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Reading: I haven't been reading any books lately. Kinda falling behind on reading 1 book a month this year. I'm sure I'll catch up before it's over. I have been reading lots of blogs. Some of my favorites are Endlessly Enraptured and The Clueless Girl's Guide.

Thinking about: VACATION!! I look at my countdown app every day almost. It seems like time is going by so slow but I just keep reminding myself it gives us more time to save money so we can actually enjoy the trip. I've been googling so many places and coffee shops I want to visit. I'm so looking forward to just sitting on the beach and relaxing. We have a few other fun things planned before then too so maybe that will help with passing the time. Last year we volunteered at the Center of the Universe music festival here in Tulsa. It was a lot of fun so we plan on doing that again this July.

Listening: At this very moment I'm listening to Neon Trees. Their new album is pretty dang good. I've also been listening to the new Beck album a lot and the new Copeland song is amazing! I am so excited about their new album they are making!

Watching: I'm always watching tons of tv. My newest favorite show is Salem. It's soo good! Just a touch creepy and very well done I think. I've also been watching Bates Motel. It's getting really good. We are finally getting close to being done with Dexter. We are on the last season. It's taken us forever to get through it because Fletcher has been working overtime and we have so many other shows we watch regularly. Oh, the new season of Mad Men has been pretty good so far as well. A bit slow to begin with but it's just getting started so I am sure it will pick up. Regardless, it will always be one of my favorites.

Trying: Running. I've never ran in my life. I mean, yeah, sure, I've ran around the yard playing with my dog or running from wasps haha! but I've never been a runner. I suppose it's probably closer to jogging because I'm extremely slow but it's been pretty fun. Fletcher and I go and run this one section of road a block over from our house because there aren't any houses on it so people can't see me looking ridiculous trying to run. It's .2 miles one way so we usually run back and forth a few times. It doesn't sound like much but I feel pretty accomplished ha!

Loving: My amazing husband. Of course, I love him all the time but he's been working so hard lately so we can have extra money for vacation and not complaining about it at all. He's the best. Also, my best friend. She's about to start a new chapter in her life and I'm so proud of her and can't wait to see her do amazing things. No matter how many things she has going on she's always there for me.


Thanks to Danielle from Sometimes Sweet for the inspiration.

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Reading: Bossypants by Tina Fey & The Great Gatsby. I am loving Bossypants so far. It's hilarious and definitely keeps my attention. It's hard to put down. The Great Gatsby is one of my all time favorites. I'm rereading it since the movie came out. I absolutely adore the movie. If you haven't seen it you need to! 

Doing: Making lots and lots of lattes. It's gotten to the point where I make myself a latte every morning. I'm kind of addicted. Fletcher and I are trying to expand our coffee horizons as well and have been using our french press a lot more instead of just using the aeropress all the time. I kind of love being able to make delicious coffee drinks at home. We have a pretty legit mini coffee shop set up. We just need to invest in an espresso machine next.

Working on: Possibly renaming my blog. I can't decide but I want it to make more sense for me. Honey & Thread just sounded really good at the time and I still like it but I don't even really like honey and I don't sew or anything so I just wanted to come up with something that better describes me and the things I post on here. My blog started as a recipe/lifestyle blog I suppose and now it's more of an everyday photography type blog.

Watching: Dexter. We finally started watching it and it's amazing! Fletcher and I are total movie/tv show junkies. We can binge watch the crap out of some Netflix. I've been wanting to watch Dexter forever and then they took it off of Netflix instant and they finally put it back on so we started it. We are almost to seaon 4 and it just keeps getting better if you ask me. Also, I'm super sad that How I Met Your Mother is ending soon! It's one of our favorites and we are going to miss it so much! Mad Men and True Blood are ending too! Geez! All our tv shows are going off! :(

Loving: My husband, my biff, my parents and my puppy. They have all been amazing lately and I don't know what I'd do without them. 

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I made this cute little quote photo the other night. I thought it was really cute and that quote is one of my favorites.

Reading: I just started a book last night called "Queen of Babble" by Meg Cabot. It's pretty good so far. I like her writing style. It might be kinda cheesy but hey...everyone needs to read some cheesy chick lit every once in a while right?

Wondering: Where we are going to stay next month when we go to KC for Mumford & Sons. We will probably end up staying in the same hotel we always stay in but it seems so far away from everything we are going to do while we are there. I'll keep searching. Maybe I'll find the perfect hotel. 

Feeling thankful: For lots of things. At the moment, I'm super thankful for the overtime Fletcher is getting at work. It kind of sucks because he's working so many hours and Saturdays but it will all be worth it. 

Eating: Monday I bought a baguette at Sprouts and we finished it last night. Baguettes are my favorite. 

Watching: Season finales. This week a lot of our shows are going off for the season. Tonight is Vampire Diaries and Grey's Anatomy. Pretty excited about both but sad that all of our shows are going off. 

Working on: Taking more photos with my Canon. I take so many photos with my iphone which is okay but I need to get out my Canon and use it! It's probably sad and lonely just sitting in it's bag all the time. 

Loving: My husband. He does so much for us. He works his butt off every single day so we can have the things that we have and I appreciate him so much for that. He is absolutely amazing! 

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Feeling: Happy. The weather has been warming up and sunny days just make everything better. 

Watching: Mad Men. Fletcher and I have been trying to finish up the last few episodes of season 5 before season 6 starts next week.

Reading: I just finished Girls in White Dresses. It was okay, it was one of those books where it's entertaining and you want to know what happens next but it seems like it drags on forever. Then the ending was just blah. So I'm excited to get started on a new book. 

Thinking about: Traveling. My 2 dream vacations are to visit Paris, France and Ireland. I need to work on getting my passport and start saving money.

Eating: Candy. I've been eating waaay too much leftover Easter candy. I really need to stop but Cadbury eggs are just so delicious!

Looking forward to: Summer for lots of reasons. A few of them are our trip to Colorado and Yellowstone with my parents, Mumford & Sons in Kansas City and Taylor Swift with my biff!

Making me happy: Fletcher, my biff, warm days, pretty flowers, candy, friends, my parents, my Otter bear, reading.

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The past week I have been reading a ton. I read the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy (don't judge lol), If I Stay, Where She Went and I'm almost finished with Damned by Chuck Palahniuk. I am becoming obsessed with reading again. I missed it. Here's a little rundown of what I thought of each one. 

The 50 Shades of Grey trilogy by E. L. James: Honestly, I loved it. I was a little apprehensive because of the sexual content but it really wasn't as bad as I expected it to be and I am a mature adult (most of the time) so it really didn't bother me. I expected much worse than what was in there and honestly, I felt like it really was more of a love story than just a sexy erotic novel. Once you really get into it you don't focus on the sex scenes. I would personally recommend it if you like a good love story with a few crazy twists and turns. Although, I will say that you can most definitely tell it was a Twilight fan fiction to begin with. There are a lot of similarities as far as the characters go but it wasn't too terrible. 

If I Stay & Where She Went by Gayle Forman: These two books I read because they were suggested to me by my mother-in-law. I really had no idea what they were about when I started reading the first one.  I don't want to give anything away but here's a little synopsis. In the first book a 17 year old girl, named Mia, is in a car accident with her family and while she's in the hospital in a coma her spirit is lingering around and she's trying to decide whether to stay alive or die. It's pretty dang good and the second book is what happens after she decides. I recommend them both if you want a quick and easy read.

Damned by Chuck Palahniuk: I'm about 3/4 of the way through this one and I will say it's rather controversial. A 13 year old girl, named Madison, dies and goes to Hell. It's kind of like Chuck's version of Dante's Inferno. Since it is a work of fiction and I quite enjoy Mr. Palahniuk's writing I am loving it. It's humorous and witty. Of course, I can see how it could be taken the wrong way but as long as you remember it's just a book you'll enjoy it. For example, in this Hell the currency is candy bars and the damned souls have to work as telemarketers to pester the living. I'm pretty excited for the next installment of the series where Madison goes to purgatory. 

Tonight we went to Barnes & Noble and I picked up these 3 books to read next. I'm pretty excited about them. The Aqua Net Diaries was a random find. I hadn't heard of it but it looks pretty good. I've been wanting The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels and The Paris Wife for a while now so I'm really excited about them. 

I'm thinking about starting a little feature for reviews of the books I'm reading. What do you think? 

Do you have any book recommendations? What are you currently reading?

Currently.

Making:
A Valentine for my Valentine tomorrow.

Anticipating:
Lots of things. Spring, vacation, summer, Taylor Swift concert.

Learning:
Slowly but surely getting back into learning French.

Listening to:
MUMFORD & SONS! I can't get enough. I'm so sad that I didn't get tickets to their show in Oklahoma before they sold out. I've also been listening to Fun. a lot as well.

Wearing:
Stripes. Lots and lots of stripes.

Watching:
The hubs and I watch sooo many shows. The Walking Dead, Vampire Diaries, Glee, The Middle, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Whitney, The New Normal, Raising Hope, New Girl, Hart of Dixie, Grey's Anatomy, Suburgatory, and Portlandia are our weekly must sees! Yeah, we watch a lot of tv but we both love them all so it's actually good quality time for us. We don't just zone out and watch tv we talk quite a bit throughout them and have mini discussions. It's pretty fun.