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Jan 4

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

I love a good Currently link up! Jennifer is our hostess for this party today! She gives us some present participles and we fill in our responses! Why do I use so many exclamation points?

Some of my responses may be redundant; please forgive me.

Loving

My mom requested a wish list for Christmas and she did really well. She doesn't like to give money and really likes to give "gift" gifts. I get that and I usually keep some items saved in my cart anyway. I asked for this Amazon star sweater. I can now tell you that I think the quality is amazing and that is is perfect for me. I don't get too hot. I got it in apricot and I got an extra large. I have worn it many times since I got it! I keep reaching for it! So, I am definitely loving it.

I told you about my Amazon Prime Purchases on Monday and these clogs have been another thing I'm loving. These are the shoes I keep reaching for, too!

I'm loving Tom's Christmas gift from my mom. It's easy enough that I can start it on my own, too. It is the Solo Stove Mesa and it would make a great gift for someone in your life, I bet!

Ok, I cannot wait to make this again. I tried to get as many lucky foods on NY Day as possible and this salad included honey and oranges, which are both lucky foods. It is called the Navel Orange Salad with Avocado. I just used a bag salad and left off the red onion. I also used the Cuties clementines I already had. I think it would be great with grilled chicken.

I also discovered Whole Foods pizza by the slice. I got a slice of mushroom. This might be an easy winter meal? I don't think Whole Foods is as expensive as I used to. You also get your Amazon Prime discout when you shop in Whole Foods. My biggest problem is that it is located next to our malls and traffic can get crazy. I told Tom this might be a Friday night dinner for us this winter.

I am still loving the Truly Holiday Pack!

I enjoyed the pear martini this weekend and now I have tried all four flavors and like them all.

I did my NYE mani with regular polish. I did a taupe/lavender for the base and did a multi color glitter on the top.

I am loving my new and improved feet from my salon pedicure and the navy metallic polish. I apologize for the foot pic. We shouldn't show our dogs on the internet. There's a lot we should show, you know? But, people continue to leave messages on Facebook that could have been a text.

Organizing

My closet! I need to get it ready to rotate and wear every.single.winter piece or they must go. I do this each season.

A recent consignment purchase - a Cabi blouse.

Resolving

Just trying to get back to my healthier living - good sleep, lots of water, regular exercise, meal prepping, and eating like I know I should. I have really taken a break and I just don't feel as good as I know I can.

Eating

As many heatlhy foods as possible. This is a recent Slender Kitchen meal I made for my kids - Honey Soy Glazed Chicken. Mine would be on cauliflower rice. I made this for them when Tom and I were going out. Mason is obsessed with broccoli and always eats it first. In fact, he wanted to bring in broccoli for his second grade class on his birthday.

Anticipating

I am excited to use the Solo Stove when I can. It's so important to get outside in the winter. Gretchen Rubin is doing a 23 minutes outside each day challenge in 2023.

I want to plan lots of friend gatherings to help me through the winter. I would like to have people over and make my own cocktails:

and go out:

I have figured out that happy hours are even good for my marriage because Tom doesn't need to go out and be social as much as I do. He gets all the socialization he needs at work and goes out to lunch with a group every day. That being said, he has a good time going out to dinner a couple of times a month. We also go out and watch games with friends during basketball season.

I am excited for all the library requests I have coming up!

I love my library!

Unfortunately, I ran out of books and my library was closed on Monday for the NYDay holiday so I did go to Target and buy a book. I am really into this so far! Apparently she wrote it in 1999, but I never read it. I really like Kristin Hannah's books.