Skip to main content

Day 328: Don't Act Like You're Not Impressed

Top L: Kindergarten Pumpkin R: Color The Psalms
Bottom L: Pre-K Math Turkey R: Shakespeare quote from Inspired Life Co 

Top: Beer print from Hatch Prints (not thanksgivng, I just like it)
Bottom: Gaaaa. I can't find the source. Might be Inspired Life Co. But I colored it.

Please enjoy these stunning #nofilter photos of the whole of our Thanksgiving decorations. (Insert laughing emoji). Holiday decorating isn't my specialty, but I got a couple of great printables via email newsletters from a couple of Etsy shops I follow. We're leaving for Thanksgiving anyway, but I figured I might as well put my $0.20 library printing to good use, right? 

Bullets of gratitude for today: 
  • Thanksgiving printables. Duh!
  • Sanguine matchmakers - I'm terrible at introducing myself to new people, but the gal who runs the play area where I take the kids most Wednesdays is great at finding common ground for two people whom she is introducing. I met another mom of 3 who just moved from Fargo. Yay! 
  • A couple of things didn't go my way today, and I handled it without throwing a tantrum like the big baby I usually am. This is big for me.
  • Kids went to bed well tonight, despite being almost crazed with excitement for the weekend. 
  • Our apartment building reeked today and I diffused some essential oils all day and now it smells so delightful in here. Lavender and YL Purification for the win! 
  • I just enjoyed a full hour of silence sitting on my bed. I reviewed the many packing lists and reminders in my planner (in hopes that dumping them out now will allow me to sleep without worrying). I scrolled Facebook and got caught up on a couple of blog posts I'd wanted to read, and just rested my feet from The Day Of All The Packing. 
  • I listened to the vocation story below today and it was amazing. I enjoyed it so much while I was running around packing and worrying and cleaning today. I am obsessed with vocation and conversion stories. I can't get enough of them. This one is so great. I love priests. 



Happy Thanksgiving to All! 

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hey! Remember me?

Hey! I'm still here! I haven't given up on ye olde blog just yet, but I haven't had much to write about. I've been spending most of my time reading, mothering, household-running, reading, watching Instagram stories, and house hunting. Whew. Summer is flying by at breakneck speeds and I can barely keep up. I've read more books already than I did last year, which I think is saying a lot because I read more books last year than any year since I became a mother. I didn't set a number goal, but I did list out 10 or 15 that I wanted to get to. I've finished most, including the Harry Potters, but not all. It's a good reading year! Right now I'm reading one by a woman who gave up the Internet for a year. Insert scared emoji face. House hunting will likely be a whole separate post...someday. I have a few other posts in the rusty old brain, so we'll see if they come to fruition. I just didn't want you to forget about me!
Post a Comment
Read more

Take Note!

I know a fair amount about myself, about my tendencies and my personality. I can't be the only one who likes finding out more about myself in this regard, as there are tons of profiles and quizzes and articles discussing these topics. I've known some things for a long while: I'm a reader.  I like things done correctly versus quickly. I'm an introvert.  I'm a picky eater, and I like mostly bland food.  I'm better at editing than writing.  I love organizing.  I dislike conflict. I'm a list-maker.  And in the last few years, I've learned that: My primary temperament is melancholic . My secondary temperament is choleric (so there's a teeny bit of extrovert in there). In Myers-Briggs, I'm an ISTJ . One of my gifts is administration, which is why I like paperwork, and love spreadsheets. I am loyal, in relationships but also in seemingly irrelevant things like making sure to read every post by my favorite bloggers even if the top...
Post a Comment
Read more

Seven Random Things I Like

It's been a while, so I'm going to link up with Kelly at This Ain't The Lyceum  for 7 Quick Takes today! I present to you seven random things I like, and for which I am grateful today. 1. Lent! Time to repent! I do like Lent, and with a weird rib-area cartilage injury and a bad cold to set the pace, it's shaping up to be a really Lenty Lent. I'm using the Blessed is She Lenten journal for my daily prayer time and am trying...t r y i n g this 5-Minute sacrifice. I did fairly well at it Wednesday, and pretty crappy Thursday. So there you go. Onward and upward. I will embarrassingly admit that it took me until my 35th year to realize that I don't have to read all the things on the interwebs, even if they are about a topic of interest to me. The webs are awash with posts about how to Lent, and but thank goodness I resisted the urge to click on all of them and just licked on this one  by Jenny at Mama Needs Coffee. Of course you know I want to share everyth...
Post a Comment
Read more