Farewell, November

Hello, it's me, your friendly neighborhood girl who keeps forgetting to write blog posts.

Or, to be more precise, girl who keeps starting blog posts and never finishing them.

^ all four (4) of my braincells, wondering what I've been doing

Seriously, I have like four posts that are half finished. Will I ever finish them? Who even knows?

But I'm here today and I'm going to turn this around.  There's a ton of life updates I could give you, but for today I will just say that there's a LOT going on right now, and I've been super scrambled lately.  Like, we moved house for the first time since I was really little and I don't know what I'm doing, scrambled.  But here we go, let's hit this wrap-up.

- reading -

I read 10 books in October and 12 in November, and that's what tells you I've been ~stressed~.  Because when I'm stressed, I read.  It's kind of my thing.  But I've read some really great books in all of that, so that's fun.

I re-read 4 out of 7 Narnia books this month, after re-reading the other three in September and October.  It was so nice.  I almost wish I hadn't read them quite so fast. 

God never fails to use this series to teach me things.  I might just make a whole post about how much I love these books, but for now, just know - The Magician's Nephew is my favorite, both the creation and end of Narnia scenes made me cry, and Edmund Pevensie's arc is a straight-up miracle story.

In other bookish news, I got my new bookshelves set up and I loooove them!

^ actual footage of me in front of all my books

I've had so many years of most of my books being in boxes that seeing most of them on shelves instead is so good for my soul.  Books are my happy place, y'all, they just are.

- watching -

DISNEY. PLUS.  and pretty much nothing else, lol!

No but seriously, November was the month of Disney movies/tv shows and I'm thriving, tbh.

The new Lady and the Tramp was pure happiness and made me want puppy snuggles so BAD. ;-;  We've had two Cocker Spaniels in my lifetime and seeing Lady just made me miss ours so much oh my goodness. 

((look at them they're so PRECIOUS AHH))

I, like so many on the internet, am obsessed with baby Yoda (or Yo-yo, as my brother has nicknamed him) from The Mandalorian.

Hopefully, this will encourage producers that yes, audiences want some pure softness with their epic fight scenes.  Because let's be real, we all do.

OH and I can't forget Frozen 2! Because seriously, y'all, this. movie. is so important to me.

There are a lot of reasons why it's probably going to be one of my favorite movies of the year, but lemme just tell y'all, God has been moving in the media I'm consuming lately and I'm HYPED.

- listening -

November was a real mixed bag of music.  A little Broadway, a little bit of my pump-up jams, a lot of "this seems random but okay". xD  Enjoy!

 

- doing -

A lot has happened in the last couple of months, which is most of the reason that this blog has gone so far back on the burner.  The biggest change is that we're moving, for the first time since before I can remember, about 40 minutes away to be close to my grandmother.  Which is good, it needs to happen, but it's also coming right at the start of our busiest season of the year, which means we're all pretty much dead inside at this point.  But the good news is, in this rental house, I get my own room!  My sister and I have shared since our brother was born, so now I have my own, carpeted, solitary space, and my introvert self is thriving, tbh.  I could just lock myself in with some snacks and my books and my bed and never come out. 

((which is pretty much my plan for January, tbh))

YouTube has taken up a lot of my time this month, in trying to balance a consistent posting schedule with my life.  Somehow a consistent editing/uploading schedule is easier to maintain than a blogging schedule?  I don't know why?  I'm not complaining, it's been a good ride, but it is exhausting.  Speaking of which, I gotta go edit a video.  So I'm going to wrap this up.


Let me know what you've been up to!  Anything particularly exciting?  What did you think of Frozen 2?  Favorite Narnia book?  I wanna know all the things!!

(oh, and in case I disappear again [I'm trying not to, just covering the bases] [[yay sports terms!]] - may you have a wonderfully happy and blessed Christmas!!)

~ Abby