What's Up (Monday)

So the actual post is supposed to be What's Up Wednesday, but I'm fashionably late to the party, so it's a What's Up Monday kind of day around here! Thought I'd kick off a new week and month with a little extra fun!

1. What we're eating this week:

Ryan grilled steak last night for our monthiversary, so we're having leftover that today. In other news, we're finishing up some slow cooker chicken lime carnitas that have a ton of delicious flavor, and then I plan to make some slow cooker Cuban sandwiches, and clean eating crunch wraps - and I need to figure out what I'm making for dessert. Throughout this year, we've been following Katie's meal plans on Dashing Dish, which saves me all kinds of planning time and introduces me to new dishes!

2. What I'm reminiscing about:

Our cruise! I'm in the middle of making our album; I'm about 60 pages in and am laughing over all the funny stories and loving all the photos we took! Right now I'm in the middle of documenting our first port of call, which was Aruba. We did a sightseeing tour there, so we have many pictures to choose from!

3. What I'm loving: 

Our new couch! I was exhausted yesterday and crashed hard after lunch. When I woke up about two and a half hours later, I stretched out on it and thought ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is such a blanket!!! It's so comfortable and so pretty, and I just love it. It took forever to find our perfect fit, but when we did, it was perfect indeed!

4. What we've been up to:

Well, you can read yesterday's post for the full recap on that, but the biggest project we've had recently has been working over at Ryan's dad's, helping him fix up his house. I think I have painted more in the last three months than I did when we moved into our own new house!

5. What I'm dreading:

Hmmm. I could probably answer this a few different ways, but I'm going to go with hitting the gym later today. I am still really sore from last week. I'm being careful not to get an injury, but I also have to press on through the "good sore" as Ryan calls it. What is that, anyway?? Switching up the workouts is always a mix of good for you and OUCH!!!!

6. What I'm working on:

I'm writing a Bible study that we hope to use with our small group this fall. I started it a long time ago and put it aside and have now come back to it. Looking forward to finishing it and learning much along the way!

7. What I'm excited about:

If all goes as planned, I get to meet one of my favorite Bible study authors in person this summer, and I'm really looking forward to that. She has been a tremendous encouragement to and influence on me, and I'm looking forward to getting to see her aside from social media screens!

8. What I'm watching/reading:

I'm in a book slump right now because of everything else going on, but we have enjoyed the return of America's Got Talent! That's about all we have time to watch, but I had a total meltdown over week one, so YAY for that!

9. What I'm listening to:

I'm stuck on piano music right now, so I have been listening to a lot of it on YouTube while I do other things. Erin Payne, Kim Collingsworth, Anthony Burger - that's pretty much my playlist!

10. What I'm wearing:

SUMMER CLOTHES!! Finally! After wearing long-sleeved-tees and yoga pants forevvvvvvvvvver, it is finally shorts and tank top season!! YES!! (Apparently the majority of the photos of myself right now are taken whilst I have on my painting clothes, so this is the best I can do for a tank top photo.)

11. What I'm doing this weekend:

Extra time with the most handsome guy I know!!! Yes. The one who puts tater tots on his strawberry shortcake.

12. What I'm looking forward to next month:

The fair!! Other than that, I have no idea what's happening next month. I gotta do this month first!

13. What else is new:

Not a thing. And that's okay. Sometimes less is more. :)

How about for you??