drinking/baking/cooking:
- allllll the tacos
- i drink black coffee, but i recently bought cinnamon dolce creamer + i add it to my chai lattes + it is the best.
snacks:
- dark chocolate bark with crushed pretzels + sea salt
- birthday cake granola that i found at walmart.
listened to:
- my take me back playlist
read:
- "if you only knew" by jamie ivey - [4.5 stars]
- "gay girl, good God" by jackie hill perry - [5 stars]
- "daisy jones + the six" by taylor jenkins reid - [4.5 stars]
- "no filter: the inside story of instagram" - sarah frier - [4.75 stars]
- "forgotten God" by francis chan - [4.75 stars]
watched:
- wandavision on disney+ (i am really enjoying this series!)
- the "framing britney spears" doc on hulu. (this was very eye-opening)
- knives out (4 stars)
- monster hunter (3.5 stars)
making me happy: snow days • seventy degrees in february • sushi dates • evening walks in our neighborhood • phylicia masonheimer's weekly newsletter • homemade chai lattes • our luna girl
H A P P E N I N G S
- the blog got a little makeover!
- we ate so much sushi this month! and tacos.
- i finished studying second thessalonians.
- we had a three-day weekend that also ended up being a snow weekend. it was a delightful time with my boys.
- other than the week of below-zero temperatures, i have stuck to my goal of walking in our neighborhood 4-5 times a week. sometimes i go by myself; other times, jackson tags along. it's fun either way + i love this little habit i've incorporated into my daily life.
- we played a lot of board + card games this month. my current favs are sequence + rummikub.
- the chiefs may have lost the super bowl, but at least we had fun hanging out with my in-laws.
- we celebrated valentine's day with a snow day. it was still really fun!
R E A L I Z A T I O N S
- of the eleven books i've read so far this year, eight are non-fiction. WHO AM I?!
- it is never fun to face sin, but it is necessary. i came to terms with some bitterness i have been harboring in my heart for the last three years. it had seeped into different areas of my life. but that's what bitterness does: it infiltrates our hearts and that trickles over to our minds + our actions. but our God doesn't just leave us in the mess, and i am humbled.
- "don't be so afraid to make a mistake that you don't make a decision." my boss said this in a meeting, and it really stuck with me. i am always so worried about making mistakes that i often develop decision fatigue + apprehension. i am human. i am going to make mistakes. as long as i can admit to those mistakes, and learn from them, i'm doing something right.
- if i have time to listen to an audiobook, and i opt for a podcast episode, that's my cue that it's time to DNF that book.
- if someone doesn't have the same conviction as you on freedom issues, they are not "wrong"; they are just choosing differently. (this wasn't necessarily a realization i had, but more of a reflection on what i see in christian culture.)
- i have wasted a lot of money on planners over the years. the bullet journal is the best method for me, hands down. it fulfills how i best operate: record, remember, reflect.
- how do i rate books when there is content i don't agree with? bad language, graphic sex scenes (i skip over those), abortion, etc. do i let those things affect the final rating/stars i give the book? for example: i read daisy jones + the six this month. the book's focus is on a seventies rock band. what are seventies rock banks mostly known for? sex, drugs, + rock-n-roll. i'm just curious how other people go about this. i gave that book a 4.5 rating, but it's because the story was so clever + unputdownable. i clearly don't endorse the choices of the characters, but do we only read books with a proverbial 'G' rating? while those are few + far between, they can often be . . . meh.
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