Weekend Reading #217
A quick little update & my favourite reads from the week.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. I know it seems so early for many, but I’ve been waiting weeks to be able to sip my morning coffee next to a glowing Christmas tree! It took every bit of willpower I had to wait until Halloween was over before pulling out our tree, but I’m happy to report that I had Halloween all packed away before the boys were even out of bed and I had Brady lugging the trees up from the basement before 8am on November 1st! I spent all day spreading Christmas cheer all around the house and by 7pm that evening, we were curling up together amongst all the glowing lights to watch our first Christmas movie of the season (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation will always be my very favourite!). I’ve been slowly working my way through all the Christmas boxes and bins every day since to scatter decor all the around the house and I think all that’s left at this point is to decorate our trees – hoping we can carve out some time to tackle the trees together this weekend.
Aside from all things Christmas, things have felt especially busy around here as Carson wraps up his volleyball season and the boys gear up for the ski season ahead. C will be skiing with two separate teams out of Jasper this year and is planning to ramp up his competitions – this will have the boys travelling to all sorts of new ski hills around Alberta and BC this winter, which they’re both super excited about.
On top of all that, Brady’s been travelling for work a little more than usual. I’ve been busier than usual with work lately too, spending many extra hours at the school with parent-teacher conferences and report cards. I love, love, love my job, but these 60 hour work weeks are always really tough – thank goodness they are usually fairly short lived (only a couple of weeks usually) and only come 3x each year. With conferences behind me, I’ve just got my report cards to work on now and luckily we’ve got a long weekend ahead, which makes it so much easier to carve out those extra hours of work. Wish me luck!
On the blog lately…
Currently – Life in October | Renovation Update
And now, here are my favourite reads from the week…
My favourite reads from the week…
This no demo kitchen renovation is giving me so much inspiration for our own phase one kitchen remodel.
Speaking of kitchen inspo, a phase one reno would be the perfect opportunity to try out some of these kitchen design ideas inspired by British design.
Especially loving the character-filled bedroom in Kendall Jenner’s gorgeous mountain home.
Loving the resurgence of folklectic decor!
21 completely subjective rules for raising teenage boys.
Oh the character in this home! SO cozy and inviting!
Everything you need to know about mouldings.
Why new builds are being made to look like historic homes.
What I’m making for dinner tonight.
The Instagram account I just can’t get enough of this week.
Finally, here’s the book I’ve been curling up with this week.
Wishing you the most lovely weekend! Let me know if you have any fun plans in the comments below!
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