Currently (what's up right now)

Ok, few dear readers, I haven't heard from you much lately. Which I get...because sometimes this blog is kind of BOOOORRRRING! So, just for fun, here's what is going on currently:

• Currently Watching: Downton Abbey, like the rest of the world. The heard the season finale on Sunday is 'devastating.' How can anything be more devastating than episode 4?? Downton, I warn you, if you are disappointing or break my heart, I will leave you. 

         I also dabble in Parks and Rec and Parenthood, with a side of The Bachelor.

• Currently Sweating: me, on the treadmill in the basement. This, with the combination of cutting out sodas and some snacks, means that the jeans that were very tight when I first had Patrick are now comfortably baggy. YES! I still have work to do, but am feeling better about myself.

• Currently Reading: 7 by Jen Hatmaker

You guys, I love this book. "A mutiny against excess." Jen Hatmaker journals through seven months of giving up various things in 7 areas of her life. She is a hilarious writer- it's an easy read- but also is willing to challenge herself and her readers to take a good, hard look at their lives and the access in them. The goal is simply to cast aside idols in order to refocus on Christ and to live more ethically. I'm in. I don't think I'm actually going to try her experiment right now, but the principles of the book (which are Biblical) have set into my heart.

• Currently Inspired By: My friend Lauren posted this video of adoptions that have taken place in her church (she and her husband are in the video too because one of their sons is adopted). How beautiful is this? "At Ninth and O Baptist Church, we believe orphan care is what happens when Christians believe the gospel." And this, my friends, is why when we find a house, it needs an extra bedroom.

• Currently Sipping: Hazelnut cream coffee. Someone gave my parents a Keurig for Christmas and I am going to take full advantage as long as we live here.

• Currently 'Dating:' other local moms. I joined a moms group (don't heckle me, I don't want to talk about it...joining a moms group was something I said I'd never do) and am playing the scene, trying to find some good new friends for the boys and I. So far, there seem to some awesome ladies out there. It's just nice to commiserate with someone about cloth diapers, sleepless nights, and nose picking.

• Currently Valentines Day: The boys got a cute Valentines package from their cousins in San Diego. Included was this onesie:

                                                          Thanks Aunt Lydia R and E!

• Currently Sassy: Graham telling me when he's 'noddy' (naughty). Example: Graham throws a book on the floor. 

          Me: "Graham, you're not to throw books on the floor."

          Graham: "Noddy." 

          Me: "Indeed."

         So that is what's current with me. What's current with you, friend? Are you sucked into Downton as well? Are your kids being 'noddy?' Are you reading any good books? Tell me more!