Currently -- February 2023

Hello, dear readers,

 

Over the next few weeks, you'll see some changes around Mom2MomEd headquarters (also known as this blog), in the Etsy shop, and on social media (both Facebook and Instagram). I'm going to do a rebrand and refocus. I hope you'll stick around!

 

In the meantime, here's what I've been doing, experiencing, working on, etc. over the course of February 2023:

 

Listening to: 

(Links are to the respective YouTube channels)

• Pink Martini
• Of Monsters and Men
• Bastille
• Christine and the Queens/Redcar
  

Watching: 

• Saving Grace (on Hulu)
  
• Notting Hill (on Netflix)
  
• Young Americans (theater)
• La Sylphide (ballet)
  
• YouTube de-cluttering/simple living/lifestyle channels (should I do a list of the channels I watch?)
  

Reading: 

(These books are affiliate links to Bookshop.org -- thank you in advance for any purchases you make through Bookshop. They may result in a small commission for me.)

• No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib (5/5 -- excellent! Contemporary fiction, dramatic, tense)
  
• The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (still reading -- Contemporary Swedish fiction, humorous)
  
• Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan (5/5 -- so good! Contemporary fiction set in the near future, dramatic, tense, psychological thriller, family and friend psychology and climate crisis)
  
• The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson (5/5 -- lighthearted and sweet; Contemporary fiction set in a village in England; a rom-com about underdogs/unsung heroes)
  
• Cold by Mariko Tamaki (4/5 -- contemporary young adult fiction, murder mystery)
  

Craving: 

• Coca Cola...always, but trying so hard to not drink any soda at all!

Making: 

(links are to my Etsy shops or individual Etsy listings)

• Junk journal bundles and supplies
  
• Stickers (the most fun I've had creating in a while!)
• Envelopes and stationery
• Book plates (still creating and have not listed any yet)
• Collage kits (still creating and have not listed any yet)
• A collage how-to course (still creating, but likely will be hosted on Teachable)
  
• A how to become a private tutor course (still creating but likely will be hosted on Kajabi)
  

One change that is coming up relates to Etsy. I will be closing my Mom2MomEd Etsy shop and instead combining it with my Shop The Junk Drawer shop unless I suddenly start having100 or more monthly sales in the Mom2MomEd shop consistently. I'm looking to streamline and finesse my Etsy shops. 

Eating: 

• Loads of produce! I'm working on eating 30 different fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds every month. In the process, I discovered that I'm allergic to goji berries!
  

Planning:

• A trip to Paris
• A trip to Buenos Aires
  

Loving:

• Snow days
• Cuddles on the couch with my dog
• Warm blankets
• Hot coffee

Needing: 

• More hours in the day
• More Etsy sales
• More energy
• To drink more water every day
  

Wearing: 

• Navy blue Patagonia hoodie
• Raspberry pink Adidas leggings
• White ankle socks