What I'm Diggin' in January 2019

Here's a few things I'm rather excited about on this chilly January day.

It seems everyone has found decluttering guru Marie Kondo's Tidying Up show on Netflix and freaking out. I binged the season in just a few short days and loved her method of sorting through house junk -- something I've been working on for years.

As much as I love the show and her tips, I do wish she'd take it one step farther by helping her clients redecorate their cleared-out spaces, maybe buy a new quilt, a few throw pillows or update the wall paint -- something! It's great to see the organized drawers, but that grey wall color is hideous. Maybe it's just what I'm used to seeing on TV.

Anyway, I was so inspired by the folding technique I tried it in my drawers -- and I really like how I can see all my t-shirts and pjs, etc, at once. No more digging through piles and the stress of not finding what I'm looking for. And there was even some empty space. Hooray!

T-Shirts All Lined Up
Also on Netflix, I found "England's premier gardener" (and celeb, I'm told) Monty Don and a few his exciting (if you are one of those people who consider gardening exciting, as I do) shows. One about landscape makeovers and the latest about touring famous gardens in France and Italy. History and plants?! So good. 

Our family is enjoying The Good Place on Netflix, too, and are so grateful they were launching the new season's shows each week. Though, our girls are amazed this is the way we used to watch TV. "So you have to wait a week to find out what happens?!" Oh youth. 

When we were in Berlin, I picked up these these shearling-lined Birkenstocks (when in Germany, right?!) and thought they *might* be good apartment slippers. In the States, I have a pair of Ugg slippers that I miss from time to time, so I was thinking these might be a good substitute -- though I was skeptical about how warm they'd keep my toes. Well, after a few months, I'm here to tell you they keep my feet PLENTY warm. And they're super cute to wear around the house.


On the book front, I've been cooking out of Jamie Oliver's 5 Ingredients cookbook and have been loving his very simple recipes and ideas. I heard it just came out in the States. I'm also finding a bunch of yummy things off of Love & Lemons, and I'm looking forward to the new cookbook.  Also, I'm reading quickly through Holly Black's second ya book The Wicked King and it's good. So good. If you like fantasy/adventure/fairy books, this is for you.

Last, my brother got me this glass water bottle with an infuser to flavor your water. I really need to drink more water and giving it a cucumber or strawberry taste is helping me to get there. And it's a good way to save a teeny bit of food waste.



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