— january

• accidentally watching the ball drop ten seconds late / dinner with friends / making our own ice cream (a lot) / picking up mom's phone call and the world changing / a last-minute flight to new york / mourning aunt nina / ordering a casket from online and picking flowers / bryan finding a ton of special shells on the beach / a really delayed flight back to s.c. / getting my crocs in the mail / kaylyns baby shower / having the stewarts for dinner - separately / the science fair / putting together a puzzle with my coworkers / bryan taking the ice off my windshield in the morning / going to training and coming back to messages from the kids saying "best teacher ever" and "we miss you" / meeting with a mortgage broker (!)

— february

— cozy hobbies to engage in ♡

• blackout poetry
• candles, painting
• card-making
• clay (air-dry or oven bake)
• coloring
• crochet
• crossword
• documentary watching
• journaling
• list-making
• puzzles
• reading
• scrapbooking
• stamp-making
• yoga
• zine making

— october, twenty twenty-four | inspo. ★

• delighting in:
• paying attention to:
• spending time on:
• listening to:
• indulging in:
• visiting:
• reflecting about:
• looking forward to:

— this week

• ◇ write & send a letter to Zoey
• ☐ plant fall flowers in pots
• ◇ junk journal again
• ◇ update books read note
• ◇ update 2024 monthly journal

— this month

• ☐ order or buy some new clothes
  • ☐ black converse
  • ☐ black vegan birkenstocks ★
• ◇ decorate for fall

— this season

• ◇ embroider green madewell shirt

— key

— ebook ♡

• Ariel by Sylvia Plath
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

— audiobook ♡

• ✔ The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs

— physical ♡

• The Loveliest Place by Dustin Benge

— january ✿ 3 books

• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
• Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Mass

— february ✿ 5 books

• How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis
• The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
• The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

— march ✿ 3 books

• Happy Place by Emily Henry
• The Giver: Graphic Novel by P. Craig Russell
• Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

— april ✿ 3 books