What's Up Wednesday

What I'm Eating This Week...

My mom is currently renovating our kitchen, so for the first half of this week we've only had a microwave to cook with which has been a challenge in the healthy eating department haha. I've been trying to stick with proteins and vegetables at lunch lately, especially when I go right to personal training after work. I like to grab soup for lunch as well if I'm not feeling particularly hungry. I've been doing fried eggs for dinner a lot lately as well (0 points on WW--whoo!).

Thrilled to find out last week you can make fried eggs in the oven! Game changer.

What I'm Reminiscing About...

I got the BEST news from my girlfriend on Monday night and I've been reminiscing about our friendship over the years. I love how big life moments inherently pull me to reminisce about my friendships and memories with others. 

What I'm Loving...

My girlfriend for gifting me her unused Kindle, getting to spend time with Sammy's family over the weekend, Black Panther (!), being productive at work, seeing my former boss this week for sushi, fresh jersey sheets on my bed.

What I've Been Up To...

Not much outside of work which has been nice! The summer is already booking up like crazy (every weekend in June is already filled!), so I've been enjoying the slow weekends I've had lately before life gets crazy this spring/summer!

What I'm Dreading...

I went to a wake last night (my second memorial service in the last two weeks) and I was dreading that. Not so much dreading the actual event but the acknowledgement of another life no longer with us.

What I'm Working On...

Always working on a million books at work ;) I also spent some time Sunday night writing out all my goals for the year by category (because I'm a dork). I never do goals or anything in January because I always feel kind of daunted by the new year and needing to make goals for myself, but by February I'm itching to get going which is a great feeling. A big goal this year is working on this bod, people. I've starting personal training this month, really working on improving my nutrition, etc. A specific goal I'm currently working on is losing 20 more pounds by wedding season (end of June) and another 20 by the end of 2018.

What I'm Watching/Reading...

Haven't been watching anything other than The Office on Netflix quite frankly...except When Calls the Heart (!) and any other Hallmark stuff I catch. I have a bunch of shows I want to binge watch when they all wrap up for the summer (or because I never finished when the ended): The Crown, The Mindy Project, This Is Us (I can't bring myself to watch that shit every week. Way too emotionally draining for me to wait a whole week to see another episode haha I have to binge them all at once), Scandal.

I've been reading a bunch this month and it makes me so happy. I'll have my February book review ready tomorrow! I've been reading a little of everything from fiction to memoirs to YA to chick-lit romance.

What I'm Wearing...

Still rocking the boots, leggings, and sweaters. I'm hoping this rise in temps we're currently getting sticks around and I can start wearing my lighter coat and flats.

But I wish I was wearing outfits like this. How stunning is she? via Cup of Jo

What I'm Doing This Weekend...

Sammy and I are going to the Bulls game on Friday which we're excited about! And I have minimal plans for Saturday and Sunday which I'm extra pumped about ;) Definitely plan to watch The Oscars, I'm just disappointed I didn't get around to watching more nominated films this year.

What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month...

SPRING. 

Not much else is going on next month except for a few possible outings for a friend's birthday and St. Patricks Day. I'm honestly just looking forward to seeing what the new month brings.

What Else Is New...

Not much! I have a bunch of favorites to share though on Friday, so I guess some things are new ;)

What's Your Family's Favorite Spring Break Destination?

My family never went on vacation for spring break when I was growing up primarily because I didn't get long spring breaks when I was kid. I'm sure we could have taken a short weekend trip somewhere, but I think we were all perfectly happy to lay lazily around the house.

If I had to pick somewhere though, I would love to go somewhere on the east coast or in the midwest, somewhere not too hot, which I know is the opposite goal of many people planning spring break vacations haha, but I want it to feel like SPRING still not summer.

I feel like Boston would be a great choice...

And the Tulip Festival in Holland, MI is supposed to be lovely...

But if you're budget is a little more flexible... I'm pretty partial to this particular scene right now ;)

And always, quite frankly.

xo