I‘m so so late posting an update for the #bookfitnesschallenge - but I have been playing along and it‘s been so helpful to have the challenge in my mind! Some days are better than others (I definitely stretched on the 3 colors of veggies a couple times), but I‘m on day 13 of my lovingkindness meditation, 7 solid days of yoga, and 6 days of walks, and 2 books read. 👍 No idea about points but I‘ll sort that out.... 😉

Happy Mother‘s Day from #Chloe and me! We‘re spending it so far snuggled up on the couch. I‘m reading the tagged book and she‘s taking a very thorough cat bath. My actual child is still asleep 😆
I‘m planning to celebrate further with yoga, bubble bath, and then pedicures with my mom (so really just a regular Sunday). Hope all the other moms have equally lovely, chill plans. ❤️🥰

There‘s still time to join!
My goals:
1- read 6 books
2- eat 3 different color fruits/veggies every day
3- yoga 6 days/ week
4- I made a walking goal but I forget it now... 😆😆 Let‘s say it was at least 4x a week because that‘s reasonable.
5- new goal I‘m adding - 40 days of loving-kindness meditation. I meditate anyway, let‘s make it interesting. 😉
Points: 24
So fun to read everyone‘s #bookfitnesschallenge goals ❤️

It feels a little last minute, but I decided to go for it and signed up for the #bookfitnesschallenge hosted by @wanderinglynn
It starts 5/10 — there are still a couple days to sign up! ⛹🏽‍♀️🧘‍♀️ 🏋🏾‍♀️🏊🏻‍♀️🤸🏻‍♂️

On the train to meet my husband in New York - we‘re going to the Met! I bailed on the CT Litsy meetup for this... 😳 But we never go to the city so I had to grab the chance.
This book is bonkers - weird and so very funny and full of great lines, some poignant and smart and many hilarious. I love it so much so far! I don‘t know why I haven‘t heard more about it because it‘s fabulous.

My reading buddy tonight, mid-bath - good thing she‘s not worried about flattering pictures! 😆 We are starting this one for book club next week. I broke down and bought it because it was highly highly recommended and I didn‘t want to miss out!
#catsoflitsy #Chloe

#audiowalk - it‘s 🌹 spring 🌹 !!! ♥️

Tonight‘s self-care after a crazy busy two days back at work: classic Mary Stewart (it smells like an attic full of old books and honestly I keep sniffing it...), a beer, and not folding this laundry pile. It was supposed to be a bath, too, but the drain plug thingy broke! 😩 Here‘s to tomorrow not feeling like Monday all over again for the 3rd time....

#Grateful21 - day who knows which... 😆
1 -vacation was lovely, but being home with a hot shower, my big couch, and indoor plumbing in general is pretty fabulous too
2 -PB&J ❤️
3 - watching my saved episodes of The Magicians while reading the Chronciles of Narnia (I‘m on Prince Caspian now) is so much fun! Lots of homage to Narnia in the (way darker and so campy) show.

It‘s not *quite* warm enough to be outside in the hammock but I‘m trying - blankets help!! (There‘s a fire inside if I can‘t tough it out and need to warm myself too.). Really loving re-reading this brick of all 7 books this spring break. ❤️

Cabin life ❤️
Missed a couple days of #grateful21 - but I‘m on vacation so grateful for pretty much all the things right now... 😉
Specifically today: too much sugar (cinnamon buns! Chocolate chip cookies! Buckeyes!); making a dent in this book which I‘ve abandoned twice in the last 15 or so years and will actually finish this week; walking on the frozen lake and marveling at the beauty of it all.
Hoping your Sunday is just as lovely!! ♥️ @Eggs

Listening to this audiobook on the way up to Maine while my mom and her corgi spend some quality snuggle time next to me. Look at how satisfied this dog is! 😆

Getting ready for an #audiowalk with this book and #Chloe is trying to play with my earphones (she‘s in stalking mode here). #catsoflitsy
#Grateful21 day 12(?)
1 - Kitties who are excited to see me when I get home!
2 - having a story read to me - it‘s so soothing.
3 - Vanilla chai with my son while he cracks me up making dumb jokes on our car ride home - that kid is the funniest person I know!

Someone wasn‘t happy that I moved her a little to pose for a picture, and I got yowled at... so this is the best I got. 😆
Time for #grateful21 !!
1 Booked flights for our trip to the Canary Islands this summer - expensive and scary but so exciting!! Anyone been to Gran Canaria and have tips?
2 Started both the tagged and an audiobook today - I love that new book clean slate feeling.
3 New team at work FEELS like a team, and I‘ve missed that

#Grateful21 days 10 and 11 (playing catch-up again)
1 -someone else making dinner - thanks, Subway guy!
2 -(local) Hosmer Mountain root beer 🥤
3 -this book, which suddenly captured my heart last night ♥️
4 -3 days without CNN while my husband travels for work 😆
5 - spring flowers from my yard (and they smell amazing) 🌸
6 - my new desk at work - by a window! ☀️

#grateful21 Day 9, I think... Grateful today for:
1. Another gorgeous spring day and another walk at the beach - here‘s a view of Orient Point way across the Sound
2. An unnecessary but much-enjoyed fire in the fireplace after our walk
3. Snuggling up with the tagged book and my Edie-kitty in front of the fire
And bonus: more homemade cookies (peanut butter!) because I guess I‘m fattening us up for summer?! 😆

I got this random old-fashioned gothic today -took my husband out for his (early) birthday to see a musician he loves, and luckily there were books!
#grateful21 for today - day 8 I think?! —
1. Surprise books at the record store 📚
2. Fancy cupcakes (I should have gotten a picture) 🧁
3. Yoga outside in the sun 🌞

I missed yesterday‘s post for #grateful21 so here are days 6 and 7 together:
1 Staying up too late and re-reading this favorite book in one sitting ❤️
2 Homemade chocolate chip cookies 🍪
3 Massage day 💆
4 Great meeting at my son‘s school to get him some extra support 🏫
5 Four (!!) people showed up for guided meditation at work 🧘‍♀️ I
6 My friend possibly opening a yoga studio I can start teach at 🧘‍♂️

Day 5 of #grateful21 ❤️
1. The gorgeous golden light over the reservoir (on my way to)
2. Book club (where there are)
3. People I can have an unpopular opinion around who listen respectfully and reply thoughtfully. (Educated: didn‘t like it but everyone else did).
@Eggs

#grateful21 Day 4 -but first, real life messy coffee table that‘s driving my husband crazy 😝
Today in grateful for:
1. This book, which I‘ve been waiting for for YEARS. I love Lolly Winston.
2. New Dunkin Donuts coffee flavors (chocolate cherry cold brew today!)
3. Unexpected office closure this morning = hanging out working in my pjs for a couple hours. ❤️

Day 3 of #grateful21 (but it‘s never too late to join 🥰)
1. Pedicure today with my work friend (green! 💚)
2. Pistachio ice cream (also green- maybe it‘s a theme?)
3. Still light enough after work and the pedicure for a short walk outside.
@Eggs

Today‘s Book Barn #bookhaul is one thing I‘m grateful for. My other two for day 2 of #grateful21 are post-book-buying chili cheese fries with my son and my sister, and my #Edie and Chloe #catsoflitsy acting hilariously curious and shy when my sister came over. @Eggs

Love this idea - I‘ve kept gratitude journals before but I get lazy and stop. Maybe sharing will help! #grateful21 @Eggs
3/30-4/20
Mine for today:
Warm spring weather
The beach!!
Rocked a long, tough yoga practice and felt so amazing afterward.

First beach day of the year! Okay, it‘s way too cold to swim in March in Rhode Island... but it‘s beautiful here and so nice to be out by the water in the sunshine. Happy spring!! 🌸

I‘m still plugging away at super old TBR books, though the last few aren‘t alphabetical anymore... This has been on my Goodreads since 2011!

1. I am a big self-care advocate! I get monthly massages and I‘m starting to do pedicures more often... but my big one this spring is a week at my parents‘ cabin in Maine in April.
2. My quirkiness! I always have fun because I‘m weird. 😆
3. I project calm and I‘m really good at soothing stressed-out people.
4. Tagging my awesome penpals @shellleigh33 @LibrarianRyan ❤️
Thanks @DaveGreen7777 for the tag! #HelloThursday #selfcare

Back home all cozied up in my fuzzy blankie and fuzzy bathrobe, trying to hold it together long enough to go to sleep at a reasonable time but too tired to actually do anything but sot and read... I think this book is going to become weird but right now it‘s very pleasant and matter-of-fact, despite the murders - the writing is a quiet descriptive type that I adore.

Is there anything better after a busy day full of people-ing than a book and bed? We did customer interviews all day and I am exhausted - I thought about finding a yoga class or taking a walk or hitting the hotel hot tub and then decided right here is where it is at. 📚 🛏 This book is great so far!!

Work trip hotel reading stack along with all my 8000 cords and random snacks. I started Daisy in the plane this morning and it‘s so good so far - thanks again @shellleigh33 for sharing it with me!!! 😘

I was inspired by @Texreader ‘s suggestion to find your #firstpost - here‘s mine from about 2.5 years ago. I looked back through my feed and it was such a trip down memory lane! Funny how remembering what I was reading usually brings me right back to where I was and what was going on at that time (and how often I used Litsy to help me feel better when things were tough by reminding me that there is good stuff too). ❤️❤️

OMG @HufflepuffGirl90 - what a great and chocolatey #BBSredacted swap!! All of these books have been on my TBR forever and I‘ve never been able to find the tagged book locally. I‘m super excited to read them all! You picked such yummy dark chocolate choices and the socks are so fuzzy and soft! Thank you so much!! 😊❤️

Greetings from the snowy north - Montréal is expecting 6” tomorrow so we got miles of walking tourism in today (and several coffee stops to warm up)!! I did not read at this adorable café, but I started this book last night and I‘m enjoying it so far - it is SO not Harry Potter, which I expected but was still surprised by, you know?

Just heard a rumor that it is my awesome #LitsyPenPal ‘s birthday. A little late in the day, but I‘m sending tons of birthday wishes to @shellleigh33 - I hope you had a fabulous day, Michelle!! 🥰🎂🥳🍾

I started this book around midnight last night, then read today for an hour in a really hot bath with a sinus headache and a beer. I watched the movie a while back and I can‘t tell if I‘m remembering that or if I‘ve actually read this before, and it‘s kind of unsettling because it‘s a weird book. I really I shouldn‘t read it when I‘m not quite with it. Pictured with my unfiltered real life messy weird living room situation.

Congratulations @TheSpineView on your 50k milestone!! Check out her feed or #50KLoveLitsy to enter to win a really generous prize! So sweet. 🥰

@LibrarianRyan and I are hosting this #buddyread in March (after our #epicfail of an attempt in November...) Open to anyone interested in joining! 😊

My February reads - thanks to a a few well underway and some graphic novels, I read 13 books this month - not too shabby. The tagged was my favorite but there are a few other good ones here.

Halfway through this morning at work, I had to admit defeat and take a sick day - I‘m so congested! Started this (unputtdownable so far) book in a very hot bath with peppermint and eucalyptus oil. Pictured with just some of my sick day paraphernalia (I get man colds), some random crap, and my every day buddy #Chloe #catsoflitsy #tuxedokittiesoflitsy @MinDea

Spent the day with my mom and sister today - Mexican food, pedicures, and TJ Maxx (where I got this super cute mug); then went to the LEGO movie with my son and husband. Now it‘s solo chill time with a book and some cinnamon tea (and, though not pictured, Chloe - she‘s on the floor playing with my hair elastic that she stole).

Today‘s library #bookhaul - TBR “B” authors plus two books from the new shelf. Pictured with what I ate for lunch at 3:00 today because it‘s been that kind of week at work. 😆 🍨

Came home to super cool book mail, but these story cards -The Family Arcana- aren‘t in the Litsy database. I love this concept - shuffle and see where the story goes and I really enjoyed his other book, The Manual of Detection. #Chloe is sitting on the tagged book, which was my surprise #Booksgiving gift a couple weeks ago. #catsoflitsy #tuxedokittiesoflitsy @MinDea
I‘ll post a link to the cards in the comments if you‘re curious. 😊

My alphabetical super old TBR reading fest continues with this one - on the list since 2010, you guys. Insane. I‘m not loving the lack of quotes when people speak but other than that, it‘s solid so far. I can‘t imagine how awful it would be to taste people‘s secret feelings in food, unless you knew some really happy good cooks. #Edie is resigned to my poor attempts to get a decent picture of her in the dim light. #catsoflitsy

My office is open today, but I decided to take PTO. Stayed up *way* too late last night reading this and plan to spend the next couple hours the same way. It‘s really good and kind of creepy, and I love Brenna‘s weird memory condition. As someone with a terrible memory, it sounds annoying but so amazing to have that recall!

This one has been on my TBR forever, so it feels really good to start it. Enjoying a spiced cider along with it. Not pictured: cats as foot warmers. 😸

A little late but here are my answers:
Tagged book has been on my mind since I finished the trilogy - I love Nik and Hanna‘s relationship in this one!
Favorite flower- peonies
Chocolate!
Sending love to all of you guys - and anyone who wants to play along please do! 😚
Thanks for the tag @Dragon 🤗

And here‘s the reveal! Thank you so much @Lynnsoprano !! Two new-to-me authors and two that have been hanging out in my TBR forever! The chocolate, I‘m happy to report, did not melt. 😋 Such a cute mug, two adorable notepads, the candle smells amazing, and a little bear too! I love it all, you are amazing! (#Chloe decided that she loves the box and maybe the bear...) #cupidgoespostal

@Lynnsoprano #Chloe was sure this was all for her! #cupidgoespostal #catsoflitsy #tuxedokittiesoflitsy

#Chloe and I are hoping that this book gets me out of a mini-slump - everything I pick up this week I put down after a few chapters, or feel like I‘m slogging through. The cover is really pretty and so far I‘m enchanted, but I liked the past 3 until I lost interest...
#catsoflitsy #tuxedokittiesoflitsy

I haven‘t had a beer in ages and I am drinking this one too fast before pizza comes out of the oven, so i feel a little wheeeee! 😆 Enjoying this book more than I expected. I have to finish it tonight so that makes it much easier. (FYI both #Edith and #Chloe are purring away here 😻) #catsoflitsy #tuxedokittiesoflitsy @MinDea

#Chloe chilling in my lap for neck scritches, and my next two book club books - it took forever to get the tagged one for Wednesday, so I put Exit West on hold for March and it came in right away.
We‘re supposed to bring our list of five dinner guests to this meeting and I can‘t decide who to pick... right now it‘s my old friend Mary, Gabby Bernstein, Kurt Cobain, Jenny Cruise, and Anne Sexton. Your list?
#catsoflitsy #tuxedokittiesoflitsy