Currently

Reading ... in the Bible I'm midway through Ecclesiastes, plus as usual tucking a few Psalms in there during my Bible reading time.

In other books, a dear friend recommended The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by  Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. So far every book she has recommended I have enjoyed, so I immediately requested it from the library.

And ahhh ... I had the best time reading it. 

As a reader I don't buy books unless I have read them first and loved them enough that I know I'll want to do a reread, or the characters have become so dear to me that I want to keep them in my life.

This book has made it onto that list of books I hope to someday add to our home library. (Thanks, Dana!)

Writing ... since my last Currently post I have written more texts than I'm willing to count. 15,000+ words in a book I have no intention of ever publishing, but it is a story that has become insistent on being written.

Watching ... the sun rise above the horizon, illuminating the clouds that are trying to hide it in the most interesting shades of colors.

Listening ...  to the wind as it passes through the trees and around the corners of the house. I find it interesting how the wind sounds so different in different seasons. It has lost the soft sounds of summer winds, and is approaching the sound of harsh winter winds, but it's not quite there yet. It does sound cold though.

Baking ... Sharon baked a lovely pumpkin shaped loaf of sour dough bread on Saturday. I baked a chicken pot pie.

We don't have desserts often, but I was asked to bake pie for an event so I baked apple, pecan, and pumpkin pie. There was some leftover, so we got to bring those home and enjoy them.

Cooking ... usually I like to create a menu plan on the weekend for the following week. I didn't get around to doing that this weekend for some reason, so here I am on a Monday morning with no idea what I'll be cooking tonight or the rest of the week. 

I'll have to get it figured out once I'm done here.

Feeling ... a mix of feelings. The most dominant one though is one of happiness. There's just so much to be happy about. 

Disliking ... insects making their way into the house. Asian beetles have become a big nuisance this past week or so. At least they're not scary, unlike the yellow jackets that have also decided our house would be a lovely place to check out.

Over the years my reactions to bee stings, yellow jackets, wasps etc. has become increasingly worse with every encounter. When ever one gets into the house it doesn't last very long. Last week one of the yellow jackets decided to chase me around the house while repeatedly flying right at my head. It was quite the battle before I finally ended the assault. 

I was in the house alone and the thought that this is how I'm going to die crossed my mind. Thankfully it wasn't, but I'm thinking instead of only flyswatters for my safety, an EpiPen should also be secured. 

Loving ... the fall season. It's not as pretty or colorful as most years, but there is still so much beauty.

Playing ... we've played a variety of games this past week, but Steven has been on a kick of wanting to play Dutch Blitz so that has been our most played game. 

Either he's getting much faster, or else I'm becoming slower, but it is a real challenge trying to win. After several rounds I'm almost dizzy trying to keep track of everything that's happening.

Cleaning ... this week Steven and I will be tackling the basement. We had wanted to for a while already, but he had broken a finger while playing basketball, so we pushed the cleaning of the basement off until it healed. 

On Friday he got to remove the splint so there's no longer anything keeping us from getting the basement cared for.