My Sunday-Monday Post

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Hello everyone! Last week Wyatt and I took a break for spring and it was a very busy, very full, very fun week. I might still be recovering from all the activity! Today is my mom’s birthday party, and then I am not making anymore plans for this week. We need a break from our break, and by break I mean getting back to our routine!

Read Last Week:

I started two nonfiction books last week, and have been reading through them slowly. They are very different, and I am enjoying them both. One thing they have in common though, is that they both focus on how we view ourselves and our bodies and even how we keep house, and how we have been influenced to always regard ourselves as coming up short, how wrinkles or a few extra pounds or dishes in the sink can sometimes trigger negative thoughts about ourselves. I actually really didn’t know what either of them were about when I got them – I loved the cover of Women Living Deliciously so I picked it up, and then I’ve seen the book about keeping house around and thought I would read through it, since Wyatt’s surgery is coming up soon. I will be very busy for at least a month afterward caring for him and I thought this book might be a good read in preparation for that time.

Reading This Week:

This week I will still be reading my two nonfiction books, but adding in a fiction book too.

I am behind on this series. It seems like a good time to catch up!

Posted Last Week:

Springtime in Paris: Hugo

Friday Morning Coffee Catch Up

Watching:

We are watching a few different things. We recently finished up Our Flag Means Death, which we both enjoyed for its silliness, and we are also watching The Wheel of Time S3. We also started the new Brokenwood Mysteries. I wait so long for each season and I really love it.

Wyatt and I also are watching our YouTubers at night. We watch a video, read a book, then he goes to bed. Wyatt would love to have his own booktube channel, but that feels weird to me, for many reasons. However, I do wonder if it would help him to use his words more, because they are in there and we need to just encourage him to use them. Lisa at Boondock Ramblings mentioned that I could make a private channel or just share with specific people, so I am considering that. Maybe as his surprise after surgery, we can try one.

Anyway. Lately we have been watching a few different people, in addition to book people as he calls them.

In order, left to right: Real Vintage Doll House, Jay Lee Painting, and Plant Based Bride.

Real Vintage Doll House is a fun, realistic look at someone who enjoys vintage but also does not live it constantly. She has a job in the medical field, so her love of a vintage life is only part of her life, and I like that. She has a house that is circa 1940s and is so cute and apparently very small. She dresses vintage, keeps pigeons which I love, and has very interesting videos about British history mixed in.

Jay Lee Painting is just what you think – he shares different painting techniques and they are just calming and inspiring to watch.

Plant Based Bride is a booktuber. I love her videos, she has very in depth reviews, that are well thought out. I think she is interesting because she often does not like books that are getting a lot of love on YouTube or TikTok, and I like hearing another perspective.

And of course, we are watching our Springtime in Paris movies! We just watched Hugo, which I thought led to some great discussions and reviews. Next up we are watching The Intouchables!

And that is it from around here! I hope that whatever you do today, that you do something that makes you smile!

28 thoughts on “My Sunday-Monday Post”

  1. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    Oh, I may need the book about cleaning!! But, if it’s telling me I don’t need to clean, I probably shouldn’t! I’m quite the expert at that!

    We are finally watching the second season of White Lotus. There’s something about this one that bothers me. I think it’s the way women are portrayed. Maybe I’m reading more into it than I should be.

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    1. Lol!! It is more about how to change your thought process about yourself and cleaning. Like, we should view cleaning as morally grey, and not think we are terrible people if we have some dishes to wash, or feel like we are only allowed to sit as a reward because we did a lot of work first. It is interesting.

      My brother loves that show! We have not ever watched it. I probably should.

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  2. Kathy Martin's avatar Kathy Martin

    Getting back to routine is a good thing. I enjoy mine. Your books all sound good. I haven’t explored booktubers. Sounds interesting. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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    1. Lol! It was a very interesting read, about how we have so much emotion about houses and chores etc. I am trying to retrain my brain a little – my son is having double hip surgery in July and I feel like parts of my house might get overlooked during his recovery!

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  9. I have How to Keep House While Drowning on my TBR so I’m so glad to see you enjoyed it. With Wyatt’s hospital stay and procedure looming you definitely need a little help with focusing on you and general surviving. I’m reading the most current book in the Lighthouse Library series and really enjoying it. It’s such a solid cozy series. Have a great week!

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    1. It was an interesting read. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I thought it had some solid truths in there to consider. And yes, that is definitely why I checked it out! I feel like I might need to view housework a bit differently and be gentler on myself during that time! Lol.

      So I started that Lighthouse library book and realized that was the last one I read! Darn it! Now I have to wait for the next one to come in at the library for me.

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  10. Rachel @Waves of Fiction's avatar Rachel @Waves of Fiction

    Sometimes I need a vacation from my vacation because we do so much, so I know what you mean! Glad you had a good time and hope you get some rest!

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  13. I hate that I missed the Crafternoon and the movie watching, but life should slow down soon for me. I hope to join in on the next Crafternoon and maybe I’ll even be working on a crafty project.

    I love the sound of those two nonfiction books you are reading. So much is expected of all of us sometimes!

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  14. Susan's avatar Susan

    l like watching YouTube …. some good book channels there & workout classes too! but I can understand you pausing about having a channel for Wyatt. Maybe a private one would be okay. I don’t know all the details to that. Have a great week.

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    1. Yeah, he is a little young to have a YouTube that isn’t private. I guess you can set them so only the people you invite to the link can watch, which I might do, and then just invite his aunts and uncles to watch. Lol. Otherwise, it is a big no. Lol.

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