Happy Wednesday! It’s the last Wednesday of the month so I am sharing what we’ve been up to. Let’s get to it!

WHAT WE’RE EATING THIS WEEK…

WHAT I’M LOVING…

I have been looking for permanent bracelets for years. When I was at the beach, I found a pop up permanent bracelet event at one of my favorite stores. I had one on my Christmas list and Santa came a little early!

I am loving together time! We were all home Sunday afternoon and evening for the first time in a while. It was great to have all four of us at home with nothing we had to do.

I put candles in our windows last weekend and I love how they brighten up the dark nights. They make everything so cozy!

I love Canada Dry cranberry ginger ale and I have been enjoying it already.

WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO…

I cancelled my Walmart+ subscription. As convenient as it was to have my groceries delivered to my front porch at 7 am on Saturday morning, I don’t think it was worth it. Between the price of the subscription and the cost of a tip for the driver, it was pretty expensive. Our Walmart is very close, so I am sticking with free grocery pickup.

WHAT I’M DREADING…

Not much! I decided to focus on the sunshine and it’s working! My gratitude challenge is also helping me look for things big and small to be thankful for.

WHAT I’M WORKING ON…

Christmas shopping and wrapping! I am shopping the early Black Friday deals and scoping out the actual Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals.

I am working on my annual Christmas Book list.

WHAT I’M EXCITED ABOUT…

The entire month of December! I love all of our December traditions – driving around to look at lights, walking around to look at lights, Santa on the firetruck, the drive through nativity, and watching Christmas movies.

WHAT I’M WATCHING/READING…

Christmas movies and books! I have been watching favorite movies, Hallmark movies, and Netflix movies. I am also almost finished watching The Perfect Couple on Netflix. I loved the book and really like how they adapted it for a series.

WHAT I’M LISTENING TO…

Christmas music! I listened to the Ina Garten episode of Wiser Than Me podcast this weekend and it was fantastic! I just got the audiobook of Ina’s memoir from the library yesterday. That was great timing!

WHAT I’M WEARING…

I’ve been wearing my Thanksgiving sneakers a bunch this month. After tomorrow, I put them alway until November 2025.

We had a staff spirit week at school this week. Have you seen them? The staff does things and you don’t tell the students. It’s funny to watch them figure it out. This week we had monochromatic Monday (lots of people picked black, but not me!), flannel Tuesday, and anything but a cup Wednesday. It was fun!

I am in the mood to wear maroon/wine on Thursday for Thanksgiving. I have a few options in my closet and another one on the way. I’ll let you know what I go with.

WHAT I’M DOING THIS WEEKEND…

Decorating for Christmas! I am so excited to get the tree up, the lights on the house, and all that joy sprinkled around the house!

The lights parade in the town I grew up in is Saturday.

Luke has an indoor soccer game this weekend.

My aunt and uncle will be at my parents and I am looking forward to visiting with them.

WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH…

The boys are swimming in two swim meets which I love. One is a fun travel meet and the other is hosted by our team.

I am excited for our winter break. We are off the whole week of Christmas and I am thrilled to be off for 3 days before Christmas Eve.

I thought our evenings would calm down this week since Luke’s soccer practice is over for the fall, but they sure haven’t. It’s funny how things pop up to fill the time if you let them. Just last night, I was at BJ’s wholesale club at 8 pm. What in the heck was I thinking?? I am looking forward to a holiday weekend with a good mix of getting together with family and time at home, relaxing and productivity, and outside fresh air and inside cozy. Have a great day full of sunshine and books!