We had a lovely Easter weekend with friends and both sides of the family. The girls loved hunting for eggs, and Molly has been re-hiding them for the past couple of days. Brian was super happy because the Easter bunny wife (aka me) hid an egg in a hole in one of our sound system speakers and now it won't come out (he's SO happy about that - silly Easter bunny #oops). We got in some good playground time, and of course, enjoyed a few extra sweets and adult beverages. I felt like both Friday (a holiday here so Brian was home - I'm always home on Fridays these days) and Saturday were good "down-time" days for me. I had plenty of things that I had to do - laundry, cleaning, etc. but I just let them go and took some time to spend with Brian, read in bed (during the day!!), nap, and do some yoga. It was really relaxing to just take that time. (By the way, this was for about 2 hours while Lucy was napping and Molly was at my in-law's house, in case you were wondering about how someone manages to do that with 2 small kids running around, haha).
I've still been keeping up (as best I can!) with some of my favourite bloggers, and I'm still pretty tuned into Goodreads to see what others are reading and update my progress. I've also read some really interesting articles and blog posts lately, and I wanted to share a few of them here:
Modern Mrs. Darcy's favourite bookstagram accounts to follow (some great suggestions in the comments, too!)
Jenn's review of What are you Hungry For really stood out to me and I'm keen to read parts of the book now.
Gretchen Rubin's blog turns 10 today and I found this post of hers from awhile ago, which I love. I am partway through The Happiness Project and Better than Before and they are both AWESOME but it takes me awhile to digest non-fiction :) This post about abstainers vs. moderators on Julie's blog was interesting today as well!
10 energizing meditation songs - some of these are fantastic because I love listening to music at work, but I can't always listen to lyrics while I'm typing :) Another great post is this one which talks about the benefits of meditation.
This isn't recent, but I love reading stories about how people met / real-life love stories and some of these are really sweet.
I haven't tried this one yet, but apparently this one sentence has an amazing ability to calm an upset child (in certain circumstances). Here's another post with a great round up of podcasts for parents, too!
As an avid Harry Potter fan and an avid reader in general, I found this article interesting.
I love Kenzie's blog, and this post entitled "Dear Discouraged One" found me on the right day.
MuscleWiki is a neat site for targeting certain muscle groups when working out.
I'll be back later this week with some other thoughts that have been swirling around in my head ;)
eh, reading, yoga and running are more important than blogging. lots of good links to check out, i want to read that what are you hungry for book as well.
ReplyDeleteDowntime is the BEST! I applaud you doing things that are good for your mind and body! Serioulsy, when you find the time, take it and hold onto it like Leo and his Girl Scout cookies. :P We have had downtime recently too. More for reading, more for organizing, and yes working out too! A miracle. I bought a Bollywood dance DVD... oh LORD! I am out of shape, and also it's intense... but fun! Very sore today! :P lololol Oh no about the egg! But yay for pre-Easter Friday off! We don't get that here! XO - Alexandra
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It's hard to fit it all in, isn't it?! I can't blog as much as I would like to if I also want to read all the books I want to read! Or keep a clean house...haha!
ReplyDeleteThat's actually really funny about the egg in the speaker - totally something I would do that would not impress my husband! ;)
I'm like a week behind, but I'm honored that I made your list! Thanks. <3 I also read a bunch of your links (on my phone, which is why it took so long to comment) and followed new bookstagram accounts. I'm totally an abstainer, but I'm trying to be a moderator because it shouldn't have to be all or nothing all the time! So here's a question: why would Harry Potter make people "grow into" grip-lit? Why wouldn't they just read adult fantasy? I'm unsure why they think those 2 are related.
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