Life Lately

I feel like I blinked my eyes and it’s already June! The past *almost* two months have flown by and while I’ve still been on browsing and reading social media I’ve barely posted anything myself.
So here’s some ramblings and a photo dump from what’s been happening over here.

Reading:

14. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
15. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
16. Every Summer After by Carly Fortune
17. Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
18. Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
19. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
20. Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahuri
21. Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
22. Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahuri
23. Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
24. Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter
25. None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
26. The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
27. The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
28. The Hating Game by Sally Throne
29. Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
30. One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
31. A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
32. Elanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
33. Bride by Ali Hazelwood
34. Legendary by Stephanie Garber
35. The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand
36. The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand  (currently reading)

Phew! Well I *thought* I slowed down in my reading but seeing it all listed out here I guess not. I’ve got summer on the brain and have jumped back on the island with Elin Hilderbrand. I’m looking forward to her upcoming release Swan Song but I’m also a little sad that this will be the end of my visits to Nantucket with her.

After that I’m hoping to get my hands on a copy of Funny Story by Emily Henry. I’ve got a hold placed at my library but I’m about the 100^th person in line so it might be a minute before I get it. 

Listening:

The Torture Poets Department- on repeat, since April 19^th. 

And the surprise double album drop! 🤯 I've been loving this album more and more with every listen. I will say that this album is such a mind-f*uck. Each listen has me questioning who, what and when???? I just know Blondie was just maniacally laughing when she dropped that Red Herring Easter Egg. 

 I also got a chance to head into my local vinyl shop for RSD and snag a few vinyl on my wanted list.  They are also a pizza shop so they packed my goods up in a pizza box 🍕

Watching:

Bridgerton! I’m actually a little surprised I even have something to include here. We don’t really watch TV anymore but there are a few “must see” for me and Bridgerton is one of them. I really enjoyed the eye candy that was the first two seasons. So far this season has been… OK? Before I go any further let me fully exclaim that Nicola Coughlan is a QUEEN and I have been really looking forward to “her” season. That being said there was something a little lack luster so far about this season. There were also times that the pacing seemed off or that the scene went on awkwardly silent when it should have been cut 10 seconds earlier. Maybe I’m just not used to watching TV shows? I've heard mixed reviews on the book series and haven't picked them up myself yet. I definitely will be tuning in for the second half of the season when it drops. I know we're alllll waiting for the drama when Collin finds our she's Lady Whistledown.

Don't worry, I get pleeeenty of little screen time. I've been tuning into grainy, live streams of the Eras Tour weekly since it's started back up. I love the new TTPD set. I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for my show in November! 

Life:

Yard work. Yard work. Yard Work.

Remember all that rain? Yeah, well all that rain really jump started our yard work season. The hour log on my lawnmower makes me want to cry.

We also are working on building a new fence and have just planted our garden. My strawberries have come back and are already producing the biggest, sweetest berries! This year I’m attempting two rows of flowers for a cut garden. Heavy emphasis on the attempting.

Not so fun life- I’m scheduled to get all four wisdom teeth out next week. I am nooooot excited. Teeth really give me the heebie jeebies. My teeth, your teeth, my dogs teeth 🤢 The dental anxiety is high over here. Thankfully I’ll be at a facility that can completely knock me out. ( This also freaks me out a little bit since this will actually be my first ever surgery. Eek! 😬) The upside of this all is I have a week off of work for recovery.

Yes, my dentist recommended I take a week to recover because “it’s harder for our bodies to recover as we get older”. Ummm thanks Doc?

On that note, I am getting older and received the sweetest gifts from my amigas. At this point birthdays are pretty low key and I started the day by sleeping in with my pups and then eating alllll the junk food. Very exciting stuff.

Next week’s forecast includes our first day breaking into the 100s!  Summer here we come!