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Currently – May 2019

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Happy Friday!

Since it’s been so long since I’ve made an actual post on my blog, I think now is a great time to update what I’ve been up to lately.

Currently Watching

Sesame Street, Daniel Tiger, Super Monsters.  Ha, mom life!  Actually, I still mostly watch a lot of YouTube when I have a small bit of free time or I’m cleaning.  I posted the links to my favorite channels a year ago, but I’m going to share them again.

Here are my top 3 favorites (not in any type of order).

2 – Brianna K

I found Bri through searching YouTube videos for working mom routines.  She was one of the very few people that had a channel and worked full-time outside the home.  She seriously gave me hope that being a mom and working full time was possible without completely losing it.  She’s a mom-preneure now, but I still love her and her channel.

P.S.  I have seriously contemplated starting my own channel just to get more support out there for us full-time working moms!

3 – Blair Lamb/Blair Blogs

I honestly can’t remember how I found Blair – Pinterest maybe?  I started reading her blog years ago and was following along when she started a YouTube channel.  She does a lot of weekly/weekend vlogs, including “clean with me” videos.  She’s down to earth and someone I feel like I could be friends with.

**Spoiler alert!  She just found out they’re going to have a baaaby!

1 – Kathryn Morgan

I found Kathryn’s channel through Facebook a few years ago.  There was a ballet barre routine she had filmed and after watching it I was hooked.  This also began my journey back to ballet.  Through watching her channel and doing her barre routines and exercises I gained the strength and confidence to join an adult ballet and lyrical class a couple summers ago.

After having a baby I haven’t done much dancing, but I continue to follow her videos (mostly repeats since she doesn’t post as much these days).  I absolutely love her and would honestly to love to meet her in person (that could be said for all three of these ladies I listed ;)

Currently Reading

She Reads Truth.  This is seriously one of the best online devotional sites.  I have a hard time being consistent with my quiet time, but this site has helped me the most.  The devotional series are always so good!

The Book of Hygge.  Before choosing this book I had been thinking a lot of being mindful and present in the moment and I wanted to find a book that might help me focus a little more on this.  After looking up different books I kept coming back to this one, mostly because it made me curious.  I’m a little over half way through and it’s been a good read so far.

Currently Making/Baking

Ummmm….a whole lot of nada!  Honestly, my husband is a rock-star does most of the cooking these days.  I’ll try and come up with something next month!

Current Obsession

This sound machine and projector has been a life saver!  We found this little gem at Target (you click here to view the official description).

Gryffin is going through an awful “I’m scared” stage that has wreaked havoc on bedtime.  This little machine has helped immensely with bedtime.  While he is still scared and I still have to lay with him until he falls asleep, he is not nearly as terrified of his room now.

There are 2 projector settings, one is fish (rotates between 2 kinds of fish and an octopus) and the other is barn yard animals (rotates between dog, pig, and sheep).  I thought he would be all about the barn animals, but nope, he loves the fish.   There are six different sound settings – I personally like listening to the waves.

Seriously, it’s been one of the best purchases we’ve made recently.

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Let me know what you’re currently up to in the comments below!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Much Love,

Cami

P.S. Stay tuned for more content coming up!  Soon you will see what’s on our summer bucket list!  I will also be starting a working mom routine series and more to come after that!  Thanks for following along. :)

Currently – March 2018

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Happy Easter!  This post was supposed to go up yesterday (yep, same story every time!), but I still wanted to get this up so here it goes!  This past month has been a fun one!  If you’ve read my previous posts you know that our baby turned 1!   I spent this month planning his party and just soaking him in as much as I could on the weekends.  Since that was the big event of the month, and year so far, I honestly don’t have too much extra to share, so I’ll jump right in!

Currently Watching

YouTube!  In order to make cleaning the kitchen and doing dishes more bearable I turn on YouTube and rotate through the channels I follow.  Here are my top 3 favorites

1 – Kathryn Morgan

I found Kathryn’s channel somehow through Facebook a couple years ago.  There was a ballet barre routine she had filmed and after watching it I was hooked.  This also began my journey back to dance.  Through watching her channel and doing her barre routines and exercises I gained the strength and confidence to join an adult ballet and lyrical class a couple summers ago.  After having a baby I haven’t done much dancing, but I continue to follow her videos and absolutely love her.  I would honestly to love to meet her in person.

2 – Brianna K

I found Bri through searching YouTube videos for working mom routines.  She was one of the very, very few that had a channel and worked full-time outside the home. I’m not going to lie, there aren’t a lot of channels out there of moms who do this and I have seriously contemplated starting my own just to get more support out there.  I feel like after having a baby and working full time outside the home I have a lot of advice to offer.

*Side note – she now works from home and travels, but I highly recommend her channel!

3 – Blair Lamb/Blair Blogs

I honestly can’t remember how I found Blair – Pinterest maybe?  I first started reading her blog and was following along there when she started to post YouTube videos.  She does a lot of everyday and weekend Vlogs.  She’s down to earth and someone I feel like I could be friends with.  It’s nice because a lot of her videos consist of cleaning, dishes, cooking, etc. so it’s like I have someone doing the same thing right there with me.

Currently Reading

Simply Clean by Becky Rapinchuk.  It definitely has me rethinking the way I spend my time cleaning.  Her routine consists of cleaning for 10 minutes every day.  I was pretty skeptical when I read the title, but after listening to the audio book, I realize her way actually might work for me.  You obviously can go deeper and spend more time in each area, and her book goes into that as well.  In the end I think I will definitely be implementing her techniques – at least to some extent.

I also finished reading “The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman.  I went into a little more detail on this in my February Recap.

Currently Making/Baking

Confetti cupcakes!  Between lack of time and patience we ended up special ordering a smash cake for Gryffin’s birthday.  However, I did end up making cupcakes for everyone else and they were delicious!

Current Obsession

Oriental Trading Company!  I don’t actually think I can say it’s an obesession, but we had been planning Gryffin’s 1st birthday party and they had the exact party supplies and decorations we were looking for at amazing prices!  We originally were looking on Amazon but I am so glad I remembered Oriental Trading Co. because they beat Amazon’s prices.  I got the box in the mail and the quality of the products exceeded my expectations.

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I hope you all had a wonderful and happy Easter!

Much Love,

Cami

Currently – December Edition

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tree

So here we are in December.  Usually things are crazy around the holidays, but thankfully things seem to be slowing down a bit…well, sort of.  We are getting settled into our cozy little house and we have been shopping away for Christmas (although, I’m worried our Christmas presents for extended family are going to be late *cringing face*). We also got our Christmas tree and decorations up, and might I add, we are severely lacking in the decoration department.  Definitely need to work on fixing that. ;)

Friday night was also my company’s Christmas party at Northern Quest Resort & Casino.  Let me tell you, our company knows how to throw a party! (even though I’m the one that does half the planning, they provide the funding for it, so it’s awesome).  It was full of fun door prizes, food, cocktails, and lots and lots of dancing.  Definitely the ingredients for a fun night. :)

Anyway, with December in full swing, here are my currently’s.

Currently Watching

Arrow.  We are taking a small break from Bones and trying to catch up on Arrow.  We dropped off somewhere around Season 2, so it’s been fun catching up.  I’m sure our break from Bones won’t last long though.

Also, I’ve been having fun watching all the random Christmas movies that are popping up all over the place on TV, love it! :)

Currently Reading

“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” by J.K. Rowling, and  “A Woman’s Walk with God – Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit” by Elizabeth George.  I’ve been able to spend a little more time reading, but I need to wait on reading “Better than Before” by Gretchen Rubin.  It was taking far too long to read 3 books at the same time.  I seem to be handling 2 books okay, but it’s obviously still taking me longer to read than it would if I would just stick with one.

Currently Making/Baking

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread!  I made this on Monday and it’s pretty yummy!  Thankfully we had friends over to help us eat it.  It’s far too dangerous to leave that whole loaf for just 2 people, haha.  You can find the recipe here.

You would think this is common sense, but make sure you have all the ingredients before you start.  I thought for sure I had baking soda, but aparently not.  There’s nothing more frustrating than having to run to the store in the middle of mixing half the ingredients together…seriously.

Current Obsession

Kathryn Morgan’s YouTube channel. :)  I’m enjoying her Vlogmas series.  It’s kinda fun to watch while I’m making dinner or doing the dishes, even if it’s just watching some of her old videos.  She also has some fun makeup tutorials and I love, love, love her ballet barre workouts and exercises.  You can view both of her channels here and here.

Anyway, I hope you all are having a wonderful December!  Be warm and stay safe out there!  :)