Life: It Goes On - January 11

Happy Sunday! Boy did the last week get away from me, blogging wise. I had everyintention of sitting down to create posts and even have a couple of books to review already. I'd like to tell you it was because we were extremely busy. But we weren't. Just struggled trying to find the motivation to do anything and still was taking down Christmas. There was a part of me that just wanted to toss half of it into boxes to haul off to charity. It's finally back where it belongs for 11 months of the year and the house is finally back in order and I'm feeling better now that things are back to normal. 

Last Week I: 

Listened To: I finished Lara Prescott's The Secrets We Kept and Catherine Newman's Wreck and am almost done with Diane Keaton's Brother and Sister. 

Watched: Loads of sports - college and professional football, college basketball - men's and women's, and pro volleyball. We also finished season five of Only Murders In The Building (can't wait for season six to be released), started watching Chad Powers (which the Big Guy is enjoying but I could live without), and I watched the first three episodes of The Morning Show with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon (I'm late to the party with this one but am really enjoying it so far). 

Read: Anna Quindlen's latest, More Than Enough. I have several books on Netgalley I want to get to and also have picked up three books from the library - let's hope this reading mojo I seem to have picked up again lasts. 

Made: Steak and baked potatoes, Philly steak sandwiches, steak salads, chicken nachos, lima beans and chicken. In other words, we thawed meat and then used it throughout the week. Today I'm making Rice Krispie treats because in cleaning out the pantry last week, I discovered that I have a bag of marshmallows that has become one sticky mess. Those will go into work - we are trying to de-junk food this place! 

Enjoyed: We had met a couple many years ago, through my sister, and always thought we should get together. Friday we finally did that and spent a couple of hours talking and forgetting to eat, discovering we have even more in common that we thought we did, including both knowing a couple that we were friends with years ago but drifted apart from (they spent a lot of that time living overseas). We are so hoping that we can make contact with that third couple and the six of us can get together. 

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This Week I’m:  

Planning: It's time to tackle a lot of paperwork that has been piling up. 

Thinking About: How I'd be happy if winter just went on being snow free. We had quite a lot of rain the other day and I'm just fine if that's the way all of the moisture we need comes to us over the rest of the winter. 

Feeling: I'm cleaning off my dad's phone so I can pass it on and it's really stirring up the feelings. Who would have thought looking at someone's Amazon account would bring tears. 

Looking forward to: My brother is coming to Nebraska this week for a quick trip and we'll get to see him when he spends the night here one night. 

Question of the week: I've been working on setting up my 2026 journal/calendar. I still live almost entirely on paper when it comes to those kinds of things and I love it. Are you a digital calendar/to-do list person or do you still use paper?