The Sunday Post [65]

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly at the Caffeinated Reviewer! It's an opportunity to share news, post a recap for the previous week, showcase books, and highlight what's planned for the week ahead.

News:

YOU GUYS! LOOK HOW PRETTY MY BLOG IS! Kat from Waffley Cute Designs has created a new look for my site, and I am thrilled with how everything turned out. She did the blog header, social media icons, profile picture (cartoon version), and post dividers. Once she was finished, I spent several hours toying with my blog's html (my poor brain 😅) and FINALLY got everything resized and perfectly placed. I also changed the colors so that everything matched (thanks for the color palette, Kat)! Originally, Kat was going to make sidebar headers, but it ended up being too complex (all the fonts I wanted to use were only available for personal use). Luckily, I stumbled across a new font that I love, so everything worked out. It's hard to see, but the letters have little hearts in them!

Edit: New font isn't working because I need to add some additional coding that allows it to be seen by others, but I'll do that later. Right now I'm going to sleep!

Edit: I tried ALL DAY but could not get the font to work. I'm using a different one because my brain needs a break, haha. 

Seriously, I started working on this around 9PM and now it's 2:25AM. I have spent HOURS of my life working on this, and I am SO HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. I'm sure I'll make small adjustments over the next few weeks, but all of the really hard work is out of the way.

My son is officially finished with 1st grade! Hello, summer and lazy mornings. 😎 My new job has been keeping me out late, so I am very glad I don't have to wake up at 6AM for a while. We've been going to the beach, hitting up all the playgrounds, and generally enjoying ourselves this week. Our local library is open and hosting events again, the weather has been beautiful, summer soccer has started - it's just been a really nice week.

My girls had their ballet recital this weekend, so we've been busy with that the last few days!

For those of you that follow me on Instagram, you've probably seen me posting pictures of beads and projects I'm working on. I have a friend that's teaching me more about my Native American culture, and beadwork is something that's been passed down through her family for generations. My mom was never a really crafty person, so I'm glad I'm finally getting the chance to learn now. My monsters have even shown an interest and asked me to teach them how to do it.

Previous week on the blog:

SUNDAY: Nothing   

MONDAY: Nothing

TUESDAY: Nothing    

WEDNESDAY: My Weekly Pull [173] & Can't-Wait Wednesday [148]

THURSDAY: Nothing

FRIDAY: Nothing

SATURDAY: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, Narrated by Natalie Naudus 

What I'm currently reading:

The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore, #1) by Amanda Foody

To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne 

Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell

What I plan on reading next: 

Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy 

What I'm watching: 

Loki and S3 of Making It!

Challenge updates:

• Read the Alphabet Challenge 9
• Audiobook Challenge 13 / 50+
• Beat the Backlist Challenge 11 / 100
• Discussion Challenge 0 / 1-10
• Goodreads Challenge 151 / 365