april favorites

Movie: The Boy. (Maggie aren't you supposed to be killing zombies...?) Check out the trailer here. It was SO good and definitely had a twist that nearly made me pee my pants. It is about a creepy doll that comes to life so if that touches a little close to home then....watch it anyways and pay big bucks for the therapy later.

Show: Jane The Virgin. I've been watching it more than just in April but it is just too good to not include in this first and honorary Favorites. It's the perfect balance of hilarious, mysterious, and dramatic. It completes me in a real way.

Book: Playing Dead by Julia Heaberlin. There are some parts of this book that made my blush (yes, the word sex still makes me giggle like a twelve year old) but that was only a couple of times. This is a "murder" mystery book that has you hanging on from the beginning.

Workout: I love me some easy at-home workouts that don't require much movement. Don't think it exists? Well, it does. And it's linked right here. You literally just sit there and you still feel major burn. You may have to do it a few many times to see results, but it's sure doing something.

Recipe: I made this for dinner just tonight and it was incredibly easy and really delicious too. We thought it was yummy but I'm more concerned about the easy part...It is linked here. 

Music: Meghan Trainor. Yeah, I said it. And I'm not ashamed. My library allows 5 free song downloads a week so for the past 3 weeks I have been slowly collecting all of her stuff. It is so poppy that you just wanna sing and dance for the whole world. And it has just the right amount of promiscuity to make it worthwhile.

the thing about marriage

Before you get married you wonder how you will live with someone that you have such a crush on.
How will you go to the bathroom with them in the same house?
How will you wax your mustache while he's there?
What if you get super sick and nasty and he has to hold your hair back while you throw up?
And then you get married and you realize that you can't do all of these unlady-like things while Prince Charming is sleeping.
And you can't hold those farts in forever.
(Probably not medically safe.)
Eventually you have to let your inner freak fly.
Because your husband is your best friend and he still thinks you're beautiful, even with a waxing strip above your lip.
And sometimes in marriage we let our emotions get the best of us and we get upset about silly things.
All of a sudden his kind act of getting you a medium instead of a small becomes a fight.
But afterwards, when you've come back down to Earth, you realize that he still loves you.
Even though you're crazy.
You see each other at your absolute WORST and yet, there's nobody you would rather be with.
Nobody else you would rather fight about nothing with.
Nobody else you would reluctantly say "I'm Sorry" to.
And nobody else you would rather switch off carrying the load of life with.
So even though marriage is ridiculously hard sometimes, it's mostly really really good.

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An excerpt from an elementary journal of mine:
"I kind of like Jacob! Oh no....Oh shoot.....What if somebody reads this? Almost everybody knows that Daniel is my boyfriend and this is pen! I am DOOMED!!"
Let's first review some facts.
1. This supposed "Jacob" character wasn't real.
Well, he technically existed, but not in my life.
He was my current love obsession from the movie Cheaper By The Dozen.
Not a threat to any real romance in my life.
2. And "Daniel"?
Yeah, he wasn't even my boyfriend. Ever.
But apparently everybody knew that he was.
3. That was all I wrote for that day.
Just that.
What was point of pulling out my pen and journal that day?
And who was I so afraid was going to see this?

Regardless, thanks to my young 5th (?) grade self I get to laugh at all of these ridiculous things.
And in the future, my children will pull out my box of memories and wonder who Jacob and Daniel were and why their father wasn't fighting them for my love.
Now when I get to look back through old journals filled with ridiculousness it just makes me so happy.
And when I look back through old journals filled with deep thoughts, struggles, victories, and knowledge I am reminded of so much.
It is SO important to keep a journal guys.
Even if you haven't been writing since elementary school like I have, start now.
Write a record and leave a legacy.
Even if you're not a very good or consistent writer, just do what you can.
Pull out a journal right now and write down one good thing from your day.
And if you can't think of even one good thing just write what your loving on Netflix or Hulu these days.
And in a post coming soon I will share how I keep a record of my life.