What's Up Wednesday | February 2019

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Linking up with Mix & Match Mama for my first What's Up Wednesday!

What we're eating this week:
I admit that meal planning isn't my strong suit, and for the most part we just go with the flow. The most structure we have is my hello fresh meals. On the docket for this week are these 3 hello fresh meals: 
Pasta parmesan 

Grilled cheese & veggie jumbo 

Veggie burrito bowls
For the rest of the week, we will probably do tacos, a chicken and veggie meal, and probably order pizza one night as well.

What I'm reminiscing about:
The other night I was looking through my phone pictures and came across photos of my puppy when he was just a couple months old.



I also came across some pictures from our awesome Vegas trip in October of 2014. I would love to have Vegas-in-October weather right now.



What I'm loving: 
Blogging!  I'm still really new to this, but it has been so fun and a worthwhile habit, in my opinion. I think I'd be so much faster at it if it weren't for my velcro-dog being needy AF.

What we've been up to:
We've been making the rounds through our house of decluttering old things, gathering up our stuff up for taxes to be done, and  I've had deadline after deadline our work lately. Also, talk about a time crunch -Val has to fix the snow blower before the snow storm tomorrow. 

What I'm dreading:
Aside from the upcoming snowstorm we are getting this week, the cold weather in general has been really getting to me. I don't like summer but I would totally settle for 50ﾟ right about now.

I guess I'm also dreading the fact that I will probably be late for a couple of deadlines for work this week.

What I'm working on: 
As ideas and thoughts come to me, I've been drafting blog posts so much lately. It has been such a great exercise to get shit out of my head and on to paper - or rather computer screen lol. 

 What I'm excited about:
My husband actually has Friday and Saturday off this week! For his birthday a bought him tickets to go see Shinedown at a casino near us. He actually got to take the weekend off - he usually only has Wednesdays and Thursdays off so this is such a huge treat for us.

What I'm watching/ reading: 
I am in the middle of reading China Rich Girlfriend and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
I'm reading this on my Kindle

Val and I have been catching up on our shows. We are pretty much all caught up with The Big Bang theory and now I think we're going to do Young Sheldon next.
What I'm listening to:
I have been loving listening to the SLP happy hour Podcast. I am not an SLP- but I am in a related field and appreciate their message of self care and putting yourself first but still being the best therapist you can be.

What I'm wearing:
I am not really into fashion and more often than not dress for comfort over style, but I have been loving my puffer vest from Target an my favorite gray pullover. This combo is on repeat usually at least once a week.

What I'm doing this weekend;
We're going to a concert! We will probably grab dinner at the casino and maybe try our hand at gambling.

What I'm looking forward to next month:
My birthday is next month- yikes I'm turning 30!- so I'm hoping to take a couple days off in March. 

That's all for me today! Thanks for reading! 😊







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