I like to do a stock take every so often, see what is going on, how it is all going.  If you fancy  having a stock take too, I have added a blank list at the end of this post.  Thanks to Pip at Meet Me At Mikes for this Taking Stock list.

Here goes, digital biro at the ready….

Making : I am still crocheting my blanket, it may be done by 2020!

Cooking : Burgers and coleslaw for dinner.

Drinking : Lots of tea.

Reading: I have just started The Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski and I am liking it so far.  My library website recommends books based on what else you have searched and this came up when I ordered The Girls by Emma Cline and there is a very long line for it, so I thought I would give The Girl Who Slept with God a go and I am pleased I did. Hurrah for libraries!

Wanting: The weather to cool down, I am done with hot and humid. Done Done Done.

Looking: At an empty plate which just had a yummy slice of Malt Loaf on it.

Playing: Pokemon Go!  My tween has it logged on my phone so I can walk his eggs. Honest, it isn’t mine.

Deciding: Which non fiction book to read next as part of #10pagesaday, I decided to read non fiction because I always borrow the books but I never read them.  I have just finished Lisa Congdon’s Art Inc and now I need to decide between You are a Badass by Jen Sincero and Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire. Have you read either of these? Any recommendations?

Wishing: For all of the ideas, for painting and art journaling and sketching.

Enjoying: Painting, art journaling and sketching!

Waiting: For the burgers to defrost for dinner.

Liking: The cool evenings and nights and looking forward to more.

Wondering: If it is going to rain?

Loving: Pilates.  I am sure it has made a difference to my body shape, I don’t seem to have lost much weight, but I feel less wobbly!

Pondering: Colours, I love to choose colours of paint to use.

Considering: What to paint in my sketchbook, I try and make some art every day and I have not done anything today yet.

Buying: A ‘gooseneck’ phone holder/stand which hopefully will allow me to make videos from overhead.  Can’t wait to play!

Watching: ‘Very British Problems’ on Netflix, it cracks me up!

Hoping: My fridge gets fixed soon, we are using a little tiny fridge at the minute which is better than nothing, but I am looking forward to chilling things with abandon!

Marvelling: At people who run in hot weather. It is all I can do to walk the dog without complaining, then I see someone running along like it is 50 degrees.

Cringing: At the presidential race.

Needing: A plan, I feel like I am getting all the ideas and I can’t form them into a plan.

Questioning: How four caterpillars appeared in the parsley patch seemingly from nowhere. #parsleysacrifice

Smelling: The tomato plants when I pick them every day, I just love the smell of tomato plants, it reminds me of my grandad’s greenhouse.

Wearing: Shorts and top.  This is the first summer in the States I have worn shorts, I always used to wear capris and skirts, not wanting the legs out!  This year the legs are out and I have been noticeably cooler.  It only took me 13 years to embrace summer shorts!!

Following: Instagram stories and liking everyones little moments.

Noticing: Lots of butterflies swooping around.

Knowing: Project Runway season 15 starts this week! Yay.

Thinking: How noisy hummingbirds are for such tiny creatures, they buzz and squeak around my head when I am sitting on the porch.

Admiring: Anyone who is organized.

Sorting: Through photos to print and put in albums.

Getting: The winter clothes up from the basement, sorting and donating any I no longer want.

Bookmarking: Blogs to read.

Coveting: New boots for the winter.

Disliking: Computer games.

Opening: Magazines – Flow, Click, Vogue, Art Journaling.

Giggling: At the jokes one of the librarians tells me whenever I see him!

Feeling: Tired.

Snacking: On malt loaf and blackberries.

Helping: Myself to an ice cream!

Hearing: Computer games.

A list for you!

Making :

Cooking :

Drinking :

Reading:

Wanting:

Looking:

Playing:

Deciding:

Wishing:

Enjoying:

Waiting:

Liking:

Wondering:

Loving:

Pondering:

Considering:

Buying:

Watching:

Hoping:

Marvelling:

Cringing:

Needing:

Questioning:

Smelling:

Wearing:

Following:

Noticing:

Knowing:

Thinking:

Admiring:

Sorting:

Getting:

Bookmarking:

Coveting:

Disliking:

Opening:

Giggling:

Feeling:

Snacking:

Helping:

Hearing:

Happy Wednesday x