Currently- February

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Currently:

    Loving- Love may be too strong of a verb- very much like is probably more appropriate. But anyway, I am loving/ liking products from the photo company Mpix. Mpix produces professional quality photo prints though what I recently used it for had nothing to do with quality prints but rather the size prints that Mpix offers. I needed 3 1/2 x 5 prints- you know, the size that at one time was, if not the standard size, then a very regular attainable size of prints. Nowadays, neither Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens nor Shutterfly will print photos in the size 3 1/2 x 5. I was glad when I saw that Mpix offers prints in that size.

I needed that size for a small scrapbook that I’m going to start working on. And when I say small, I mean, the scrapbook itself is small. It’s perfect for some good photos that capture a  fun afternoon in NYC with my sister. I don’t have enough photos for a full size scrapbook- the small size should be perfect.  But, I would only be able to get one 4x6 print on each page unless I severely cropped each one. However, most pictures aren’t really cropable since tall buildings/ scenery take up the vast majority of the print. I should be able to get two 3 1/2 x 5 prints on a page. That is the plan, anyway. 

I am loving that I’m sitting here on my comfy couch writing this because that means that I’m not working. I don't post on IG so I don’t do IG lives- writing close to the time of publishing the post is as close to a “live” that I am going to do vis a vis the electronic world. In this moment, which will be gone, of course, by the time this is published, I am loving not working today. Two fairly tough sub jobs on Monday and Tuesday have me loving not working and appreciating being at home.

    Looking forward to- By the end of April, I will have (Lord willing) gone on four short trips. Bonus that three of the four are to locations south of me so hopefully the weather will be warmer than it is here. 

I am looking forward to Alyssa making a decision about college. She has it narrowed down to two and she has until the end of April to decide. I think that I’m OK with whichever one she decides on. 😏

    Trying to be romantic by- In an effort to abstain from TMI, I will follow the lead that my friend Jennifer used for this prompt and talk about Valentine’s Day decor. I didn’t put all of my decorations up this year. I’m not sure why and may rectify that but for now, here are a few things that I have out for VD.

I also have two heart themed sweaters that I am loving to wear right now. And I’m getting so many compliments on them! Pessimistically, I could view all of the compliments as some sort of indication that normally the clothes that I wear are bland, boring, basic, etc. so wearing Colors! Prints! Holiday Themed! sticks out more than normal. Or I can be more optimistic and assume people are complimenting me solely because they like what I am wearing. 😍

    Changing- I am changing my pop drinking habits and am really glad about that. I didn’t drink any pop from January 1- January 26th. I know that doesn’t sound too remarkable...but I was drinking more than two pops a day. It was just too much- a bad habit and I decided to quit cold turkey on January 1st. It went ok for the most part. I decided to have some pop on Alyssa’s birthday weekend. I enjoyed drinking it but I don’t want to get into the habit of drinking multiple cans in a day or even every day. Instead, I’ve decided to drink pop on the weekends only. That way, I will still drink it but it will not be an every day occurrence. So far, it’s working out well. On the days that I don’t drink any, I know that I would enjoy drinking a pop but I don’t feel awful about the deprivation.

Just a girl... looking at her beverage fridge and not giving into temptation...

We are changing our guest room into a guest room! It is currently a guest room in that there is a bed in it that no one regularly sleeps in so it is available for guests to use; however, the room holds vestiges of it having been a kid's room. We are removing the kid room like qualities about it to make it more guest room like.

    Celebrating- we celebrated Alyssa’s 18th birthday in late January. We will low key celebrate Valentine’s Day.