Oh heyyyyy, February!
A new month means a new Currently post, and since these can get kind of lengthy, we’re going to skip the fancy intros and dive straight in.
Current book: Nutrition textbooks, mostly. I still read every night before I go to sleep (right now it’s The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss), but I only manage to get through about 10 pages before I pass out.
Current music: Baby Don’t Lie by Gwen Stefani.
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Current guilty pleasure: The occasional 20 minute afternoon nap… because waking up at 4:30 or 5 makes that afternoon slump hit pretty hard.
Current nail colour: Still going strong with changing up my nails regularly! This month it’s Princess Grace by China Glaze. I don’t own a tonne of China Glaze polishes, but I might have to look into getting some more because I like the formulation and they seem to sit on my nails pretty well.
Current drink: Hot Cinnamon Spice tea from Harney & Sons. This is probably my favourite drink ever, and I’m not even joking when I say that I’ve had it every.single.day since I first found it about 6 years ago — I even travel with it. It’s how I start my mornings, and lately I’ve been adding a second cup in the afternoon. Heaven.
Current food: Roasted potatoes. I probably have a big bowl of them with dinner at least 3 times a week and I have yet to actually get sick of them. There’s just something so comforting (and delicious) about sitting down with a heaping bowl of warm starchy veggies. Sometimes I’ll even toss in a sweet potato for good measure.
Current obsession: This probably isn’t going to come as a surprise to anyone, but… my Erin Condren Life Planner. I’ve mentioned this a few times already, but my planner has seriously become one of my newest creative outlets. I love sitting down on a Sunday night and decorating/planning for the week ahead, and the fact that it’s such a pleasure to use and I enjoy doing it so much has helped me keep at it and get a lot more organized. It’s good stuff.
Current wish: For an answer to this question? 😯
Current need: The artificial lighting system I ordered to get here so that my photography schedule no longer has to revolve around Mother Nature and her cranky, stanky wintery moods. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve wanted to shoot something at 6 AM and had to wait 4+ hours for it to get bright out… only to find out that it ended up being a doomy-and-gloomy day. You’ve had your fun, Nature, but soon… soon I’ll be the one laughing. *insert devil faced emoji here*
Current triumph: Getting my parents to add more smoothies and meatless meals to their diet. I wouldn’t say that Mom & Dad ever ate poorly, but they followed a pretty traditional Polish diet, which includes a lot of heavier and saltier foods. I tried not to give them too hard of a time about it since that tends to turn most people off, so I did my best to lead by example instead and it’s nice to see my efforts being rewarded…
Current bane of my existence: Dry.freaking.AIR. Either I need to start drinking an additional 2L of water a day or straight up bathing in coconut oil because I’m sick of my skin feeling dry and parched. Add windburn from going snowboarding so often, and my face never really gets a chance to recover. Grumble.
Current indulgence: So.much.chocolate. If I make it through my February recipe testing without getting sick of chocolate, then I’ll be amazed. And if you’re looking for a sweet treat to enjoy yourself, I suggest heading over to Savory Style and checking out my recipe for Double Chocolate Raspberry Brownie Bites. They’re uhm… kind of epic.
Current procrastination: I’ve been meaning to go to Ikea for.ev.er but I keep putting it off because I seriously need to set aside like 3 hours when I go. Place is a black hole.
Current blessing: 10 points to whoever guessed that my answer would be “Life in general.” I often say that the reason I wake up so dratted early is because I just can’t wait to start my day, and while I mostly say it jokingly, there’s probably a grain of truth to it as well. Of course I have my crap days and “woe is me” 3 AM breakdowns, but that’s just part of this thing we call life.
Current excitement: Seeing my coaching clients see the results they were looking for. It’s a pretty awesome feeling to be able to help someone in their journey towards better health.
Current mood: Peachy keen, jelly bean!
Current link: Belinda Selene’s YouTube channel. I first came across her channel when I was looking for planner decorating ideas (told you I was obsessed), and ended up watching a tonne of her other videos. She’s fun and has a lot of great ideas.
Your turn! Give me your current:
1) … guilty pleasure.
2) … food.
3) … obsession.
4) … bane of existence.
5) … link.
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Someone else understands the excitement that comes from your family drinking unsweetened almond milk!!! I am so proud of my dad for switching from dairy milk.
The dry air killed my skin when I was home… then like after I was back in CA for two days it was better! Maybe you should just come visit??
Love these posts! I need to get into napping a little more, especially as I am not sleepig well right now……and as you are having more meatless meals….I think that means you need to join meatless monday more often miss 😉
1) … guilty pleasure – pinterest for hours
2) … food – chocolate muffins
3) … obsession- raw honey face masks to get rid of black heads
4) … bane of existence – see above and my granny like achy body
5) … link – cos we all love nosing into people health/weight loss journey!! see below:)
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Current guilty pleasure is Friends. 🙂 Ever since it came on Netflix the Hubs and I have been watching way too much of it! Current food is almond butter and cashew butter, I can’t get enough of it!
That’s awesome you are getting an artificial lighting set, though I can hardly imagine your photos getting any better!
And roasted potatoes are the best! I can eat a lot of them particularly the really crunchy ones.
I feel I would’ve loved that planner in college but now working a normal office job I just don’t see me using it. I can barely remember to bring my phone and purse with me lol. I notice that you don’t talk too much about your nutrtion training (I can’t even remember what you are getting certified for…nutritionist or RD?) I was going to say I really think an interesting post would be one in which you talk about things you have learned during this time from the nutrition books etc. For instance, have your view points changed on anything? Anything you thought before about food exercise etc that was completely validated? Anything new you’ve added or taken away from your routine? I always thought it would be interesting to be a nutritionist or RD but with a stable well-paying job I just couldn’t ever see me giving it up to do something for “passion” (my logical side outrules everything) so I really wish you would discuss it more!
Thanks for the suggestions, Jazz! I’d actually love to talk about my work and studies more, especially if there’s an interest. I’ll add that to the editorial calendar for this month.
My current guilty pleasure, food and bane of my existence are all one in the same right now, I found out last night that the big cheese poutinery delivers to my apartment… and I just couldn’t help myself and ordered a large perogy poutine… going to be working that off all week!
Here are mine!
1) guilty pleasure is cupcakes!
2) food cupcakes again!
3) obsession printed workout pants
4) bane of existence annoying people!
5) link: http://wp.me/p4QHcY-XI
Glad to hear your parents are making positive changes nutritionally because of you! I wish I could say that I had that same effect on my parents, but no one wants to seem to listen to me on that front for some reason. Sooo set in their ways. I try not to let it discourage me but it can be hard. If my own parents won’t listen to my advice, then why would anyone else?
Mine didn’t want to listen to me for -years- so I definitely know that frustration… and I’ve always found it easier to help people who I’m not related to. I don’t know what it is about those blood ties that makes people so stubborn.
There was once a time in college when I went gaga over roasted potatoes. I would literally eat them every.single.day. You can guess how that turned out…I’m STILL unable to eat regular potatoes often because they’re still slightly unappealing to me, and that was years ago! But sweet potatoes on the other hand, yum. I’m currently having a pretty serious love affair with sweet potatoes (yams actually, as I’ve learned those are two distinct vegetables) and eat them almost daily.
You have made me even more excited for my Erin Condren planner to come! Darn the personalization process taking so long. 🙂 Current indulgences are chocolate and good coffee.
I LOVE me some Gwen!!! Isn’t it the best thing ever when clients get the results they are looking for?!??
I love that tea – will you bring me some the next time I see you?
Also – the dry air. OHMYGOD it’s intense. Whether or not I sleep for 20 minutes or 10 hours, whenever I wake up my throat feels like it’s dying.
I have tonnes of it at home. Just saying 😉
Omg. Sending this link to Niki. She legit ate those potatoes too haha!
Please tell me mama Angelina isn’t drinking 3 smoothies a day….
Amanda! Hello!! 🙂
I wonder since you read so much, why you dont have a Goodreads account?
1) 10 minutes every afternoon doing absolutely nothing.
2) Food, I think is currently steak cause i’m back into the red meat after long time
3)The new Veronicas album OMG
4) the 1/2 kg i’m trying to lose for months now
5)http://www.thelondoner.me/2013/01/chicken-noodle-soup.html
I’ve gone back and forth on the idea of getting a Goodreads account, but I honestly don’t think my schedule could handle another social media addiction 😆
Guilty pleasure: Chilli Cheese Fritos with sour cream.
Food: blueberries and grapefruit. Just can’t get enough.
Obession: My EC planner. Ever since I saw all your cute stickers I can’t help but decorate mine.
Those brownies look too darn good! Yummo!
1) … guilty pleasure. = dark chocolate with a glass of Red Wine…it is heart month! 🙂
2) … food. = Raw Walnuts…I’m usually Almond or cashew obsessed, but Walnuts have been the jam lately
3) … obsession. = Checking the mail for MY new Erin Cauldren planner. Thank you for that! Can’t wait!
4) … bane of existence. = being non weight bearing. Gahhh, it’s taking forever to be allowed to walk again!
Wahaaay well done with your clients & parents, Amanda…proud of you! I feel you on the bane of dry air! Luckily it’s not too bad here but when I’m in London, it makes me want to cry- my face peels so much! I’ve been cleansing my face with baby oil and it works like a charm to prevent dryness- give it a shot! I hope those potatoes came with a side of ketchup- it should almost be a requirement!! As for my bane of existence? Wen ppl typ lyk dis….eew just NO!
How about wEn PpL tYp LyK dIs?
Ohhh that takes me back to my high school years…
I know what you mean about the dry air! I bought a humidifier for about $10 the other day and it has been working WONDERS! I think you photography is pretty great even with the natural lighting! 🙂