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July 19, 2020

My Everyday Life Week 29

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 29

Happy to have caught this moment this week! What a moment of magic! 

Huggy finds the funniest places to hide. He always makes me laugh. 

My favorite easy meal. Brown rice, furikake, avocado, hot chili oil, and soy sauce. 

Started working on my July spread for my Currently Workbook this month.

Here’s the beginning. I drew echinacea because I’m excited they are growing in our front yard!

Meal prep this week!

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July 17, 2020

I LOVE LISTS

I LOVE LISTS

  1. Ways you can bulk up ramen noodles.
  2. I want to make chicken fried potatoes.
  3. Check out these creative bus ads.
  4. Black-Owned Etsy shops to support
  5. A whole bunch of recipes using eggs.
  6. Wow. I would really love a Study Pod.
  7. How to Dry Herbs
  8. How Americans who left talk about their life in other countries.
  9. I am daydreaming of going to Canada.
  10. Here’s why you keep seeing all of those trick cakes.
  11. Trees growing through cars.
  12. I had a dress like this when I was in high school and I miss it.
  13. Teens are dressing up as older people to get alcohol.
  14. I wonder if all this stuff about #freebritney is true… cuz WOW
  15. What have you learned about yourself during quarantine?
  16. I can’t believe this is ballpoint pen!
  17. Journal goals.  Oh and this one too!
  18. Fight fear with love.
  19. How books can help us through times of transition.
  20. This home looks incredibly calming.
  21. Weekend Reading: Mending Matters + Wild at Home

If you need to start next week off right, download my Intentions for the Week Printable!

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July 16, 2020

Salt & Pepper Shrimp

Salt & Pepper Shrimp is something I love to order when we are out at a restaurant, but I never order it for delivery because it definitely doesn’t travel well. The same goes for fried calamari.   In the delivery process,  what was intended to be crispy and crunchy turns into a soggy mess the longer it sits in a sweaty TO GO box.  Plus, it’s never HOT, and that bugs me.  

 

But now I don’t have to order takeout cuz I made one of my favorite dishes at home and my family loved it!

And that in itself is a reason to celebrate. There’s a new dish to add to my picky eater household and I AM THRILLED because I am getting so tired of cooking the same ole things during the quarantine. A big plus is that most of the ingredients are things I usually have on hand!

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July 13, 2020

Intentions for the Week

Looking to get your head in the game? Tracy from Shutterbean makes a weekly TO DO LIST called her Intentions for the Week. Here's what this week looks like:

Intentions for the Week- Week 29 of 2020

Happy Monday, friends!

 Meal Prep this Week:

Intentions for the Week:

  • STAY HEALTHY
  • laundry
  • fill out my Intentions for the Week printable
  • BE BETTER AT DRINKING WATER
  • finish tax stuff
  • keep Cooper occupied during the day
  • therapy appointment
  • call the DMV
  • work in my Currently Workbook/
  • make new recipe
  • post new recipe
  • package/ship food journals The Handwriting Club 
  • track my steps on my fitbit
  • MOVE MY BODY /DANCE
  • send snail mail to friends
  • catch up on writing
  • catch up on social media
  • go for a walk with my family
  • continue my #100dayproject 
  • track what I eat in my food journal this week
  • facetime with girlfriends
  • clean up office desk
  • work on new printable pack
  • go to Post Office
  • delete photos & videos on phone
  • make a grocery list/grocery shop
  • ask for help when I need it
  • pull cards and write in my sketchbook
  • water indoor plants
  • work in the yard
  • edit photos
  • make artwork for post
  • build some time in to meditate
  • get good sleep
  • take good care of myself

Last Week’s Intentions:

  • STAY HEALTHY
  • laundry
  • fill out my Intentions for the Week printable
  • BE BETTER AT DRINKING WATER
  • keep Cooper occupied during the day
  • therapy appointment
  • work in my Currently Workbook/ post June 2020
  • make new recipe
  • post new recipe
  • package/ship food journals The Handwriting Club 
  • track my steps on my fitbit
  • MOVE MY BODY /DANCE
  • send snail mail to friends
  • catch up on writing
  • catch up on social media
  • rest my back/stretch
  • go for a walk with my family
  • continue my #100dayproject 
  • give myself a manicure
  • tweeze brows
  • track what I eat in my food journal this week
  • facetime with girlfriends
  • clean up office desk
  • work on new printable pack
  • go to Post Office
  • delete photos & videos on phone
  • make a grocery list/grocery shop
  • ask for help when I need it
  • pull cards and write in my sketchbook
  • water indoor plants
  • work in the yard
  • edit photos
  • make artwork for post
  • build some time in to meditate
  • get good sleep
  • take good care of myself

Recipes to Try:

Spicy Mango Chile Wraps

Salmon Potato Arugula Salad

Thai Corn Coconut Soup

Corn Tomato Shishito Pizza (on the grill!)

Baked Stuffed Peppers with Feta and Breadcrumbs is a vegetarian dream! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Baked Feta Stuffed Peppers

 

Ginger Mango Lime Sorbet

Mango Apple Salad with Sugared Lime Zest

 

If you make a recipe from Shutterbean, tag me on Instagram! I’d love to see your creations! 

 

Pump Jam for the Week:

 

Mantra for the week!

 

Feeling stuck? Make a list! 

Write down your intentions for the week to help hold you accountable for action.

If you need some help, my printable can save your week!

 

I’m rooting for you!

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July 12, 2020

My Everyday Life Week 28

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 28

Art time!

Had an art date with my friend Neiley this week! It was so nice to have girl time.

I played with ink in my sketchbook.

Got to snuggle with my friend Walter.

Cooper getting a Huggy snug.

My Intentions for the Week printable for last week.

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July 10, 2020

I LOVE LISTS

I LOVE LISTS 

  1. Retro motels in the US are having a moment.
  2. Public art in Detroit.
  3. 10 ways to get out a reading slump.
  4. This dress with these shoes with these sunglasses and this bag.
  5. Letting go of the emotional labor of cooking right now.
  6. I like seeing what seasonings other people use.
  7. Don’t leave your wipes in the car. Oooh I never knew.
  8. Time to watch The Truman Show again!
  9. The whole idea of Cameo is fascinating.
  10. Will TikTok be banned in the US?
  11. My favorite overalls are on sale!
  12. Brutally honest horoscopes from 1979. lol
  13. 21 arguements for wearing a mask.
  14. How to travel in camper vans/RVs this summer.
  15. San Francisco Street Fashion from the 1920s. 
  16. Japan aquarium tracks the romantic lives of penguins. 
  17. This matcha lemonade looks delicious.
  18. This isn’t sustainable for working parents.
  19. I don’t know why I am so creeped out by this underwater museum.
  20. Don’t let micro-stresses get the best of you.
  21. Weekend reading: The Body Keeps the Score

 

If you need to start next week off right, download my Intentions for the Week Printable!

 

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July 7, 2020

Currently June 2020

 

Currently June 2020

Here we are. It’s July as a type this up.

Not gonna lie… June was a tough month.

My timing has been off with everything. My diet has been off. My energy has been off too.  Everything is off! 

No more school and no Summer camps have made it a very precarious time to be working at home with my husband and Cooper. We rely heavily on summer camps to get us through the summer but now it’s Camp Mom + Dad (mostly Mom) every day while we try to get work done.

The hardest part is not having boundaries between work, home, and family time. 

Not knowing when the end is in sight makes it hard to plan anything.

Not being able to plan anything or have an idea of what the next year will look like is tough.

Worrying about worrying too much and that some people aren’t worrying at all.  Worrying a lot! Worrying is exhausting! 

And then there’s grief…grieving our old lives and trying to make space to accept some of the things that we are dealing with are beyond our control.

But I know that when I am feeling feelings, I must put some time into reflection. 

Let’s look at my June spread in my Currently Workbook

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