While we enjoy the last few weeks of summer, I'm making intentional space for daydreaming, and for healthy obsessions... or guilty pleasures... such as:
~My engagement ring. It was safely put away in my jewelry box for a time... probably the last bread baking phase I was in, as dough and diamonds don't really mix! This week I pulled it out and have been mesmerized by the sparkles. Next week we'll celebrate eight years of marriage... and I'm amazed, as always, how much we've grown together with the years and how much more we have yet to learn.
~Iceland. The country. It's calling me, for real.
~All things British. Tea. The Royal family {that new little baby!}. Their TV shows. The accent. Thank goodness for my daily dose with the guest host on The Daily Show this summer!
~On that note, The Daily Show. Where would we be without a little comedy to help us ingest the often disturbing state of affairs that is the news??
~Autumn. I'm dreaming of wearing my cozy knits, smelling fall in the air, and pumpkin EVERYTHING. Plus, I have a few adventures coming up in September and October that I am so very excited about!
~Jane Austen and her novels. {this could go along with the whole British thing...}Sense and Sensibility took a while to grow on me, but I so enjoyed Pride and Prejudice as well as Persuasion, that I kept plugging along and it finally won me over. Now I'm into Northanger Abbey, and am smitten with Austen's clever writing.
~Sock knitting. Turning the heel, working the gussets, knitting socks is quite an adventure!
And so... there is a peek into a few things that occupy my brain these days.
Will you tell me, what are a few of your healthy obsessions or guilty pleasures?