You didn’t think I’d let a month go by without a Currently post, did you?!
I don’t think I’ve ever posted one quite this late before, but with travelling, playing catchup, and then a week of doing nothing but book edits, September was a little crazy and this was pretty much the only time I could squeeze it in.
BUT! These are some of my favourite posts to write, and I dot want to break tradition since this is my fourth year doing them (1, 2, 3). Hope you enjoy them too!
Current book: Beyond The Shadows, which is the third book in The Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks. I loved the first book, wanted to love the second book but thought it was just okay, and I’m hoping the third book can redeem the series. We shall see.
Current music: I dare you to listen to this remix of Daddy Yankee’s Ven Conmigo and not want to dance.
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Current [non]-guilty pleasure: Eating salted caramel cluster cashew milk frozen dessert straight from the tub. Things are getting serious.
Current drink: I’m [almost] embarrassed to admit that I’ve been drinking instant coffee more often than not. No French press, no Keurig… just coffee granules and hot water. And honestly? It pretty much all tastes the same to me. Well, okay… that’s not entirely true. I can feel a difference, but not enough of one to make me want to put more effort in.
Current food: I’ve been testing a few recipes with sweet potatoes, so… I’ve been eating a lot of sweet potatoes…
Current obsession: These organic deglet noor dates* that I found at Costco a while back. They’re not the same Costco dates that I used to buy way back in the day, but I actually like these ones a lot better. It’s kind of ridiculous how fast I go through an entire bag…
Current craving: Chocolate. I’ll let you use your imagination as to why that might be.
Current need: To work on my social media strategy. This is the one area of blogging that I really struggle with, which is not a good thing seeing as blogging is such a social platform. But! I sat down yesterday and came up with a plan for the week, which I hoping will make it easier to carry through. I might have to bust out the gold stars for some extra motivation, though.
Current indulgence: More me time. I’ve stopped checking my e-mail and jumping on the computer first thing in the morning, and I’ve made it a point to disconnect a little earlier in the evening and do whatever I want guilt-free.
Current beauty product: This Sheer Transformation moisturizer* from Ole Henriksen. I actually need to go out and pick up some more since this jar’s almost empty, but oh.my.god, you guys… this stuff has done amazing things for my skin. It doesn’t clog my pores or irritate my sensitive face, and I feel like it’s made my skin a lot softer and smoother while reducing the smaller breakouts I used to get from an over-production of oil due to dry/irritated skin. Unless my skin decides to drastically change the way it behaves, I don’t see myself deviating from this any time soon.
Current procrastination: There’s actually a bunch of blog admin stuff that I keep putting off, including finally setting up a shop page and updating some of the more static pages. Getting there.
Current confession: After that bomb I dropped on you yesterday? Uhmmm… I took a pen from my bank. But they also told me I could have it 😂
Current quote: It’s really not about you…
Current excitement: All things FALL! I’m finally starting to feel that je ne sais quoi in the air, which means that Halloween, and Thanksgiving, and CHRISTMAS (!!!!) are coming up ASAP. And I know that things are supposed to slow down during this time of the year, but I honestly feel the most energized and alive.
Current mood: At peace. I’m really not sure how else to say it. I’m just in a good place right now, and it feels nice 😊
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urgh. Do a strategy for me. I need to change things up, I’m in limbo. Or, just do other peoples 😀 Future dreams.
Oh hi, Cashew Ice Cream aka Af-ro-dis-i-yak. Also…pour instant coffee in vanilla ice cream. Affogato heaven.
Costco hasn’t had medjool dates in AGES and it makes me so sad! I like the new ones they carry, but they’re not big/meaty enough.
Oh, I also wanted to thank you for linking to my authenticity post for Sunday’s link love. 🙂
Hope you’re having a wonderful week.
That’s actually kind of what I love about them – they’re a little harder, which makes me feel like I’m eating caramel or something 😆 Have a good week, Jo!
Current beauty product is MAC’s blush in Melba. It’s fitting so well with my skin tone now that I’m in the sun a little less. I love the color!
I don’t think I’ve ever tried that one, but I definitely recognize the name which means I’ve probably heard a lot of good things bout it!
I don’t blame you with your obsession with that salted caramel cashew cluster ice cream, that sounds like perfection! I agree that instant coffee doesn’t taste too different from regular, it does work when you don’t feel like making regular haha. And yes to all the sweet potatoes, I could live off of them they are just so good!
I think you can never go wrong with salted caramel anything, but I can’t believe how much this “ice cream” tastes like the real thing!
My current food seems to be pesto pesto pesto. I’ve been eating traditional basil pesto on spaghetti squash and tomato sandwiches, but then I also tried beet pesto and have been eating that on pasta. Although I have a lot more leftover beet pasta than I expected. Oops. 😛
Also kabocha squash. They’re back!
Don’t feel too guilty about procrastinating on the blog stuff. I can imagine you’re still working hard on that cookbook.
Kabocha! You know, I honestly can’t meme,ver the last time I had some. We usually have them year-round over here, but they’re especially good in the fall 🙂
That cashew milk ice cream is on my top 3 ice creams i think–its so good! Did you try the snickerdoodle one!? So good! I have been loving sweet potatoes too they are too delicious! Glad youve been enjoying some non-screen time on your own, ive been working on doing more of that too!
No snickerdoodle 🙁 We don’t get it up here, so the salted caramel is the best of the bunch.
Instant coffee isn’t a bad thing at all; that’s why it’s a blessing, cause it’s instant! 🙂 And social media; well you produce great content, so don’t worry about doing tons and tons of social media; just whatever isn’t overwhelming for you! 🙂 Oh yes, and that So Delicious flavor sounds absolutely amazing. Curious: Is that ice cream as creamy as regular ice cream?
I honestly don’t know why people rag on instant coffee so much either – it’s really not that bad when you get the right one! And YES! Definitely as creamy 🙂
Being in a good place is nice. I bet the reduced computer time helps, especially when you factor in relaxing guilt free. It’s good to have a separation of work and personal life, and it sounds like you’re finding it.
I want all the chocolate lately. I blame Fall.
This reminds me I need to wash my makeup brushes. It’s been way too long.
Fall. Yep. That’s definitely why I’m craving chocolate 😆
So Delicious seriously makes the best freaking ice cream. Im obsessed with all of their caramel flavors. Anything with caramel is the bomb.com in my eyes!
I won’t lie, I dont think I’ve ever even tried instant coffee lol I’m such a coffee snob but that being said, I would totally pack some of that the next time I go camping. I went without coffee the last time I went camping and it was ok, but my mornings totally felt incomplete without my favorite warm beverage!
No coffee on camping trips?!? Definitely go the instant route next time! I feel like people rag on it a bunch when it’s really not that bad if you get the right one.
Waaaa!! You have me INSANELY jealous, because I SO want to try that flavor of the SoDelicious ice cream and no one in this area has it, not even Whole Foods!! Soooo bummed. Add to that my ginormous craving for all things sweet potato right when all the sweet potato variety I prefer (the starchy orange ones) ran out in all stores everywhere around here, and all that are left are the Japanese ones (no thanks!) or straight up traditional yams (the less starchy ones that fall apart when you bake them). No one in the stores knows what I’m talking about, and since I don’t know the name of the exact variety I’m used to, I just have to wait until I see them start to trickle in. I’m hoping it’s just that they’re waiting for this year’s crop to get big enough to sell, but until then, all the SP recipes online are killing me!!
As if this wasn’t a long enough comment already 😆…I’m in between books (actually reading one my brother wrote…unpublished 😉 and it’s amazing even though I am biased). But my next book in line will probably be book 5 of the Wings of Fire series. Meant for kids (usually my favorite genre), but so sweet and adorably cute, but at the same time the plot is so engaging you can’t put it down.
Food: I’m having a moment with both chocolate-covered mangoes (which I always thought sounded weird and I never thought I’d like) and BarkThins Chocolate Pretzels (sooo addictive!). Can you tell I’m a chocoholic? I usually end up having a bit of each in the evenings after dinner for a little something sweet (and because I’m indecisive and can’t choose just one).
Confession: I’ve been writing in my journal a lot lately. It’s nice because I’m finally starting to use my journal the way I always intended (though it nearly always ended up like a log, lol!): to work through my feelings and talk about my struggles, difficulties, etc. like I would to a friend.
I don’t really use beauty products, so I guess I’d say witch hazel, which I use to clean my face at night. So refreshing. Though I also love my mom’s homemade essential oil spray for my hair that makes it smell good. 😊
Need: EXTENDED FAMILY TIME!! Sorry…obviously I feel strongly about this one. 😜 After seeing them fairly regularly the last year, having gone all of like 5 months without seeing most of them and I feel like I’m going to die. We’re going on vacation to see them in October though, so I literally can.not. wait!!!
I would love to be able to spend more time with my extended family, but they all live so far away. My cousin’s wedding last month was the first time I saw a lot of them in like 10 years. Eeeeep. And I miss journaling. I used to do it all the time when I was younger, but then I started blogging and the desire to write outside of that kind of vanished 😕
When I was traveling for 3 months, I survived on instant coffee. It’s really not all that bad! And I’m ready for all things sweet potatoes!
It really isn’t! I don’t know why people rag on it so much, especially when the coffee at so many of the shops is just way too strong.
Currently noshing on dates as well. I love stuffing them with almond butter or putting them in the fridge. Good choice! I just bought some sweet potatoes too, I can’t wait to see what you’ve got for us.
Frozen dates are seriously the best. Bonus if they’re stuffed with AB 🙂
Don’t even get me started on social media…I’m hopeless. Instagram is the only one I feel mildly good about. Facebook and Twitter make me want to cry. Then Pinterest is just a matter of keeping up with the scheduler which I also suck at. I’d love to see your new routine, if you’d be willing to share!
Also, I used that Ole Henriksen moisturizer for years and loved it. I stopped using it in effort to find something more natural (not that the ingredient list is bad) but I think I might go back to it. The other stuff I’ve been using kind isn’t that great. Thanks for the reminder!
See I can’t even do IG properly! Totally forgot that this week 😕 And the easiest way I’ve found to stay on top of things is to sit down once a week and schedule for the entire week. I did that this week with FB and Tailwind, and I seriously love it. Sure it takes a couple of hours to do, but then you don’t have to think about it for the next 7 days. And I haven’t had great luck with more natural cream either, sadly 🙁 I just feel liker most of them sit on top of my skin instead of really sinking into it.
I’m trying that EXACT nice cream and I LOVE it…it’s sooo good! also loving coconut yogurt…yum!
I’m currently reading playing big by tara mohr…I highly recommend this one…it’s so practical!
Confession– currently trying to save money like crazy yet having big cravings for all the yoga clothes…all the spa treatments…and all the resto hopping 🙂
Coconut yogurt is another favourite for me as well! So Delicious just has a tonne of good stuff.
Your sweet potatoes have been my butternut lately. In the past week I’ve made two butternut recipes using two butternut squash and eaten all the leftovers and still working through some. My parents have been drinking instant coffee my entire life without skipping a day, lol! I TOTALLY taste the difference but they claim they don’t. I’m also sadly out of your coffee creamer and now have to make more!
No I can totally tell the difference, but I’m not sure I care enough at this point to put more effort into it 😆 I’m sure that’ll change eventually!
Current need: SAME. Ugh, one of these days I’ll get it together. Oh and that ice cream is truly addicting!
It’s hard to stay on top of things when it feels like there’s always so much to do!
Instant coffee??! Amanda….lol. It’s ok, I’m drinking my hotel coffee right now, which may as well be instant. I’m FINALLY feeling like it’s becoming fall around here. That means I will definitely need to order something pumpkin-y soon!
It’s not THAT terrible! I have this instant espresso which isn’t half bad.
and with each currently post, I continue to say I haven’t read a book in forever. I don’t know how I stopped reading every night!
I don’t know either. I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep without reading first.
Whenever I read your posts like this, I always think “I should do this too”. I always enjoy seeing what others are enjoying and of course trying something new. Everyone can always use more “me time”. There is nothing wrong with that.
You totally should, Hollie! They’re fun to do, and it’s neat to be able to look back and see what’s changed.