Life as we know it
I’m trying a slightly different format of these months in review posts to include my favorite blog posts, let me know what you think!
After July was so crazy, I didn’t get up to much this month. Work, seeing friends (had some observer buddied come through and my coworker from college just moved here), hitting the gym and relaxing with books.
However, Grant and I did go camping last weekend in Barview on the Oregon Coast. This is an annual trip with his family friends with about a dozen of us. We made delicious food including a Spam cook-off, drank around the fire and walked around. Grant and I also snuck away for a few hours to go to the Tillamook Factory. It was pretty cool but obviously the best part was getting ice cream after (not that we don’t always have Tillamook ice cream at home).
A small but exciting thing for us: we got new (used) couch. My coworker just moved house and his new place came with a nicer couch than his already nice one, so he sold it to me for cheap and although it was a pain to move (heavy and I had to take my door off its hinges to get it into the house), I could not be happier. After a week I still smile every time I walk by it.
August in Review 2020 || August in Review 2019 || August in Review 2017 || August in Review 2016
Books and media
What I’ve been listening to: Big Red Machine by Big Red Machine, Glow On by Turnstile, Goddess by Banks, Screen Violence by CHVRCHES, Solar Power by Lorde, Transmute by Press to MECO
What I’ve been reading: Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert, White Tears/ Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad, Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, The Push by Ashley Audrain, The Mothers by Brit Bennett, Waking Up: Spirituality without Religion by Sam Harris
What I’ve been watching: Free Britney, WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
Favorite blog posts
The ultimate Africa bucket list || 10 places to visit in Spain that aren’t Barcelona || 10 places to visit in Greece that aren’t Santorini || 10 places to visit in Croatia that aren’t Dubrovnik || Percy Jackson series review || 25 light, easy and breezy books || The 15 best glamping spots around the world || 25 photos that will inspire you to visit New Zealand’s west coast || Top things to see and do in Grand Junction, CO
What’s new with you this month?
