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the weekly currents

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I want to attempt to start blogging on a more regular basis to try to keep in touch with the few that read this, and as a way of documenting my life better.  So, I'm going to start this series I'm calling, "the weekly currents" in the sense that I'll be listing my current project, favorite food, Ethanism...do you remember back in the old days of friendster and myspace?  Didn't they have a status asking what your current mood was?  Or your current music that you're listening to?  So, something like that.  Also, the unofficial writer from within likes that currents could also refer to water currents as in waves in the ocean.  It's like these are all just temporary things in life that pass.  Some moods or trends pass sooner than others, and some will remain for a season of life.

So, first one, here we go:
Current love: Ethan's first nike shoes

Current podcast: NPR's TED's Radio Hour: Just a little nicer

Current book I'm reading: The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Current Ethanism: He is starting to sound out words that start with the letter B, especially words like: bear, bubble, and ball

Current most anticipated house purchase: A dining table for our breakfast nook of the kitchen.  I don't know when we'll have a chance to start looking for one, but perhaps in two weeks.  I can't wait to be able to sit and eat while having my feet on the floor again (we've been eating at the counter of the kitchen island with bar stools)

Current house project: Repainting our stair spindles (we're hiring a pro), and figuring out our home's surround sound system setup

Current picture in roll:
The confirmation page of finally filing our claims from the move.

Current most anticipated vacation/trip: Hawaii!  It's time to celebrate Shannon as a bachelorette and enjoy lots of poke!  This will be the very first trip away from Ethan where I won't see him the next day.  I am a bit anxious about missing him too much, but at least we have facetime.

Current hero: my coworkers for letting me borrow stuff when we had nothing, do my home's final walk through, receive one of our car deliveries, and introduce us to the best restaurants in town

Current favorite food: Sushi from Osaka Japanese Restaurant off Westheimer

Current average number of sleep hours per night: 4-5

Current skill I need to master: Eyebrows

Current top of the todo list: gathering a few additional tax docs our CPAs need to start filing our taxes

Current fail moment: cutting into a bed sheet while trying to open its packaging, worst part is that it is a gift for someone else!  On the flip side, the etsy seller is amazingly sending another one free of charge, and Rita gave me an awesome suggestion to fix it where the end result may actually be better than the original!

Current blessing: my local friends who are willing to drive far into the burbs to help make my house a home

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