Happy first day of August! I cannot believe August is already
here, it feels like summer just started yesterday! And yet, here we are, with
less than four weeks before I start my senior year of college. It’s bittersweet
really, with this being my last summer before I become a college graduate, but I
am also excited for all that is to come. So, I am moving forward with at least
a little excitement, because I cannot wait to see all that this month, and the
rest of the year, will bring. But for now, let’s just talk about what I’m up to
right now! I’m currently…
Following… honestly,
I don’t really know how to answer this question. I’m not really an avid
participant in social media, so I’m not usually actively following much of
anything on any one of the platforms I do actually have an account with. However,
as cheesy as this may sound, I am following Christ. So that’s a biggie. I’ve
been doing this great devotional from First 5 for a while, and I found a
fantastic hymns playlist on Spotify that takes me back to my childhood of
growing up in church…so yeah, that’s what I would say. I’m currently following
Christ J
Ordering… can you
take a guess? The same thing I’m always ordering…books! Although one of the
books that just appeared on my bookshelf wasn’t an order at all, but was
actually a wonderful gift from my fantastic new author friend, Jen Turano. However,
I have ordered some new books as well, although I’m not sure if you can
completely call them new books since they are actually used books that I found
on Thriftbooks. Either way, they are new to me, and I absolutely cannot wait to
devour them. I purchased one novel that I have already read, because I found
the second and third books in the series for really cheap awhile back and I want
to finally own the entire series, but the other three are brand new to me! I think
The Sweet By and By by Sara Evans and
Rachel Hauck, The Atonement by
Beverly Lewis, The Bronte Plot by
Katherine Reay, and When the Morning
Glory Blooms by Cynthia Ruchti will make the perfect additions to my book
collection.
Pinning… well,
what am I pinning? That’s a good question; I honestly feel like most of the
time I’m on Pinterest I just look at a bunch of things but forget to actually
pin anything. So really, I’ve been pinning a whole lot of nothing. I’ve been
meaning to get my Pinterest cleaned up a little bit, maybe now is the time to
do that. But I do know what I pin a lot of when I do pin things, so I’ll share
that instead. If I find any good advice or really great quote or something, I always
pin that, but my biggest source of pins, what you can always find me sharing,
are funny quotes from Friends or New Girl or other shows and movies I have
loved. I really like finding some of my favorite funny moments from shows I’ve
watched on Pinterest, because it’s almost like watching that part of the show
all over again.
Watching… that’s
another great question. What am I watching? I try to make an effort to not
watch a lot of TV on a regular basis, and since I took a break from Netflix for
most of the summer to keep me from spending my entire break binge-watching things,
I haven’t really watched much of anything lately. The Middle seems to ALWAYS be on at my house, so I guess I’ve
watched a bit of that recently, and I have been watching both of Tim Allen’s
shows (Home Improvement and Last Man Standing) whenever I’ve been
bored during the afternoons. And of course the occasional Christmas movie from
Hallmark’s “Christmas in July.” But that’s about it.
Counting… not
counting down the days until school, that’s for sure! I am counting small
things, like how many books I’ve read so far this year, all of the things I need
to buy before school starts, how many hours are in a day so that I can see how
many things I can get done. Honestly, I’m not really sure what else I have been
counting, but I know that I constantly am. There are so many little things in
life that we count every day and probably don’t even notice it. Like sometimes
when I go up the stairs I count how many steps there are, even though I’ve
lived in this house for over 15 years and know that the number of steps hasn’t
changed since I first moved here. I’m constantly counting my number of steps,
or at least, my Garmin Vivofit is. Also, can I just say how much I love that
thing for a minute? I never have to charge it, the product description when I bought
it said it had a one-year battery life, and yet it’s been over a year and I still
haven’t had to buy a new battery! So I’m really pleased with that, though I love
my Garmin for multiple reasons. Anyway, that’s basically what I’m counting at
the moment.
Well, that’s what I’m currently up to! What about you? What
are you currently doing?
Happy August!
I love ordering a handful of new books! I've recently had to put myself on a book spending freeze until I can catch up with all of the titles sitting on my nightstand. :)
ReplyDeleteMe too! I completely understand, I have to tell myself not to keep ordering books all the time, otherwise my house would be completely taken over and I won't have read even half of them yet; I just love buying books!
DeleteI've been on a bit of a book buying spree myself - it's just impossible to pass up a good deal on a book, isn't it? Thanks for joining in :)
ReplyDeleteIt really is! And there always seems to be so many good deals, just not enough places to put the books when I've bought them. Of course, thank you for hosting!
DeleteI love your answer to Who you are following!!! And for counting, I have been tracking my books to because I have a goal to read 50 by the end of the year. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Oh, I didn't even think about that, I have a goal too! Though mine is 35; over the past couple of years I've found it hard to find time to read so I'm shooting for a somewhat attainable goal and pushing myself to reach it. I hope you meet yours!
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