, but the caffeine is too much for me
Reading: The Corrinna Chapman books by Kerry Greenwood
Wanting: A proper fermenting crock
Looking: At the piles of washing I need to do today
Playing: With finger paint
Deciding: Which book to read next
Wishing: I didn’t have to work
Enjoying: Reading instead of watching TV
Waiting: For our next mini holiday in February
Liking: Sitting outside on the new outdoor sofa
Wondering: Which studio lights I should get
Loving: Having a little helper helping with the housework
Pondering: A move
Considering: How to be more rational instead of going straight to people pleasing
Buying: eBooks
Watching: Ash vs the Evil Dead
Hoping: To bring my energy levels back up
Marvelling: At the speed at which my little lady is developing
Cringing: At people who fly off the handle without thought of consequence
Needing: To win tattslotto … sigh
Questioning: My own feelings all the time, are they valid? Will they benefit me?
Smelling: The sweet smell of rain
Wearing: Pretty stretchy clothes
Following: The Problogger podcast
Noticing: The impact that food has can be so beneficial or so detrimental
Knowing: I want to be better
Thinking: The housework doesn’t need to cause me stress, if it gets done it gets done
Admiring: Creativity and dedication
Sorting: Thinking about sorting my clothes
Getting: Tired of cooking all the time, there has to be another way …
Bookmarking: New recipes
Coveting: More time at the beach
Disliking: Drama in life
Opening: The fridge to lots of veggies
Giggling: At walking flamingo gifs
Feeling: Like reading instead of working
Snacking: On my made up coconut and sultanas biscuits
Helping: Little miss count
Hearing: Drones by Muse, Sonic Highways by Foo Fighters, Immortalized by Disturbed and so on
You can find the original list over on Meet Me At Mikes, many thanks to Pip Lincoln.
And a stormy one, just cos I like it …
