I just realized the other day that I went through April Fool’s without even realizing it was April Fool’s…
And is it sad that I’m actually kind of disappointed that no one tried to prank me? 😆 Either way! It is indeed April (whaaaat?!?), and that means it’s time for a Currently post! I love filling these out every month because they let me share some random facets of my life with you guys and they act like a little random fact diary that I can look back at later to see what I was up to… Like in April 2014. Or April 2013 (!!!!). So without further ado, I give you life as I currently know it…
Current book: The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. I’ve been in a bit of a book funk and re-reading a lot of old books for the past few months, so when Katie mentioned this one being a good read, I decided to pick up a copy and check it out. I’m only a little ways in, but I’m liking it so far!
Current music: Somebody Gon Get It by Timeflies. I came across these guys while I was in Maui and I’ve been obsessed ever since. I actually listened to their entire album on repeat for the 6.5 hour flight home.
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Current guilty pleasure: Binge watching season 4 of Game of Thrones. Season 5 starts on the 12th (!!!!!!), so I’ve been catching up on old episodes and refreshing my memory.
Current nail colour: I decided to do something festive for Easter and went with a cute pastel purple. This one is “Full Steam Ahead” from Essie, and I give it about a day before I start picking away at it…
Current drink: Plain old water. I had been slacking with my intake for a while there and I actually noticed a huge difference in both my skin and digestion, so I went back to chugging water like a boss and I’m feeling pretty darn good again. Stay hydrated!
Current food: Smoothies all day, every day. Cold weather or not, you can bet that I’ll be drinking at least 2 a day. And I think what I love most about them is that they’re so refreshing [in the dry weather], and that you can pack so much goodness into them…
Current obsession: My milk frother. I’ve had this for a few months already, but I still can’t get over how much I love it — so much so, that I’ve completely stopped going out for coffee because I can make a better cup at home. It even does an awesome job of foaming up almond milk, which can be a little more tricky…
Current wish: That the slight tan I managed to pick up in Hawaii will stick around until I can get out in the sun again in another… oh… 3 months 😡
Current need: A trip to Sephora so that I can pick up another tub of this Ultra Repair Cream from First Aid Beauty. It’s seriously worked wonders on my dry and eczema-prone hands… to the point where they actually look normal instead of like they belong on an 80-year old.
Current triumph: Filling out my taxes! #winningatlife
Current bane of my existence: The weather. Warm and sunny one day, cold and snowy the next. And the fact that this year’s snowboarding season was cut short due to poor conditions is just not okay.
Current indulgence: Two words: Easter. Candy.
Current procrastination: Renewing my driver’s license. Oops. Doing that today… I hope.
Current blessing: Springtime. Wonky weather or not, it’s still a whole heck of a lot warmer and sunnier than it was… which is definitely something to be thankful for. I didn’t even realize how funky and SAD-dy I was feeling until the weather improved and I started feeling so much better.
Current excitement: Easter and birthdays! Both my parents have birthdays in April, so I foresee a lot of family time and food in my near future. Can.not.WAIT.
Current mood: Lighthearted. Like I just want to start whistling while I work 😆
Current link: This “Which breakfast food are you?” quiz. I’m pancakes, in case you’re curious…
Anyone else have an April birthday?
AND… Give me your current:
1) … music.
2) … food.
3) … need.
4) … procrastination.
5) … excitement.
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Love reading these!
music: the Tov Lo pandora station gets me through AM runs
food: Right there with ya, smoothies all day erry day
need: to see my college friends, like asap – missing them a bunch
procrastination: laundry, always
excitement: everything lately, I think that’s just a Spring thing!
Ok, so I just renewed my drivers license, ID and passport, but totally forgot about the taxes. Oh damn.
BUT you just inspired me to cook pancakes for tomorrows breakfast. The last ones were such a huge fail, that I stayed away from them for a while. I give it another try…..
Currently posts are so fun to read and write. It was really awesome looking at your April 2013- Game of Thrones must be pretty good! 😉 As for that nail polish, I can’t seem to rock any type of polish that isn’t red or pink. I think I will give that lovely lavender color a try!
Pinks and nudes are my favourite as well! I try to branch out and try different colours, but I never end up liking them very much…
Love that Essie color! Lavender is definitely an ‘in’ color for spring.
I got pancakes too and I think that quiz is silly. Current triumph: I finally finished the 900 page book I was reading. It was good-ish, not fantastic, but decent.
Maybe I should be festive and paint my nails….nah, too much work. 🙂
Also I’m riding the smoothie train with you.
You mean you don’t think that your choice of a woman laughing with salad says anything about you? Pft. And I don’t suggest going the coloured nail route. I lasted about a day before the colour started driving me crazy and I started picking at it…
My best friend is born on April Fool’s Day. I have been jealous of her since I was two lol. The Husband’s Secret is really good! I liked this book A LOT. My current bane of existence is being secluded to my couch while it’s GORGEOUS outside (finally!!!).
okay now the jelly beans totally make sense….Although are they only an EASTER candy?
Essie is a silly name.
I cannot ever watch Game of Thrones because I read the books and was COMPLETELY GROSSED OUT. Don’t get me wrong, they were fantastic, but I could never watch some of the things that were described =( EW! My current excitement is racing season! It’s been too long!
I absolutely LOVED that book so much, that I bought her newest one. If you haven’t read “What Alice Forgot” I highly recommend that one too. I don’t like being in book funks. Thankfully my sister is a good resource and all of you bloggers. 🙂
I’m already a little over halfway through and LOVING it — I seriously -need- to find out what the heck is happening. And I picked up What Alice Forgot while I was at the store as well, so I’m looking forward to getting into that one 🙂
I’m wearing pretty much the exact same nail color, but mine is OPI 🙂 I think its so stinking pretty! And very spring-like 🙂
And ugh I could go for a pack of jelly beans right now. Impairing till Monday, so I can get them all on sale!!
I LOVE Essie’s pastel colors! I have a bunch but no purple! i have to keep on the look out for that one. I always get a kick out of the fun names too. I wonder how one becomes the Essie nail polish name creator? !;)
OMG you know Timeflies?! I discovered the on YouTube in 2011 and I’ve been seriously hooked ever since. Seen them in concert twice… they never disappoint!!
Jealous! I’d love to see them in concert but I don’t think they ever come up here 🙁
I got pancakes, too! I <3 pancakes 🙂 Also, I totally feel you on the Easter candy. So. Much. But it's so good! And I love the color of your nail polish – perfect for spring!
hahahaha so April Fools jokes. Yesterday, chef-friend went to pour something into a glass and realized that his roommate had saran wrapped them – PERFECTLY, so you couldn’t see the seam at all. It was pretty good!! He pulled it off nicely.
As for April birthdays – my brothers is on the 30th. Then my dads is in May and my moms is in June, so I’ll be missing a lot of birthdays in the upcoming months 🙁
Hi Amanda! So good to be able to look back over the years and see what was going on in your life. I think you’ll safely be able to list smoothies every single month! 🙂 hehehe I’m reading Amy Poehler’s “Yes Please” right now and quite enjoying it. I’m also loving green smoothies and the sunny weather we’re getting in the Bay Area right now. Happy Friday! 🙂
1) … music. Carla Morrison, Bob Marley, Madeleine Peyroux (working on a sunday morning mix to start breakfast by
2) … food. New things, more veggies and about to do a 30 day allergen purge. see what else is effecting me.
3) … need. R&R planning a indoor water park trip. a bit late in the season but only just found it.
4) … procrastination. some much needed business updating and home repair. It just seems like so much right now.
5) … excitement. Business is at the season start for me so very excited there and so excited about the water park trip. cant afford more than a single night and OMG is that expensive but taking two friend with and excited to spend time together.
Have an amazing time at the water park, Miranda! And good luck with your allergen purge. It can be so frustrating to try and figure out what foods are causing you grief, but it’s definitely worth the hassle.
1) GEORGE EZRA. and Hozier. I can’t stop. And Reuben and the Dark – those three have been on repeat.
2) Smoothie bowls and oats!
3) A really frothy coffee 😉
4) Editing photos for my blog haha.
5) Hmmmm, I can’t think of anything in particular!
I got pancakes too haha!
Ugh, taxes suck! I hope yours turn out better than mine, le sigh.
I bought Big Little Lies which is her second book but I still haven’t read it yet. I got distracted and started reading Wild last week. It is SO good. Have you read it yet?
p.s. love the purple nails!
I haven’t! But I’ve heard good things about it. I was going to watch the movie, but I always like to read the book first so I really need to get around to doing that…
I got pancakes too! p.s. which random smiling woman with salad did you pick? And whyyyy was that even important haha
😆 Yeah I have no idea. But I picked the woman in the bottom left with the braid and the forkful of salad…
My birthday is April 5th! currently; music is just about anything ;whatever happens to be playing on the radio, food would also be smoothies so creamy and good for you or muffins. Need wold be to get my sisters Easter basket filled up before we head out the door shortly. Procrastination is assembling all the old slides to give to my mom so we can have them made into prints. Excitement, to find the perfect new place to live which we are currently looking for as we are hoping to sell our house we’ve been living in for many many years to downsize into something smaller. Have a wonderful Easter weekend
Happy [almost] birthday, Kim! That’s actually my mom’s birthday too 😀
Music: Shut Up & Dance
Food: Sweet potatoes!
Need: THAT nail polish
Procrastination: so. much. schoolwork.
Excitement: Seeing my family this weekend! (We haven’t been all together since early January!)
I love that shade of nail polish!
My husband has an April birthday! He shares with Easter this year!
Current music…I’m kind of obsessed with the SMASH soundtrack. It’s so good!
Food…cinnamon chip scones. My husbands boss loves them so I made some for him to take to work. And for my breakfast of course! 🙂
Procrastination…sorting through my work email inbox. It’s a mess..
Excitement…the weekend! And Easter! And Lane’s birthday!
Have a great weekend!
Happy [almost] birthday to your husband! My mom’s birthday is on the same day 😀
Your shots of the mini eggs always get me craving them and I don’t even harbour a liking for the stuff LOL!!
Hmmm now I need to steer my sister off acquiring ALL the Mac nail polishes and have her add on this Essie beauty. Saves me the trouble.. especially since being persuasive comes naturally 😉 .
Current excitement: riding. On the trails <3 . Every chance I get.
Current food: Ob.sessed with those coconut oil truffles you featured in Link love. I made them as fudge *swoon* .
1) …music: the Empire soundtrack
2) … food: dates + AB
3) … need: for the weather to warm up!
4) … procrastination: studying for my NASM exam
5) … excitement: being featured in the Chicago RedEye!
Hope you have a good weekend!
Congrats on the feature, girl! That’s freaking awesome! 😀
I got pancakes too!!!!! Pancakes people are obviously the best 😉
I’m not surprised you got pancakes…although muffins would have been a close second I think. HA. I dig this song, it would be a good one to run to! I don’t even want to talk about tans..or the lack of color on my skin. Snow White all day everyday.
one of my good friends loved that book, too. i haven’t read it yet, but i read her other book Big Little Lies…was a quick, easy read with some good food for thought, but nothing incredible!
Timeflies, OMG yes. I went to one of their shows last year and it was the best thing I’ve ever been to–and I went alone 😛 Highly recommend their shows!
I’d love to be able to see their show! I’m not sure they ever come up here though 😕
Love that you love Timeflies. I found them a few years ago and seen them in concert twice. It doesn’t
Hurt to look at Cal either 🙂 checkout their old Timeflies tuesday videos on YouTube (wayward sons), you won’t be disappointed
Yes! I first fell in love with them with their Wayward Sons! I’ve seen then twice too 🙂
Their Tuesday videos were actually the first ones I listened to! And I’d love to be able to see them in concert…
I love that nail color! It’s perfect for spring!
1) … music – ODESZA. Perfect music to listen to while working. Beautiful and soothing!
2) … food- coffee now, but trying Pho for the first time for lunch!
3) … need- not to be sick. I can feel something coming on and everyone at work is sick..but my vacation is in 3 weeks and I have a race tomorrow and next week :/
4) … procrastination- cleaning. always.
5) … excitement- EUROPE TRIP!! it’s all I can talk about on my blog lately (and in real life).
Keeping my fingers crossed for you, girl! Up your vitamin C — it really does help a tonne.
Love that Essie shade of polish- so fresh for spring! And well done on finishing your taxes- not an easy feat!! My current favourite food is bean burgers- they’ve been my go-to lunch all week and I can’t see myself getting sick of them anytime soon! Have a super Easter weekend, Amanda…and be sure to eat plenty of chocolate :)!
I cannot believe we are actually in April. I know I say this nearly every month but it really flew by. I feel like it was just starting the year and now we are in April. I don’t mind though. I didn’t get pranked this year on April Fools either…
Music: I downloaded some 90s music and have been obsessed with PM Dawn’s “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”
Food: Easter chocolate bunny ears and tails
Need: I really want that milk frother!
Procrastination: Doing Yasso 800s at the track
Excitement: I think I saw abs on my stomach yesterday in the mirror. All my core work is paying off!
Congrats on the progress, girl! And I love how you were so specific about the Easter bunny parts — those are my points of attack as well 😆
my nail polish doesn’t even last a day! crazy right? I just went to the DMV last week…. crazy place…
Music: A mix of the Beatles and Taylor Swift, the early years…what can I say! Here Comes the Sun and Fearless seem to describe weather I wish we were having (yes I’d rather a rainstorm than snow!)
Food: My oatmeal cakes, because spring fruit + oats = scrumptious new combos. Also ice cream.
Need: I want to get a food processor so I can finally get in on this smoothie thing!
Procrastination: Studying for my last final exam in law school (the rules of Evidence, which I hope never to have to use in real life because I want to work in fundraising law…)
Excitement: Being near the finish line for school and approaching my fourth month anniversary of blogging, and trying out a new chocolate cupcake recipe for my good friend’s housewarming tonight!
Ee! So many exciting things 😀 Good luck with your studies, girl!
Thank you!
(Also, had to take that quiz and got Oatmeal. Big surprise!)
My nail polish only lasts a day too…if I get them done I at least try not to mess them up for a few days since I paid to have them done.
My current excitement is anxiously awaiting for my niece to be born..she is due today but still no sign of her!
Ew…taxes. ;). The hubs and I still haven’t done them, because #procrastination.
I just finished that book! Couldn’t put it down the entire time! Now I’m reading another one by her, What Alice Forgot.
I’m having trouble putting it down as well! I’m already halfway through and I just want to find out what the heck is going on! I picked up What Alice Forgot as well, so I’m looking forward to digging into that when I finish this one 🙂
I want a milk frother! If you read my Wed post I tried to fool you into thinking I ate gluten, not original but I’m not strong with April fools 🙂
I love that purple nail color, pink and purple pastels are a weakness of mine for everything! Current food is bacon paired with japanese sweet potatoes, I’m still not off that kick yet and sneaking both into all my meals.