feeling very content, relaxed, and at peace about life right now
anticipating tackling an adventure or two off my Tampa list this weekend, a girl’s trip in October, and the upcoming NFL season
reading Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
thinking about how to maximize my time on the weekend. (I never seem to have enough hours in the day to accomplish everything I want to get done!)
pricing out prescription sunglasses. I want to start wearing glasses more regularly, but I need to have prescription sunglasses if so. (My eyes are very sensitive to sunlight.) Right now, Zenni Optical or GlassesUSA look to be the most decently priced. Anyone have experience using them?
happy with my purchase of new running shoes. They are cute, feel good and supportive, and were under $100. Woo!
obsessed with the film scores Pandora station. It makes writing about windows and patio products a lot more dramatic!
resisting writing the next scene in my novel. It’s an action scene and I’m not feeling very confident about writing it, so I keep finding other things to do, rather than writing the scene. Blast it!
planning to do a big closet purge next month and create a list of closet staples. I am so tired of my wardrobe, of not wearing clothes that make me feel good. I need a revamp of my closet and style.
wanting to open my heart up to something new, but scared of taking the leap. How do you take the leap when failing could mean embarrassing yourself beyond belief? Sigh.
using MyFitnessPal regularly now. I set my calorie goal at 1,600 and I’m trying to use it more as a diary than a “well, I used up all my calories so I’ll have soup for dinner.” I think calorie counting can breed very unhealthy behaviors and I don’t want to do that. I just want to see how I’m eating and adjust as needed. So far, so good!
hoping to take a solo vacation next year. Solo travel terrifies me, but I want to break out of my comfort zone and try it. I have my eye on Asheville or Savannah!
watching Big Brother because duh, it’s the summer! Big Brother is easily my favorite show to watch because I get so wrapped up in the game play and drama. I love it!
inspired by a friend who is moving to Spain for the next two years to teach. I wish I had that adventuresome spirit!
preparing to hand sew my first pillow. I’m frightened (I’m not great at that kinda stuff), but going to at least give it a try.
wondering if I should try a subscription reading service (like Oyster or Amazon Unlimited). I like the idea behind it (unlimited books at one set price!), but it all depends on the selection. If I still have to supplement with the library, it’s not worth it for me. But both options give a one-month trial, so it can’t hurt to try them out and see how I like them!
What are you currently reading, obsessed with, and anticipating?
I listen to the Book Riot podcast (HILARIOUS), and while I have not done so, they cannot recommend Oyster enough. Also, they were talking about Amazon Unlimited the other day but none of the big five publishers are on board for there (whereas two of them are associated with Oyster), so keep that in mind as well.
Right now I am currently obsessed with moving. We keys tomorrow afternoon and have the truck Friday, and by the end of the weekend should be done with one-bedroom apartments forever.
It’s good that I’m so one-track minded right now because it’s getting closer and closer to August 10th, and I’m finding it harder and harder.
Oooh, having been to both Asheville and Savannah, I can say that both would be awesome destinations for a solo get away! Those were 2 of my favorite places I visited while I was in Charlotte so you can’t go wrong with either one!!
I am curious to hear what others think of those prescription services. I think right now I am not reading enough to justify the cost and I’m using the library so much so it wouldn’t be worth it, but if life settles down and I make more time to read, I would maybe consider it if I could be assured that the selection was great!
I’m currently reading a book called “Paint the Moon” which the author sent to me to review, I’m obsessed with watermelon, and I’m anticipating the party I am hosting this weekend! Also – you and Nora are blog twins as you both did currently posts today and I am doing one tomorrow!
I’m currently in a nonfiction/reading about things in life I need to change fit- house projects, food changes, business book about work change, money book, and Just Kids because I love a good memoir and so many people have raved about it. I’m on the waitlist at the library for All Fall Down, so anxious to hear what you think of it.
Oh and as far as prescription sunglasses- I also have light sensitive eyes and couldn’t afford prescription sunglasses, plus didn’t want another bulky thing in my purse, so I bought a pair of the sunglass clip ons that go onto regular glasses. They were $12 at BJs but I’ve seen them at Walgreens and such too. I just held up my lenses to the chart at the store and matched up what worked. It was great because the eye doctor office didn’t have these for my large, plastic like frames and they were cheaper this way too!
I have only been to Asheville, but I think that’d be a really nice destination for a solo trip! Walking around the downtown, eating a lot of really good food, wandering the grounds at the Biltmore Estate.. etc.!
Awesome currently list! I love Asheville; never been to Savannah but I hear good things. I would vote for either as an option.
As nervous as you may be to write your action scene, the great thing is you can revise, revise, revise as you need to once the bare bones are written out. Maybe you can kind of “block,” it before you write it, like treat it like a play with the basic commands and script? Just a random thought =)
My MFP is set at 1200 calories with supplementation of additional calories from my firbit steps and/or additional exercise, and I started using it for the awareness but now I find that I can eat within those numbers just fine (the supplemented numbers, not the 1200 base). Occasionally I go over, but it helps me make decisions: Do I really want that second piece of Mellow Mushroom pizza for 480 calories? Do I need that second glass of wine? Often the answer is yes, but sometimes it’s no. I’m down a good bit, and it really seems to help my food decision making.
I have a long vacation in August that I’m really looking forward to – two weeks!! Colorado!!!
And I’m reading The Book of Life, which is the third in the Discovery of Witches trilogy from Deborah Harkness and I love it. I’ve been fine with library and the ebook library for my reading so I haven’t used one of those services yet. Maybe one day but I still get a great amount/selection of books that way so far.
I’m currently reading “All Fall Down” by Jennifer Weiner. I’m not 100% sure if I like it or not, but I’m only about 3 chapters in, so there’s a lot of book left yet to decide!
I wear contact lenses, so I’m completely lost when it comes to prescription sunglasses! Knowing me, I’d forget them every time I go someplace. I’d probably have to buy those transition lenses that change for you in the sunlight.
I went to England by myself (although I stayed for a few days with a friend) and it was definitely the best decision I ever made. Okay, well, maybe not quite, but you know what I mean. It’s seriously awesome to travel alone. I think for an introvert like you that it would be really fun!
Which running shoes did you get? I am looking to buy new ones and I need some recommendations!
I ordered glasses through Glasses USA (kind of ironic since I’m Canadian) a couple of years ago for a blog review and really liked them! I am actually still wearing them now. Here is my review on them: http://girlwiththeredhair.com/2013/02/new-glasses-from-glassesusa-com/
I think Oyster only has a 7-day trial, which I tried last month. They have HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, so I found the selection to be excellent! And the reading experience was awesome. I’d totally subscribe if we had a little extra money, but right now I don’t think I’m reading enough to make it worth it. You are though!