February 9, 2022

White Chocolate Mousse

I had a bunch of leftover white chocolate in my pantry from the holiday truffle escapade I had, so I put them to good use with this White Chocolate Mousse situation. Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

This simple dessert has three ingredients if you don’t include raspberries.

Melted white chocolate gets folded into whipped cream and chilled for a bit in the fridge. It kinda tasted like whipped cream with a bit of sweetened condensed milk (MY FAVE!).

We had ours on a weeknight last week and my family wondered what the special occasion was. I love how something so simple can be considered special. White Chocolate Mousse has the power to make an exhausting Monday into a real treat.

LISTS

February 7, 2022

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week- Week 6 in 2022

Happy Monday, friends!

This weekend, we had some good family time, Cooper had some baseball practices, a basketball game (they won!), a baseball tryout, meal prep and house stuff.

I started working through my food journal last week. I found myself not really hungry every morning last week so I ended up having a big lunch every day. I guess I ended up doing intermittent fasting.

Here’s my Meal Prep this week:

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Let’s figure out what our Intentions for the Week are!

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February 6, 2022

My Everyday Life Week 5

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 5

We are working on something fun!! Stay tuned.

Every rubberband/hairband I find in my house is in #8 form.

I bought shredded B-sprouts this week and I had the same thing for lunch every day this week.

LISTS

February 4, 2022

I LOVE LISTS

Inspiration

February 2, 2022

Currently January 2022

We made it through the first month of the year! YAY. I read somewhere that January is the Monday of the year and HOW TRUE IS THAT?! I spent some time digesting 2021 throughout January instead of going from 0-60 in 2022. I guess that’s what it means to give yourself grace, huh? I also stayed away from bread and limited my drinking to almost nothing. In other words, I felt a lot of feelings and worked through/with them this month.

In my Currently Workbook (you can get one through Blurb now, discounted!) I filled out the beginning.

My word for 2022 is SPIRIT. Spirited, spiritual, spirituality…ALL OF IT.

And here are my:

Intentions for 2022:

grow my art practice
teach online
garden- more flowers!
protect my energy/intuition
learn & grow
paint cabinets in bathroom (been on my list for 9 years)
travel if we can
solo trip(s) if I can
move my body & honor it
tap into spirit- those who came before this moment in time

My note to myself? I added the KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK sticker I sent out with everyone’s orders last month to my own workbook for encouragement. I’ve been doing this currently column on my blog since 2017 and I’m keeping it up because of YOU (and me). I like looking back at how my life has changed over the years.

This month I did some collaging on my January spread.

I spent time with my friend Neiley on my deck (we’ve had beautiful weather!) and worked on it in the sun.

January always reminds me that it’s citrus season. Time to get your vitamin C!

I spent a lot of time outside in January. I am happy living life outside. So many hikes!

Feeling grateful for the good weather here. Although, we could use some more rain soon.

Let’s get into the month!

LISTS

January 31, 2022

Intentions for the Week

Intentions for the Week- Week 5 in 2022

Happy Monday, friends!

This weekend, I had some alone time, some girl time, some time in the yard, and time to clean the house.

This January I cut back on drinking and cut out bread and am feeling pretty good. My next goal is to get back to keeping up with my food journal practice. The holidays made me abandon it but I’m ready to start being more mindful of what I’m eating/how I’m feeling. It’s a really good way of checking in with myself throughout the day. The problem is I moved it from where it’s supposed to be on my kitchen table and without that visual prompt, it’s hard for me to keep up the routine. I’m only telling you this because you are inadvertently my accountability buddy, so boop! That’s my plan.

Let’s figure out what our Intentions for the Week are!

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January 30, 2022

My Everyday Life Week 4

Here’s what this past week looked like- My Everyday Life Week 4

I made a wallpaper for my phone and it’s keeping me on track.

I have a new peptalk postcard pack coming to my etsy shop soon. If you’re on my newsletter you’ll hear about it first.

Working in my currently workbook with Neiley on my deck.

Chop therapy! Nuts for salad.

Nakano is giving my readers 15% off with code SHUTTERBEAN if you feel like adding some great knives to your collection.

Fennel is fascinating.

I did a photoshoot outside because LIGHT.

Did you catch the new recipe this week? Fennel Celery Salad– my new fave!

AFTERNOON SPIRIT.

Weekly rituals. Casey made me that candle holder.

Logged into my zoom book club. It’s reflecting from a mirror that got stuck on my desk.

Book club is hosted by my friend Sam Lamott & his Patreon circle.

Added tabs to my Intentions for the Week planner.

I worked on the self-care section this week:

We worked on sacred adornments in Tammi’s class this week! Here are my notes.

Book club book is- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Last bloom. Maybe?

I can see why my Dad always told us we are going to hurt our necks when we sit like that.

Sausage white bean bake for breakfast.

I liked how the shadows connected.

Gleaned from a question I posed on Instagram.

WHAT SHOULD I LETTER NEXT?

Afternoon delight light.

Sitting in my driveway waiting for Cooper to get the mail.

Killing time and watching the sun go down during Cooper’s practice.

Mercury is in retrograde.

She tolerated this. She doesn’t usually.

Getting a start on…

Lemon Roasted Garlic Shrimp FTW.

Someone busted out of the house right before Cooper’s bedtime and caused panic.

It took us an hour to get him back and we had to wash him because we have poison oak on our hill and he was rolling in it.

WHAT A NIGHT!

Home alone, bath.

Turkey parade on a Saturday morning on the hill.

Beans is back.

Painting project

Oh, that looks comfortable.

This made me wonder what it would be like to be without limits.

Dinner at Lisa’s.

I brought some Lemon Ginger Elixir.

The meal prep I did on Sunday!!

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