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What’s Up Wednesday -February


It's the last Wednesday of the month which means it’s time for What's Up Wednesday, hosted by Shay and Sheaffer.

What We're Eating

So far this week we’ve had a couple of Hello Fresh meals: Bahn-mi-style tacos and brown sugar bourbon meatballs.  I just decided today that I’m going to pick up a rotisserie chicken for tonight and have that with mashed potatoes and a veggie, and then tomorrow I’ll make enchiladas with the leftover chicken.  Friday we’re going out and Saturday we are probably going to Paul’s mom’s for the girls’ birthday.

What I'm Reminiscing about

The girls turn 18 this Saturday, so I’ve been reminiscing about them being little.



What I'm Loving

Just the usual—life, family, Jesus

What We've Been up to
Paul and I spent the weekend at Crescent Bar. We’re in the process of getting the condo ready to put on the market so this trip was spent doing some cleaning and going through the storage closet to get rid of some stuff.

What I'm Dreading
Every year the graduating class at the girls’ high school does a game called “Senior Assassin”. You buy in for $20 or something and you have to try and get all your classmates out by shooting them with a Nerf gun.  It's a huge deal in our neighborhood and the kids will hide behind parked cars, buildings, bushes, etc.  They will ring doorbells to try and lure the kids outside.  There are lots of rules, though, like you can't shoot anyone at school and other things, I'm not really sure what all.  But anyway, Olivia insists on parking in the garage for the next few months to minimize her chances of getting out so I'm forced to park in the driveway which means I'll probably have to scrape my windows a lot in the mornings, and I'm sure there are going to be other annoyances along the way.

What I'm Working on
My spiritual life/walk with the Lord. I've become more involved at church, attending some events (a women's dinner, a Bunco night, etc.) and joining a women's Bible study.  I'm also trying to make a point to read the Bible every day, even if it's just a verse or two.  The Bible study I'm in forces me to read it most days, but there are still plenty of days that I don't, so I'm working on it.

What I'm Excited About
Same as last month--the girls' upcoming graduation and our trip to Costa Rica!  Lots of other future travel plans as well.

What I'm Watching/Reading
I had been watching the Olympics, but that's over and I haven't been watching anything else lately.  I need to get back to watching Shrinking.  I'm 5 or 6 episodes in and really enjoying it but haven't watched it since before the Olympics started.

And my current read:

I'm only about 50 pages in so far but I'm enjoying it.

What I'm Listening to
Lots of 80s lately, but other random stuff too. 

What I'm Wearing
Same answer as last month--nothing blog worthy.  Jeans and the warmest sweaters I have to work since it's usually freezing in the office, and yoga pants, leggings or sweats when WFH.

What I'm Doing This Weekend
Celebrating the girls' 18th birthday!

What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month
My friends and I are having our first Girl's Night of the year.  Not sure what we're doing yet but it's always a great time.  Also, it's bonus time at work, and our annual incentive was funded at 106%!!!  I've been there 11 years and this is the first time I've seen it at or over 100%.
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