January Highlights

It snowed in Texas. 'nuff said. 

I started back at my jobs this month after Christmas break. I have had a bit of trouble adjusting to going back to work, but I have loved getting to hang with the kids. Two of them told me I was their best friend, which melted my heart, even though I know kids change their opinions quick. <3 

I had an unexpected day off work, so my sister and I had a movie party with pizza for no other reason than I was off. If you have hung out at my house, you'd see that we take pretty much every opportunity to have family parties. =) 

We. had. Snow. Four inches in Texas. If you know central Texas you'll know that that's pretty much unheard of. It was SO much fun to have snowball fights, build a snowman, have snow ice cream, and just watch it from the warm fire inside. My family had to stay home from church (We have literally no way of handling snow on our roads, also I was not about to drive on icy country roads), so we watched it online, and then read a book together. Most of the book takes place during a blizzard, so we joked that this was our own little blizzard. It was just an epic day, and the snow lasted for three days in little patches, which was pretty fun! 

One of the family's that my sister and I babysit for are moving, so we spent a good bit of our free days over there. Don't let the word get out, but I really love helping people move. The cleaning, packing, and feeling of getting a fresh start without having to go through the stress makes me so happy. Also, my sister and I got to hang out a lot with some of our favorite kids, and do work together, which was awesome. 

I re-organized my desk. I didn't intend to do this, but one day I started to move one thing around and before I knew it I had everything off my massive desk and rearranged the whole thing. It feels very nice now, and I'm glad I did it. 

I had a morning at home alone, so I put on Frozen and made bath bombs. I had an immense amount of fun with this, though I reaffirmed my belief that Tangled is way cooler than Frozen. 

A dear friend of our family gave us Zoo passes, and we finally got to go near the end of January. Thankfully it was a pretty warm day, so we had a picnic and then walked around for about two hours. We also did a lot of book shopping, it was fantastic. 

My sister and I watched Pride and Prejudice the 1995 version, which is honestly the best ever. We colored in a P&P coloring book, and I did some embroidery, which felt very Jane Austin appropriate. 

January was fantastic for me. Way better than I expected. I did have a fair amount of work-anxiety. I let a lot of things overwhelm me that I shouldn't have, and I overcommitted a bit. But God really came through for me and gave me a lot of peace. I decided to take my commute each day to listen to Bible. This way I'm filling my mind with truth and encouragement for two hours a day. So yeah, I still had a bit of a breakdown when I went to the library and discovered they had changed their hours and I had to wait an hour for them to open, but I can tell God is working on me and teaching me to hold to Him. 

I ended up watching about 12 movies this month, though some of those were series, so they were a bit longer. (I also watched Pride and Prejudice and Frozen and forgot till now)

The only ones of these which are not re-watches are Blues Clues and You (Cute), Green Gable Fables (1 season was great, but I had one reservation about season 2), and Batman Begins (I hated it. Would not recommend at all.)

Would ya'll like me to start doing mini-reviews on the movies I watch? I always feel like doing this, but am not sure if anyone would enjoy it. =)

My favorite new read was The Archers Cup, and my favorite re-read was a toss-up between The Last Battle and Kiera. 

Before My Eyes Brin Lael 

Enough The Worthy Beloved

Hidden Treasures A Farm Girls Life

This or That Book Tag Hailey Hudson 

The Coral Island Old-Fashioned Book Love

Top 15 New Releases of 2020 and 2020 He is Still Good Stories by Firefly

How was your January? Do you like snow?