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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Hello all! Thank you for joining me for Currently today. I am also joining Joyce for Hodgepodge. Let’s go!

Thank you for all the sweet birthday wishes! I really felt the love.

This time change has me all discombobulated! It’s only an hour yet it’s messed with me!

No-vember – Saying “no” to…

I listened to a podcast where the speaker talked about subtracting things from your life for added fullness rather than adding to your life to achieve fullness. That really struck me. I think as women we want to say YES to all the things. NO is a complete sentence.

I am saying NO to too many outings in one given week.

I am saying NO to mindless shopping (the kind you do at TJ Maxx) or running errands just to run errands. Most of the time I don’t need anything and most of the time I can just find a substitute for one particular food item I think I need for that meal.

I’ve been really disappointed with things I’ve seen in stores lately so that makes this easier. We have simplified who we buy Christmas gifts for and that makes Christmas less stressful.

I am saying NO to impulsive Amazon shopping. I put things in my cart and wait to see if I really need that item a couple of days later and most of the time I don’t.

I am saying NO to unhealthy overthinking, questioning, replaying conversations as much as I can. I am saying NO to getting in someone else’s lane and trying to stay in mine.

Thanking for…

So much! I am thankful for another birthday and feel blessed to have many people think of me on my day. Most days I love that I “get to” do this life in this way. I am thanking Mother Nature for her beauty and trying to soak it all up.

I ordered my own birthday cake, by the way. This is pretty famous in Louisville from a staple bakery called Plehn’s that is 100 years old. It’s called a shadow cake and has the best white icing, and one layer is chocolate and one layer is yellow cake. The white icing on top is then coated in a chocolate ganache.

Eating/Drinking…

Well, after about 5 weeks of counting protein grams, I let myself enjoy my birthday on Monday fully. Tom got me Chick Fil A chicken minis for breakfast which is a really rare treat.

I made the viral canned cinnamon rolls just because I wanted to.

For lunch we split an Auntie Anne’s pretzel and it was so good!

Then, we enjoyed dinner at Texas Roadhouse…

I got a house salad, smothered chicken, and a baked potato.

I had a blackberry cocktail, too:

We had lots of leftovers which we love, too!

Cozying up to (could be literal or figurative)…

I am starting to wear my cozier clothes in my closet. I have the softest blanket on my couch along with matching soft pillow covers for my couch pillows. Should I buy a Lola blanket? They are just so expensive!

I am cozying up to my library books, of course. I still hope to do some reading outside!

I would like to have some fires outside and inside and we need to buy some firewood.

Watching/Reading

I’m reading Jodi Piccoult’s Hollow Bones as quickly as I can since it’s a 7 day book. I am on the last Emma book until February and trying to savor it.

And now Hodgepodge…

1. Our  November Hodgepodges always include a question related to gratitude. What is one small thing you’re grateful for today?

I am writing this on Election Day so I am grateful to live in this country and have the freedoms we have. I am grateful to get to vote. It’s not perfect, of course, but I am proud to be an American where at least I know – just kidding. Did you think I was going to type all the lyrics?

2. Chrysanthemums-pansies-burning bush-ornamental cabbage-camellias…your favorite in an autumn garden? Would we find any of these in your yard/garden this year?

I sadly do not know the names of many plants or flowers, but I really love so many of them. My mum did ok this year, and I saw on Instagram that you can plant it even with brown leaves and it will re-bloom next year. I might try that.

3. If you could clear out or organize one physical space or mental habit before the year ends, what would it be?

My basement storage room is the area that is giving me the most anxiety. I would like to stop analyzing and overthinking interactions.

4. Brussel sprouts…love ’em or no thank you? If you said love ’em how do you like them prepared?

I love them roasted and a little crispy. I like bacon and balsamic glaze, too.

5. It’s reassuring to know that____________________.

We have so many protections – systems in place and things like that in this country even though it’s not perfect.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I was walking EO on my birthday and saw this perfectly heart shaped leaf just lying on a branch of an evergreen tree. It looks like a Google image or something but I took this photo. It made me so happy to see this!

Please click here to join the party for Currently!

Amy

P.S. – December’s Currently will be on Wednesday, December 2. I am considering moving it to Thursdays in 2027 since Thursday is a light day in the blog world and due to Wednesday being Hodgepodge day. The prompts for December are: celebrating, decorating, wearing, preparing, and loving.

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

It’s Election Day! Are you wearing red, white, and blue today?

My Walmart order came in last week. You might remember I got this dog sweater:

But the rest of the order hadn’t come in as of last Tuesday in time for Fashion Files.

I ordered this striped top:

I thought it worked well with my horse cardigan:

I ordered two flannels – one is a more fall color palette:

The other is more of a Christmas color palette:

I liked how the fall one looked with my vest from last year:

Last week I wore all my Halloween graphic tees like this one with the green cardigan:

This pumpkin one:

And the witches hat one:

And, again on Halloween:

I was happy to rediscover my star cardigan and thought it kind of worked with my witch hat tee. I can fit all of my clothes in my closet, but I like putting the off-season ones away in another closet to “rediscover” them.

Now I am washing the three of them and putting them away. I wore the heck out of them! With such a warm October, they really worked out well!

I hope you will join us here!

Amy

Monday, November 2, 2026

Hello Monday! I’m happy to link up with Sarah and Holly today.

Also, I blogged on Saturday and here it is if you missed it! I participated in the fun Share Four Somethings link up.

Today is my birthday! Here are 55 things about me:

Just kidding! Can you imagine? I don’t think there are even 55 things about me.

I got an AARP membership offer in the mail. Wow – way to kick a gal when she’s down.

So, yes, I am 55 today! Some say I don’t look a day over 54 and a half. I won’t see my kids today and I miss my parents on my birthday.

I hope I find a penny from my dad (pennies from Heaven) and I know there will be something that reminds me of my mom, too! Boy, the pressure is on Tom today, isn’t it? Lol! Also, I have told my dad that it would be ok to leave larger denominations of coins now due to the stopping of the penny manufacturing. And the economy. Inflation.

Let’s talk about the weekend. All the fall vibes now and it happened all of a sudden!

I had a really nice Friday with a couple of Eddie Otis walks and lots of outside time. Then, at 4:30, I met the Heathers and we had a wonderful cocktail – a Sarti spritz – at Limestone Bay. After our chat and fun time together…

we met our men at Captain’s Quarters, and the view was so lovely at our table. My former student waited on us, too!

I think half of our table got the mahi melt:

Saturday Tom and I took what might be the last boat ride of the season. We are going to try one more, but the weather might not cooperate. We like to do the first and last boat ride of the season with just us and Eddie Otis.

It was a little chilly when we were moving but it was so nice. I enjoyed it so much! We got to see some color in the leaves from the river.

Some more leaves showing off while driving home…

Want to hear something funny/ironic? The neighbor’s EX that is so good with a leaf blower in every season didn’t blow when it mattered:

But then he started blowing just as I took my book outside to read around 3:00. We got a text from the neighbor on the other side who was entertaining for Halloween and annoyed that he chose to start then.

Want to hear something even funnier? He left a line of leaves on our property line.

Leaving some of your leaves for your neighbor just because it’s not technically your property tells you everything you need to know about a person.That, and if you return your shopping cart to the cart corral.

I got a new book – Hollow Bones – and I am reading the last Emma M. Lion book:

I ate the other half of my mahi melt for a late lunch along with some potato slices:

Since Tom and I both ate a late lunch, I just made some pancakes for dinner and they were so good! Enjoy this blurry pancake photo:

Yesterday my friend Victoria stopped by to borrow some Emma M. Lion books and I made her a protein iced coffee and we had a chin wag. It was nice. Then, Tom, EO, and I went to see Tom’s cousin’s kid play soccer.

We took a really pretty drive home and lazed around the rest of the day.

What was the highlight of your weekend?

Amy

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Happy Saturday! I am coming to you today with Jen’s link up where we recap the month behind us.

I had a good month. When I look back at my camera roll, I had so many things that filled my cup. Do you feel the same?

This month I loved…

being with family at my niece’s wedding

going to my college Homecoming

some fun events this month like Chunkin’ Pumpkins and Ghoul’s Night Out

Sister Molly and Niece Lena coming for one of their fall break days

the weather this month

Sustained me

One on one time with friends, a friend brunch on a random Wednesday, phone calls with friends and family, a sweet phone call with my mom’s best friend, a long phone call with a niece, riding in the car with Tom and just doing errands together or chores around our yard together, going to look at boats and having a snack with Tom, and time with our pup, pop ins from Jack that usually involve me feeding him!

cutting EO’s nails together – lol

Carrying forward

I hope that I can carry forward a sense of fun and adventure even in the ordinary days.

I hope I can carry forward the attitude of “I get to” rather than “I have to”.

I hope I can keep walking as it gets colder. There’s no bad weather only bad clothing, right?

Making space for

Literally – I need to get back into my cleaning out/organizing mode. I need to tackle holiday decor so that will make sense with getting out Christmas stuff and packing away fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving, I need to box up kid memorabilia, I need to deal with my parents’ sentimental things that are in my basement, and I want to have only things in my home that are meaningful or functional. I have done a lot of work towards these goals but I stalled and need to pick that back up.

Figuratively – I hope I make space for the important people in my life. My circle has gotten smaller but it’s also a nice size now, too, if that makes sense.

This was fun, Jen!

What would you say to one or all of these?

Amy

Friday, October 30, 2026

Happy Friday! Are you ready for Halloween? This month has absolutely flown, and I know I’m not the only one that thinks this!

Some weeks when I load photos from the week, I think how random they are and how random I am. I don’t always snap photos thinking of the blog but rather when something makes me happy. Anyway, you all are used to my randomness by now, right?

I had some nice reading time outside this week. The clouds were gorgeous one afternoon!

I do have to say that I have identified a “screamer” on the school playground and it has fit the scary theme of October. I live in front of an elementary school and during certain recess times there is a high-pitched screamer then the screamer must stay after school because often the screaming goes on until almost 6 pm. I am identifying this “screamer” as a 7-year-old girl. Now, there are other screamers throughout the day, but this one is easily identifiable. I have started putting in my Airpods and using the noise cancelling feature if needed. I am mostly laughing about this. I have always loved the happy sounds of kids on the playground, but it has changed. I can also hear the screaming from inside my house when my back door is shut.

Eddie Otis and I have been walking two-three times a day. One place we walk is at my old school!

I took him to the library with me and we walked the library neighborhood and then he didn’t want to get out of the car:

He finally got out after lounging for about 20 minutes. He is so silly!

I started Emma M. Lion Volume 8 which is the final one available!

I am a new fan of Lynn Painter. This is so cute:

My mum has done ok:

I bought this a couple of weeks ago and I love it!

I have made some wonderful iced coffees this week – bonus that they are 30 grams of protein. I use Fairlife vanilla and Nescafe gold decaf (this enables me to still have my two cups of hot coffee that is half caff) and I added some maple syrup, sea salt, and a touch of vanilla. Oh my goodness – this is so good! Folks are lining up to pay $7 or more for this!

I know it’s wasteful, but I have enjoyed having these cup, too:

I checked in with my Fall List this week and I’ve done fairly well!

This is my EO instruction sheet when we have a dog sitter – I’m so extra:

EO loves a stuffie and he has a Halloween lambie:

It has made me laugh this month when he has this in his mouth as if he knows what the holiday is.

Last weekend I got to stop in the cutest little town called Midway. Midway has been the home of Steve Zahn the actor for 22 years. His son owns a coffee/wine shop called Serendipity. It’s adorable and they had a Chad Powers mask hanging up. Steve Zahn played the football coach in the show. Tom and I really enjoyed watching the show this summer and early fall!

I’ve appreciated my neighborhood with its old trees this week…

Canadian geese:

EO doesn’t give them a second look – isn’t that weird?

I just want to say how thoughtful my sister Kate is. She is an elementary art teacher and very creative but she never thinks she is very good in the kitchen. I always tell her to stop being so hard on herself. We grew up with a Mom who was pretty critical and always wanted us to be better/do better/do more. I know that affects her. In some ways, it was good that our mom pushed us so much. Our Dad thought everything we did was perfect and wonderful and our mom was the one who pushed us.

She made a co-worker going through a hard time this pot of chicken and noodles:

along with this fall basket of treats:

How thrilled would you be to receive this?

I took some photos of it starting to look like fall in my yard…

Eddie Otis tried to eat the knobs on my acne pumpkin! He is so silly!

This guy is hanging on! I might go snip it but I feel kind of bad…

If you are looking for entertainment this weekend, Nobody Wants This Season 3 was so good! But, go back and watch Season 1 and 2 first, for sure. It’s not for the children but I just love Adam Brody and Kristen Bell. I sped way too fast through the entire season this week.

I’m also watching The Amazing Race for the first time in years. It was so fun that their first stop was Madrid, Spain.

I told you I was random today!

Happy Friday!

Happy Halloween!

Amy

Thursday, October 29, 2026

I’m talking October books and joining in with the Monthly Musings girls today!

Emma M. Lion books have made me so happy this fall! This month I read more of them and I am currently on the final one. There are currently 8 and volume 9 comes out in February.

I really enjoyed this:

I loved this:

Read The Academy first if you haven’t already.

My niece told me about Lynn Painter this month! She reminds me of Sarah Adams. This was so fun for football season:

And, another Lynn Painter. This is so cute!

1. 1. Well, I used to! It’s different with no kids in the house and as a retired person. I still buy some candy corn, some chocolate candy, and decorate. I enjoy seeing decor around town, too! None of our friends have a party these days.
2. 2. Minimally. I have one mum, two pumpkins, and I have quite a bit of tasteful (in my opinion) fall stuff inside in my living room, dining room, and kitchen. It makes me happy!

1. 3. No, but I have three graphic tees from Old Navy. I have enjoyed wearing them this month for sure! Can you see the little witch hats?

4. No, but my husband made our twins’ Fred and Barney costumes out of felt for their first year!

5. Fun size! I like variety so I feel like I can have one of each! Lol!

6. I really like the Reese’s pumpkins. The ratio is different than a regular Reese’s!

7. Heck no! Real life is scary enough. Eddie Otis agrees!

8. 1985 Prom Queen!

9. Charlie Brown’s Great Pumpkin!

10. It’s always on actual October 31st and I’m nervous with that falling on a Saturday and time change night! Is it also a full moon?

This was fun!

Amy

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

It’s Wednesday and that means Joyce once again has some great questions for us. Let’s go!

1. What most recently gave you goose bumps?

A podcast! I have only recently started listening to The Mel Robbins podcast. Sometimes you can get the gist by just following on Instagram because her podcasts are really long. I listen to most of the ones that interest me. This one just struck me. There were a couple of stories the guest told that brought me to tears. I had never heard of Ed Mylett before this pod.

2. What does Halloween look like in your home and/or neighborhood these days? Do you participate?

We live on a short street with only about 8 houses but facing our street are really long streets of houses. We don’t get many trick or treaters for this reason; they go down the long streets. Eddie Otis hates the front door disturbances so I am not sure what we will do this year. I feel like less and less do the old-fashioned door to door now with all the events leading up to Halloween, but I could be wrong.

3. Pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, poppy, chia…your favorite seed on the list? What’s something you like to make/eat that calls for one of these seeds in the recipe?

I love pumpkin seeds! I love a salad with pumpkin seeds and did that several times recently at home. If a restaurant has a salad with pumpkin seeds it’s hard for me to resist!

4. What’s the most (or one of the most) ‘fall photos’ you’ve ever taken? Share it here. Just one.

I had so many to choose from but I love this one from October of 2022 with our dog Ernie. I love the golden leaves and the sun hitting them just right in our hood.

5. Somehow we’re rolling in to November next week. If your October were a chapter in a book, what would the title of this chapter be?

Sunny fall! Family!

My family gathered for my niece’s wedding October 3rd.

We’ve had some glorious weather, too!

6. Insert your own random thought here.

I like who I am when it’s not hot and sticky. I’m a better person!

Currently is next Wednesday and I would love to have more join in the fun!

Here are the prompts for you to interpret as you wish:

No-vember – Saying “no” to

Thanking for

Eating/Drinking

Cozying up to (could be literal or figurative)

Watching/Reading

Amy

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

How is it the end of October, you guys? Welcome to another edition of Fashion Files with Marsha and me!

We had a week of the most beautiful weather last week that I feel spoiled! It was low 70s and sunny every. single. day. I could live like that year-round! But, also, I am all ready to go with my rain gear – new Athleta long rain jacket, new short platform Hunter boots. Bring it on, baby!

I actually got dressed quite a bit. I accidentally, shopped, too. Oops.

Let’s take a look…

I wore this to go to a consignment store with my friend spur of the moment. She said she was going to Sassy Fox, and I was free, so I went, too! I didn’t buy anything, but I had fun looking.

I got complimented on my blouse, but I feel like this boutique blouse is one size too big. I love it so much, though. I bought it last year and wore it on Thanksgiving. The jeans are my only button and zip Halara jeans (the others are pull on) and they have cool piping down the sides. I got the clogs/mules for teaching from Macy’s and they are quite comfortable. Honestly, y’all, throwing on a blouse and jeans is just as easy as leggings and a sweatshirt if you are leaving the house. Ted Talk over.

Baby’s first (I’m the baby) Spanx Air Essentials came in the mail and I immediately put it on and thought I might never take it off. I think I got the French Gray color and I just happened to catch the sizes I needed available. I got petite length in the pants and you can still see they are generous in length. I love to order a “set” separately so I can get different sizes in the top and the bottom. I got this for a steal compared to regular prices. The top was $49 and the bottoms were $39. That is still very pricey but it really is that good. Tanya says she thinks Walmart’s Avia brand is a possible dupe. I did look at that but it doesn’t come in different pant lengths. Anyhow, I think I shall live in this set.

For hair day, I wore this. I have on pull on darker Halaras. Darker washes are really more flattering, I believe. It was pretty warm by my 3:30 appointment and I get hot under my cape so I wore my open toe Kork-Ease and I wore a short sleeve boutique blouse. When I say “boutique blouse” I usually mean a blouse by Umgee or Entro. Those are the two brands I usually buy at my little local boutiques. Again, throwing on a blouse and a pair of jeans is just as easy as throwing on sweatpants and a tee!

I wore this for dog walking and the only reason I show it here is to say I love my new J.Crew Factory barn jacket! It’s so comfortable and the material is really great. My mirror has lotion on it. Time to go clean it!

I am so excited to wear my Cicy Bell brown polka dot sweater. I tried it on as a homecoming option but realized it would be way too warm.

I wore this to run a couple of errands on Friday. These are the Amazon fantastic jeans and my new Amazon flats (not much support, fyi) along with a leopard boutique blouse. I ordered the jeans in pecan brown for my sis and she loves them. Mine are one of the lighter washes. Notice they are cropped on the model but full on me at 5’4″.

I’m going to say it one more time – it was just as easy to throw on a blouse and jeans as it was to put on a sweatshirt and sweatpants! He,he. As you can see, I rotated through several of my fall blouses last week. I know the short sleeve ones will need another layer soon or I will move on to the other long sleeved ones.

Do you have any local boutiques? Mine are often clothing and gifts combined. Look around and see what you have. I pay a little bit more, but the items are unique and get a lot of wear and I am also helping a small business.

Homecoming was going to end up being pretty warm and my college colors are black and orange. I decided to wear a really old sleeveless black Loft piece with my new this summer J.Crew Factory sweater thing. They showed it as a swim coverup online! I wore my long Kendra Scott necklace that I got 50% off on one of my birthdays with their deal. I wore my black kitten heel booties.

This photo to show you my booties:

I tried on a couple of other options but decided I would be too warm.

This is a boutique blouse and the material is quite thick:

And I thought about my new this season crochet duster but again, I thought I would be too warm.

Do you have a favorite? Also, I want to say that your style isn’t my style, and my style isn’t your style. I love when people find their style. How do you want to feel? What items make you feel like yourself? It’s about way more than the clothes.

Confession Time:

I really don’t NEED anything. I just happened to poke around the Walmart site because I wanted a long-sleeved striped shirt. I haven’t ordered clothing from Walmart in quite awhile but Kellyann always finds great things there!

I realized I still had the cutest dog sweater in my cart and then I added three things. Then, I added fish sticks, coffee, Gatorade, and a few other things and thought what a time to be alive when I can get cute clothes delivered to my door with fish sticks!

Walmart has a new brand called Scenario. I felt like long sleeve tees was a category missing in my closet and really liked the look of several striped tees I had been seeing. I love a flannel and I like to “dress it up” with long necklaces.

Ignore the hair, but here is my cute new doggy sweater! It is as soft as soft can be!

I will let you know when the other items come in and we can discuss.

What have you been wearing lately?

Please join us here!

Amy

Monday, October 26, 2026

It’s Monday and time to link up with Sarah and Holly!

You guys! We have had the best weather for the longest stretch of time! It’s sunny and in the low 70s for the better part of the day! Ahhhh. I love being retired in October. It’s really a great month. I can’t believe it’s almost Halloween, though. When you are a retired empty nester, Halloween is kind of a non-thing.

It looks like fall in some areas but in my yard we haven’t really gotten the memo yet.

I had hair day on Thursday! I always enjoy talking to my stylist, Laura.

This weekend I spent my reading time with this book and it’s perfect for football season and super cute. I finished it yesterday. I have a few more Lynn Painter books requested at the library.

I had a big day Saturday. It was our college homecoming, so my college besties Heather and Heather and I hit the road – it’s about an hour. We ate brunch at a cute place called Local Feed. I ran into one of my favorite colleagues from my first teaching job! I was so happy and hadn’t seen her in person since 1996. I have seen her on Facebook and messaged her, though. I went up to her and said, “Is your name Susan?” and Heather and Heather said I had to be wrong, but I wasn’t! Are you willing to risk being wrong?

Oops – we demolished the skillet cornbread with sorghum butter before I could take a picture.

Our freshman dorm:

Look at that sky! We went to a small college called Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. It’s close to Lexington and we could go to parties and bars at the University of Kentucky and in Richmond, Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky University. I met my roommate Heather at freshman orientation in the summer and then we met the other Heather on day one of college and I realized she was from a small town very close to my hometown. The rest is history!

This was the Cincinnati Bengals practice field and it was built after we graduated. When we were there the football stadium was a different and smaller one.

We wanted to wear black or orange for the school colors and it was going to be a pretty warm day. We ran into our buddy Rachel and that was so fun.

And we attended a football team tailgate and saw many of old our football buddies.

That is Rachel the second from the left and brunette Heather isn’t in this photo. We all had crushes on someone on the football team, and they were all there and we talked to all of them!

I brought my album with captions in the car with us! What a nerd!

Very blurry photos from my album of the three of us:

It was so fun! It feels like another lifetime!

I was home for dinner and Tom and I ate food from Jagger’s and watched football and I read a bit.

Sunday we were going to take the boat out but when we got to the river there was a sailboat operation going on. It takes forever to haul a sailboat in or at least it does for the sailors in our area! We watched for about an hour and…

Tom knows one of the sailors so we chatted.

Then, we put our boat in and we had a dead battery. So, no boating happened for us. I love the drive along the river and back to my house…

I lazed around the rest of the afternoon but did make some dinner, finish some sheets and do a couple of other house things.

What was the highlight of your weekend? Don’t forget Fashion Files is tomorrow!

Amy

Friday, October 23, 2026

Happy Friday! How was your week? While my last week was busy and social, this week has been much less so and that’s good, too! I have tried to have the “I get to” attitude this week rather than the “I have to” attitude and that has been great! It’s also helped that the sun has been shining each and every day and the temperature is just perfection – low 70s!

I visited several little boutiques over the last little bit and I restrained myself. I did buy these long dog matches, though!

I also bought “High Maintenance” rather than “Diva” in the $10 size at a boutique. I use a capful along with unscented detergent. It’s a really nice smell, too! It makes doing laundry a little more glamorous – lol.

I had a library pick up this week with these three books:

This is the last volume of Emma until February, you all! Volume 9 comes out in February.

My niece likes Lynn Painter and says she has teen books and adult books. I couldn’t remember if I had read any by this author or not so I thought I would try this one.

And I can’t remember who recommended this one and I accidentally got it in large print which is pretty awesome!

I will admit that I fast forward (always watch it taped) but I am enjoying Dancing with the Stars and my favorite is Ezra Frech!

I listen to some of Mel Robbins podcasts and I heard that her “protein shot” was available at CVS. I saw three flavors and I let my bestie pick one. She is a vegetarian and struggles to get enough protein. She picked blueberry lemonade and loved it – she had it cold. I tried pink lemonade and loved it – cold, also.

They are quite expensive at CVS – $5 for one small bottle.

I made Joanne’s flourless peanut butter cookies with the addition of chocolate chips and they were amazing!

Eddie Otis and I had some good walks this week …

Close to mama…

I’ve been wearing my robe and EO loves to pull the belt of it out of the loops while I’m wearing it!

I have been working on getting more protein and I made this bowl this week. I usually eat this around 10 depending on when I get hungry…

this was leftover potatoes from dinner, Amylu chicken breakfast sausage, 2 eggs, 1/2 cottage cheese, 3 T. egg whites.

My little slip of paper says that this was 43 grams of protein:

I think I developed something but maybe someone else thought of this already. I made a “dirty protein soda” one afternoon. I took a little Diet Dr. Pepper and mixed it with Fairlife vanilla protein shake and it was delish and foamy!

Did I make that up?

Magazine day!

I cooked until I was done this week and ordered us McAllister’s one night. We split a pulled pork bbq potato and a salad with grilled chicken.

Someone on IG announced that Spanx was having a major sale on their Air Essentials line. I ordered and got it this week and I have never been in anything that feels like this. I kept my shorts on for the try on, so it looks bunchy.

I got French Gray and it just worked out that my sizes were available. I love that you order sizes separately in the bottoms and the top and I was able to order the pants in petite. Here is the link for the Spanx website. I’m telling you today rather than waiting until Tuesday Fashion Files in hopes you can still get the sale if you want it.

I finished Volume 7 this week – so good…

This is depressing…

Are we quitting daylight savings time or not? I’m so confused.

I do not think this is a joke…

Seriously? Do you have a Frankenstud in your life?

Tom has used Right Guard for 40 years – don’t try to discontinue or change his products. He still uses Finesse shampoo and conditioner – we have to order it because it’s not anywhere anymore. He uses Lubriderm and only Lubriderm. He did have to switch from Lever 2000 to Suave Sport and that was a big deal. Tom likes what he likes and doesn’t want to change. So, no, Tom is not going to be a Frankenstud.

What filled your cup this week?

Amy

PS – November’s Currently will be here before you know it! It will be Wednesday, November 4th.

Here are the prompts:

No-vember – Saying “no” (to)

Thanking for

Eating/Drinking

Cozying up to (could be literal or figurative)

Watching/Reading