Time and Place | I’m writing this at about 9:15 p.m. on Sunday, but it’s scheduled to go up Monday morning. I’m interpreting “currently” a little lose this week.
Eating and Drinking | After a month of super clean eating (thanks, Whole30) I went a little bit off the rails this week, first with pizza for lunch with my coworkers and then for a night out with my high school girlfriends that started with pink drinks and went from there. I definitely noticed that these foods weren’t making me feel good, so I’m refocusing on a mostly Whole30 diet this week.
Reading | I had a quiet reading week, but it was spent with two excellent books so I’m not complaining. I’m really close to finishing On Immunity by Eula Biss (Sept. 30 from Graywolf Press), a look a fear, vaccinations and motherhood, and not-at-all close to finishing The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. My library copy is due back soon, so I splurged on the hardcover at Barnes and Noble. New books!
Watching | I went down a rabbit hole with the sixth season of Castle and loved every minute of it. The theme song has been playing in my head almost constantly.
Listening | Since I had long-ish drives to and from the Twin Cities this weekend, I dove into a new audio book, The News: A User’s Manual by Alain De Botton.
Making | I picked up a cross stitch project I’d abandoned for awhile and made some progress. I’m considering starting a ripple afghan with some of my loose yarn.
Blogging | It was a good week on the blog! I spent some time last Sunday night getting my categories cleaned up and managed to share two posts this week: some books in my mailbox this month and my experience with the Whole30 program.
Contemplating | In the spirit of minimalism and curating and simplifying, I’m really curious about the idea of a capsule wardrobe. I love this one from Caroline at Un-Fancy, and think her steps to get started sound really simple.
Surprising | I stopped by our library book sale this week — they leave the books out for a month after the sale for people to pick through — and found the most amazing little book, Keys to Happiness: A Reader’s Digest Guide to Successful Living. This 1955 guide has essays like “Turn Your Sickness into an Asset” and “Danger — Gossips at Work” — amazing.
Loving | I’m in love with spending time with old friends.
Anticipating | The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty busy, but then I think I will have three weekends at home in a row. And one of those weekends is Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon!
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I really need to watch Castle. I’ve loved the snippets of it I’ve seen, but I’ve yet to commit. I’m going through Big Love now, so maybe after.
One of the reasons I hadn’t watched it because it’s basically impossible to find on streaming for free — S6 was on Hulu, but they just removed it. Super annoying!
Pink drinks sound absolutely yummy and I don’t even know what’s in them! Anything that color is bound to be delicious 😀
I love the book that you found at your library sale. Will you be reviewing it? Enjoy!
Have a great week 🙂
I don’t know if I’ll review it, but I do want to write about it more after I have a chance to read some of the essays!
That book sounds like a treasure!
I’ve been thinking about your Whole30 post ever since I read it. That’s great you’re noticing how not-so-wholesome foods make you feel!
Yeah, it is good, although it can be kind of a bummer to figure out which foods I’ll have to keep avoiding if I want to feel my best.
There is no shame in eating pizza once in awhile. Probably even a good idea just so you don’t feel deprived, and to remind yourself how good you feel when you DON’T eat it! And a double fist pump for visiting old friends. I see my high school buddies once a year and it heals me.
This was our second annual girls weekend — I’m hoping we can keep it going as a tradition because it was really good to catch up.
I haven’t heard of Whole30 but will check our library. It sure makes a differences when you eat very well and then indulge in pizza and such. Sounds like a book I want to check out.