We had just a little break from the extraordinary dusting of pollen over the weekend once we went to Florida!
We spent as a lot time as potential on the seashore, absorbing each minute we may with my dad and mom and my sister and her household. It was simply what all of us wanted, particularly after the previous few months.
(High: Amazon / Denims: FRAME / Sandals: Goal)
As for right now’s weblog put up, I’m feeling just a little in every single place with my ideas in the meanwhile, so I figured a “At the moment” weblog put up could be a great one to share, because it’s been a scorching second since my final one!
At the moment: April 2025
At the moment wishing I could possibly be there for… My mother’s radiation remedies
I owe you guys an replace on my mother. Thanks so, a lot for pondering of her, praying for her and reaching out to verify in on how she’s doing. You guys are the easiest. She’s doing nicely, all issues thought-about. Her surgical procedure was deemed profitable and so, so a lot of our prayers have been answered. When it comes to therapy, she is going to want radiation and he or she’ll go in for therapy each weekday this month.
After her first breast most cancers analysis 16 years in the past, she had a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, in addition to lymphedema which she has stated was much more difficult to cope with than chemo. We have been hoping and praying her post-surgery restoration wouldn’t embody the necessity for any lymphedema therapy and have been much more grateful to study chemo wouldn’t be crucial both. So many answered prayers, I’m telling you. I’m not going to lie, it may be very arduous not dwelling tremendous near household, particularly in the course of the huge issues like this however sitting subsequent to my mother on the sofa final weekend made every little thing really feel rather less intense. It felt comforting and helped put me comfy to have her subsequent to me, chatting away like regular, with components of our conversations drifting onto the subject of most cancers and our worries however all the time drifting again to our gratitude.
At the moment celebrating… Child #4 for my sister and her household
(Gown: Amazon / Sandals: Goal)
If dwelling on this earth for almost 40 years has taught me something, it’s that good and unhealthy, grief and pleasure, celebration and unhappiness… all of it could possibly coexist. A bit over a month after my sister instructed us she was pregnant with child #4, we discovered of my mother’s breast most cancers analysis. We’ve all admittedly been just a little distracted however a child is such a present and once I had the thought to host a small diapers + wipes sprinkle for my sister throughout our go to to Florida, she appeared excited.
My mother and I deliberate a small gathering at an area espresso store that has a huge courtyard and invited Leslie’s associates to pop in anytime throughout a two-hour window to say hello and assist her top off on diapers and wipes. We saved issues quite simple, shopping for everybody’s drinks and supplying some breakfast treats, and the entire morning felt laidback however tremendous enjoyable. It was an awesome fourth child celebration in that it felt small, intimate, not too “excessive” and splendidly celebratory for the little boy or woman we can not wait to fulfill in June!
At the moment studying…
- On my own: Demon Copperhead. Ooph. You guys, this e book. I’m three days into studying it (it’s longgg) and each single evening since I’ve began studying it, I’ve stayed up means too late studying after which woken up at 3 a.m. all stressed and anxious about Demon. I am keen on this boy and my coronary heart aches for him and all of the whereas I’m discovering myself absolute mesmerized by the writer’s storytelling.
- With Chase and Ryder: Cam Jansen. Oh my gosh I can not let you know how a lot enjoyable I’m having reliving one in all my childhood early reader sequence with the massive children proper now. Cam Jansen was a favourite of mine in early elementary college and I adored her photographic reminiscence and her artistic propensity for fixing not-at-all scary mysteries. This sequence holds up in a giant means and Chase and Ryder love guessing what will occur as we fly via every small novel. (Chase also can learn this one on his personal however it’s been enjoyable to learn collectively.)
- With Rhett: Elephant and Piggie. Hallelujah we’re on a break from Daniel Tiger. I by no means thought it will occur however the Elephant and Piggie sequence has confirmed humorous sufficient to woo Rhett away from his beloved assortment of “Daniel Tiggie Tigg” books.
- With Chase: The Underland Chronicles Sequence. This sequence by Suzanne Collins, the writer of The Starvation Video games, is fascinating not solely Chase however me and Ryan as nicely.
At the moment consuming… Kombucha in a enjoyable glass
It’s been years since kombucha was an everyday a part of my food regimen and I’ve missed it. I picked up a bottle on a whim earlier this yr and have been including a few bottles to my grocery kart each week since. I’ve having fun with sipping on a couple of third of a bottle each day after lunch and also you all know I’m a sucker for enjoyable glassware.
At the moment (re)watching… Buddies
Throughout my flight dwelling from Scottsdale again in February, my laptop computer ran out of battery and I forgot my charger. Time I figured I’d spend working blew up in my face however in a means it was a present as a result of I can not keep in mind the final time I chilled out and watched a present in the midst of the day. I ended up streaming the Buddies reunion present (I had by no means seen it!) in addition to two previous episodes and arrived dwelling telling Ryan how a lot pleasure it introduced me. Buddies has all the time been my favourite present and is such a “consolation watch” for me. It makes me snigger out loud and Ryan and I at the moment are selecting random episodes to stream collectively which makes each of us blissful! I miss the times of 24-minute episode reveals as a result of we will watch and episode with out it taking on our whole evening and nonetheless have loads of time to learn earlier than mattress. Carry again brief TV, pleeeease.
And sure, White Lotus continues to be on my radar. I’ll get there!
At the moment planning… Upcoming journey
Florida once more in April (x2!). Jellystone Golden Valley in Might. Hilton Head Island in June. And naturally our greatest ever household journey to Alaska in July! I’m feeling further prepared for some journey!
At the moment crafting… Rhett’s 100 days of faculty hat.
This one could also be a little bit of a fail. Rhett’s lecturers despatched dwelling hats for all the children to brighten with 100 of something they wished to have fun their a centesimal day of preschool tomorrow. We opted for 100 tiny geese as a result of Rhett’s class is the Fortunate Geese class and he was thrilled with the thought! After we scorching glued all 100 geese onto his hat, I lifted the hat up and knew instantly this little undertaking is probably not the hit we have been hoping for, because the invoice of the hat felt awfully heavy in comparison with the remainder of the hat. If we may get the hat tighter on his head, I feel we’d be in good condition however it’s just a little too huge for him and falls ahead everytime he places it on. Open to ideas as to how you can make this too-heavy hat keep on his tiny head for the massive day tomorrow!
Query of the Day
Choose a “at the moment” or two (or make-up your individual!) and share under!
- At the moment wishing I could possibly be there for…
- At the moment celebrating…
- At the moment studying…
- At the moment watching…
- At the moment consuming…
- At the moment planning…
- At the moment crafting…
