twofer tuesday

I'm back! I have been writing a meaningful post for a while, or trying to I guess, but for today that is going to stay in my drafts. Today I'm updating you on my life and telling you about a great book. Ok so I'm really just combo-ing two of the prompts from Blogtember, but they fit because I do need to give you guys (who even reads this anymore? my mom? hi mom!) a life update AND I'm a total book nerd, so it works.

One. Life Lately

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...I feel like I sing this song to myself every day. I keep waiting for life to slow down a bit, but I think I just need to accept the fact that it never will. Well, it will for those five blissful days on the beach in two weeks. I struggle with this - I get really stressed out and overwhelmed when I think about the future. I keep seeing it get busier and busier and I just need a BREAK. Before this gets too heavy and stressful and makes me panicky, here's the life update of sorts.

We bought a new car! I'll do a full post on her whenever I am proactive enough to take pictures with my DSLR, but here's a quick shot for now. She's a Kodiak Brown (looks black until the sun hits it and then there are copper tones) Ford Edge and I'm smitten. We decided to go the Ford route because the technology was the best and easiest to use. I still get dreamy feelings when I see the new Volvo XC60s driving around, but then I remember my cheaper maintenance costs and get happy. I was leaning towards the Explorer, but we finally decided that it will be mannnny years until we have enough kids + their friends riding around in our car and we don't need the third row right now. (I know if we had it, it would likely stay down the entire time we owned it so the trunk space could be larger.) The Edge is more than enough room right now, so it's a good fit for us. And so fancy I just don't want to touch it sometimes. Geeze calm down Kaitlyn, it's just a car.

Last night I went with my sister to CFA for a "big truck" night - they had a firetruck, police motorcycle and mounted patrol. Reid is OBSESSED with firetrucks, so he had a blast. The whole ride home he kept talking about the firetruck and making siren noises and talking about how they had to leave to "help the peoples." Easily entertained! A is in Louisiana for work, so it was nice to get out of the house for a bit. I'm sure I'll be spending lots of time with them over these next two weeks!

I went to Marshall's to look for a rug and found this costume for Bowden. I KNOW, it's girly, but I couldn't resist. He's just the cutest little strawberry you've ever seen, right? And no rug was found. Womp womp.

Friday it was monsooning in Houston (a good thing! we are in a very bad drought) and all I wanted to do was stay at home and watch movies. Since that is basically what we do every night of the week, A wanted to go out with friends. I was a good wife and went along (without complaining much) but I wasn't happy about it. I WAS happy that I got to pull out my boots, though. OK ok, they aren't my fall boots, they're my rain boots, but it's good enough for me. Also, do you spot a cute little puppy in this pic?

Sunday was the prettiest day ever, so we opened the patio door to enjoy it while watching the Saints game. A found this website where you can stream any live TV event thing, so were able to catch the game here. Bad thing about being in Houston - they show the Dallas games over the Saints games. NO ONE HERE LIKES YOU, DALLAS! 

Two. Review a book, place or product.

Sidenote, to any English majors out there, I spent the majority of my college education being taught (forced) to use AP Styling, hence my seemingly weird placement of commas. No oxford comma here! 

I am a total and complete book nerd. Or lover, that works too. I would probably rather stay in and read a good book then go out most nights. Introvert, party of one. This drives A insane. I like beach vacations because it's acceptable to sit on a lounge chair all day long and drink a yummy cocktail while reading a good book. There is not much in the world better than that. I somehow developed super speedy fast reading ability - as in, I would camp out for the Harry Potter books, go to bed, spend the next morning at church and then get home and start reading...and I would be done by around midnight that Sunday night. Although I did TRY and be a little slower on these because I never wanted them to end. So for any other book nerds out there, here's a two of my recent favorites. Enjoy!

1. Silver Girl

Ok, anything by Elin Hilderbrand, really. All of her books are set in Nantucket and after reading three, I have added that to the vacation list. Sort of like how Nicholas Sparks make North Carolina sound so dreamy! But not as cheesy and predictable. 

2. 99 Problems and a Baby Ain't One

Prepare to cry a lot because this is seriously HILARIOUS. It's a cancer memoir, so I bet you are wondering how in the WORLD it can be funny, but just trust me, IT IS. Also, Megan is a blogger and I went to the book signing and she's just as hilarious in person and basically go read her blog. And buy the book here.

And now I'm depressed because I can't sit on my bed and read all day long.