Lately....

 Praying for:

+ friends and family battling cancer (3 on my prayer list currently)

+ a dear friend who is undergoing extensive pain management treatments to help with pain in one leg and phantom pain from his amputated leg, all stemming from a motorcycle accident three years ago. 

+ peace for a friend who is feeling confused and lost

+ new mommy friends! (Mallorie Morris and Kinsley Baker!)

+ pregnant friends (Kim Simpson, Stephanie Shirley, my step-sister Shannon, and one more I found out about today!!!)

Working on:

+ an unrealistic summer to-do list that involves spending a lot of money on updating things in our house, among other things!

+ reviewing student files who are expecting to graduate in December

+ wrapping up the final few SOAR sessions of the summer

+ developing a syllabus and other materials for my First-Year Seminar orientation class!

Hoping for:

+ Grayson sleeping more at night (didn't I hope for that last time?? Yes. Yep.)

+ More dedication to working out... eek!
+ An awesome visit with friends this weekend
+ Revamping the mom group I host so that more mamas can commit to participating. 

Recently:

+ We spent 4th of July week at St. George Island with Scott's parents and sister. We had a great time lazing about at the beach, hanging out in the house, eating good food, and laughing!
+ Had a really fun "make your own sushi night" with friends last week. So fun and tasty! :)

Reading:

+ The Bible - just finished Joshua and started Hebrews today

+ Home Front by Kristin Hannah

+ The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor for my office book club

+ This sweet blog post - a letter to future daughter-in-law
+ This awesome post about why readers are the best people to fall in love with! (I have to agree!)

Watching:
+ This amazing testimony video from a woman in our church. Have the tissues ready for this powerful story!

+ just watched the most recent X-Men movie - The Wolverine (just how many of these movies are they going to make?!?!)

+ just finished the most recent season of Parenthood

+ The Good Wife season 2

+ the most recent season of So You Think You Can Dance

+VeggieTales with Grayson

Listening to:

+ Pandora on shuffle still...recently added a Paramoure station

Laughing About:

+ This picture I drew of my dad, after Scott challenged me, his mom, and his aunt to draw pictures of our dads (coming off a conversation about the talented drawers his mom has in her kindergarten class!)

I'm quite the artist, no?

What are YOU up to lately? :-)