Friday Favorites - The Glorious Mundane

Happy Friday! I have SO many favorites to share today! It’s been a busy week and I’m loving it!

Two podcasts that I loved

When we went to the fair, we ended up driving separately (long story, but I was on call for a birth and I wanted to make sure that if I had to leave in a hurry, my family could still stay and enjoy the day), so I got to drive 3 hours round trip with complete silence in the car. I listened to some great podcasts, but these were two of my favorites:

Should You Be Posting Your Kids Online — Culture Apothecary

Does the Dave Ramsey Method Work in Today’s Economy– Relatable

Side note on these podcasts- I do listen to both Culture Apothecary and Relatable, but I don’t 100% agree with all that they say. I am recommending both of these episodes, but I wouldn’t blanket recommend both of these podcasts unless I knew you and knew it was a good fit. They both have some pretty STRONG opinions and often irk me their presentation of them.

Meeting up with a fellow blogger

I’m like well over a week behind in posting about this, but I had the lovely pleasure of meeting up with a fellow blogger, Maria! We live in the same local area (just one town over from each other) and arranged to have a little meet up! I’m a terrible blogger and did not take a single picture, so I have stolen hers ;). If you do not already follow her blog, please go do so! I think you will really enjoy her lifestyle tidbits and wise advice on raising children!

We had a lovely conversation and thoroughly enjoyed our ice cream from Whits! It did my extrovert heart so good to get out and just chat 🙂 🙂

Build 30 Program

One of the best parts of the summer for me has been the schedule-space to run and work out consistently. I typically run 3x a week, and then I have been doing a dumbbell workout series 3 days a week. I just finished Build 30 by Nourish, Move, Love and I really loved the program! I don’t know why it’s called Build 30 because it’s actually a 10 day program. I have now done it twice this summer. I think I will do a different program from her channel next, although I did enjoy doing the same program twice and seeing how much progress I was making!

Reading

I’ve been enjoying my reading lately! I HIGHLY recommend The Way of the Wildflower devotional book. It is so, so, so good. I just snagged Capable from the library, and we are going to read it as a book club this month. I’m about halfway through The Calamity Club and it’s taking me SO long, but it’s also so good!

Aldi Earbuds

Listen- I have been on a whole earbud saga lately. I had some AirPods which I loved, but I lost one of them. I just can’t justify the price, so I bought some cheapo ones on Amazon. Well, I didn’t like them much and then I accidentally jumped into the pool with them in my running pouch and ruined them. So imagine my surprise when I was shopping at Aldi and I saw these cutie lavender earbuds. I decided for $10, why not? And guess what- I love them! They aren’t AirPods, I will admit that. But for cheap earbuds, they are amazing!

A Birth

It’s always a favorite when I get to attend a birth! Of course, I can’t share any details on here but bringing life into the world is always so beautiful and sacred and it’s a pleasure to be in the room. This week’s birth had me up all night, and as I was driving home my alarm went off. The sun was rising and the roosters were crowing when I crawled into bed for a two hour nap!

Back to School- Life in the Halls

School hasn’t officially started yet, but there is LIFE in the halls of our school again! It’s coming alive and getting ready to welcome students back! I helped out with teacher orientation – in my new job – have I talked about that yet? I am so happy to be at school, and I’m surprisingly not feeling too sad about not teaching.