// Currently

sneaking a cheeky Target selfie while waiting on some help in the bookcase aisle

starting my day with tea and this guy each morning

we're slowly but surely making progress on the nursery!

georgia is the snoozing-est dog ever

we've started taking active measures to keep enid out of the baby's bassinet haha!

pipkin thinks it's necessary to be on all of the pillows at once

when i'm home alone i eat like a toddler

i'm eyeball deep in mother's day sign orders and i'm almost caught up!

i had a day full of lounging in bed and reading the other day. win!

we took toby for a surprise froyo date the other day because he had been so good

baby flynn is supposed to be a leo so i made him a little constellation hanging for his room!

READING: Right now I'm in the middle of reading The Art of Possibility and so far I'm loving it. It has seriously opened my eyes to so many things. It's only a couple of bucks on Amazon! I had some folks ask for a review when it's all said and done so stay tuned for that once I finish!

WONDERING: How on earth I'm going to survive this yucky sinus infection or cold or whatever it is, without any medicine. This sickness hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday and I've spent the past 36 hours feeling like I'm going to die. I went to bed at 9:30 last night and from 11pm until 8am I was up every single hour. Finally the fever and headache were too much to bear at 4am so I took 2 Tylenol and settled back in to sleep. Luckily by the time I woke up at 5am my fever had broken and my headache subsided. But ugh, few things are grosser than waking up in a pool of your own sweat haha! This is the first time I've been sick while pregnant and boy oh boy, it is not fun!

FEELING THANKFUL: That everything with the baby is a-okay! I had my glucose test on Wednesday and I was convinced that I was going to fail it. I don't know why, but I was set on it. I was told that they would call me if my results were abnormal, but otherwise they'd just see me in 4 weeks. Well, I got the phone call the next day. I saw it was my doctor and I was like "NOOOO!" - but all fears were put to rest and I had passed. Thank goodness because I did not want to do a 3 hour test! Now I just need to stop reading so much about pre-eclampsia and things like that... I freak myself out!

EATING: lately I've wanted a fuji apple chicken salad from Panera for every single meal. We live like, an hour+ away from the closest Panera, so it's one of those things where I can't have it and that just makes me want it more, ya know? My stepdad drives 2 hours to work each way every day and he brought me one home earlier this week. I shouldn't admit how excited I was, but whatever. It was the best! haha

WATCHING: Probably entirely too much tv honestly. I was so set on canceling our cable for the Spring/Summer since we'll be outside so much, but of course as soon as one good tv show ends, another one starts up. I'm looking at you, Nurse Jackie! We've really taken a liking to Enlisted too (Chris Lowell, swoon!). Oh and Surviving Jack! And Veep. And, and, and! Haha Any good tv shows you can recommend?

WORKING ON: A plethora of Mother's Day sign orders! I was overwhelmed at the number of reservations I got when I opened them up on ~*sale. I've been trying to paint as many as my hands will allow every day, all the while keeping up with my custom orders, too. It's tough and my hands cramp up like crazy, but it's a good problem to have! I'm also sending out the very last batch of Kaelah's Closet orders today. I shipped about 40 packages yesterday, and there are probably 10 or so left to go out today. It has been so awesome to clear out space in our house! Purging all of this stuff has become an obsession haha

LOVING: I was tempted to say this weather again... and I guess that's true. I'm so glad Dogwood winter is over because I don't think my body could take another cold snap. This week's cold front has seriously rattled my body like crazy. I'm ready for full-blown Spring... which in Tennessee really means higher humidity and sticky air. But I'll take it! I'm crossing my fingers that we're only 2 or 3 weeks out from pool weather, too!

ATTEMPTING: to plan out the rest of the nursery in my head. I have so many ideas and plans and crafts that I want to do, but only so much patience! haha I know the baby won't give a hoot if he has a cohesive nursery theme or whatever, but I've loved every minute of the planning process so far. It's starting to sort of fall into place (as much as it can with only one piece of furniture, that is!) and I'm loving the outcome!

WANTING: to convince Mike a "babymoon" isn't a total waste of cash. Sadly he starts school in less than 2 weeks and we already have plans for his Summer vacation, so unless we were to magically jet off in the next few days, a babymoon simply won't be happening. I guess I should channel all of this energy elsewhere then, huh? haha

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// Currently

i love that sweet man of mine.

 our deck is ready to host some get togethers! who's in?!

last night's sky from our front yard

 macarons from the freezer section of the grocery store haha (they were delicious!)

 adios, glitter wall

i hope they have grilled cheese with cholula in heaven

 spring is almost here!

 a 20-week bump. halfway there!

a precious gift for our little dude on the way (c/o baby aspen) 

 our attempt at being organized. our kitchen has zero storage space haha

 lucky finds dumped in tjmaxx's "impulse aisle"

 toby bought flowers for a little girl at school that he likes. my heart!

 hockey is the new flynn family obsession. (this ice/snow was just last week!)

 i'm back to the sign grind! a little break is nice, but i love making these.

 setting up my workspace in the kitchen.

 trying to look cute in jeans... a whole new world for me haha 

pipkin and georgia... awake for once.

READING: In the last Currently post I said I was reading Adulting and I actually just finished re-reading it. It was the perfect companion for my flights to Vegas for WWDMAGIC a few weeks ago. (I definitely want to do a full "review" on the book soon, so stay tuned if you're interested!) Right now I'm rotating between a few unread chapters of What To Expect When You're Expecting and various internet articles, studies, and blog posts about baby gear. 

WONDERING: How our anatomy scan is going to go this morning. Today is the big day when it comes to seeing how Baby Flynn is developing! I've been having a lot of nightmares recently and I think they can be attributed to my anxiety about the ultrasound. I just hope everything is okay! I also had a dream where we went to our 20-week scan and they told us he was actually a she and then I got all flustered and frustrated haha (I'm happy with either sex, don't get me wrong! But I've been planning for a little dude for 5 weeks now haha I guess the surprise happens to some parents at the actual delivery though, so let's cross our fingers it doesn't happen to us!)  I'm also wondering how on earth we're going to get the glitter off of the wall in the office... I'm sad to paint over our gorgeous geometric glitter wall, but we're planning to do a similar thing in the colors of the nursery. 

FEELING THANKFUL: To live somewhere Toby can be in school, on a baseball team, and safe. Living in a small town certainly seemed to be full of drawbacks when I was younger, but now as a parent I see the benefit. toby can play outside with neighborhood kids, run wild at the park, and we can get him to school within 10 minutes of waking up when we accidentally oversleep (uh, no that we know anything about that... haha) While It may not be littered with amenities, a small town trumps East Nashville (in our minds) any day. I don't miss the gunshots and sketchy neighborhoods. I do miss the dog part though... I bet Georgia and Pip do, too.

EATING: everything. haha That's not entirely true, though I do feel hungry constantly it seems. Lately I've been craving Cholula on everything! Hot sauce and grilled cheese, hot sauce and fried eggs, hot sauce and omelettes... Luckily I haven't experienced any heartburn yet. For a few days I ate multigrain Cheerios for almost every meal (I still eat it for breakfast every day ha). And peperocinis! My cravings have been all over the place.

WATCHING: Suits just came back on (!!!) and I'm stoked. I actually haven't been watching much tv lately because the weather has been so nice. Between carting Toby to baseball practices and doing some work around the house, I feel like I'm on the move 24/7. At least I have some energy now and can actually function like a regular human being. But two shows worth noting: Kroll Show and Broad City. Both air on Comedy Central. I love Nick Kroll. Like, love him, love him. And Jenny Slate, too. And Broad City is everything I've ever wanted in a female comedy show. It's so crazy and off the wall, but so so perfect.

WORKING ON: Spring cleaning! I don't know if it's the weather or the nesting instinct, or maybe a combination of both, but I've been eager to just get it done! We've only got 6 weeks until Mike is in school full-time so I'm taking advantage of having him around the house to lift/move heavy things, put things together and reorganize the shed. We hauled off an overflowing truckload of junk from our shed earlier in the week, and donated a ton of stuff to the local food/clothing bank. We're making room for everything we have to move out of our office to make way for the baby. We also bought a real (!!!) bed frame and tossed the pallet frame we had built 2 years ago (Mainly so we could store shoes + cardigans under there haha!) We're finally making some real progress on our home despite being here a year already (last month! Whoa!) Maybe I'll even feel inspired enough to do a little house tour or something this Summer.

LOVING: this weather! Oh my stars! Yesterday it hit 78 degrees for a short while! Of course by the time we got Toby dressed and to baseball practice there was a chilly wind moving in, but other than that it has been stunning. Crisp, blue skies and sunshine! It's amazing how different I can feel in a one week span. Going from a gloomy "ice storm" to warm air and sun... I'm a new woman. I'm convinced that we need to move somewhere that Winter doesn't exist. South Florida, maybe?

ATTEMPTING: to juggle my current workload with family time and some "me" time. That's always the struggle though. I want to enjoy the Spring season with Mike since he'll be off at school all day soon. I want to spend time playing with Toby in the yard while I can still move around like a normal person. I want to rock all of these design clients I currently have (such a busy time of the year!) and book more so I don't feel guilty taking time "off" come Summer. It's a delicate balance over here, and I'm constantly just trying to figure it out!

WANTING: to make the most of Spring and early Summer this year. It'll be just the three of us for a short while until the baby comes and I know schedules will get thrown for a tizzy then. I want to make sure Toby knows how much we love him, so he doesn't get jealous or feel left out once we give a lot of attention to his brother. If any of you have tips on how to ease a big sibling into their new role, I'd love to hear it!

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// Currently

I'm taking it a little easy this week on the blog... so today I thought I'd share a Currently post! I'd love to hear some of your answers below (or in your own post!). Happy Tuesday, friends! xo

READING: I've been reading Adulting and it's so hilarious. I read a lot of it on our North Carolina trip but haven't been making enough time to read it once we returned. I plan to finish it soon! I'm also reading The Money Book for the Young, Broke, and Fabulous by Suze Orman because you know... adulting. I find her approach way more interesting than Dave Ramsey anyway.

WONDERING: "How on Earth we'll be able to churn out all of the necessary product to stock Honeybean with at Porter Flea. I know my post yesterday included much of this same worry, but I'm sitting in our living room completely surrounded by craft supplies, lists, and finished products. We made a huge dent in the production needs of items last night, but we have a long week and a half ahead of us." -- I copied this post for the prompts from my last Currently post in May... and this answer is exactly the same. Not only do we have another Porter Flea in a week and a half, but we're also setting up for Small Business Saturday this weekend. So much to do!

FEELING THANKFUL: To have a roof over our heads, to have food in our bellies, to have each other... all of that good stuff. I'm also so thankful that we're able to be self employed and go at it our own way each and every day. Much like my last post 6 months ago, it's a scary thought sometimes, and nothing is ever certain, but we just take it a day at a time. Not to mention I love that we live so close to family. I've spent so much of my 25 years wanting to move away and forge our own path in another state, but it recently hit me just how blessed we truly are to have so many people who love us so close by.

EATING: a lot of liquids and soft foods... this girl had a tooth extracted yesterday. woop woop! Gotta love giant wisdom teeth... sort of a bummer to only have a half-functioning mouth merely days before Thanksgiving, but it's probably for the best haha! I can hear Mike in the kitchen making something for breakfast, so that's always a good thing! Let's hope I can eat it.

WATCHING: entirely too much television. The mega perk to working from home is that you can have TV going at almost any point in the day. We make it a priority not to watch tv or anything while we're in the office working, but if we're in the living room working on painting signs, packing orders, or merchandising Honeybean, you can bet we're watching something. Currently we're loving: Hart of Dixie (Team Wade FOREVER!), Sons of Anarchy, and Louie (oh my stars I love Louis C.K. more than life itself). I'm going to stop myself there because our long list would be embarrassing to share haha!

WORKING ON: a ton of holiday sign commissions (woo!), several new design gigs (yay!), blog content for December (help!), Porter Flea merch and displays (it's too cold to do a mock set up!), our advent activities for Toby (I'm so excited!), and a new blog makeover for the new year (several months in the making... oh boy!). I'm getting myself pumped up for some long weeks ahead, but I can't wait for 2014!

LOVING: the feeling of the season. I hate cold weather and I hate that it gets dark so early (seriously... that kills my mood), but I love how festive everything seems. Planning what we'll make for family Thanksgivings, talking about Toby's birthday, anticipating Christmas and the New Year... it's a happy time of year. Just don't ask me if I love it when I'm in any store trying to buy anything. Those crowds are killer!

ATTEMPTING: to not feel guilty about stepping away from the blog a little bit. It's a busy time of year so I'm trying not to overwhelm myself with content! ideas! plans! execution! ya know? I'm also trying really really hard to not compare myself to those blog I read who do (seem to) manage to juggle all of those things perfectly. I have to remind myself most of them aren't running 4 businesses and raising a 4 year old. It's okay to just ~take it easy. *I* am the only person I need to impress. (See what I'm doing here?! Trying really hard to make myself feel better haha)

WANTING: to simplify our lives. Not meaning I want to toss out all of our stuff and cling to this "minimalistic" trend - not at all actually haha! What I mean is: I want to operate on a more "set" schedule. I want to have a better work flow and then be done with it by the time Toby gets home from school (or shortly after). I want to simplify my daily tasks and not do 10 jobs "well" but instead do 4 jobs "almost perfectly" ya know? I want to streamline things, but I doubt that's going to happen because I have a billion little idea elves in my brain and I want to do all of them and I'm a glutton for that sort of thing. We'll see!

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// Currently

READING: I'm about halfway through three different books, but I'd be ashamed to tell you how long it's been since I picked one of them up. I stocked up on Amazon a few months back : Sophie Kinsella, Anna Maxted, etc. (My very favorite authors!) but I've yet to allow myself time to relax and read. Our hammock is fully functional and canopied by twinkelights, so I think it's about time I took advantage of the evening cool down to read.

WONDERING: How on Earth we'll be able to churn out all of the necessary product to stock Honeybean with at Porter Flea. I know my post yesterday included much of this same worry, but I'm sitting in our living room completely surrounded by craft supplies, lists, and finished products. We made a huge dent in the production needs of items last night, but we have a long week and a half ahead of us.

FEELING THANKFUL: To be self employed and able to do what I love day in and day out. Just this morning I was working out our budget for bills, Honeybean, and "fun" when I started to panic. I worked myself all up before realizing that client invoices were due and payments would be made to us today. Running your own show isn't always the most lucrative gig, but every panic session and worry is trumped by creating things with our hands and being proud of the finished product. There is both an air of excitement and absolute fear in being 100% responsible for yourself (and family).

EATING: a lot of fresh strawberries! My mom has the best little strawberry patch and each year brings a more bountiful harvest than the last. She made mention in passing how it'd be nice to own her own little strawberry farm, and ever since she said that, I've been consumed with the adorable idea. It'd be darling, yea?

WATCHING: tonight we're set to watch the season three finale of Downton Abbey. Everyone has prepared me for the "WTF" aspect, but I'm quite intrigued. We're all done with Hart of Dixie so once DA is over, I'm not sure what we'll be watching to help pass the crafting time! Do y'all have any suggestions?!

WORKING ON: felt bows, felt flowers, repurposed button items, handpainted pennants, envelope pillows, jewelry, tents, handpainted wooden signs... you name it! All in the name of handmade and Porter Flea.

LOVING: this summer sunshine! While it's about 90 degrees with 90% humidity right now, that sunshine is pretty great! (Okay, truth be told - I spend 95% of the day indoors because the air is so thick it's hard to breathe, but I do love the option of taking a break from the daily grind to hop into the pool.

ATTEMPTING: to unload the last 35 items in Kaelah's Closet! Even after they're all gone, I'll need to clear out another load of stuff, too. I wish shipping shoes wasn't so expensive because I literally have a hundred or more pairs that I'd like to sell! - If you're keen to help me clear out these items, you can take 25% off everything at Kaelah's Closet with code 'TWENTYFIVE'! :D

WANTING: someone to kick my butt into gear early on Saturday mornings in order to take advantage of local yard sales! Some of our very best finds have been from the garages of people here in town. Some of them simply don't know what they have! -- I could also really go for a coffee shop. Small town problems!

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