Clothing myself in: jeans, a tee, and a hoodie.
Around the apartment: Mostly clean, I need to clear the table and desk of random mail and papers...story of my life.
The hubby: Was not feeling too well the past couple of days...boo!
In the kitchen: I got some pork loins on an AWESOME sale, and made brown sugar and dijon glazed loins. They're a bit too tough for what I care for, but the taste is good. On the menu for this next week are stromboli, cheesy BBQ biscuit casserole, and healthy sweet and sour chicken...except honestly from the recipe I don't know what's supposed to be particularly healthy about it, other than it doesn't seem to be overly fried or anything...Matt doesn't care for bell pepper or onion, so I'm going to put some pineapple chunks in instead.
Crafting: *sigh* nothing much lately. After my crazy insane Downton Abbey puzzle, I'm taking a break from jigsaws. My mom came up to visit last week and while perusing an antique store I came across some big flat candle holders that are PERFECT for our big 3" pillar Advent candles. I've been looking for holders so that they don't sit right on the table. I'm going to find some rods to stick through the holders into the bottom of the candles to lend some support...hopefully it'll make our Advent wreath much more elegant/finished looking.
Learning: that I really truly hit my peak energy of the day around 2-3pm, and instead of feeling guilty about it I should just roll with it and fit as much in at that time as I can. I know of morning people, I'm aware of night owls, but I don't have much experience with people who hit their peak energy mid-afternoon. Anyone? It's just frustrating to me because by the time I'm ready to start doing things with my day, that's also when I need to think about putting supper together, so I don't end up getting much done in that way.
Reading: my book of excerpts from Fulton J. Sheen. I forgot what an easy read it is.
Watching: Once Upon a Time season 4...Netflix Veggie Tales (don't judge me...I need some light watching...except I'm not terribly impressed with the Netflix version, it just doesn't seem as genuine as older Veggie Tales)
Bringing me joy: good conversations with a friend I hadn't seen in a couple of months, learning the Seven Sorrows chaplet, good quality shaving cream
Thinking about: how to implement change in routine successfully, the difference between spiritual warfare and situational depression, how little one year olds can fit so much banana into their tiny little mouths
Pictures to share:
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| This was my crazy 1000 piece puzzle. You probably can't tell, but much of the background was very blended and blurry, so it took quite a while. |
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| I was excited by the curl/wave I got from my braided hair the day before. |
You look lovely! Your hair is super cute :) Those pork loins sound amazingly delicious. I think it's really interesting that you hit peak energy in the afternoon; I wish I was that way! I just signed up to volunteer at a crisis pregnancy center, and they put me in the 1-3 p.m. time slot, so I guess I"m gonna have to learn to be energized then haha. More coffee for me, maybe? :) So I wish I could offer you advice, but I'm not sure if I'm able to...do you use To Do lists? I literally write down everything that I need to get done in a day and mark it off-so when I have my points of lethargy (right now, for instance. It's the morning, and I'm usually pretty active, but I'm exhausted for whatever reason) I know exactly what I can do and work on. Maybe it would help if you put dinner together earlier in the day, so that you don't have to worry about it in the afternoon? I wish I could help! If you have ideas for being energized and motivated in the afternoon, I would love to hear them!
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