currently :: vol 1

{ cousins at the parade }

First off, WELCOME!  I used to blog over at Dear Littles and since I'm turning 29 on Wednesday, I realized that I needed to move on to something different.  I had been going back and forth about a new blog and finally pulled the trigger.  This week will be full of me playing around with the design and layout - so bear with me.

This past week was full of sick boys.  Both with high fevers and had UAs done but we have yet to hear anything.  But both are back to their normal selves - so I'll take that as a win.  But luckily we were able to go to the 4th of July parade in Eagan along with all of Mike's family and later we went to fireworks in Apple Valley with my sister and nephew.  It was a blast and we are still recovering...but here's what I've been up.

CURRENTLY

READING :: I finished Cress by Marissa Meyer and have been working on both Linger by Maggie Stiefvater & The perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.  I'm hoping to finish them before Wednesday but if not that's okay since I'll probably send most of my birthday in bed reading.

WRITING :: Since I decided to start a new blog - I have started writing the new pages but I figure I will spend sometime tweaking them.  As well as really taking a look at my 30 by 30 list and revamping that as well.

LISTENING ::  To Futurama on Comedy Central - simply because my husband just spent the past two hours mowing my sister's lawn while her husband is away for work in Afghanistan.  I figure I owe him some tv time.

THINKING :: Of all the things I need to get done tomorrow and Tuesday so I can just sit back and relax on Wednesday.  I've already told my husband that after I drop the boys off, I plan on turning off my phone (or just putting it on silent) and spend the day however I choose.

SMELLING :: Cleaning chemicals...from all the cleaning and scrubbing that was for naught. 

HOPING :: My boys sleep tonight.  Since they were sick, the boys didn't really sleep this week.  They have some what gotten back to their normal schedules but it would be awesome if I could sleep until I really have to get up...

WISHING :: I knew web design better.  All the tutorials on pinterest are awesome, but it seems to take forever to find the ones I really need or the ones that actually work.

WEARING ::  cleaning clothes...ick.

LOVING :: That I am now only working every fourth weekend.  This means that I won't have to work a weekend until the end of the month which means we can go to the farmer's market next weekend and maybe even the MN Zoo.

WANTING :: fresh pens and a new journal...simply because mine is a little ragged and a new journal with fresh pages is full of possibilities.

NEEDING:: A housekeeper.  I spent the day cleaning our home and I still didn't get all the cleaning done that I had hoped to.  I feel like as soon as I get things clean - the tornadoes that are all of my boys (yes, even the biggest) destroy our home in record speed.

FEELING :: Hopeful.  With my birthday in 3 days, I'm hopeful that my last year in my twenties will really bring me new things...

What you been up to?