Currently …

Watching …

We’re a little late to this party but Steve and I have been absolutely hooked on Breaking Bad. All of our friends were fans and we had missed the first season so it was difficult for us to initially get into it, knowing the time we’d have to invest to catch up. And we were absolutely correct on the time it would but incorrect in assuming it wouldn’t be worth the investment. This show is absolutely amazing! We have made it through seasons one, two and are halfway through three in a little under two weeks. There are nights we will watch five or six episodes and at 47 minutes a piece on Netflix, that’s still a hefty time commitment. But we’ll be like, “One more episode” then it will end on a cliffhanger and we’re like, “We’ve got to know what’s going on!” I will say, it is really bleak and depressing to watch. Like, not in an awful way but in a way where I’m wondering how I’m finding such pleasure in a show that never seems to have a happy ending. Also, how am I enjoying  this when every minute, I want to punch Skylar in her big fat meddling nosy frowny face. I wish she would die but I’ve seen previews for season 5 and she’s still there so that makes me sad. So hopefully we’ll be able to catch up before the fifth season premieres in ten days. Though I’m not sure if I could handle not being able to immediately start the next episode after the kind of cliffhangers they have.

Playing …

Dawnguard, the new expansion pack to Skyrim. Not only does it give a happy little list makers like me even more quests to check off in my journal but I get to add Vampire Lord to my Dragonborn resume (which also include Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold, leader of the Companions, Thane of Whiterun, Falkreath, Solitude and Markarth, and Leader of the Thieves’ Guild). I’ve always played the game a bit straight and narrow so it’s nice to visit the dark side and vamp out every once awhile, especially because I can raise people from the dead to fight for me and drain their life force. I’m just not quite sure how I feel at the moment about not being able to go out in the sunlight.

Reading …

I’d like to say that I’ve  been indulging in my list of books gathering dust on my Nook but as you can tell from above, most of my free time is being consumed by TV and video games, an all too often occurrence these days. But I have a huge list of want to reads stacked and really hope to fulfill my goal of at least getting through three of them in July. That can’t be too hard, right? That’s a little more than a book a week.

Planning …

A trip to North Carolina to meet my brand new niece, Shylynn, who was born on June 26. My sister got lucky because she had traveled down for our party thinking she had about two weeks left until she was due. She traveled the five hours home on Sunday and that Tuesday, Shy had made her appearance. Apparently my sister partied the baby out of her! Regardless, I have yet to meet the little cutie and can’t wait to hold her and cuddle with her. Oh, and see my sister and family too! J

Working On …

Staying active and eating healthy. I know I will constantly struggle with this for the rest of my life. The lazy person inside me just does not care about what I eat and does not want to get up and move because sitting on the couch with an entire bottle of wine is so much more enjoyable than busting my ass working out and eating plain chicken and green vegetables for lunch. I have kept a nice and steady progress since I started this change in January and .I know if I set my mind to it, I could be making more progressive strides. But there are just days where I go home and I’m like dreading working out and I know there will never be a time where I’m like, “Yes! I get to be out of breath and sweat. Sign me up!” But I always have to remind myself that I feel awesome when I’m done. And I am finding amazing new foods that I like by expanding my horizons and trying not to each so much crap. The only drawback to that is that when I do decide to indulge, my body hates me because I’ve been feeding it the healthy stuff for so long that it reacts like a kid who you give 10 cans of soda to and feels awesome then crashes hard.

Needing …

Another long vacation with just my husband. Our time that we spent in Gatlinburg last October was nothing short of amazing, with the exception of when I sprained my ankle and we had to cancel a few activities. The cabin we stayed in was so cute and cozy and secluded and every part of me wants to get on the ball and schedule another week there in October. I will take the mountains in the Fall over any day at the beach. And now that we know what we prefer to see in town, it will be much easier and we won’t feel like we have to fit everything in. Plus, we bought these awesome preservers and goodies from Smoky Mountain Farms (Apple Cinnamon BBQ, y’all!) and now that we’ve run out, we need to replenish our supply.

Enjoying …

Summertime with our great group of friends! It has been hot as Hades here but we’ve been able to enjoy ourselves nonetheless. We had a nice little pool party on Wednesday with our close group of friends and as always, there was laughter and jokes and delicious food and sweet, sweet bitch beer and things that go boom. Steve and I were able to have a nice quiet date day where we had breakfast at IHOP and ran some errands and saw Ted. My girlfriends and I got together on the premiere night to see Magic Mike. We had yummy burgers and TATER TOTS(!) at a local joint and snuck Bud Light lime-a-ritas into the theater and yelled and catcalled obnoxiously at the screen then went out for drinks and a bitchfest afterwards. We’ve been out boating and visited the swamp with our family. We’ve had cook outs at home and partied at sunset. Overall, it’s been a great summer so far and there’s still over half of it left. I can only imagine that it’s going to be just as awesome!