I’m going to give this a shot. But, if you’ve been around for a bit, you know how bad I am at following through on things! Amy at Coffee and Cocktails at the Casa is now hosting the “Currently” post on Wednesdays. The idea is you fill in the blank of five participles with photos, if possible. I may skip those as y’all know how I’m worried about storage. I’m not sure if it’s a link party or not.
Loving…
Hmmm…I’m loving being a docent. I cannot tell you how much this has added to my life. I felt like I was just sitting around waiting for the Grim Reaper. I am a firm believer in neuroplasticity, too. I have neurons firing left, right, up, down, and doing the Hokey Pokey! I have to develop some more tours because we have some regular guests, and I don’t want to give them the same tour over and over. I will soon start training to be a Lilly House docent, too. The biggest problem I have is keeping the information straight in my head.
Resolving…
Well, I have already failed at my one resolution. I was going to stop with the f-bomb. But, dang! It just slips out so easily. So, I am resolving to have my mini-retreat for my church written by the end of this month. The retreat is in March so I need to get busy. I already have the theme, Bible verses, quotes, and a few songs selected. But, I have to write the presentation as well as create the guidebook for the participants. Funny, isn’t it? I started this section with the f-bomb and transitioned to a church function! I am nothing if not versatile!
Planning…
I want to change out the flooring in the primary bedroom. I told Nigel, when we were selecting flooring we were getting the same carpet we had quickly torn out of our last house. Some places call it frieze; others call it textured (I think). I call it awful. We moved in here in August 2022 and have already replaced the carpeting in the living room. The dude who installed the new carpeting couldn’t believe that carpet was only a few years old. Unfortunately, we had to go to that retailer because that was the only place our builder would work with. So, back to the primary bedroom. I know luxury vinyl tile (or planks) are the big thing right now, but I loved the laminate flooring we put in our last house. It was gorgeous so that’s what’s going to go in the primary bedroom. Since Nigel can’t really do it, he’ll be supervising. I’m hoping our sons will help with some of it. The biggest thing will be moving the furniture out of the bedroom.
Eating/Drinking…
OK, we have already established I can’t cook to save myself. So, we eat very boring meals. I have never really gotten out of the habit of cooking for five. Luckily, Nigel likes leftovers. We tried Hello Fresh® and decided it was too much work and not really much of a savings when it came to our grocery bill. We do eat lots of chicken. Laura posts her meal plans every once in a while. She had posted some really yummy orzo meals. I made a couple of them and loved them. Nigel didn’t like the creamy aspect…he’s weird, I know! I do buy boneless, skinless chicken breast tenders so I don’t have to scrape off all that fat (nor do I have to pay for it). For breakfast, I have a protein shake. For lunch, I have high protein Greek yogurt with some cashews. I drink lots of water and water mixed with a bit of Crystal Light lemonade.
Watching/Reading…
We are watching “The Order.” I think it’s an older series about a school or something where kids go to become witches. I have been crocheting (again) and don’t pay a lot of attention to it. After Nigel goes to sleep, I watched the “Holiday Baking Championship.” By the end of it, I really didn’t care who one…I like all of them and wished they awarded a second prize at least. Now, I’m watching “The Great Pottery Throw Down.” I’ve been reading a bit more than I had been. I recently finished Murder on the Marlow Bell and Verity. My kids got me one of those cool leather magnetic bookmarks with my monogram. I guess I need to go to the library instead of reading on my iPad!
Wrap It Up, Marsha!
So, that’s a wrap on my first “Currently.” I’m hoping I can keep it up and that you enjoy it. I wonder if the participles are different every week. If not, I think my answers may be a little redundant. Oh, and look for a 10 on the 10th preview soon! I may end up doing some reruns because it’s hard coming up with new things! So, can we talk? How would you answer these questions? What are your favorite recipes? Read any good books lately? Please leave me a comment or two, and we can talk. I promise to respond as quickly as I can.
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Always lovely to read what is hapering in your life. We are currently thinking of buying new furniture, gosh I thought that would be easy. I’m having a pretty boring week as it is totally white here and below zero. So I’m not leaving my home!
You are always so good at participating in all the different challenges Marsha.
I am quite sure you will remember everything with your art tours as you do so much research .
Best of luck with the change to your flooring , sounds a lot of work hope the family helps.
I always enjoy hearing what is going on in your world.
Ooh you are keeping busy. Well done.
I think my “currently” is pretty much my “most of the time” as my life isn’t that eventful and I’m terrible at planning! 😉
So happy to see you joining in! Currently is only the first Wednesday of each month and typically the participles do change but loving usually stays the same (that is assuming Amy keeps the same format Jenn did but she might want to do her own thing). I love how busy you keep yourself in retirement and that you are not afraid to dive into new things! Best of luck on the flooring swap out!
We LOVE The Great Pottery Throwdown! Is it the British version? I ask, because I don’t even know if it exists elsewhere in the world and if it does, I must watch lol!
A couple of years ago, Michael started pottery, our American friends got him into it (they’ve since moved back to Chicago and so he bought some of their equipment from then). He’s such a natural! Me, on the other hand, am not lol! But we just love that show so much. The judges are just adorable!
Big hugs
Suzy xx
Thanks for joining and you did it perfectly! The docent job has been so good for you and just lights you up – I can tell. I’m sorry you hate cooking. I agree on Hello Fresh. I love orzo, too, but rarely think to make it. Chicken tenders are so much easier to work with. Could you make Nigel’s without the cream and then add cream to your portion?
https://cookeryrecipe.com/chicken-sausage-broccoli-orzo-recipe/
Look at this! Maddie who linked up with me posted about it! Might be a change up and looks fairly easy.
I’m all for leftovers…it makes life so much easier.
It’s hard to stop saying a word or phrase…it took me weeks to get out of the habit of saying “you know”
XOOX
Jodie
I’m glad you are enjoying your work with the museum! It sounds like you found your niche.
The f-bomb resolution is funny. I decided not to even do a resolution on that one this year. I probably would have broke it at 12:01 a.m. Jan 1.
I cook but I don’t necessarily enjoy it and I always seem to cook the same thing. Everyone had a boxed meal tonight and I had roasted chicken which would seem unfair but they all seemed happy.
I did enjoy this, Marsha, very much. It’s fun to get to know a little bit more about what’s happening in your life. Good luck with the flooring change. I hope you’ll love it. We are currently having the interior of our Salt Lake City home repainted. It’s a mess right now, but what’s finished sure looks cleaner and brighter than what we had. My husband and I get Hello Fresh twice a week, and we actually really like it. It can be a bit of work, as you pointed out, but it’s not overly difficult, and I kind of enjoy it.
Hi Marsha, this was a fun read and yes I agree you’re very versatile!! I’m not a huge fan of cooking either so I get it! We have Hello Fresh here a few times a month and for some reason I enjoy cooking these far more than my own recipes and we both like the variety of the meals. Looking forward to seeing how your year pans out as I love our connections!