Hellooooooo September! 🙂
I can’t believe we have reached this point in the calendar year, yet here we are! Although, the temperatures here in Southern California were undeniably hot and yucky. Yes, yucky. We had a crazy heat wave here every day with absurd temperatures. Lots of 100°days and grouchy people everywhere. See, our summers here are pretty normal but around this time of year, Mother Nature doesn’t get the memo that the thermostat is supposed to go in the other direction. Ahhhhhhh life…
Oh well, it has cooled off from the insanity of last week, but the month is still young and I am guessing we will be back to praising whomever created air conditioning once again 🙂
What I Enjoyed This Past Month: The book Chasing Slow by Erin Loechner.
I loved this book and I get why everyone raves about it ♥ I had to wait a few weeks until my request came in at the library but it was worth it. Definitely a must-read!
What I Am Absolutely Over: Every single day, there being a news story concerning the person occupying the White House. Not going to get political here but I am exhausted by the sheer madness of what continues to headline our news stories. *sigh*
On The Healthy Living/Pregnancy Front: Trying to eat as healthfully as possible and to drink enough water and stay hydrated. Pregnancy is one of those things where something sounds good one day, and then the next day, you’re like “bleh!” 🙂 Cherry frozen yogurt has been my newest craving, and in this warm weather, it hits the spot!
Also, a friend gifted us some baby clothing that they were no longer using as their daughter is now in the toddler stage. This gift was truly a blessing!
We are literally starting over with this baby and all the accoutrements that they need and require as my daughter is 7 years old and any baby stuff she had has long since found another home.
And yes, I am having a girl!!!
On The Minimalism/Decluttering Front: I am trying to, on days when I actually have energy, to organize and declutter things because once the baby arrives, there will be zero time for any of that.
I needed a container to hold some things but I didn’t want to purchase one. So I took a shoebox and covered it with scrapbook paper to make it pretty and voila! I have a container that didn’t cost me any extra money out-of-pocket! #frugal
In Other News: School is back in session which has been an adjustment to say the least. We are back to a schedule which after the looseness of summer, has taken all of us some getting used to. I figure by the end of the month, we should be doing all of this, easy-peasy, lemon squeezy 😉
How is life going for you these days? Are you ready to transition into Fall? 🙂
How exciting to know you’re having a girl! When I was expecting our 3rd child, after having had 2 girls, my husband was really, really hoping for … another girl! And he got his wish : ) I like the title of that book. And very frugal/creative work with the shoe box. I don’t do anything remotely crafty, so I’m impressed.
We are very excited that we are having a girl 🙂
I think you would really enjoy this book Ruth; you should definitely check it out! And I am happy with how my crafty box came out too 🙂
Another girl!! Congrats!!!! The weather here has been crazy too. Had the air conditioning on Sunday, and the heat on today, LOL. 🙂
So excited for you and this new addition, Mackenzie!!
Thank you so much Laurie!!! 🙂
A girl! How exciting! Oh man – I can imagine those super hot days are even worse when you’re pregnant. Cherry frozen yogurt sounds really good. I’ve been craving a root beer float but with my cold (now mostly gone), soda makes me cough. Maybe this weekend, I’ll be ready for one! I am so exhausted by that man. Every day there is something new to be angry about and another mess he’s created. I feel like we’re going backwards versus moving forward.
OMG, I looooove root beer floats! Okay, so we totally have to hang out in person and drink root beer floats and eat chips and guacamole together!! 🙂
Yes, that man…ugh…what is going to happen next?